Outrage Over 'KKK' Note in NYPD Precinct

MYFOXNY.COM - A group of local officials, the Black Law Enforcement Alliance, and some Harlem residents gathered Monday to denounce an incident that happened to an African-American police officer inside her own office.

Two months ago, the officer reported that someone had scrawled the letters "KKK" onto a Post-it note on her desk in the 32nd Precinct.

The NYPD's Office of Equal Opportunity Employment looked into the incident, but wasn't able to identify the person who did it, but instructed the precinct commander to "instruct members of the command that posting of the letters was offensive and in violation of the patrol guide."

The Black Law Enforcement Alliance says that isn't enough, and that the department needs to find and fire the person responsible.

The Black Law Enforcement Alliance's statement:

"This incident is reflective of a growing trend of racist harassment throughout the NYPD. This dangerous ignorance continues because the NYPD relies on investigations conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Office, which rarely identifies or prosecutes the culprits. The victim Police Officer and the community deserves a complete investigation and for the perpetrator to be identified and fired from the NYPD."
--Marquez Claxton / Director of Public Relations and Political Affairs

The NYPD's statement:

"The Office of Equal Opportunity Employment (OEEO) investigated the officer's report that she found the letters 'kkk' added to a yellow Post-it note on which the officer had written the words 'M Ke Ka', followed by language that said 'symbolic of our African tradition and history.' No one was identified for having written 'kkk' and OEEO directed that the precinct commander instruct members of the command that posting of the letters was offensive and in violation of the patrol guide."
--Paul J. Browne / Deputy Commissioner, Public Affairs