The Knox County district attorney fired an assistant prosecutor May 5 hours after Knox News asked the office questions about a social media account the staff attorney used to post vile racist and sexist messages.
Berkley Mason began working for the DA’s office in October 2024 and frequently posted to X, formerly Twitter. The account was deleted immediately after the DA’s office told Knox News it had fired him. The post and reposts go beyond what most would consider political statements and include references endorsing Nazism and the killing of migrants, and blaming Black people for America’s problems.
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True, but it only happened after these journalists confronted the DA’s office with the results of their investigation. The DA says they had no idea this guy was a nazi, but if that’s true then their hiring and vetting process has serious problems, and I doubt those are going to be addressed in a meaningful way.