A police officer in Pennsylvania is out of two jobs after posting a picture of herself in uniform to social media and using a racial slur.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko said the white officer, identified in local reports as Melissa Adamson, was a recently hired part-time officer who was training as a probationary employee. The image, which was posted on Snapchat and made its way to other platforms, showed Adamson taking a selfie in uniform with the caption: “I’m the law today nigga.”
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“This post displays a degree of conduct and character that is far different from what I would expect from an officer in this city,” Cherepko posted on Facebook.
Adamson also worked as a part-time police officer in Versailles, Pa. She resigned from that post late Tuesday, Police Chief Charles Roka told WTAE.com.
Adamson said that she’s “not a racist” and apologized to anyone she offended.
“Everyone knows that I don’t have a racist bone in my body,” she told WTAE.com. “And people who don’t know me, I can understand why it was misconstrued to where it looks racist. But like I said, everyone who knows me knows I’m not racist.”
