72 Police in Philadelphia Pulled off the Street for Racist Facebook Posts
- 5 years ago
72 Police in Philadelphia
Pulled off the Street for
Racist Facebook Posts Philadelphia Police
Commissioner Richard Ross
is expecting to discipline
"several dozen" of the officers. It is possible that
some officers will be fired. An independent law firm is
reviewing more than 3,100 Facebook
posts that were catalogued in a
database called the Plain View Project. Created by Injustice Watch, the
project has catalogued social media
posts of police officers and former
police officers from all over the country. The prioritized posts are ones
"clearly advocating violence or death
against any protected class such as
ethnicity, national origin, sex, religion and race.” Commissioner Ross said
he was "disgusted by many
of the posts" attributed to
the 72 officers in question. He said the department "will
work tirelessly to repair" its reputation
"with neighborhoods and individual
groups that we struggle to work with."
Pulled off the Street for
Racist Facebook Posts Philadelphia Police
Commissioner Richard Ross
is expecting to discipline
"several dozen" of the officers. It is possible that
some officers will be fired. An independent law firm is
reviewing more than 3,100 Facebook
posts that were catalogued in a
database called the Plain View Project. Created by Injustice Watch, the
project has catalogued social media
posts of police officers and former
police officers from all over the country. The prioritized posts are ones
"clearly advocating violence or death
against any protected class such as
ethnicity, national origin, sex, religion and race.” Commissioner Ross said
he was "disgusted by many
of the posts" attributed to
the 72 officers in question. He said the department "will
work tirelessly to repair" its reputation
"with neighborhoods and individual
groups that we struggle to work with."