Police in York County shared racist, sexist, anti-Muslim pics on Facebook
One post made a joke about breathalyzers and oral sex.
Another post encouraged people to share a picture of a pig named Mohammud.
And then there was the post that made light of shooting criminals.
These weren’t Facebook posts from private citizens. They were from people who took an oath to serve and protect the community.
The York Daily Record/Sunday News analyzed the Facebook pages of more than 450 police officers from all 19 municipal police departments in York County in response to the Plain View Project, a database that flagged posts and comments that researchers believed could undermine public trust and confidence in law enforcement. The initiative received national attention and sparked outrage across the United States.
Read more: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/watchdog/2019/07/15/police-department-racist-sexist-anti-muslim-facebook-posts-investigation-york-county/1660137001/
(York Daily Record)
The Facebook posts are here: https://www.ydr.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/07/15/police-officer-public-facebook-posts-york-county/1706339001/
