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Philadelphia pulls 72 cops after watchdog finds thousands of the officers' violent, racist social media posts

"The posts came to light as part of the work of the Plain View Project, a group of lawyers that began monitoring the social media accounts of Philadelphia officers in the fall of 2017 in order to assess whether the officers’ online behavior eroded public trust in the police force.

"The group began its work after it found posts where “officers commented that apprehended suspects—often black men— ‘should be dead’ or ‘should have more lumps on his head.’

"In other Facebook conversations, officers advocated shooting looters on sight and using cars to run over protestors,” the group’s website says. “Numerous posts deemed Islam ‘a cult, not a religion’ and referred to Muslims as ‘savages’ and ‘goat-humpers.’ And, in still others, officers appeared to joke about beating and raping women.”

"What the advocacy group ended up collecting was staggering, and the Philadelphia police department has now hired a law firm to sift through some 3,100 posts that have been identified as offensive."

[slate.com]

LiterateHiker 9 June 20
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Great to see,,and hopefully will make a more of a positive respectful attitude with the rest of the forces ,Now to see what exactly will even happen to these officers in the future,,Please post the results as you find out

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More proof that Philadelphia is not the city of brotherly love.

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Good deal

bobwjr Level 10 June 20, 2019
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Good to see Philadelphia taking action. Hope other cities will emulate their action.

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Well isn't that nice. But I think thier behavior while on duty probably erodes public trust in them more than thier online stuff does.

1of5 Level 8 June 20, 2019
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