Chief: Indiana police recruit fired for ties to neo-Nazis

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A police recruit in northwestern Indiana was fired less than 24 hours after the department was notified that the officer was involved in a neo-Nazi online chat forum.

The Lafayette Police Department launched an investigation into Joseph Zacharek, who was hired in June, after being notified on Twitter Friday evening of his possible participation in a chat forum called Iron March in 2016.

The department’s internal affairs division concluded the information was “accurate and credible,” and Zacharek was terminated, according to a Saturday news release from Chief Patrick Flannelly.

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“Officer Zacharek’s comments were not in harmony with the spirit of cooperation and inclusion in the community that the Lafayette Police Department values,” Flannelly said in the release.

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[Initech]

1. Some of those who work forces / are the same that burn crosses

[Enterstageleft]

2. GOOD!

I hope every one of these racist m'fuckers lose their job, their house, their SO & be ostracized in polite society for the rest of their lives.

Fuck every one of them.

[groundloop]

3. Police departments need to do a hell of a lot better job screening applicants

I'm glad they got rid of this guy, but there are thousands more out there just like him that have slipped through the cracks.

[Judi Lynn]

4. Now he won't have to pretend to be someone he's not. He's free to be his criminal self.

Joseph Zacharek

[rpannier]

5. He'll wind up in Anderson, IN or Plymouth, IN

There are plenty of KKK strongholds in Indiana that would happily hire him because he reflects the community

[aggiesal]

10. Noblesville n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

6. i think wed have to purge the military too also karma bytes eh

[marble falls]

7. Poor kid. He thought he was in LaFayette, La ...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/louisiana-police-shoot-kill-black-man

Louisiana police shoot, kill Black man outside store
ACLU slammed shooting as a "deadly incident of police violence against a Black person"

Guess he shouldn't become a dispatcher, either.

[Boogiemack]

8. I sent this idea in to the Biden camp. i wish they would give it a good thought.

I propose that the new Congress and administration establish a National Law Enforcement Academy that awards two year certificates and four-year BS degrees. It is aimed at strictly developing law enforcement personnel equipped with knowledge and skills that meet a national standard for graduation and commensurate pay when hired. For those who graduate, they can received salaries with added stipends depending on location of employment. For example, locations with high crime rates and more violent crimes would offer higher stipends for the first three years of employment. Lots of details to be filled in but this is just to give you the gist of the idea.

There would be really strict vetting of potential candidates in an attempt to weed out any men and women with issues that might make them problem police. One time bonus for returning to work in your neighborhood or home town or city etc. (more refinement). Police already employed would be eligible for enrollment in the Academy for virtual training for most non physical courses.

A focus should be for two years of civics, American and respective state history and cultural sensitivity training and Constitution history, law and states' rights, negotiation skill training and etc.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. They sortof already have that

at the FBI's Quantico Training Academy. I know my former agency had sent people to train there over the years. And they don't restrict it to federal employees or federal LEO. It could possibly be expanded further, but it's been around a long time. Overview.

[Cha]

9. Good. Fire him Before he potentially

fucks up somebody's life.

[orangecrush]

12. Neo Nazis my ass

Just plain nazis.

Part of their m.o. is infiltrating law enforcement.

[DFW]

13. He almost evokes sympathy. After all.....

He hadn’t yet killed even one unarmed black guy, and already he has lost his legal cover to do so.