Wolfeboro, NH police commissioner calls Obama the N-word, refuses to apologize

[HenryBHough]

Local official quits after using slur to describe Obama

Local ordinance requires one resign any currently held office prior to turning in papers to run for higher office. This may be a clue; not an ending.

 

[rightwinger]

Oh well. Thought maybe just once someone would stand up for their rights to free speech and not back down.

His free speech rights were not violated. He was allowed to say any objectionable thing he wanted to

 

[rightwinger]

You need to reread your Constitution

Congress shall pass no laws....it says nothing about there being no consequences for what you say

 

[NLT]

I don't understand why he resigned? He said he wasn't going to.I figured he would tough it out...hmmm

Prolly got a phone call from eric holder

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4gEyYNFVo




http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...ssioner-racist-remark.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2

A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won't apologize for calling President Barack Obama the N-word, and he sat with his arms crossed while angry residents at a meeting called for his resignation on Thursday.

Wolfeboro Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, who's 82 and white, has acknowledged in an email to his fellow police commissioners he used the racial slur in describing Obama.

Town resident Jane O'Toole, who moved to Wolfeboro four months ago, said she overheard Copeland say the slur at a restaurant in March and wrote to the town manager about it. Copeland, in an email to her, acknowledged using the slur in referring to the president and said he will not apologize.

"I believe I did use the 'N' word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse," Copeland said in the email to his fellow police commissioners, part of which he forwarded to O'Toole. "For this, I do not apologize — he meets and exceeds my criteria for such."

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Residents of Wolfeboro, N.H., urge police official to quit for calling Obama the N-word | masslive.com

About 20 black people live in Wolfeboro, a town of 6,300 residents in the scenic Lakes Region, in the central part of New Hampshire, a state that's 94 percent white and 1 percent black. None of the town police department's 12 full-time officers is black or a member of another minority.

Carroll County Deputy Sheriff Paul Bois, who's black, is one of two officers the town employs part time during the summer to deal with tourists. When asked to comment outside the meeting, he said, "I'd love to, but I can't."

Town Manager David Owen said Thursday that while he finds Copeland's comment "reprehensible," he and the board of selectmen have no authority to remove an elected official. He said he expected a large number of residents would call for Copeland's resignation at the police commission meeting, and they did.

More than 100 people packed into the meeting room at the Wolfeboro Public Library, where librarian Joyce Davis said she can't remember an issue in 40 years that has sparked so much emotion and outcry. Many of the people wore on their shirts handmade stickers saying, "Resign," directed at Copeland.

"Comments like these, especially coming from a public official, are not only inexcusable but also terribly, unfortunately, reflects poorly on our town," said O'Toole, who was met with resounding applause.

Commissioner Ron Goodgame, in response to a challenge from O'Toole about whether he and Commission Chairman Joseph Balboni Jr. endorse Copeland's comments, said, "It's neither my view or Commissioner Balboni's view that the remarks are condoned."

Wolfeboro police commissioner under scrutiny for racist comments about Obama | Concord Monitor


There is more:


Video: Police Commissioner Who Called Obama the N-Word Snaps at ?Skunk? Reporter as Angry Residents Demand His Resignation | Video | TheBlaze.com


Resident Jane O’Toole says she overheard him use the slur in a restaurant in March and wrote to town officials to complain. Copeland wrote back and sent her part of his previous email, saying he believed he used the N-word “in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse” and Obama “meets and exceeds” his criteria for such.

“The letter really took the wind out of my sails, really,” O’Toole told WMUR-TV.

The three-member police commission held a meeting Thursday where about 100 residents jammed the room and called for Copeland’s resignation. The commissioner sat silent with his arms crossed during the meeting, in which there was no resolution.

Police commissioner hurls 'N-word' at Obama - Tea Party

“It’s not like I was eavesdropping. Mr. Copeland was being very loud,” O’Toole said.

