--- description: Wayne Welsh, an assistant police chief in Estherwood, Louisiana, has resigned after posting a racist meme to Facebook title: Assistant Police Chief Resigns After Posting Racist Facebook Meme image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f5c5ffbbc0923e/6988cd670b72e32f3b6edcb8/gettyimages-586113560.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Louisiana](/tag/louisiana/) ## Louisiana Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Police Official Resigns After Posting Racist Facebook Meme: 'He Didn't Do This to Offend Anybody' by [Madeline Farber](/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2017 7:21 PM CUT  A person holds an iPhone displaying the Facebook app logo on Aug. 3, 2016. A person holds an iPhone displaying the Facebook app logo on Aug. 3, 2016.Carl Court—Getty Images by [Madeline Farber](/author/madeline-farber/) ## Madeline Farber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2017 7:21 PM CUT An assistant [police](http://time.com/4880155/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-mayor-killed-drugs/ "undefined") chief in Estherwood, La. has resigned after posting a racist [meme](http://time.com/4880376/game-of-thrones-memes-queens-justice/ "undefined") on Facebook. Assistant police chief Wayne Welsh on Sunday posted a picture of a cartoon mother drowning her daughter in the bathtub, accompanied with the phrase “When your daughters (sic) first crush is a little Negro boy.” The post has since been deleted, but not before users on social media shared screenshots of Welsh’s post, according to the [Sacramento _Bee._](http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article164928437.html "undefined") Critics called Welsh racist and demanded that the Estherwood Police Department take action against him. In addition to the online backlash, both the Estherwood Police Department and Estherwood City Hall received multiple calls about the post, according to a [local news station.](http://www.katc.com/story/36015894/estherwood-chief-council-will-decide-any-discipline "undefined") > [](https://twitter.com/Freeyourmindkid/status/892503578589483008) > [](https://twitter.com/PriscusMaritius/status/892596011696234496) At first, Welsh attempted to defend himself. “Its (sic) not against the. Law if you share stuff on. Facebook. Its (sic). Social media. Internet,” he wrote on Monday, according to the _Bee_. But following the surmounting backlash, he later posted an apology, writing: “Well, I posted something on Facebook that made a lot of people mad. Well, I’m sorry for what happen (sic). Ya (sic) have a blessed day.” Police Chief Ernest Villejoin [announced on Tuesday](https://kadn.com/assistant-chief-of-estherwood-police-resigns-after-posting-racially-charged-meme-to-facebook/ "undefined") that Welsh would be resigning from his position. “When I found out about it, I couldn’t believe I had to call him. I called him at work and asked him what the hell is going on,” said Villejoin, before defending Welsh. “I know Wayne didn’t do this on purpose. He didn’t do this offend anybody,” Villejoin said. “I apologize to anybody that it offended, believe me.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4884552/assistant-police-chief-resigns-racist-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4884552/assistant-police-chief-resigns-racist-meme/"},"headline":"Police Official Resigns After Posting Racist Facebook Meme: 'He Didn't Do This to Offend Anybody'","datePublished":"2017-08-02T19:21:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:50:23.230Z","description":"\"He didn’t do this offend anybody\"","url":"https://time.com/4884552/assistant-police-chief-resigns-racist-meme/","keywords":["Louisiana","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f5c5ffbbc0923e/6988cd670b72e32f3b6edcb8/gettyimages-586113560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeline Farber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeline-farber/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f5c5ffbbc0923e/6988cd670b72e32f3b6edcb8/gettyimages-586113560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Popular Smart Phone Apps Of 2016","caption":"Popular Smart Phone Apps Of 2016","creditText":"Carl Court—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/louisiana/","name":"Louisiana"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4884552/assistant-police-chief-resigns-racist-meme/","name":"Police Official Resigns After Posting Racist Facebook Meme: 'He Didn't Do This to Offend Anybody'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"LeBron James: 'Racism will always be a part of the world, a part of America'","description":"LeBron James offered his first public comments at a press conference on Wednesday after his Los Angeles–area home was vandalized by a racial slur.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/WLBuRYEu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-06-01T13:27:53.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/WLBuRYEu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4884552/assistant-police-chief-resigns-racist-meme/","duration":"PT48S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4884552/assistant-police-chief-resigns-racist-meme/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```