NH Police Official Who Called Obama The N‑word Resigns

Image:The police com­mis­sion­er of a small New Hampshire town who drew nation­al head­lines and sparked the ire of local res­i­dents for call­ing President Obama the N‑word has resigned.

Wolfeboro Police con­firmed to NBC News Monday after­noon that Commissioner Robert Copeland, who was ini­tial­ly unapolo­getic about his remarks, has resigned in response to the crit­i­cism that began in the local com­mu­ni­ty but quick­ly spread nationwide.

Local res­i­dent Jane O’Toole spear­head­ed the call for Copeland’s res­ig­na­tion short­ly after she heard Copeland loud­ly refer to Obama as “that f****** n*****” while com­plain­ing about hav­ing to see the pres­i­dent often on tele­vi­sion at a restau­rant in March, accord­ing to the Concord MonitorWhen she reached out to town lead­er­ship about the remarks, offi­cials addressed Copeland direct­ly about the inci­dent.  

I believe I did use the ‘N’ word in ref­er­ence to the cur­rent occu­pant of the Whitehouse [sic],” Copeland wrote in a response, accord­ing to the Associated Press. “For this, I do not apol­o­gize — he meets and exceeds my cri­te­ria for such.”

Police official uses n‑word against Obama

The sto­ry caught fire nation­al­ly after dozens of res­i­dents in the most­ly white town spoke out against the remarks dur­ing a pub­lic meet­ing Thursday evening, with many demand­ing his res­ig­na­tion. http://​www​.msnbc​.com/​p​o​l​i​t​i​c​s​n​a​t​i​o​n​/​o​f​f​i​c​i​a​l​-​r​e​s​i​g​n​s​-​a​f​t​e​r​-​c​a​l​l​i​n​g​-​o​b​a​m​a​-​n​-​w​ord