Copeland was silent during Thursday night’s meeting. He was asked to resign and said nothing. He did say plenty in a letter to O’Toole after she wrote to his bosses about his racial slurs.

“The letter really took the wind out of my sails, really,” O’Toole said.

“I believe I did use the ‘N’ word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse (sic),” Copeland said in the email. “For this, I do not apologize — he meets and exceeds my criteria for such.”

Because they didn’t get an answer inside, a mob of people demanded answers after the meeting was over.

Whitney White and several others confronted Copeland as he went to his car.

“I admitted what I did. I made no bone about it,” Copeland said to White.

He did not want News 9 recording the conversation in the parking lot.

“If you want to talk further when this nosy individual leaves,” Copeland said to White referring to News 9′s Nick Spinetto.

“I’m not a nosy individual, I’m a reporter doing my job,” Spinetto said to Copeland.

“I know what you are. You’re a skunk. Goodbye,” Copeland said to Spinetto.

There was no resolution Thursday evening.

Instead, the police commission plans on meeting to discuss what action they should take but they would not tell the audience where that meeting will be held or when.

Copeland is one of three members of the police commission, which hires, fires and disciplines officers and sets their salaries. He ran unopposed for re-election and secured another three-year term on March 11.

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Wolfeboro is a small town within Carroll County in New Hampshire.

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know the town as I used to go fishing on Lake Winnepesauke in New Hampshire many summers when I was a kid. Despite what this asshole made Wolfeboro temporarily look like, it is a really, really nice place, full of nice people, the hotels and motels are affordable and the fishing on the lake, esp. if you like Salmon, is outstanding. I can recommend the town itself as a vacation spot.

Caroll county's recent electoral history:

1988 - Bush 41 +42.68% !! (Bush 41 carried the state)

1992 - Bush 41 +6.71% (Clinton carried the state)

1996 - Dole +1.38% (Clinton carried the state)

2000 - Bush 43 +11.50% (Bush carried the state)

2004 - Bush 43, +4.59% (Kerry carried the state)

2008 - Obama +6.31% (Obama carried the state)

2012 - Romney +0.80% (Obama carried the state)


So, the county itself is a very Republican leaning county.

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My take: the dude is a racist asshole. But he shouldn't be forced to resign. Let him speak his mind and then the voters will throw him out on his ass next election and they will likely make his life rough the next three years, if he doesn't willingly step down.

There is indeed such a thing as too much political correctness, but there is also a thing known as rampant racism and assholianism. And he, Copeland, definitely fits the bill.

There is also a thing known as respect for the office of the President of the USA - and other high elected officials. And assholes like Copeland who say this stuff are numbing us to the effects of vile racism.

Now, I don't know the political inclinations of this guy, and I don't care. As far as I know, he could be a Democrat, but I doubt it. But if he is from the Right, then it is just another nail in the GOP's race relations coffin.

Now, Righties can defend this stuff of his, I don't care. If they want yet another drubbing in 2016, go right ahead. But you cannot expect to even begin to attract a segment of the voters when people from your side are constantly pummeling them with racial attacks. Or do Righties think that Black folks don't read newspapers, watch the news and also participate on the internet? The same goes for Latino folks, Asian folks, American-Indian folks, etc...


So, should this 82 year old coot resign?


(Followup articles sure to come)

I think he should resign for the good of the community. It is going to be very difficult for african americans to trust they won't be targeted by him. He should resign.

 

[Statistikhengst]

Local official quits after using slur to describe Obama

 

[Asclepias]

Oh well. Thought maybe just once someone would stand up for their rights to free speech and not back down.

The commitment to free speech usually ends when people realize it doesn't say "free from all consequences".

 

[HenryBHough]

Oh well. Thought maybe just once someone would stand up for their rights to free speech and not back down.

The commitment to free speech usually ends when people realize it doesn't say "free from all consequences".

