The Chapel Hill Police officer who was placed on administrative leave over a tattoo has now resigned.
Cole Daniels was photographed the night that the Confederate monument on the UNC campus known as Silent Sam was toppled last August. A tattoo on Daniel’s right forearm was a logo associated with the “Three Percenters” group, which has been described as an anti-government militia-style group.
“Officer Daniels is no longer on administrative leave with pay. He resigned his employment with the Town of Chapel Hill effective April 5, 2019,” Chapel Hill Police officials said on Wednesday.
A statement from Chapel Hill Police in the immediate aftermath of last fall’s rally said that Daniels would have the tattoo covered when on duty in the future. But an email from then-Chapel Hill town manager Roger Stancil said that Daniels had been placed on administrative leave with pay on August 27.
“The pervasiveness of the concerns raised by many regarding his display of a tattoo that is associated with the ‘3 Percenters’ has caused the Department to question his ability to function effectively as a police officer within this community,” Stancil wrote at the time.
Authorities said no other information would be provided because “state personnel law prohibits us from providing any additional information regarding the circumstances of his resignation.”
Photo via Daniel Hosterman (@dhosterman)
Tattoo bad. Vandalism good.
No big deal, just a terrorist in the police force.
So a man with “We the people” tattooed on his forearm can’t be trusted to enforce the law? The really sad thing is. I would bet 2/3 of people reading this reply will have to google what “We the people” means.
This is actually funny… To say the least.
Fu*k the police. Blue lives matter people sit back while getting their faces pounded in while the police sit and watch. Police are not your friends conservatives! The military is not either! Violence with violence. silent majority conservatives Are cowardice. IIItodeath