Flagler Jail Deputy Disciplined Over Alleged Use of N-Word Against Inmate
Cpl. Peter Descartes in a still from a lipsyncing video he participated in with other sheriff’s employees a few years ago. Flagler County Sheriff’s detention deputy Cpl. Peter Descartes served a one-day suspension without pay last month following an internal investigation over allegations that he referred to a Black inmate by a racist slur in November. Descartes is himself Black, and denied using the term saying he used a different word that sounds similar. Descartes will mark 18 years with the agency in November. He had previously been disciplined in 2018. The complaint was filed by Ch...