The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has disciplined 17 cops for posting racist comments on the social networking site Facebook regarding the West Indian Day Parade.
News of the disciplinary action comes almost one year after the
Labor Day weekend celebration.
About 150 comments were posted on the page, referring to parade revelers as “savages” and “animals.”
One person, believed to be a cop, went so far as to write: “I say have the parade one more year and when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out.”
“Kill them all,” another person wrote.
The remarks taken from the profile titled “No More West Indian Day Detail,” were compiled by a team of lawyers representing a man who was caught with a gun at the parade.
Investigators found that about 20 of the people who posted comments matched the names of NYPD police officers.
Paul Browne, top spokesman for the NYPD, said four cops still face departmental trials on misconduct charges.
Six cops were slapped with command disciplines and seven officers received lower levels of punishment, which included “letters of instruction,” Browne said.
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