Mayor caught on tape using racial slur during profanity-laden tirade against resident

One Illinois mayor is in hot water after a video was posted to YouTube documenting him berating a resident.

"Melrose Park Mayor Ronald Serpico was captured on a video recording late last month using a slew of profanities and a racial slur as he launched into a tirade during a public meeting," the Chicago Sun Times reports. "At one point, Serpico says the man looks "like a f------ sh---," using a racial epithet to insult Black people. While the man Serpico is heard attacking is white, the man told the Sun-Times he was taken aback by the mayor's comments."

Serpico issued an apology, while criticizing Mike Cozzi, the recipient of his tirade.

"I regret making these comments," Serpico said. "This resident has repeatedly harassed me and the village board of trustees and in this instance my frustration got the better of me. I apologize for my comments and pledge to do better in the future."

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Cozzi, for his part, is not accepting the apology.

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