Trooper Blooper Leads to Resignations at the Top

After a video from 4 years ago surfaced which showed a Highway Patrol officer threatening to kill African-American suspects and referring to them in a racially derogatory manner, the repercussions were felt all the way to the top offices of the state's Public Safety division this week.

S.C. Governor Mark Sanford was only recently informed about the incident--and the tape--and was clearly outraged that the officer was not fired but given anger management and diversity training instead.

Sanford maintains that state Public Safety Division Director Jim Schweitzer and Highway Patrol Commander Russell Roark are directly responsible for the failure to adequately address a major breach of state trooper protocol.

The pressure mounted on the two men until finally they turned in their resignations to the Governor on Friday.