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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Klan 'prank' troopers get their jobs back

Two Ohio troopers have won back their jobs after being fired for pulling a KKK-type costume prank the day before Martin Luther King Jr.

Day.An arbitrator ruled Tuesday that the firings in May violated a union contract.

The Highway Patrol said Wednesday that Craig Franklin and Eric Wlodarsky will return to work within 30 days.

They also get back pay and benefits.

A patrol investigation found that Franklin had dressed in a white cone, mask and cloth, and that Wlodarsky sent a cell phone photo to a colleague.

The Ohio State Troopers Association's attorney Herschel Sigall said the incident was "stupid, but not vicious."

He criticized Gov. Ted Strickland for seeking the firings.

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Back pay and benefits?! They should have been fired and made to pay the state back for the time wasted training them.

A 'prank' is one thing, but being in a position of authority does carry a tad more responsibility than these two nitwits showed.

Forcing the state to reinstate these two bozos is a crime in and of itself ... but paying them back pay and benefits is insane.

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