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Oakland school district police chief Pete Sama resigned yesterday in light of accusations that he was the source of an alcohol-fueled racist rant toward an African-American sergeant and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a charity golf tournament attended by the officers, Sama allegedly told the Black sergeant, “the only good n- is a dead n- and they should hang you in the town square to prevent any other n- from coming in the area.”<\/p>\n

What a freak! Who says that today?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sama\u2019s rant continued that evening, when he hurled more racial slurs at an Asian-American officer, and yelled insults at another sergeant\u2019s children.<\/strong> The children\u2019s mother, a white woman, filed the claim against Sama following the incident.<\/p>\n

“I am deeply sorry for the pain my actions have caused,” Sama wrote in a letter Wednesday to Oakland school board President Gary Yee. “My words hurt not only those who heard them, but also the entire community I have tried to serve as police chief of the Oakland Unified School District.”<\/p>\n

Sama continued, “I make no excuses for my behavior and offer no explanations. There simply is no excuse for the hurtful words I used and no explanation for behavior so at odds with whom I believe myself to be.”<\/p>\n

Sama, 41, led the force for two years and previously worked at the Oakland Police Department and the California Department of Justice.<\/strong> Sama also resigned from his previous post with the Oakland Police Department when he was cited for misdemeanor drunken driving after crashing a city-owned Chevrolet Tahoe into a tow truck on a highway.<\/p>\n

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