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An Ohio cop has been fired for posting a Snapchat photo using a 'balaclava' filter that the mayor said had 'troubling racial connotations'.
Michael Reschke, 43, was placed on administrative leave following a complaint on August 23, 2023.
He was fired two days later by the Lockland mayor Mark Mason, who reprimanded him for taking the picture while in uniform.
'The Village's police department has no room for conduct that is racist or even creates the appearance of racism or poor judgment,' Mason told WAFB as he doubled down on the decision.
'This conduct does not meet the standard of conduct expected of its officers and will not be tolerated.'
Ohio cop Michael Reschke has been fired for posting a Snapchat photo using a 'balaclava' filter that the mayor said had 'troubling racial connotations'
Lockland mayor, Mark Mason, said the police department, 'has no room for conduct that is racist or even creates the appearance of racism or poor judgment'
Reschke sent the image, which was taken at the police station, to a 'closed group' but it was leaked to the authorities.
He appeared to acknowledge it could be compromising in a series of texts about the incident.
Reschke stated he believed could 'trust my friends on Snapchat with a filter that looked racist not to be taken as anything else other than a joke' after a friend suggested he was aware the image could be deemed 'extremely offensive'.
When the friend told him 'some things
