Thousands of people have signed the Change.org petition supporting fired WHEC meteorologist Jeremy Kappell.
Late Tuesday, Jessica Bateman started the petition called “NBC: I Stand Behind Jeremy Kappell” and the description says that Kappell “had a slip of words on air regarding Martin Luther King Jr. Jeremy was fired from his job. He was not given a chance to explain or apologize. This is a good man who had no malice, no intent, no wrong doing.”
More than 10,300 people have signed the petition so far.
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Kappell was heard using the racial slur “coon” when describing a Martin Luther King Jr. park in the Rochester area. He was fired a couple days later and has since tried explaining that it was an accident.
You can see the full petition here.