McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Mayor Michael Cherepko was extremely quick to take to Facebook to make sure that everyone knew that officer Melissa Adamson had been fired after she posted an image and caption to snapchat. The image was her, wearing sunglasses, in uniform, captioned, “I’m the law today ni**a”.

Seriously? The part-time officer had only reportedly been on the job two weeks and of course this kind of stupidity, is an instant dismissal.

Still, in light of the current storm, many feel this is indicative of many officers, part-time and full, and the complete lack of decent and sensitivity and compassion towards the black community. Ok, i’ll go as far as saying complete racism.

To be a white officer use the ‘ni**a’ slur in such a way, at such a time, goes beyond pure stupidity!

The Pitcairn Police Department also released a statement on Facebook, they said, “There has been a picture circulating around of an ex-female employee of the Pitcairn Police Department. As the picture alone does not constitute misconduct, it is symbolic speech and protected under the First Amendment.”

“However, it is the content of the text in the picture which is unacceptable. The Pitcairn Police Department holds high integrity for the community we serve and this type of conduct will not be tolerated.”

The offensive image is below!

What do you think of this mess?