Did I say that!?

A history of local slurs

Damon Hodge


2006: Former Sheriff Bill Young on crime: "A lot of that crime is not reported to us as well as I'd like. I mean, I'm not going to hide behind it, it's Hispanics."


2005: Former Channel 13 weather forecaster Rob Blair in a taped segment: "For tomorrow, 60 degrees, Martin Luther Coon King Jr. Day, gonna see some temperatures in the mid-60s."


2001: Former College of Southern Nevada executive Mike Meyer about a student: "She's a nigger, and niggers are never on time."


1998: Former Police Protective Association Vice President Dan Holley: He referred to Martin Luther King Jr. Day as "Martin Luther Coon Day."

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