More commonly it comes to a screeching (literally!) halt when somebody else says something the (former) free speech activist dislikes.

 

[Asclepias]

Oh well. Thought maybe just once someone would stand up for their rights to free speech and not back down.

The commitment to free speech usually ends when people realize it doesn't say "free from all consequences".

More commonly it comes to a screeching (literally!) halt when somebody else says something the (former) free speech activist dislikes.

That is merely a lack of beliefs in their ideas and shows a weak constitution on the part of the person claiming free speech Its easy to stand for something dumb when everyone agrees with you. Its quite another to realize you royally screwed up and now will have people actively trying to take a patch of skin because of your stupid belief.

 

[HenryBHough]

Alas, calling a spade a spade is no longer allowed. We must all immediately start calling turds flowers in the vain hope that the smell might change, too.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4gEyYNFVo




http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...ssioner-racist-remark.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2

A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won't apologize for calling President Barack Obama the N-word, and he sat with his arms crossed while angry residents at a meeting called for his resignation on Thursday.

Wolfeboro Police Commissioner Robert Copeland, who's 82 and white, has acknowledged in an email to his fellow police commissioners he used the racial slur in describing Obama.

Town resident Jane O'Toole, who moved to Wolfeboro four months ago, said she overheard Copeland say the slur at a restaurant in March and wrote to the town manager about it. Copeland, in an email to her, acknowledged using the slur in referring to the president and said he will not apologize.

"I believe I did use the 'N' word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse," Copeland said in the email to his fellow police commissioners, part of which he forwarded to O'Toole. "For this, I do not apologize — he meets and exceeds my criteria for such."

Photo source

Residents of Wolfeboro, N.H., urge police official to quit for calling Obama the N-word | masslive.com





Wolfeboro police commissioner under scrutiny for racist comments about Obama | Concord Monitor


There is more:


Video: Police Commissioner Who Called Obama the N-Word Snaps at ?Skunk? Reporter as Angry Residents Demand His Resignation | Video | TheBlaze.com


Resident Jane O’Toole says she overheard him use the slur in a restaurant in March and wrote to town officials to complain. Copeland wrote back and sent her part of his previous email, saying he believed he used the N-word “in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse” and Obama “meets and exceeds” his criteria for such.




Police commissioner hurls 'N-word' at Obama - Tea Party

“It’s not like I was eavesdropping. Mr. Copeland was being very loud,” O’Toole said.

Copeland was silent during Thursday night’s meeting. He was asked to resign and said nothing. He did say plenty in a letter to O’Toole after she wrote to his bosses about his racial slurs.

“The letter really took the wind out of my sails, really,” O’Toole said.

“I believe I did use the ‘N’ word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse (sic),” Copeland said in the email. “For this, I do not apologize — he meets and exceeds my criteria for such.”

Because they didn’t get an answer inside, a mob of people demanded answers after the meeting was over.

Whitney White and several others confronted Copeland as he went to his car.

“I admitted what I did. I made no bone about it,” Copeland said to White.

He did not want News 9 recording the conversation in the parking lot.

“If you want to talk further when this nosy individual leaves,” Copeland said to White referring to News 9′s Nick Spinetto.

“I’m not a nosy individual, I’m a reporter doing my job,” Spinetto said to Copeland.

“I know what you are. You’re a skunk. Goodbye,” Copeland said to Spinetto.

There was no resolution Thursday evening.

Instead, the police commission plans on meeting to discuss what action they should take but they would not tell the audience where that meeting will be held or when.

Copeland is one of three members of the police commission, which hires, fires and disciplines officers and sets their salaries. He ran unopposed for re-election and secured another three-year term on March 11.

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Wolfeboro is a small town within Carroll County in New Hampshire.

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know the town as I used to go fishing on Lake Winnepesauke in New Hampshire many summers when I was a kid. Despite what this asshole made Wolfeboro temporarily look like, it is a really, really nice place, full of nice people, the hotels and motels are affordable and the fishing on the lake, esp. if you like Salmon, is outstanding. I can recommend the town itself as a vacation spot.

