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West Linn cop s blackface clown painting removed from school February 10 2021 The West Linn Police Department issued a statement that the painting has been removed; school district says it should never have been displayed. A post in the West Linn Open Forum community Facebook group has sparked the removal of a velvet painting depicting a clown in blackface from a school resource officer s office wall at West Linn High School. The officer, Jeff Halverson, said the painting was used as an icebreaker to make students more comfortable talking to a police officer. It s not something the kids are used to seeing a painting of a clown on a police officer s wall … Same thing with staff. Like, Why do you have a velvet painting of a clown? Why wouldn t I, you know? he said. It was a good icebreaker to make people more comfortable. They were talking to a police officer; some of them hadn t done that before. ....
Facebook post prompts West Linn cop to remove black velvet clown painting from his office at high school Updated Feb 08, 2021; Posted Feb 08, 2021 West Linn Police Officer Jeff Halverson, a school resource officer at West Linn High School, said he removed the black velvet clown face painting from his office, after a woman raised concerns about it on Facebook. “My office has to be an inclusive, welcoming place,” he told The Oregonian/OregonLive. Facebook Share depiction in a Facebook post that drew hundreds of responses. Some people reacted by criticizing the concerns about the clown and blasting the woman who posted them for “shaming” the officer. ....