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13 Philadelphia police officers who made racist, offensive Facebook posts to be fired
The 13 are among 72 officers in the city placed on administrative duty after an online database shared more than 5,000 Facebook posts and comments from officers around the country.
Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are to be fired for making racist or offensive Facebook posts.
The 13 are among 72 officers in the city who had been placed on administrative duty after an online database called the Plain View Project shared more than 5,000 Facebook posts and comments on June 1 by current and former law enforcement officers in Philadelphia and seven other jurisdictions around the country.
Some of the posts were homophobic. Others advocated violence or were deemed racist.
In one post from 2014, a Philadelphia officer wrote that a suspect “should be taken out back and put down like the rabid animal he is,” according to the Plain View database. Another officer shared a photo in November 2015 that said Islam was a “cult” that glorified “death.”
In a recent post from February, an officer with the city's police department commented on a news article about an alleged murderer, writing, “hang him.”
Plain View Project said the Facebook posts and comments "could undermine public trust and confidence in our police."
The Philadelphia Police Department conducted an internal investigation with a law firm to determine if some of the posts by its officers were constitutionally protected speech.
The department announced disciplinary actions Thursday that depended on how egregious the Facebook posts by those individual officers were.
Some of the 72 officers who had been placed on administrative duty will be suspended for five days, police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. said at a news conference Thursday.
Seventeen others will face more severe disciplinary action, including the 13 who will be suspended with the intent to dismiss, according to Ross. The remaining four will receive 30-day suspensions, he said.
"I continue to be very angered and disappointed by these posts," Ross said. The 13 officers to be fired made posts that "advocated violence."
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13 Philadelphia police officers who made racist, offensive Facebook posts to be fired
The 13 are among 72 officers in the city placed on administrative duty after an online database shared more than 5,000 Facebook posts and comments from officers around the country.
Thirteen Philadelphia police officers are to be fired for making racist or offensive Facebook posts.
The 13 are among 72 officers in the city who had been placed on administrative duty after an online database called the Plain View Project shared more than 5,000 Facebook posts and comments on June 1 by current and former law enforcement officers in Philadelphia and seven other jurisdictions around the country.
Some of the posts were homophobic. Others advocated violence or were deemed racist.
In one post from 2014, a Philadelphia officer wrote that a suspect “should be taken out back and put down like the rabid animal he is,” according to the Plain View database. Another officer shared a photo in November 2015 that said Islam was a “cult” that glorified “death.”
In a recent post from February, an officer with the city's police department commented on a news article about an alleged murderer, writing, “hang him.”
Plain View Project said the Facebook posts and comments "could undermine public trust and confidence in our police."
The Philadelphia Police Department conducted an internal investigation with a law firm to determine if some of the posts by its officers were constitutionally protected speech.
The department announced disciplinary actions Thursday that depended on how egregious the Facebook posts by those individual officers were.
Some of the 72 officers who had been placed on administrative duty will be suspended for five days, police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. said at a news conference Thursday.
Seventeen others will face more severe disciplinary action, including the 13 who will be suspended with the intent to dismiss, according to Ross. The remaining four will receive 30-day suspensions, he said.
"I continue to be very angered and disappointed by these posts," Ross said. The 13 officers to be fired made posts that "advocated violence."