WADESBORO A Wadesboro police officer is under investigation after a photo emerged of the officer holding up a hand sign considered a white supremacist symbol in a picture taken during the senior night ceremony prior to the Richmond Senior High School varsity boys’ soccer game Monday evening.
The picture, which was provided to the Daily Journal Wednesday evening, shows Officer Thomas Luckey standing alongside his wife and their son, a RSHS soccer player. In the photo, Luckey and his wife are displaying the “OK” hand sign at their waists, with the thumb and index finger forming a circle and the three other fingers pointing out. Their son is not making the hand sign.
The Wadesboro police chief said his department is investigating one of its officers after an inflammatory photo was posted showing a sergeant flashing what appears to be the white power sign.
NC officer under investigation after flashing apparent white power symbol in photo
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ANSON COUNTY, NC (CNN) - A North Carolina police chief says his department is investigating one of its officers for allegedly flashing the white power sign in a family photo.
African American community leaders in Wadesboro say this is not the first time they have had issues with the officer in question. I was so shocked that he did it so blatantly, Jeffery Bennett, Anson County resident said. I wasn t shocked that he did it because we all know his history and pretty much his mindset.