South Carolina Lawyer Gets Suspension After Facebook Post About George Floyd
Jackie Salo, New York Post, June 28, 2021
A South Carolina attorney has been suspended from practicing law after making incendiary Facebook posts, including one about George Floyd’s murder, sparked complaints.
Lawyer David Paul Traywick was handed a six-month suspension and ordered to take a diversity class earlier this month by the state Supreme Court, the State newspaper reported.
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The Office of Disciplinary Counsel had received complaints from 46 different people about Traywick’s Facebook posts {snip}
“Here’s how much that (expletive) life actually mattered: Stock futures up. Markets moved higher Monday and Tuesday. (Expletive) you. Unfriend me,” the post said {snip}
The justices said the post could have intensified racial conflict, not just among his Facebook friends but in all of Charleston and elsewhere.
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