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| Prison guard suspended for joke about lynching that referenced Obama |
| By winonadailynews.com- Nico Savidge |
| Published: 07/06/2015 |
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MADISON — A Wisconsin prison guard who posted a joke about lynchings that referenced President Barack Obama last year on Facebook received a one-day suspension and was required to attend training, according to documents obtained by the State Journal. Correctional Officer Collin Visser posted a photo of Christmas tree ornaments with the president’s likeness accompanied by the text, “Look guys. Obama Christmas ornaments. Suddenly it’s legal to hang a black man from a tree again!” in December. Visser, who has worked at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun since April 2014, shared the image in the comments section of a newspaper’s Facebook post about a Black Lives Matter rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The details of Visser’s punishment were revealed last week, months after the State Journal first requested the Department of Corrections’ investigation into the post under open records law, and after department officials repeatedly refused to say whether Visser was disciplined. Read More. |
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