Report: Fired Council Aide Used Police Epithet
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A former City Council aide, Viola Plummer, fired after threatening the “assassination” of another council member, reportedly muttered “f—ing pigs” after she was ejected by police from the floor of the council chambers during Wednesday’s meeting.
Plummer did not return messages left at the office of her former boss, Council Member Charles Barron of Brooklyn, and with an aide of the council member.