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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:13 AM Jul 2019

Cop says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot following Trump's racist targeting of The Squad

“A Gretna police officer posted a comment on his Facebook page this past week calling U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a ‘vile idiot’ who ‘needs a round, and I don’t mean the kind she used to serve,'” NOLA reported Saturday.

“The comment, which alludes to the freshman Democrat’s past work as a New York City bartender while apparently saying she should be shot, comes amid increasing scrutiny of racist and violent social media posts by police officers in departments across the country,” NOLA added.

The officer, Charlie Rispoli, has been on the force since 2005.

“I’m not going to take this lightly and this will be dealt with on our end,” Chief Arthur Lawson said. “It’s not something we want someone that’s affiliated with our department to make these types of statements. That’s not going to happen.”

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/cop-says-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-should-be-shot-following-trumps-racist-targeting-of-the-squad/|

This is outrageous - how can he be trusted to uphold the law without fear or favour?

One would like to believe that he will lose his job but in this kind of climate he will probably get a promotion

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Cop says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should be shot following Trump's racist targeting of The Squad (Original Post) Soph0571 Jul 2019 OP

The cop should be fired Lady_Chat Jul 2019 #1

The cop should be arrested pecosbob Jul 2019 #4

+1 JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #8

these type of cops are the norm in police depts across the country JI7 Jul 2019 #2

Yes. What I saw and heard in my brief exposures to Hortensis Jul 2019 #14

in the end robleb Jul 2019 #3

If I had said this about a R member of Congress I would be investigated by the FBI pecosbob Jul 2019 #5

Agree! True Blue American Jul 2019 #7

Covered in an earlier post, Soph... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2019 #6

WTF? malaise Jul 2019 #10

Link to original NOLA.com story Dennis Donovan Jul 2019 #9

So has he been fired yet? Timmygoat Jul 2019 #11

And what triggered home was a fake news article. whopis01 Jul 2019 #12

Good. We should thank him for his service in removing himself. Hortensis Jul 2019 #13

Lady_Chat

(561 posts)

1. The cop should be fired

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:16 AM

Jul 2019

He is a personal and professional disgrace.

pecosbob

(7,542 posts)

4. The cop should be arrested

Reply to Lady_Chat (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:32 AM

Jul 2019

JustAnotherGen

(31,839 posts)

8. +1

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #4)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:35 AM

Jul 2019

Terror Death threats by an armed individual.

JI7

(89,260 posts)

2. these type of cops are the norm in police depts across the country

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:29 AM

Jul 2019

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

14. Yes. What I saw and heard in my brief exposures to

Reply to JI7 (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:10 AM

Jul 2019

the inside of the LAPD and LACSD a long time ago was horrifying. Not a surprise to someone who was a poor and sometimes homeless child, but horrifying anyway.

But the internet is changing a lot of norms, and many definitely for the better. This is one of them. Someday we will remember in amazement just how bad it used to be, and our descendants will learn about it in high school and college classes.

Assuming we stop the RW movement to authoritarian government, of course.

robleb

(162 posts)

3. in the end

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:31 AM

Jul 2019

what a punk and a coward.

pecosbob

(7,542 posts)

5. If I had said this about a R member of Congress I would be investigated by the FBI

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:37 AM

Jul 2019

and I would likely be in violation of both Federal and State laws. This guy needs to go to jail over this.

True Blue American

(17,988 posts)

7. Agree!

Reply to pecosbob (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:56 AM

Jul 2019

An should never be allowed in a position of power, ever again!

Of ourse I feel the same way about Trump or any of his flunkies.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)

6. Covered in an earlier post, Soph...

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 05:52 AM

Jul 2019

See: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142344085

Good historical notes found there on the history of this police department.

Coverage of this event in the New Orleans Times-Picayune:

Gretna police officer suggests U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez 'needs a round' in social media post
BY CHAD CALDER Published Jul 20, 2019 at 10:45 am

See: https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_a206330a-aa5c-11e9-a2da-e7a8c6248a10.html

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malaise

(269,123 posts)

10. WTF?

Reply to KY_EnviroGuy (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:46 AM

Jul 2019

Fire him and lock him up

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

9. Link to original NOLA.com story

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 06:40 AM

Jul 2019

Not paywalled - https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_a206330a-aa5c-11e9-a2da-e7a8c6248a10.html

Timmygoat

(779 posts)

11. So has he been fired yet?

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:16 AM

Jul 2019

And banned from carrying a gun?

whopis01

(3,521 posts)

12. And what triggered home was a fake news article.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 07:57 AM

Jul 2019

A fake article claiming that AOC had said that “we pay soldiers too much”

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

13. Good. We should thank him for his service in removing himself.

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2019, 08:05 AM

Jul 2019

Another bad officer on his way to gone. These public exposures are also now making it much harder for poor communities desperate to get anyone with training to hire them. Or at least seriously risky.

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