Missouri police group denounced for Facebook post about ‘Darren Wilson Day’

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Missouri police group denounced for Facebook post about ‘Darren Wilson Day’
By Justin Wm. Moyer August 11 at 3:06 AM


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Police officer Darren Wilson during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Mo., last year. (St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office/AP)




A Missouri police group faced a backlash after declaring a day to honor the white police officer who shot a young African American man in Ferguson last year.

In a Facebook post, the Columbia MO Police Officers’ Association (CPOA) declared Aug. 9 — the day one year ago when police officer Darren Wilson killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man, in Ferguson — “Darren Wilson Day.”

“Our Support for Officer Wilson has nothing to do with race or anything else other than the fact that he was thoroughly investigated, twice, once by the state of Missouri and once by President Obama’s Justice Department, and BOTH investigations found he did NOTHING wrong,” the post, since removed from Facebook, read, as Columbia’s ABC 17 reported. “Yet, he lost his job and his career (again…even though he was found to have done nothing wrong.) So, yes, we stand by this innocent, but persecuted, officer.”

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The Facebook post also “included a picture that reads ‘Darren Wilson Day – Aug. 9th, 2015. We will always have your 6,’” according to ABC 17. ................