The mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, has apologized for calling a Korean American woman 'a Facebook troll' and 'a coward' because she displayed her name in Korean on social media.
“I was caught off guard more than anything,” Sohn said. “A public official making that statement publicly on her own Facebook page degrading a citizen — that’s just uncalled for and unprofessional.”
When the mayor was initially asked if she would apologize on Tuesday, she said no, according to WOWT 6 News. However, she later said she didn't realize the characters were Sohn’s name and formally apologized to Sohn at the end of a news conference Wednesday afternoon about the end of the city’s curfew.
She also explained her confusion: “I referred to her not using her name because I saw these symbols or letters, but they were Korean.”The Korean Association of Nebraska told NBC Asian America that an hour before the news conference, Stothert wrote a letter admitting her mistake and taking responsibility for her comments.
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