Top NY Dem blasted for not firing school cop who celebrated Charlie Kirk shooting: ‘Betrayal of trust’

Westchester County’s top Democrat was blasted Thursday for refusing to fire a callous school cop who celebrated the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk — slamming the pol for “lack of empathy.”

GOP county executive candidate Christine Sculti and other local pols said incumbent Dem Ken Jenkins botched the training of controversial cop Tanisha Blanche, sacrificing the safety of students at the Somers Intermediate School where she had been assigned.

Sculti, who is trying to unseat Jenkins, called for a formal probe and for Blanche to get the axe.

“It’s a betrayal of trust and a threat to children’s lives,” Sculti told reporters at a press conference Thursday. “The safety of our students is not optional. It’s not negotiable. It’s the first job of government, and Ken Jenkins has failed.

“My understanding is that she is still employed, which is something Ken should be accountable for, because I can’t understand how that would be the case,” she added. “[I] would like a full investigation and her ultimate termination.” 

Blanche got into hot water by posting a screed online titled, “Hate & Bigotry: Charlie Kirk’s True Legacy” after the 31-year-old conservative activist was shot at Utah Valley University last week.

“Charlie Kirk has no problem putting his true beliefs about anyone who isn’t [white],” Blanche allegedly wrote. “Well that white sniper was over qualified when he put that hole in your neck hunni bunni.”

In another post, the controversial cop wrote, “Welp! That didn’t end well buddy.”

In a letter to parents last week, Somers Superintendent of Schools Adam Bronstein called the online comments “completely unacceptable for someone entrusted with the safety of students and staff.

“The nature of the posts glorifies violence,” Bronstein said.

The posts got Blanche yanked from the school gig — but not off the job.

Jenkins’ office referred questions to the Westchester County Department of Public Safety.

“As you have already reported, Police Officer Blanche was removed from her assignment as school resource officer,” department spokesman Jeffrey Weiss said in an email Thursday.

“She has been reassigned to administrative duties pending an internal investigation of the matter,” Weiss added. “The Westchester County Department of Public Safety does not condone glorification of acts of violence.”

But Sculti and other county pols questioned how Blanche was assigned to the school after two longtime school safety officers were moved or retired after years of being assigned there.

“We need to hold people accountable, especially in this day and age we live in, and if that is the case, then people need to be held accountable for their actions,” Somers Town Supervisor Robert Scorrano said during Thursday’s press conference.

“People need to be held accountable if this person was in this position and they shouldn’t have been in this position,” the Republican pol said.