Florida Cop Under Fire for Violent Facebook Comment About Parkland Student David Hogg

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



A veteran Florida police officer is facing disciplinary action for posting a violent comment on Facebook about student gun-control activist and Parkland school student David Hogg. K-9 officer Brian Valenti of the Coconut Creek Police Department made the comment on a post about Hogg’s recent anti-NRA “die-in” protest at Publix stores. Commenting on a photo of the protest, Valenti wrote, “Hope some old lady loses control of her car in that lot. Jus saying.” Valenti, who has 23 years on the force, later removed the post but not before it was spotted and his superiors made aware of it. The police chief, Albert Arenal, later admitted the comment was “unprofessional and inappropriate,” saying Valenti “will be offering an apology, as he has indicated that he wants to do whatever he has to do to make it right,” the Sun-Sentinel reported. Arenal could not say how Valenti would be disciplined but said the department will “look into it more fully on Tuesday.”

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[Phoenix61]

1. I think he meant to say

"Wants to do what ever he has to do to keep his job and pension he is so close to having." If he was willing to write that I have to wonder what he's been wiling to say over the past 23 years.

[theaocp]

2. He doesn't want to do "whatever he has to do to make it right".

Otherwise, he'd have already resigned. Pig.

[marieo1]

3. minngal

This officer just showed every one his true side and nature. He shouldn't even be on the police force at all. David Hogg is doing everything he, as a young student yet, can possibly do to make us all aware of what it would be like to have someone shoot and kill fellow classmates. More power to David Hogg. I hope he never stops his mission.

[politicaljunkie41910]

5. It's a sad day when the students seem to have more common sense than the adults. In this case a

Police Officer with 23 years of service posts on line that he hopes a high school student is maimed or killed by a driver for exercising his constitutional right to protest against the NRA? This guy needs to go. This sort of thing shouldn't be tolerated from someone who's supposedly a "Police Officer and also a Peace Officer" (another name for police officers). Further proof that the inmates are running the asylum.

[workinclasszero]

4. He's sorry

that he got caught.

Gun humpers violently hate David Hogg.

[Cha]

7. And, how stupid do you have to be..

to think you wouldn't get caught writing it on FB?

They hate him for no reason.. except they're brainwashed. He doesn't want to take their guns away.. just sensible gun laws.

[workinclasszero]

9. Ikr?

And this chump has the power of life and death over us regular citizens.

[ChiTownDenny]

10. + 1

[pazzyanne]

12. But gunhumpers are hard-wired

to go from the mention of sensible gun control laws to "they're coming to get my guns" You can't reason with people about guns because of their bias. Ergo, anyone who mentions gun control is the enemy.

[BigmanPigman]

6. The title should say ..."Florida cop FIRED for violent comment..."

[Grokenstein]

8. "Under Fire"

Oh, I WISH.
Otherwise, it will continue to be "look into it more fully on Tuesday."

[DeminPennswoods]

11. There sure are a lot of big, brave men scared

of a 17 or 18 yr old kid. Perhaps it's true the pen is mightier than the sword, or gun in this case.

[Mc Mike]

13. Normally, we like our officers to NOT root for violent incidents that harm our citizenry.

If you're a nazi whackjob repug officer, ymmv on adherence to that civilized social concept, though.

[Mr. Ected]

14. I bet if that cop and a bunch of his fellow officers were confined to an area with an active shooter

Who was taking shots at them like fish in a barrel, taking down a bunch of them, perhaps the carnage would humanize him a little bit.

Everything is political - until it gets real. The Parkland kids didn't get on their soapboxes prior to the tragedy. The tragedy turned them into advocates.

Why don't these gun nuts get it?

[47of74]

19. Big Time Officer Internet Tough Guy would probably shit his pants in that case.

[Homer Wells]

15. That bell can't be unrung. Just sayin'

[Judi Lynn]

16. Officer Brian Valenti of the Coconut Creek Police Department

K-9 officer Brian Valenti, 45, posted an
offensive Facebook comment on a photo of
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg

[truthisfreedom]

17. Lock him up.

[hexola]

18. There is a CLEAR movement on the right to promote running over protesters

Just look at these results from FreeRepublic

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=run%20over%20protester

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=hit%20protester

This isn't an accident - its an idea that's being actively pushed by someone - and it's working.

[47of74]

20. After Charlottesville I think intentionally running over protestors should be punishable by death

Ideally by public hanging.

I told my State Senator as much too.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

21. Do these fucking nitwits still not understand how the internet works. nt

[Haggis for Breakfast]

22. That's just what I was thinking . . .

Do these people think their comments are NOT going to be seen ?

I think they know damn well what they're doing. After all of the tweets, FB posts, etc., from our peerless leader, they know this stuff will go viral. That's their point. What makes me crazy is when someone (like Sarah Fuckabee Sanders, especially) tries to tell us that it was only a joke. No. Jokes are intended to be amusing. There is nothing remotely funny about this kind of language.

To people like this cop: engage your brain (like try pulling it out of your ass first) before you open your mouth.

[lark]

23. Fire his ass.

How can he even pretend to e a protector when he's publicly wished for children to be killed for their beliefs? Fire his ass and lock him up for being a public menace and trying to instigate harm against a child.

[demigoddess]

24. political speech is protected by the First Amendment. Which is ahead of the

Second Amendment. David Hogg is exercising his Rights and the cop should shut up or get fired.

[Maxheader]

25. like rabid skunks

they are out there. The attorney that flipped out and threatened to
call ice..the shooter in kc that went after a couple of muslim
engineers. All we can do is be aware of them...try to protect
ourselves and our family's from these radical screwballs.

[riversedge]

26. good.