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Recommend White Winter Park Overseer (officer) resigns, accused of racist remarks about killing Black children during Trayvon Martin meeting (Email)

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From [HERE] A white Winter Park police officer resigned Thursday after derogatory remarks colleagues said he made about African-Americans prompted an internal investigation. Lt. Ron Johnson's notice of retirement was one sentence long and made no mention of a derogatory remark his colleagues said he made about African-Americans, during a shift meeting about the anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death.

The investigation began with a complaint from a union leader and officer who said that during discussion about potential protests surrounding Martin's death anniversary, Johnson said, "This is why they should be drowned at birth."

The complaint said the comment was "clearly understood to be racially derogatory." Officials said it happened in the presence of at least one African-American officer who said she was offended, but was not the person who made the complaint.

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