South Jersey school board member resigns after posting that one solution to violence is to let Black

South Jersey school board member resigns after posting that one solution to violence is to let Black people 'kill each other'


The vice president of the Monroe Township school board in Gloucester County has resigned after posting a message on Facebook suggesting one way to stop violence is to let Blacks “kill each other.”

“Well, there is one way to stop this [expletive], since they seem to wanna keep it up,” school board Vice President Jeff Simpler wrote in a Facebook post that surfaced last week. “As much as I hate to say this. Stay out of the way, and let them kill each other sooner or later they will run out of other Black people to kill.”

A screenshot captured the post on Simpler’s Facebook page in response to a June 27 news story about a spike in violence in New York City that left 18 people shot in 24 hours. It prompted immediate calls by residents for Simpler to step down.

The Monroe Township board announced Simpler’s resignation Saturday, effective immediately.

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