Prosecutor who sent profane posts on Obama, Waters resigns
Source: Associated Press
Updated 7:51 pm CST, Wednesday, January 9, 2019
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California prosecutor who posted crude and profane insults about U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, Michelle Obama and others to social media has resigned.
A San Bernardino County spokeswoman tells the San Bernardino Sun that Michael Selyem voluntarily resigned on Jan. 2.
The county gang prosecutor was suspended in July after revelations that he had made crudely offensive online remarks about Waters, Obama, Mexican immigrants and a victim of a police shooting.
Civil rights leaders demanded Selyem's ouster, questioning whether he could be objective when dealing with black and Latino defendants.
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