A racist gets a pass, the mayor is unhappy about it, but not so much that the man will be dismissed.
The decision continue employment is not wrong. People should not loose employment for expressing their beliefs, so long as the job is being performed without evidence of such. That said, he should not have been hired, a thorough search of social media might have uncovered the expression. The failure is on the police administration. If it was uncovered and ignored for pressure to socially hire, the policy should be revamped and the administrators responsible studied closely and considered for dismissal for what amounts to tampering with the hiring process. If that is what has happened.
