Theres precedent for cops acting up on social media networks and being disciplined... Last December A Pleasantville, NY village police officer was suspended and might be fired after posting a racist, obscenity-laced rant about President Obama on his Facebook page. In October, the police chief in Austin, Texas, suspended a detective for 10 days for posting what he called sensitive law-enforcement information — photos of interrogations and crash scenes — on his Facebook page. Last year, 17 New York City cops were suspended for posting racist and offensive comments on a Facebook page devoted to the citys 2011 West Indian Day Parade. In 2009, three Harrison, N.Y., police officers were suspended and demoted after making lewd comments about then-Supervisor Joan Walsh and swapping racist jokes about Obama. Those episodes and similar incidents across the country have prompted many police and government agencies to adopt social media policies for their employees. The LAPD does not have such a policy that I know of. If they do, why then is Officer Jonathan Dallas Johnson allowed to post buffoonery images of African-Americans to perpetuate the negative stereotypes of Blacks on his Facebook page?
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 23:43:49 +0000
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