A group affiliated with the Drug Enforcement Administration apologized Monday for using the hashtag #blackhistorymonth in a tweet about a 1980 drug arrest.
The DEA Educational Foundation — a nonprofit organization that supports the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum in Arlington, Virginia — sent out the following tweet last week:
Leroy Butler, a significant heroin trafficker in New York City, was arrested in 1980 #BlackHistoryMonth #tbt pic.twitter.com/ez8FT5CKoW
— DEA Ed. Foundation (@DEAEdFoundation) February 26, 2015
The organization on Monday explained that the #blackhistorymonth tag was intended to refer to the unnamed black DEA agents pictured in the tweet, not the heroin trafficker. The organization also apologized for the “poor wording” of the initial message.
h/t Wonkblog