Caroll county's recent electoral history:

1988 - Bush 41 +42.68% !! (Bush 41 carried the state)

1992 - Bush 41 +6.71% (Clinton carried the state)

1996 - Dole +1.38% (Clinton carried the state)

2000 - Bush 43 +11.50% (Bush carried the state)

2004 - Bush 43, +4.59% (Kerry carried the state)

2008 - Obama +6.31% (Obama carried the state)

2012 - Romney +0.80% (Obama carried the state)


So, the county itself is a very Republican leaning county.

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My take: the dude is a racist asshole. But he shouldn't be forced to resign. Let him speak his mind and then the voters will throw him out on his ass next election and they will likely make his life rough the next three years, if he doesn't willingly step down.

There is indeed such a thing as too much political correctness, but there is also a thing known as rampant racism and assholianism. And he, Copeland, definitely fits the bill.

There is also a thing known as respect for the office of the President of the USA - and other high elected officials. And assholes like Copeland who say this stuff are numbing us to the effects of vile racism.

Now, I don't know the political inclinations of this guy, and I don't care. As far as I know, he could be a Democrat, but I doubt it. But if he is from the Right, then it is just another nail in the GOP's race relations coffin.

Now, Righties can defend this stuff of his, I don't care. If they want yet another drubbing in 2016, go right ahead. But you cannot expect to even begin to attract a segment of the voters when people from your side are constantly pummeling them with racial attacks. Or do Righties think that Black folks don't read newspapers, watch the news and also participate on the internet? The same goes for Latino folks, Asian folks, American-Indian folks, etc...


So, should this 82 year old coot resign?


(Followup articles sure to come)

I think he should resign for the good of the community. It is going to be very difficult for african americans to trust they won't be targeted by him. He should resign.

With 1.4 percent of New Hampshire and .4 percent of Carroll County being black I don't think that is a real big problem.

 

[jasonnfree]

I voted no. This is the most popular and endearing word used wherever black people congregate. Where's the equal opportunity for us blue eyed devils?

 

[HenryBHough]

With 1.4 percent of New Hampshire and .4 percent of Carroll County being black I don't think that is a real big problem.

Look for a major demographic shift as Obama and friends find way to subsidize folks of a certain pigmantation to buy up homes in Carroll County. That there are no jobs won't really matter.

 

[Asclepias]

Alas, calling a spade a spade is no longer allowed. We must all immediately start calling turds flowers in the vain hope that the smell might change, too.

Alas. Just because you call something a spade doesnt mean you actually know what you are talking about.

 

[Asclepias]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs4gEyYNFVo




http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/201...ssioner-racist-remark.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2

Photo source

Residents of Wolfeboro, N.H., urge police official to quit for calling Obama the N-word | masslive.com





Wolfeboro police commissioner under scrutiny for racist comments about Obama | Concord Monitor


There is more:


Video: Police Commissioner Who Called Obama the N-Word Snaps at ?Skunk? Reporter as Angry Residents Demand His Resignation | Video | TheBlaze.com


Resident Jane O’Toole says she overheard him use the slur in a restaurant in March and wrote to town officials to complain. Copeland wrote back and sent her part of his previous email, saying he believed he used the N-word “in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse” and Obama “meets and exceeds” his criteria for such.




Police commissioner hurls 'N-word' at Obama - Tea Party




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Wolfeboro is a small town within Carroll County in New Hampshire.

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I know the town as I used to go fishing on Lake Winnepesauke in New Hampshire many summers when I was a kid. Despite what this asshole made Wolfeboro temporarily look like, it is a really, really nice place, full of nice people, the hotels and motels are affordable and the fishing on the lake, esp. if you like Salmon, is outstanding. I can recommend the town itself as a vacation spot.

