The commissioner for the Kentucky State police has resigned after it was revealed that a training program used by the force included quotes from Adolf Hitler and Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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Honestly, I feel like that should just be the story.
Like, itโs fucking Hitler, yโall. Hitler.
CBS News reports that Commissioner Rodney Brewerโs resignation goes into effect on Wednesday, and Lt. Col. Phillip Burnett has been appointed by Gov. Andy Beshear (D) as acting commissioner.
โAs of today, the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet continues to work diligently to swiftly and thoroughly conduct an internal review of all training materials and will provide information as it becomes available,โ Morgan Hall, a spokeswoman for the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, told CBS News in a statement.
Brewer was appointed to commissioner by Beshear in January, serving only 10 months in the position before resigning. He was a 33-year veteran of the force, holding several positions within the state police department during his time.
Beshear condemned the training material on Monday. โThis is absolutely unacceptable,โ Beshear in a statement to CBS News. โIt is further unacceptable that I just learned about this through social media. We will collect all the facts and take immediate corrective action.โ Hall has previously said that the training hadnโt been administered to cadets since 2013.
The training came to light due a report from the Manual Red Eye, a student newspaper at duPont Manual High School in Louisville, Ky. The training material, titled โThe Warrior Mindset,โ featured such lovely quotes like โthe very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence.โ
That little ditty came from Mein Kampf, the manifesto of one Adolf Hitler.
You know Hitler, right? The guy whoโs easily in everyoneโs โWorst Person in History,โ top five? Heโs quoted at least three times in the training slideshow, and there is even a link to Hitlerโs Goodreads page, a website thatโs basically Yelp for books.
You know how I know cops are racist? There are cops in Kentucky who went through a training program that included multiple quotes from Hitler and not once did they go โYou know, maybe this isnโt for me.โ
If I open a book, and off jump itโs like โYo, Hitler was really dropping jewels if you were paying attention,โ Iโm going to close that book.
Itโs that easy, yโall. I swear.
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