A Nazi flag flown in the window of a California state parole office in Sacramento has been taken down after the agency received several complaints.
The office clearly displayed a swastika through one of its window on 16th and T Street in a building owned by the State of California, according to Fox 40.
“That’s cute. That’s real cute. City of Sacramento letting f—ing people like that work in your buildings,” Sacramento resident Michael Johnson said.
He works across the street from the building and uploaded video of the flag online.
“You didn’t have to be close to the building at all,” Johnson said. “People driving by could see it.”
Johnson said the image was not only offensive but a bad representation of his city.
“It’s the first thing that a lot of people who may be coming from the airport, who may be traveling to Sacramento and witnessing the city for the first time,” Johnson said.
Video of the flag was also posted to the image site Imgur Friday with the caption:
“This is a trashy way to represent this beautiful city, especially in a state building (1608 T Street Friday 10/25 @ 9:43pm)”
An unnamed parole official told FOX40 an officer who deals mostly with gang members put up the flag not to offend but to give other officers a visual cue of what to look for.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Dana Simas, who oversees parole services, told the news outlet an office such as the parole office in question “might handle material that might otherwise look objectionable or discriminatory.”
“We do take this issue very seriously,” Simas said. “The item has since been removed and we’re looking into the circumstances by which it was displayed, to begin with.”
