Report: 3 Miami officers fired over target practice 'jokes'
Source: Associated Press
Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press
Updated 3:53 pm, Friday, December 30, 2016
MIAMI (AP) Three new police officers were fired for making comments on a group chat about using Miami's primarily black neighborhoods for target practice, a newspaper reported Friday.
Officers Kevin Bergnes, Miguel Valdes and Bruce Alcin were let go on Dec. 23, after an internal affairs investigation concluded that they violated department policies, said the Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/2hxDZZp), citing documents it obtained.
The remarks angered local civil rights activists keeping tabs on a department that is currently scrutinized by the U.S. Department of Justice for a pattern of excessive force.
"It's indicative of the casual conversations and comments that young and even more seasoned police officers are used to making without a lot of repercussions," said Julia Dawson, an activist who has been part of law enforcement oversight panels in Miami.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Paper-3-Miami-officers-fired-over-target-10826351.php
barbtries
(28,787 posts)those are not joking words. i read them as a threat to black people. i'm so disgusted.
Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)disgusting...
ffr
(22,669 posts)...the desire to target practice on blacks or targets with PBO on them or putting Hillary in their rifle sights?
Is there an underground message system these people are a part of that glamorizes killing certain people or making hay about doing so?
Since when has it been acceptable to kill another innocent human being?
Let me guess, the common thread in this is a certain Predator-elect.
Initech
(100,063 posts)Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)to infiltrate law enforcement. Looks like the slime is slowly getting exposed.
And people wonder why I have no love or respect for LEOs. Fuck them all. I'm sure "good cops" knew about these assholes and did nothing.
Tactical Peek
(1,208 posts)lark
(23,093 posts)Hell, there are rural counties in No. FL. that would hire them and they wouldn't have to move so far.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)three trump aficionados/voters. They will have new jobs in law enforcement within a week. They should try Ferguson, Missouri, Cincinnati, Ohio, Cleveland Ohio, Sanford Florida for sure, many many places where they will be greeted with OPEN ARMS and guaranteed employment.......