LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Kentucky State Police Facebook page got a new cover photo Tuesday, and it didn t exactly win over everyone on social media.
The cover shot featured a helicopter with two blocks of text on either side: OUR COLOR IS GRAY and OUR GENDER IS TROOPER.
Beneath the text were 11 troopers and Kentucky State Police personnel (as well as a K-9) standing in front of several KSP vehicles, with at least one woman and two Black members of the agency appearing to be in the photo, which includes no caption.
By late Wednesday morning, the cover photo had been changed back to a previous 2017 photo of three troopers.
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Tone deaf nonsense. KY State Police face backlash for post on gender, race. Jeremy Chisenhall, Lexington Herald-Leader
May 5 Kentucky State Police have been slammed for posting a photo to Facebook Tuesday that says our color is gray and our gender is trooper, as many have criticized those statements for being offensive to minorities and transgender people.
The image was set as the agency s cover photo and featured several state police officials. It had more than 4,000 shares and nearly 6,000 comments Wednesday morning, many of which were from people who were upset over the message. State police changed their cover photo later Wednesday morning after the backlash, but they didn t delete the post containing the criticized image.
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