Conflicting. If this was an officer on my department, I would be sickened. Even though having this stuff on his wall does not definitively make him a racist, I simply don’t believe that he does not support such feelings. I wouldn’t ever have anything with a confederate flag in my house, let alone kkk shit. People that hate racism and the kkk would not have this in their home. I can see maybe a history teacher or a teacher that focuses on sociology, along with other historical documents, as the kkk, however disgusting, was an influential part of our sordid past in the south.
No cop should have this on their wall. Period. Whoever likened it to isis really hit the mark, because that cringe factor is the response that should be generated by this. As many of us are white males, safe to say, we may not feel the threat behind such documents because we are not the targets of such hate, but isis is something we currently hate and would be very suspicious of someone, especially a Muslim cop or government employee, having isis shit in their home. I am pretty sure that most of us would never be able to believe that a cop with isis on their wall were not part of, or supportive of terrorist activity and we would expect, they st some point, that person would carry out some horrific act. I see the kkk stuff as very similar, though it has been dampened by time and social progress, at one time, the kkk was something to be feared and had influence in the south and in government.
Now, with all of that said, his firing could be easily overturned and he walks away with a good chunk of money. Absent some credible allegations, though they may now come out of the woodwork, simply having this shit on his wall or in his house, does not mean that this guy is unfairly treating black people or guilty of being a racist ass cop.
He did shoot a black man who had bashed him in the head with a blunt object, which required a metal plate in his head, and i am sure that there are quite a few people who will want to question that incident, as well as other arrests should any of his still be in prison. And i would not be surprised to see someone file a lawsuit against the department, making claims that this guy used the race of the suspect to decide to make an arrest.