A police officer in Cleveland used the N-word in reference to Ohio State Buckeyes football players, Cleveland.com's Adam Ferrise reported Friday.
According to Ferrise, Det. John Kraynik was ordered to complete sensitivity training and "issued a written letter of re-instruction."
The text messages were discovered during an unrelated internal affairs investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a now-retired officer.
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