Police chief s daughter s social media posts spur racial inequality discussion at Naugatuck High
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A Google Streetview screenshot of Naugatuck High School in Naugatuck, Conn.Google Streetview / Contributed Photo
NAUGATUCK An effort is underway at Naugatuck High School to raise awareness about racial inequalities after a student’s parents the school’s vice principal and town’s police chief apologized for their daughter’s “poor and inexcusable” social media posts from two years ago that surfaced last week.
Flyers circulated online over the weekend, promoting a peaceful protest and student walkout on Tuesday and Wednesday after a Snapchat post from a student that appears to reference her father’s appointment as police chief, which took place on March 1, 2019.
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This is part of a screenshot of one of the social media posts that circulated Friday and prompted borough officials to initiate investigations. –CONTRIBUTED
NAUGATUCK Borough officials are investigating after screenshots of racist social media posts made by a daughter of Police Chief Steven Hunt circulated on social media on Friday.
“In Naugatuck and at the police department, we condemn any act of racism or bigotry, in any form at any time. Racism and bigotry are totally inconsistent with our values and who we are as a town and a police department,” said a joint statement released by Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess, Police Commission Chairman Ralph Roper and Deputy Police Chief C. Colin McAllister.
Investigations launched into racist social media posts attributed to police chief s daughter
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NAUGATUCK Multiple investigations are ongoing after racial comments made by Police Chief Steven Hunt’s daughter emerged on social media, prompting condemnations from officials and an apology from the chief and his wife.
Saturday night, Hunt and his wife, Naugatuck High School Vice Principal Johnna Minicucci Hunt, said in a statement that the posts were made by their daughter two years ago when she was 13 years old.
“We cannot soothe or erase the pain caused by the words and images seen by many. On behalf of our family, we sincerely apologize to all those who were hurt by this,” the Hunts’ statement read. “We are left, however, as parents of a scared, regretful child who has and will continue to suffer the consequences of her poor and inexcusable actions.”