A few more details on the resignation of Lee Landor from her position as deputy press secretary to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. The Post reports that the 24-year-old, whose Facebook postings about the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. included calling Gates a racist, President Obama "O-dumb-a," and more, "resigned under pressure... from the $45,758-a-year job Monday after being told 'jump or be pushed,' according to a source."
After City Hall News broke the story, Stringer's office released a statement noting Landor's resignation and saying, "Ms. Landor's comments were totally inappropriate and in direct contradiction to the views of the borough president." The Post got a hold of a statement from Landor, who defended her Facebook thoughts: "I am not a racist... It is understandable that a black man encountering police will be suspicious of racial profiling, based on the long history of racism in this country... Nevertheless, it appeared to me that Professor Gates acted toward Sgt. Crowley based on his own prejudice, stereotyping a white policeman to be a racist."
Landor previously worked at the Queens Chronicle: According to the Post, "After she quit, she posted a picture of a notebook on Facebook scrawled with 'F--- you Queens Chronicle,' said publisher Mark Weidler." And to those impulsively detailing everything they think and do online, George Washington University computer science professor Lance Hoffman told Metro, "People think they’re posting in a nonhostile environment, but they’re broadcasting their inner-most thoughts to the whole world. They don’t realize stuff is archived all the time. There’s a snapshot taken periodically on the Internet, and all these things are maintained. What if you’ve done something in a prior life that you wouldn’t want an employer to see?"
