Monday, August 17, 2009

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

Ohio Daily Blog:

In the city of North Canton, a similar brand of foolishness is rearing its ugly head and placing the lives of police officers at risk. OhioDaily has received the copy of a racist email message sent by a North Canton Police Dispatcher.

In the message sent to an unknown number of recipients from a North Canton Police email address ( amalachowski@northcantonpolice.org ), Dispatcher Anita Malachowski forwards the message

"New "Air Force One" Tail Number and yes, please forgive me, I'm really sorry, I really, really tried not to laugh, but .......................!"

The message is sent along with a Photoshopped image of Air Force One with the "N-number" or tail number spelled out as NI66ER.

See the email message here.

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.

If I were a North Canton police officer, I'd return the dispatch call tonight with a message of my own : "Dispatcher Malachowski, do us all a favor and leave your hate at home."

UPDATE...Second Dispatcher Caught in Web of Hate

Update 2:

Two North Canton police disptachers were suspended for an inappropriate e-mail

Both dispatchers have been placed on administrative leave while the matter is being investigated.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You can be certain these guys and whomever else was involved in the emails have Confederate Flags flying somewhere where they live, be it a trailer or whatever.

Too many in the South did not get the news that the Civil War is over, they lost, there are no slaves in this country....etc. etc.

You can also be sure that their main source of fair and balanced news in Fox. They also think O'Reilly is the smartest guy around, and well so is Beck, the Weasel, and Coultergast.

And then they wonder why people in the North call them dumb Hillbillies?

SP Biloxi said...

"You can be certain these guys and whomever else was involved in the emails have Confederate Flags flying somewhere where they live"

Ah, Chicago Native, the racist email investigation is in Ohio not the South. When reading the article, the local Ohio newspaper condemns the dispatcher's actions. And not all people with Confedeate flags are neccesarily racists.


I haven't gone to the South in many years. But, I have friends who lived in the South especially in the Bush years. And Bush certainly changed the South and thanks to the lawmakers that were put in to favor Bush's policies. The South is just as divided as the North. And the issues such as abortion, gun control, same-sex, and so on are differcult issues to deal with in the South and their laws are much stricter in many Southern states.