An Indiana police officer is 'regretful' over Kanye West blackface photo
A Southern Indiana police officer has apologized after a photo of him dressed in blackface four years ago was brought into the spotlight.
Clarksville Police Capt. Joel DeMoss, who is white, was tagged in a photo on Facebook that showed the veteran of the department dressed in blackface to mimic Kanye West at a Halloween party."At this time, I was uneducated on the meaning of blackface," DeMoss told the News and Tribune."Since then, and speaking with close friends, I understand that this could be seen on my part as being insensitive.
Clarksville Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday from the Courier Journal. But Chief Mark Palmer told the News and Tribune he's discussed the situation with DeMoss and the department's sensitivity training guidelines will be updated immediately.
Wearing blackface has been condemned by civil rights groups for more than 100 years, since the performances entered popular culture during the Civil War era. Traditional blackface shows dressed-up white men and women as physical caricatures of black people who mocked African American culture and stereotypes of the era.Florida Secretary of State Mike Ertel resigned in February after photos surfaced of him in blackface mocking Hurricane Katrina victims at a 2005 Halloween party, and Virginia Gov.
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