A St. Louis-area police department announced on Thursday it had fired on officer who posted offensive comments online about people protesting the fatal police shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.
CNN reported that Glendale, Mo. Police Officer Matthew Pappert was fired after posting comments to Facebook that likened the Ferguson, Mo. protestors to “rabid dogs” that should be “put down.”
The Glendale Police Department was notified of the comments and initially suspended Pappert on August 22. He issued an apology via a written statement because, as his lawyer put it, according to CNN, “He’s a mess right now. It’s an embarrassment.”
Pappert’s comments are part of a slew of incidents that have occurred in the midst of the Ferguson protests involving police officers making inappropriate comments. Officers such as Kansas City officer Marc Catron, who was being investigated for his Facebook post of a man he mistook for Michael Brown, and Lt. Ray Albers, who was forced to resign from the St. Ann, Mo. police department after he told protestors he would “fucking kill” them.
h/t Mediaite
Hopefully these firings, forced resignations and retirements are not just the tip of the iceberg but the beginning of a more deeper cleanup among the police force. Every department in each corner of the Country should look among it’s ranks and get rid of those officers who think and act in the very same way as these idiots in uniform.
Pillars of the community they are - yesirree
I’m not even going to call this irony: white cops who openly display contempt for black citizens who are protesting that the overwhelmingly white police department openly treats the city’s black citizens with contempt.
He shouldn’t worry, if shooting a black kid gets you $400,000 in donations despite no charges being filed, I’m sure getting fired for being an asshole will get him $100,000 in racist welfare.
“A St. Louis-area police department announced on Thursday it had fired on officer”
Wow, they really ARE trigger-happy.