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  Date / Time: 7/17/2009 4:31 PM UTC

  Promotion Denied: The Harrowing True Story of Racism, Cover-up, Betrayal & Vigilante Justice
  

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  While commander of the USAF Academy’s Security Police Squadron, Lt. Col. Joseph W. Hoffler was in the primary zone for promotion to colonel. To his surprise, just prior to meeting the promotion board, senior officers at the USAF Academy conspired to ensure that his promotion would be denied. The reason? Racism. Rumor has it that certain white senior officers and members of Lt. Col. Hoffler’s squadron thought that his squadron’s command element was “too black,” and were of the opinion that blacks should be “kept in their place.” As a result, racist forces within the USAF Academy targeted Lt. Col. Hoffler with one goal in mind: to deny him promotion to colonel. A distinguished officer, Lt. Col. Hoffler followed military protocol and pursued justice through appropriate channels, but to no avail. Defending the USAF Academy’s image of equality took priority over justice.

  

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