Kentucky Police Commissioner Resigns After Use of Hitler Quotes in Police Training Program Revealed

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. Suggested Reading A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion Cardi B, Offset and the Real Reasons Celebrities Recycle Each Others’ Partners Trigger Warning…All…

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, itโ€™s fucking Hitler, yโ€™all. Hitler.

CBS News reports that Commissioner Rodney Brewerโ€™s resignation goes into effect on Wednesday, and Lt. Col. Phillip Burnett has been appointed by Gov. Andy Beshear (D) as acting commissioner.

โ€œAs 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. โ€œThis is absolutely unacceptable,โ€ Beshear in a statement to CBS News. โ€œIt 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 hadnโ€™t 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 โ€œThe Warrior Mindset,โ€ featured such lovely quotes like โ€œthe 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 whoโ€™s easily in everyoneโ€™s โ€œWorst Person in History,โ€ top five? Heโ€™s quoted at least three times in the training slideshow, and there is even a link to Hitlerโ€™s Goodreads page, a website thatโ€™s 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 โ€œYou know, maybe this isnโ€™t for me.โ€

If I open a book, and off jump itโ€™s like โ€œYo, Hitler was really dropping jewels if you were paying attention,โ€ Iโ€™m going to close that book.

Itโ€™s that easy, yโ€™all. I swear.

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