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Star bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman is off-air after his "N" word-laced rant hit the Internet this week, ABC News reports. A&E has shelved his series, Dog The Bounty Hunter, and civil rights leaders are pushing to have it canned for good. One Los Angeles coalition called the comments "a vicious attack on and call to end interracial relations, as well as an incitement to violence."
Chapman's son, Tucker, recently sold a tape of "Dog" criticizing Tucker's black girlfriend. Chapman claims that he was "disappointed in his choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character. However, I should have never used that term." A&E has suspended production of the top-rated show "for the foreseeable future," but hasn't agreed to cancel it.
