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Demovictory9

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Thu Jul 9, 2020, 01:20 PM Jul 2020

cop on leave for "All lives splatter" & other offensive posts about a protester killed by car

A cousin of Washington Gov. Jay Inslee who's been a cop for 40 years has been suspended over inflammatory online posts following the death of a protester in Seattle. Summer Taylor, 24, was hit by a car on a closed freeway Saturday and later died; Mike Brown, a King County Sheriff's Office detective, is accused of sharing a meme on Facebook after the crash of a drawing of a person flying over the hood of a vehicle, along with the words "All Lives Splatter" and "Get your a-- off the road," reports the Washington Post.

KING 5 has a screenshot, as well as images of other offensive posts apparently made by Brown. In a statement, the sheriff's office says Brown was "immediately placed on administrative leave," with all of his "police powers ... suspended." Other staffers who reacted to the posts will also be investigated. Per KIRO, Brown's Facebook page is now down.

https://www.newser.com/story/293348/cop-suspended-for-unfathomable-post-on-dead-protester.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_top

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cop on leave for "All lives splatter" & other offensive posts about a protester killed by car (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jul 2020 OP
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