Cop Posts KKK Message on Beyonce Photo: Investigation

DETROIT, MI – A Detroit police sergeant is under investigation for a Facebook post that stitched a photo of Beyoncé’s Black Panther-inspired Super Bowl 50 halftime performance over a photograph depicting the Ku Klux Klan.

The officer commented in the post: “So if the dance troupe at the top is ok for this years’ half time show, then the one at the bottom should be ok for next years’, right?”

Detroit Police Sgt. Michael Woody described the police sergeant, who wasn’t named, as “remorseful” and “regretful,” and said he had removed the post and apologized for it, the Detroit Free Press reports.

WWJ said the sergeant, a 17-year Detroit police veteran, remains on the job during the investigation.

Police Chief James Craig told WJBK-TV that he received “indirect and direct” complaints from others in the department about the post.

“We work in a city that’s certainly well over 80 percent African-American and to post something that has to do with a hate group like the Ku Klux Klan is problematic,” Craig said. “Certainly this does not and shouldn’t represent our police officers.”

The 34-year-old pop icon has been unapologetic about the political tones in her new single Formation, which shines a light on deep racial divisions in America and which many have called anti-police. The Formation video was posted online Saturday, and the song was performed for the first time at the Super Bowl, when Beyoncé’s announced a world tour to promote the song.

Members of the National Sheriff’s Association who were attending an annual meeting in Washington, DC, turned off the halftime show, The Washington Examiner reported.