However, it is unclear to which "crime report numbers" Stiglich was referring the latest data on the Bureau of Justice Statistics website is from 2018 and does not reflect the recent looting and riots following the death of George Floyd. To ignore that would be doing a disservice to the reader. That cartoon was based on Bureau of Justice Statistics crime report numbers. The rioting and looting was extremely disheartening. I feel it's such a hostile environment we're living in right now, one that needs more law and order, not less. I do not condone racism or police brutality of any kind. I did not and I am sorry."įirst and foremost, may George Floyd rest in peace. Whitfield also published an editorial apologizing for printing the cartoon, saying in part, "I should have seen beyond the printed words in the editorial cartoon and considered the racial message that cartoon sent. Many readers took to the newspaper's Facebook page, saying that the post fed into racist negative stereotypes of black men and misrepresented the "defund the police" movement. While the woman screams for help, the man is depicted saying, "We defunded the police." The cartoon, attributed to cartoonist Tom Stiglich, depicts a black man in a face mask stealing a purse from a white woman. In a written statement Monday to ABC11, publisher and editor Whitfield called the cartoon "insensitive" and said, "We are not a racist newspaper and we have cut ties with the cartoonist that drew the cartoon and we will no longer be publishing his material." (WTVD) - The Roxboro Courier-Times issued an apology Monday afternoon after publishing a racially-charged cartoon in last Thursday's paper, and on Tuesday publisher and editor Johnny Whitfield resigned effective immediately, the newspaper said. Roxboro Courier-Times issues apology for racist editorial cartoon.
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