Post by opie on Dec 7, 2011 11:00:44 GMT -5
'Drop a bomb and wipe them out': NYPD cops brand West Indian Day parade goers 'savages' and 'animals' in 'racist' Facebook rants
By Michael Zennie
Last updated at 8:00 PM on 6th December 2011
Several New York police officers have been accused of making derogatory and racially-charged comments about the city's West African Day parade on a public Facebook group.
The officers, who posted using their real names, made comments such as 'drop a bomb and wipe them all out.' Others called parade goers 'savages,' 'animals' and 'filth.'
The remarks were made on a Facebook group called 'No More West Indian Day Detail,' which was created for 'N.Y.P.D. officers who are threatened by superiors and forced to be victims themselves by the violence of the West Indian Day massacre.'
The Facebook group was discovered by two Brooklyn, New York, defense lawyers and presented as evidence for a man charged with weapons possession at the annual parade.
The New York Times reported that the numerous remarks cover 70 typed pages of comments and most of the posters appear to be New York police officers.
New York Police Department officials were not previously aware of the group, but have since opened an internal affairs investigation.
Department policy bars officers from making 'discourteous or disrespectful remarks' about race or ethnicity.
The annual carnival, which celebrates the large Caribbean populations in New York, been the scene of violence, including deaths. This past fall's parade saw two NYPD officers wounded in a shooting.
'I say have the parade one more year, and when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out,' Officer ******* Facebook account posted.
When the Times contacted Officer ******, he claimed someone else posted the comment under his name.
'Why is everyone calling this a parade? It’s a scheduled riot,' one comment read.
'They can keep the forced overtime,' said one officer wrote, adding that the safety of New York's finest should come 'before the animals.'
'Filth.' wrote another poster.
'Welcome to the Liberal NYC Gale, where if the cops sneeze too loud they get investigated for excessive force but the "civilians" can run around like savages and there are no repercussions,' a commenter added
'It's not racist if it's true,' another said.
The Facebook group had more than 1,800 members when defense lawyer Benjamin Moore discovered it in September. He saw the group, which was open for anyone to see and read on Facebook, while browsing the Facebook page of his client's arresting officer.
'I found it astounding,' he told the Times. So he made a copy.
Two days later, the Facebook group disappeared.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070657/Drop-bomb-wipe-NYPD-officers-West-Indian-Day-parade-goers-savages-animals-racially-charged-Facebook-rants.html
By Michael Zennie
Last updated at 8:00 PM on 6th December 2011
Several New York police officers have been accused of making derogatory and racially-charged comments about the city's West African Day parade on a public Facebook group.
The officers, who posted using their real names, made comments such as 'drop a bomb and wipe them all out.' Others called parade goers 'savages,' 'animals' and 'filth.'
The remarks were made on a Facebook group called 'No More West Indian Day Detail,' which was created for 'N.Y.P.D. officers who are threatened by superiors and forced to be victims themselves by the violence of the West Indian Day massacre.'
The Facebook group was discovered by two Brooklyn, New York, defense lawyers and presented as evidence for a man charged with weapons possession at the annual parade.
The New York Times reported that the numerous remarks cover 70 typed pages of comments and most of the posters appear to be New York police officers.
New York Police Department officials were not previously aware of the group, but have since opened an internal affairs investigation.
Department policy bars officers from making 'discourteous or disrespectful remarks' about race or ethnicity.
The annual carnival, which celebrates the large Caribbean populations in New York, been the scene of violence, including deaths. This past fall's parade saw two NYPD officers wounded in a shooting.
'I say have the parade one more year, and when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out,' Officer ******* Facebook account posted.
When the Times contacted Officer ******, he claimed someone else posted the comment under his name.
'Why is everyone calling this a parade? It’s a scheduled riot,' one comment read.
'They can keep the forced overtime,' said one officer wrote, adding that the safety of New York's finest should come 'before the animals.'
'Filth.' wrote another poster.
'Welcome to the Liberal NYC Gale, where if the cops sneeze too loud they get investigated for excessive force but the "civilians" can run around like savages and there are no repercussions,' a commenter added
'It's not racist if it's true,' another said.
The Facebook group had more than 1,800 members when defense lawyer Benjamin Moore discovered it in September. He saw the group, which was open for anyone to see and read on Facebook, while browsing the Facebook page of his client's arresting officer.
'I found it astounding,' he told the Times. So he made a copy.
Two days later, the Facebook group disappeared.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070657/Drop-bomb-wipe-NYPD-officers-West-Indian-Day-parade-goers-savages-animals-racially-charged-Facebook-rants.html
