Urbandale volunteer resigns after blog post criticizing ‘black community’ surfaces

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Des Moines Register

A former Des Moines police officer has resigned from his volunteer position on a city commission after concerns were raised about a blog post criticizing the “black community.”

Jim Trotter, a longtime Des Moines Police Department officer, will no longer serve on the Urbandale Civil Service Commission, which advocates for most of the city’s…