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CANTON TWP.-- About two weeks after being suspended for allegedly making a racist comment on Facebook, a police officer in Metro Detroit has resigned.

The Canton Township Police Department released a one-sentence update in a news release announcing the officer's resignation.

The officer, a one-year veteran, allegedly made a racist comment on a Facebook live feed of an anti-Donald Trump protest.

The police department was made aware of one of the social media post Nov. 11.

"An internal investigation into the post was immediately initiated and the officer, a one-year veteran of the department, was suspended pending the completion of the investigation," the department announced when the officer was suspended earlier this month. "The Canton Public Safety Department holds its employees to the highest of standards and this type of behavior is not representative of the beliefs or core values of this organization."

WDIV-TV reports the officer being investigated is Kenneth Kleszcz, who reportedly commented "go home monkeys" on a Facebook live broadcast of an anti-Trump rally.