Homeland Security's head of community outreach resigns over past controversial comments....

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Homeland Security's head of community outreach resigns over past controversial comments on black community, Islam


Jamie Johnson, Director DHS Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnership

(CNN)Rev. Jamie Johnson resigned Thursday as the head of faith-based and neighborhood partnerships at the Department of Homeland Security after a CNN KFile report revealed inflammatory past comments he made about the black community and Islam.

In past radio appearances, Johnson had said the black community was responsible for turning major US cities into "slums" and argued that Islam's only contribution to society was "oil and dead bodies."

DHS Press secretary Tyler Houlton confirmed the resignation, which was first reported by The Hill, to CNN in a statement.

"Acting Secretary Duke has accepted Rev. Jamie Johnson's resignation as Director of the Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships at DHS. His comments made prior to joining the Department of Homeland Security clearly do not reflect the values of DHS and the administration. The Department thanks him for his recent work assisting disaster victims and the interfaith community," Houlton said.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/politics/kfile-jamie-johnson-resigns/index.html

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1. Great news. Bye and good riddance. One down and many more to go, but it's a start.