A Knoxville, Tennessee, officer received a reprimand and will undergo bias training following an investigation into a photo he shared of his child in blackface for a “Forrest Gump” Halloween costume, reports NBC News.
An internal affairs investigation was launched after Officer Todd MacFaun posted the photo with his two daughters over Halloween weekend, according to the Knoxville Police Department. The photo included fellow Officer Leah Miller, who also posted the photo to her social media.
MacFaun’s two daughters were dressed as “Forrest Gump” characters as part of a family photo, in which one of his daughters wore blackface in her costume of the character Bubba Blue, a Black soldier who befriends the film’s title character while they serve together in Vietnam.
The internal investigation found that the officers violated policy on the use of social media, the department said.
