Pennsylvania cop loses her job after sending Snapchat with racial slur
A Pittsburgh police officer has been fired after a Snapchat that she took in her uniform and sent with a racial slur was posted on social media.
The picture shows former part-time McKeespot Officer Melissa Adamson in a car, outfitted in a long-sleeved uniform, with the caption: 'I'm the law today n***a'.
Adamson was also working part-time as a cop in Versailles, Pennsylvania and resigned from her position on Tuesday night after the department held an emergency meeting regarding the photo.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko said his office and the police department concluded 'without hesitation' that Adamson had to be fired.
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McKeespot Police Officer Melissa Adamson was fired from her job on Tuesday after a Snapchat that she took in her uniform that used the racial slur 'n***a' was posted on Facebook
'This post displays a degree of conduct and character that is far different from what I would expect from an officer in this city,' he wrote in a Facebook post.
'It is absolutely unacceptable. She has been relieved of her duties, and her employment has been terminated.'
Adamson revealed that the photo had been taken months ago, right before her first day on the job at the Pitcairn Police Department.
The former cop said she considered the photo to be 'just humor' and that she sent it to some friends 'with no malicious intent', she told WTAE.
Adamson claims the photo was posted on Facebook this week by a former police officer who she recently 'had an altercation' with.
'He's bringing up his dirt and ruining my career,' she said. 'Which has been done.'
'Everyone that knows me knows I don't have a racist bone in my body,' she added.
'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.'
She added that the photo was a 'stupid mistake' and that she didn't 'expect it to go this far'.
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Adamson revealed that the photo had been taken months ago and said it was posted on social media by a former police officer she 'had an altercation with' who wanted to ruin her career
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ShareAdamson resigned from the Pitcairn department just last week to start a new job in her hometown of McKeespot.
She was still in the department's probationary training when she was fired on Tuesday.
'I don't want this to affect how I do my job,' Adamson said.
'I don't want people to look at me differently, thinking that I can't build myself up to the standard of a police officer.'
Adamson apologized to those she had offended and said it was never her 'intention' to hurt them.
'I can't express how sorry I am for how I made you feel - emotionally, physically,' she said.
'Again, it was a stupid mistake. It shouldn't have been posted in general, regardless of how my intentions were.'
Many took to the mayor's Facebook to thank him and the city for quickly firing Adamson.
McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko said his office and the police department, where Adamson only began work a week ago, concluded 'without hesitation' that she had to be fired
'Thank you for immediate action,' wrote Sue Lang. 'Our city has enough problems, we don't need a racist police officer too.'
Kimberly Ann added that she was 'completely confounded and distraught' by Adamson's actions.
'I support our Officers and law enforcement 100% at all times, but with actions such as this, it is difficult to understand why some have even picked law enforcement as a career.'
'I will pray that this officer sees the gravity of what she probably thought was just a funny post.'
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