DHS official resigns following report disclosing racially insensitive remarks

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The director of the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership at the Department of Homeland Security is stepping down from his post following a report that disclosed he had made racially insensitive remarks during radio appearances from 2008 to 2016.

Rev. Jamie Johnson said black Americans were turning “major cities into slums because of laziness, drug use, and sexual promiscuity,” according to a report from CNN.

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