A UPS driver who was caught on video making a racist speech while delivering a package to a Latino family in Milwaukee was reportedly fired.
Hugo Aviles, a police officer, was sleeping when he received a notification from his security camera showing the UPS driver spewing racist comments on his porch on December 17, The Washington Post reported.
“Now you don’t get f—– nothing because you are a stupid ———- m who can’t read and write and speak f—— English,” the driver said in the recording.
Shirley Aviles, 45, the policeman’s mother, said she had no doubt that the UPS driver was referring to her 23-year-old son.
“He never met my son,” the mother told The Washington Post. “He is relying only on the Latin surname. He meant it. He sent it back. It was malicious. “
On Tuesday, UPS announced it had fired the driver. The company did not disclose the driver’s identity.
His resignation came after activists in Milwaukee held a news conference demanding that the company take action.
“There is no place in any community for racism, bigotry or hatred,” a UPS spokesman told NBC News. “This is very serious and we promptly acted, terminating the driver’s employment contract.”