{"id":151173,"date":"2021-01-10T09:53:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T06:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cop-who-posted-racist-remarks-online-suspended-from-nypd\/"},"modified":"2021-01-10T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T06:53:20","slug":"cop-who-posted-racist-remarks-online-suspended-from-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cop-who-posted-racist-remarks-online-suspended-from-nypd\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cop who posted racist remarks online suspended from NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Cop who posted racist remarks online suspended from NYPD<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/James-Francis-Kobel.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A high-ranking NYPD cop who had reassigned after accusations he posted hundreds of vile, racist remarks online has now been suspended without pay, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>James Francis Kobel \u2014 a 30-year-veteran and the former commanding officer of the NYPD\u2019s Office of Equal Employment Opportunity \u2014 was placed on administrative leave on Jan. 7th, law enforcement sources said Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Kobel, 50, had been reassigned to the Transit Borough Command for the Bronx and Queens on Nov. 16 after the allegations surfaced. <\/p>\n<p>The 30-year veteran of the force was transferred following a damning investigation by the City Council\u2019s oversight committee.<\/p>\n<p>The committee found he had hidden behind the username \u201cClouseau\u201d to post \u201cracist, misogynistic, anti-Semitic and homophobic sentiments\u201d on the \u201cThe Rant,\u201d a notorious message board used by cops to complain about their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>He posted racist comments some 500 times between the summer of 2019 and fall 2020, the committee\u2019s probe had found.<\/p>\n<p>Among his slurs, Kobel called Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark \u201ca gap-toothed wildebeest,\u201d referred to former President Barack Obama as a \u201cMuslim-savage,\u201d and called Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s son, Dante, a \u201cbrillohead,\u201d according to the 13-page report. <\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s previously denied he\u2019s written the racist messages online. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am unfamiliar with any of these posts,\u201d Kobel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/05\/nyregion\/james-kobel-nypd-racism.html\">told the New York Times<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m unfamiliar with \u2018Clouseau.\u2019 I don\u2019t post on The Rant.\u201d\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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