Lennit Max cries racism as he resigns from Freedom Front Plus

Former Western Cape police commissioner Lennit Max has resigned from the Freedom Front Plus (FF+), crying racism.Max joined the party in August 2021 ahead of that year’s local government elections and became its mayoral candidate for Cape Town.He is a former member of the DA and the erstwhile Independent Democrats who has also had a brief stint as an adviser to police minister Bheki Cele.In a resignation letter seen by TimesLIVE, Max accuses his latest political home of prioritising the interests of Afrikaners to the exclusion of other race groups.At issue is a mission statement in…