BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) _ A Manatee County Sheriff's Office sergeant has been suspended without pay for almost 26 hours after he highlighted a Bible passage and referenced President Obama.
According to a sheriff's internal affairs report, corrections Sgt. Matthew Neu labeled a scripture passage in a Bible as “the Obama prayer'' and left it on co-worker's desk.
The highlighted scripture was Psalm 109, which reads in part, “Let his days be few, and let another take his office.''
The co-worker, who also is a corrections sergeant and is black, said she was offended when she found the Bible and considered what she saw to be a threat against the president.
Neu told investigators he looked up the verse after receiving an e-mail about it and planned to show some of his co-workers. No threat was meant.
Pictured: Manatee County Sheriff
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