THANKS FOR DOING A GOOD JOB - YOUR FIRED!!

A COP WAS FIRED FIVE MINUTES AFTER BEING HONORED BY THE MAYOR FOR CATCHING A MURDER SUSPECT:

On Tuesday, a 28-year-old police officer named Kristopher Weston responded to a shooting at a grocery store in East St. Louis, Illinois, and 20 minutes later . . . he found and arrested the murder suspect hiding in some bushes.

A few hours later, the mayor of East St. Louis called Kristopher before the City Council . . . to honor him for a job well done. Then FIVE MINUTES later, the City Council voted to lay Kristopher off.

So what happened? Apparently, East St. Louis is pretty broke . . . and they needed to lay off at least 17 city workers. Since Kristopher had only TEN months on the job . . . and the cuts were based only on seniority . . . Kristopher had to go.

Kristopher says, quote, "It was nice to be recognized. I'll just leave it at that." (St. Louis Post-Dispatch / KSDK News 5 - St. Louis)