After months of investigation into problematic Facebook posts by Philadelphia police officers, department officials are finally dishing out much needed disciplinary action.
During a news conference on Thursday, Police Commissioner Richard Ross condemned the actions of 72 police officers that were found to have Facebook posts that contained violence, racism, Islamophobia and more. Just 17 of the 72 are slated for a 30-day suspension, and out of that group 13 are expected to be dismissed all together.
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“I continue to be very angered and disappointed by these posts, many of which, in my view, violate the basic tenants of human decency,” Ross said. “And I am saddened by the fact that there are even some who would attempt to justify such hateful and vile behavior.”
The Plain View Project (PVP), which is a searchable database created by lawyer Emily Baker-White, shows countless social media posts made by thousands of police officers at eight police departments around the country that include Philadelphia, Dallas, Phoenix and St. Louis. It took Baker-White 18 months to create the database of 5,000 posts and comments made by police officers through verified accounts. There are about 2,800 of the officers featured in the database, some of them high-ranking, are still on the job.
Source: Who’s Shocked? Philadelphia Cops Suspended Over Violent And Racist Facebook Posts
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