Police Facebook Group Mocks Death of Michael Brown

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A police Facebook group reportedly posted a mocking memorial tribute to Michael Brown, the unarmed teen whose death last year in Ferguson, Mo., sparked a movement against police violence against blacks, according to the website Raw Story.

Ahead of the first anniversary of Brown’s Aug. 9 death at the hands of then-Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, the Facebook group, Police Officers, reportedly posted an image of a crude memorial plaque that read: “There once was a thug named Brown, who bum-rushed a cop with a frown. Six bullets later, he met his creator, then his homies burnt down the town."

The posting was removed after an outcry on social media. Before it was removed, however, the post received nearly 4,000 Facebook “likes” and was shared more than 1,700 times, Raw Story says. But some members of the closed group objected to the image.

“Sorry, while I support my LEO [law enforcement officer] brothers,” one commenter wrote, the report says, “this is very distasteful. We are above this garbage. Should take down.”

According to Raw Story, the group’s administrator replied: “Mike Brown chose his path, one that has lead [sic] this country into complete divisiveness. He’s not a martyr, he was a thug, who robbed a clerk then made the adult choice to fight a cop, of which he intended to murder.”

http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2015/08/police_facebook_group_mocks_death_of_michael_brown.html

[HassleCat]

1. Of course they feel that way

Michael Brown was not a cop. Only cop lives matter.

[damnedifIknow]

2. Immaturity strikes again

It's like dealing with children. Spoiled brats.

[Person 2713]

3. True colors

[Octafish]

4. What ''one commentator'' said.

Heartbreaking cruelty on the part of MANY of those trusted with enforcing the law.

The trick is, as always, in finding and retaining those with integrity.

That process significantly narrows down the size and nature of the force.

[KG]

5. well into my 50's. they're still pigs to me.

[Live and Learn]

6. Totally disgusting. What more proof do we need that our law enforcement is rife with racist,

juvenile and dangerous individuals? (I'd add sexist and homophobic in there too because they are but it doesn't apply to this instance.)

These people should never have been allowed any authority let alone the ability to possess a gun.