![]() Of his apology, he said: “I did this because I care more for this district then I do about the individuals that take everything out of proportion and the lies and distortions that brought me to this point.” ![]() He said he voted in favor of the censure against himself because “it would not be genuine for me to apologize then vote against the only action the board could legally take with a sitting board member.” Merrell said in an email to the Trib that he apologized for offending anyone. The resolution to censure Merrell passed unanimously at Monday’s regularly scheduled school board meeting. The screenshots suggest that Merrell posted the link and added his own comment of, “Crime in the Burgh would go down for sure.” The post included a link to a list suggesting what would happen if all African Americans left the country and was accompanied by a racial slur. William Merrell previously said he never made the Facebook post, and it happened when his account was hacked two years ago. The Peters Township school board voted Monday night to publicly censure a board member accused of sharing a racist Facebook post.
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