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Strickland wants Klan-prank troopers fired
AP ^ | Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Posted on 04/22/2008 7:27:38 PM PDT by Comparative Advantage

COLUMBUS (AP) — Gov. Ted Strickland has asked the state Highway Patrol to fire two troopers who engaged in a prank involving a costume that resembled a Ku Klux Klan outfit.

Strickland said today that the behavior by the troopers from the Sandusky post could not be tolerated.

A patrol report says trooper Craig Franklin is pictured in a Jan. 20 cell phone photo wearing a white cone on his head, a white paper mask and a white cloth. Trooper Eric Wlodarsky forwarded the cell phone photo.

The state's public safety director had recommended firing. However, a union contract provision had allowed them to stay on the job if they maintained a clean record for two years.

Strickland did not address the contract provision in his news release.

Wlodarsky told an investigator there was no malicious intent behind the picture, while Franklin apologized and said he was embarrassed.


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: codeofsilence; cultureofcorruption; donutwatch; macacamoment

1 posted on 04/22/2008 7:27:39 PM PDT by Comparative Advantage
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To: Comparative Advantage
Proof positive that Political Correctness runs amok.
2 posted on 04/22/2008 7:30:16 PM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia, a red state wannabe. I don't take Ex Lax I just read the New York Times.)
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To: Comparative Advantage

Do they have a union?

Does the union employ attorneys?


3 posted on 04/22/2008 7:32:56 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: OKIEDOC

PC must die.


4 posted on 04/22/2008 8:23:49 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Fire the CIA and hire the Free Clinic, someone who knows how to stop leaks.)
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To: Comparative Advantage

Strickland should be more concerned about his Attorney General, Marc Dann.


5 posted on 04/22/2008 9:02:17 PM PDT by Bosco (Remember how you felt on September 11?)
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