Louisiana Assistant police chief resigns after posting racist meme on Facebook
An assistant chief at the Estherwood Police Department in Louisiana,
Wayne Welsh, has resigned from his position after he recieved a backlash
on a racist post on his facebook page on Sunday which depicted a woman
holding a young girl’s head under water in a bathtub, with the caption:
“When your daughters first crush is a little negro boy.”
Estherwood’s police chief, Ernest Villejoin, said on Wednesday that
he was shocked when he read the post. Adding that Welsh had resigned
and said the “situation has been taken care of.”
“When I found out about it, I couldn’t believe I had to call him. I
called him at work and asked him what the hell is going on,” Villejoin
told local news outlet KADN. “He done it. He said it and he realized
what he had done after he done it and he deleted it but it was too
late.”
Welsh, who has since made his Facebook page private, appeared to be
surprised at the backlash because according to him, he didnt see
anything wrong in what he posted. However, on Monday, he apologized for
his post in another facebook post: The message read:
“It’s not against the law to share something on Facebook. It’s social
media. Internet". “Well, I’m sorry for what happen. Ya have a blessed
day.”
Source: HuffPost
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