Caroll county's recent electoral history:

1988 - Bush 41 +42.68% !! (Bush 41 carried the state)

1992 - Bush 41 +6.71% (Clinton carried the state)

1996 - Dole +1.38% (Clinton carried the state)

2000 - Bush 43 +11.50% (Bush carried the state)

2004 - Bush 43, +4.59% (Kerry carried the state)

2008 - Obama +6.31% (Obama carried the state)

2012 - Romney +0.80% (Obama carried the state)


So, the county itself is a very Republican leaning county.

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My take: the dude is a racist asshole. But he shouldn't be forced to resign. Let him speak his mind and then the voters will throw him out on his ass next election and they will likely make his life rough the next three years, if he doesn't willingly step down.

There is indeed such a thing as too much political correctness, but there is also a thing known as rampant racism and assholianism. And he, Copeland, definitely fits the bill.

There is also a thing known as respect for the office of the President of the USA - and other high elected officials. And assholes like Copeland who say this stuff are numbing us to the effects of vile racism.

Now, I don't know the political inclinations of this guy, and I don't care. As far as I know, he could be a Democrat, but I doubt it. But if he is from the Right, then it is just another nail in the GOP's race relations coffin.

Now, Righties can defend this stuff of his, I don't care. If they want yet another drubbing in 2016, go right ahead. But you cannot expect to even begin to attract a segment of the voters when people from your side are constantly pummeling them with racial attacks. Or do Righties think that Black folks don't read newspapers, watch the news and also participate on the internet? The same goes for Latino folks, Asian folks, American-Indian folks, etc...


So, should this 82 year old coot resign?


(Followup articles sure to come)

I think he should resign for the good of the community. It is going to be very difficult for african americans to trust they won't be targeted by him. He should resign.

With 1.4 percent of New Hampshire and .4 percent of Carroll County being black I don't think that is a real big problem.

Most racists wouldn't so no surprise here.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

I think he should resign for the good of the community. It is going to be very difficult for african americans to trust they won't be targeted by him. He should resign.

With 1.4 percent of New Hampshire and .4 percent of Carroll County being black I don't think that is a real big problem.

Most racists wouldn't so no surprise here.

You've been led around by your nose by racist Democrats all your life and you still vote for them religiously, so I'm right to say it's not a real big problem.

 

[Asclepias]

With 1.4 percent of New Hampshire and .4 percent of Carroll County being black I don't think that is a real big problem.

Most racists wouldn't so no surprise here.

You've been led around by your nose by racist Democrats all your life and you still vote for them religiously, so I'm right to say it's not a real big problem.

You've been led around by your nose from elitist, racist Republicans all your life and you still vote for them. Yes you are right.....to you. Which was the point. To a racist its not a big problem. Thats why your boys keep losing.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Most racists wouldn't so no surprise here.

You've been led around by your nose by racist Democrats all your life and you still vote for them religiously, so I'm right to say it's not a real big problem.

You've been led around by your nose from elitist, racist Republicans all your life and you still vote for them. Yes you are right.....to you. Which was the point. To a racist its not a big problem. Thats why your boys keep losing.

I've never met a racist Republican. Every peckerwood and every black person I've ever known voted Democrat.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Most racists wouldn't so no surprise here.

You've been led around by your nose by racist Democrats all your life and you still vote for them religiously, so I'm right to say it's not a real big problem.

You've been led around by your nose from elitist, racist Republicans all your life and you still vote for them. Yes you are right.....to you. Which was the point. To a racist its not a big problem. Thats why your boys keep losing.

Actually my boys keep winning. But you wouldn't know that because you have your head stuck up your ass.

 

[RosieS]

Copeland resigns!

Police commissioner in N.H. town resigns over Obama slur ? CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Good! No locale really wants to be defined by the bigotry of its elected officials.

This is 2014, not 1954, you reactionary conservatives!

Regards from Rosie