Reply #19: People who live in glass houses & all that... [View All]

[Cirque du So-What]

Ohio police dispatcher passes along racist image of Air Force One.

The OhioDaily blog reports on a “rogue” dispatcher from the North Canton Police who recently sent out a racist e-mail from her work account. Dispatcher Anita Malachowski forwarded this message:

“New “Air Force One” Tail Number and yes, please forgive me, I’m really sorry, I really, really tried not to laugh, but …………………..!”

Attached to the e-mail was an Photoshopped image of Air Force one with NI66ER written on the plane’s tail. As OhioDaily writes, “This type of message is offensive coming from anyone, but coming from someone in the position of dispatching police and prioritizing calls, it’s downright horrifying. The North Canton police have a hard enough job as it is without rogue dispatchers trying to incite a race riot or stirring tensions during the hot months of summer.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/16/dispatcher-ohio-pic/

Your repeated bashing of an entire region of the country is itself a form of bigotry, and why it's tolerated here is beyond me.