Pittsburgh's new police chief has been criticized by a police union president for being photographed on New Year's Eve holding a sign that says: 'I resolve to challenge racism @ work.' The sign also has a Twitter hash tag that says '# end white silence.' Chief Cameron McLay was photographed holding up the sign that someone had brought to the city's annual First Night celebration. Mayor Bill Peduto said he saw the picture on social media and liked it so much he re-posted it on his own Facebook page. Scroll down for video Condemnation: Pittsburgh's new police chief has been criticized by a police union president after being photographed on New Year's Eve holding a sign that said: 'I resolve to challenge racism @ work.'
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New Chief Cameron McLay was photographed with the sign during a city New Year's Eve celebration
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The sign, which also had a Twitter hash tag that says '#end white silence,' has infuriated the police union
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Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has applauded the move, going so far as to repost the photo on his own Facebook page
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Fraternal Order of Police president Howard McQuillan says the move labels the force as 'racist, merely by the color of our skin'
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