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Tennessee Police Officer Resigns over Forrest Gump Blackface Photo On 2/1/21 at 11:38 AM EST A police officer in Tennessee has resigned, while another has been reprimanded after they posed for a photo with a child in blackface. An investigation was launched into Knoxville police officers Leah Miller and Todd MacFaun after they posted the picture on their personal Facebook pages over Halloween weekend last year. Police spokesman Scott Erland told Newsweek that Miller and MacFaun, who are married, had watched Forrest Gump with MacFaun s two daughters and decided to dress as characters from the film for Halloween. One of the children, dressed as the character Bubba, wore Army fatigues and had her face painted black, Knox News reported. ....
They said the Bubba costume involving blackface was not racially motivated and wasn t intended to represent an offensive historically racial stereotype. Both apologized, took responsibility for their actions, and expressed regret for any harm the photo might have caused. Both officers were found to have violated KPD s Code of Conduct regarding the use of social media. Though it was apparent that Officers MacFaun and Miller did not have malicious intentions, the costume reflected poor judgment, was entirely inappropriate given the long history of the use of blackface to oppress and stereotype the black community and has no place in society, the KPD statement read. ....