Man killed himself after being suspended over non-PC joke
11th April 2010
Mr Amor’s torment began when he noticed immigration officers outside Withington Community Hospital, Manchester, and joked that his colleague had “better hide”.
Although his remark caused no offence to his “victim”, it was overheard by someone else who lodged an official complaint with his superiors. As a result he was suspended pending an investigation.
This sort of thing is why I have a category entitled ‘Dystopia Watch’.
However, a friend said: “Roy made a joke along the lines that his friend had better hide in case the officers found him. It was nothing more than a good-humoured joke but apparently someone overheard it and made an official complaint because they thought it was racist.
“Roy was devastated when he was suspended and was worried he might lose his job.
“His colleague has known both Roy and Ann for years and is a family friend. He went to Roy’s funeral and is as shattered by what happened as is everyone else. He has told Ann that he didn’t make the complaint.”
This is what happens when people with no sense of humor or proportion have their hands on the levers of power. I hope they find out who this asshole is and beat him to death.