N.H. police official who used racial slur against Obama resigns

[DonViejo]

Source: Washington Post

Wolfeboro, N.H. Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, who called President Obama the "n-word," has submitted his resignation, Wolfeboro police confirm.



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/05/19/n-h-police-commissioner-who-used-racial-slur-in-reference-to-obama-resigns/

[Mr.Bill]

1. Good news. n/t

[lsewpershad]

20. Good riddance.

[Dawson Leery]

2. A loss for the tea party.

[oneofthe99]

3. Doesn't surprise me

New Hampshire is a good state filled with good people who weren't about to put up with this
kind of shit.

[sarge43]

4. Thank you from an honorary Granitehead

't'aint fittin'

[LoisB]

5. Good.

[LibertyLover]

6. I'm glad to hear that -

Mr. Copeland availed himself of his right to freedom of speech, but such actions have consequences, which he learned as well.

[TeamPooka]

7. buh bye now

[sheshe2]

8. Good!

I hope the door kicks Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, hard in the ass on the way out.

Thanks for posting, Don.

[Lochloosa]

9. Double Down.....

“I believe I did use the ‘N’ word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse,” Copeland said in a subsequent e-mail to his fellow police commissioners, which he forwarded to O’Toole. “For this, I do not apologize — he meets and exceeds my criteria for such.”

[dballance]

10. I've actually been to Wolfeboro. It's a Nice Place

I've had the privilege of visiting NH and Wolfeboro in particular. It's a very nice place with really nice people who treated me and my friends well - despite the fact we're all openly gay. So I don't think this person's views reflect the views of the people of Wolfeboro or NH.

ON EDIT:

"We're all openly gay" doesn't mean we were going out of our way to appear gay. However, when a crowd of guys shows up at a restaurant and we discuss things other than sports it's hard not to figure it out.

[LittleGirl]

21. I used to work there

and there are some great people there. My old boss was not one of them. He was a NYer and a dick. I gladly quit that job but still keep in touch with one of my co-workers there. I left in 2000 so that's a long time. Wolfboro is lovely and I know Romney has a home on the lake there too. I know there were quite a few multimillionaires that had homes on the lake and there were some dreamy homes I lusted after. Haven't been back since. Sadly.

[azurnoir]

11. so do the T-baggers have a new martyr now?

I can see it now-forced from office by those mean libruls

[uhnope]

14. no joke--I bet he'll be a guest on some RW talk shows

Joe the Racist Plumber

[truthisfreedom]

12. No apology. What a piece of work.

Absent an apology from him, his former force should make one on his behalf.

[olddad56]

13. at least he lost his job. no need for him to apologize, he didn't have any dignity to lose.

[mac56]

15. Not here on DU, but has anyone seen or heard anybody defend this clown?

Maybe on that "freep" site?

[groundloop]

16. Apparently it was Mittens call for his resignation that did the trick

there should be a "snark" tag, but in lieu of that I'll go with

[MannyGoldstein]

26. Romney might have given him cash to resign

so it would look that way.

[KinMd]

17. Ok which Fox News show does he go on first?

[James48]

18. Romeny owns a house there.

Mitt Romney wants 'n word'-using police official to go. Why is he involved?[/b


]Mitt Romney joins calls for the Wolfeboro, N.H., police commissioner to resign over use of a 'vile epithet' to refer to President Obama. The GOP's ex-presidential nominee has a keen interest in that community.

(snip)
Romney has long been one of Wolfeboro’s most prominent homeowners. He spends some time every summer with his large family at his lakeside estate. Given the publicity this controversy has received, the ex-presidential contender probably felt that it was contingent upon him to speak out, as well. He would not want anyone to take silence on the matter as an implicit endorsement of Copeland’s remark.


Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-romney-wants-n-word-using-police-official-162000328.html

[LittleGirl]

22. good.

for once I agree with Mitt

[alp227]

19. durrrrrr FREE SPEECH durrrrrr...Obama persecuting conservatives DURRRRRR nt

[Aristus]

23. Hysterical poutrage from the right-wing about 'freedom of speech' in 3...2...1...

[Cha]

24. Wow, the last I heard he was doubling down.. I could not believe it! Thank you

Don Viejo!

[Major Nikon]

25. I suspect he got a better offer from Faux news

[Flying Squirrel]

30. Ha, Faux Noise won't touch anyone who is that obvious

about his bigotry, just like they fled from Clive Bundy and he didn't even use the n-word.

[lostincalifornia]

27. Interesting how a large number of posts are justifying the racists comments. This has nothing to do

with free speech, he said what he said and no one stopped him. This has to do with a person who represents a department, and made a racist slur which reflects not only on the department but the NH community.

Robert's and the other members of the SC who said that there is no problems with race anymore obviously are living in an alternate universe or in denial. Just read the yahoo message boards. Maybe I should refer to it as the KKK yahoo message boards

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. I'll bet the citizenry was really shocked to find out he was "a major league asshole".

[Jasana]

29. Took him too long. nt.