Sheffield Lake police chief resigns after putting Ku Klux Klan sign on Black officer's desk

[TexasTowelie]

SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio -- Police Chief Anthony Campo resigned Tuesday following an incident in which he left a “Ku Klux Klan” sign on a Black officer’s desk, Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring said.

The incident in question, which happened Friday, was captured on surveillance video inside the department’s booking area.

Campo, who has been with the department for 33 years and served as chief for eight, is seen in the video walking into a room with a piece of paper in his hand that says, “Ku Klux Klan.” He walks to a desk and places the note on a yellow jacket laid out to resemble the infamous hood and robe synonymous with the American hate group.

He walks out of the room to wait for the officer, an unidentified Black man, to come into the room.

Read more: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2021/07/sheffield-lake-police-chief-resigns-after-putting-ku-klux-klan-sign-on-black-officers-desk.html

[abqtommy]

1. Resignation is good but his ass in jail would be better.

[SoCalDavidS]

3. You Would Think That's Some Sort Of Hate Crime

But cops are WAY Above The Law, so I'm pretty certain nothing else will happen to this Piece Of Shit.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. Thirty Three Fucking Years As An Officer

EIGHT As Chief.

Back That Blue!!

[Grokenstein]

4. Predictable: "Aw, I wuz jus' kiddin'!"

Bring said Campo told him the offensive note was a prank. The now-former chief did not return calls Thursday seeking to comment on the incident or his resignation from the department after more than three decades.

“He thought this was just a joke,” Bring said. “How can you possibly think that you can put something on somebody’s jacket like that, and especially if they were African American, and think this is a joke? This is the most egregious and offensive thing you could possibly do. And it’s embarrassing and disgusting.”

Whether he's just lying to cover his ass or he's legitimately mentally impaired enough to think such a thing is an innocent "prank," Campo is unfit to hold any authority and Sheffield Lake is better off to be rid of him.

[padah513]

5. Want to hurt him?

Take his pension. Nothing else will matter to him.

[Wuddles440]

12. According to the local news reports...

he anticipated that he'd be fired over the incident and had already prepared his resignation to preempt any disciplinary action (firing) by the municipality. Hopefully, he'll be subjected to a civil rights investigation/prosecution and incur significant legal expenses and fines. An absolute disgrace - good riddance!

[SoCalDavidS]

6. Props To Mayor Bring

I am very pleased with how he handled the situation, and what he had to say afterwards. Sounds like a decent man.

[mahina]

7. Holy crap!

Jail, for real!

[Demovictory9]

8. Wow..joke???

[Bayard]

9. Hilarious

[3catwoman3]

10. KKK signs? Yellow stars?

What the hell is the matter with people who do this?

The chief thought it was a joke? Like hell he did.

[Midnight Writer]

11. These fools are canceling themselves.

How much self control does a fella need to refrain from playing a KKK prank on a black co-worker?

[captain queeg]

13. He was just joking. Locker room humor

Worked for TFG.

[No Vested Interest]

14. Family intervention and mental evaluation needed immediately.

This is not normal human behavior.
Hard to process this.

[joedogs]

15. That sounds like Ohio

he is just one here in Ohio that got caught there are so many more small towns here in northern ohio that are cut from the same racist KKK robe and don't think that shit doesn't happen up here it does all the time