An Ohio police officer, who called the suicide of a Black Lives Matter activist a “happy ending,” has been fired, according to WDTN report on Monday.
Lee Cyr posted “Love a happy ending” on a Facebook post about the news of MarShawn McCarrel II. McCarrel, 23, fatally shot himself on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus in February.
Cyr was fired from the Fairborn Police Department after an internal investigation because his actions are “in violation of the department’s social media policy,” in a statement given to the television station
Cyr was previously on paid leave. He was off-duty when it was posted.