Missouri Cop Posts About How He’s Spending ‘Annual Michael Brown Bonus’

Protestors autograph a sketch of Michael Brown during a protest, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Atlanta. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Atlanta to protest the shooting death of Brown, an unarmed man who wa... Protestors autograph a sketch of Michael Brown during a protest, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Atlanta. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Atlanta to protest the shooting death of Brown, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. (AP Photo/David Goldman) MORE LESS
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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County police are investigating a Facebook post in which one of its officers discusses how he spent his “annual Michael Brown bonus.”

The Guardian reports that Officer Todd Bakula posted on his Facebook page that he took his wife to a bed and breakfast using money earned for staffing the protests in Ferguson, where the unarmed Brown was fatally shot by a white officer last year.

St. Louis County Sgt. Shawn McGuire told The Associated Press that Bakula is a patrolman and the post would be investigated.

He also said the department understands the post is “controversial.”

The general counsel for the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police didn’t immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press.

Bakula doesn’t have a listed number.

Brown’s Aug. 9, 2014, death spurred a national “Black Lives Matter” movement. The latest protests, which followed the one-year anniversary, were marred when gunfire erupted and 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr. was shot and wounded by officers after they say he fired at an unmarked police van.

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  1. Avatar for stiggy stiggy says:

    Exhibit # 975,486,156 that the police need to be completely reeducated and reformed.

  2. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    ##Caution.

    Do not post anything-- unless you’ve read-- the f^cking report.

    jw1

  3. Avatar for stiggy stiggy says:

    I did. And anyone that tone deaf needs to be reeducated.

  4. Another a-hole, this is right up there with Darren Wilson Day. I am assuming he is referencing all his OT pay. Might be time to lay his ass off.

  5. St. Louis County Sgt. Shawn McGuire told The Associated Press that Bakula is a patrolman and the post would be investigated.

    It has not come out yet. But I can still post that this guy is an asshole based on his facebook post, I think that is pretty obvious.

    Yes, if it turns out someone hacked his facebook account and made the post, I will apologize. But at this point I’m thinking that is not the case.

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