By Steve Bohnel
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A correctional officer at the county jail has been fired after an internal investigation involving a video of him using a racial slur, jail Warden Trevor Wingard and Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato said Thursday.
At a jail oversight board meeting, Muhammad Ali Nasir, who goes by MAN-E, asked Mr. Wingard about Brian Davis’ employment with the jail and county. Mr. Davis, who began working for the county in January 2018, was making a little over $60,000 as a correctional officer in 2024, public records show.
Mr. Davis was suspended last month after the video emerged on social media, showing him holding a barbed wire baseball bat and using a racist slur to others around him. In the video, he says to someone off camera, “You know what this is? I don’t give a [expletive], [racial slur]-beater.”
When asked by MAN-E about any updates Thursday, Mr. Wingard replied: “He no longer works for the county.” He declined to answer questions from reporters after the meeting Thursday.
It’s not clear who recorded the video of Mr. Davis or when it was taken. But Mr. Wingard said Thursday that jail officials are reviewing complaints made by inmates about Mr. Davis when he was working there.
Ms. Innamorato briefly described the process for how an internal investigation works with the county.
“There’s a review, there’s a determination on whether they’re suspended, with or without pay, there’s an internal investigation,” Ms. Innamorato said. “And then, what this investigation found is that termination was the best path forward for that individual.”
Some public speakers thanked jail and county officials for firing Mr. Davis.
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