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Shannon Barber
December 19, 2013
Facebook rants dont pay.
Facebook can get you in a lot of trouble, whether your settings are private or not. One New York City area police officer who is now on administrative leave for his activities there is learning that the hard way. Officer Peter Burns of Pleasantville is accused of posting a racist, threatening rant about President Barack Obama on his Facebook page under the name Coon Trapper. Burns allegedly wrote:
The fact that he (Obama) is still alive bewilders me. Go die in a shallow grave you Muslim commie.
Now, personally, I think words like that should earn the good officer a visit from the Secret Service. He did, after all, tell the President to go die. But, at the very least, it should cost him his badge. For now, though, he is on administrative leave and relieved of his duties, pending an Internal Affairs investigation, according to Police Chief Richard Love. The Facebook page, while set to private, was obtained by a reporter for The Journal News and shown to Love on Monday. It has not been revealed how the reporter got access to the page. Love says that his department does not currently have a policy on social media. However, this incident could spark a change. He called Burns alleged comments despicable, totally unacceptable and said that they will not be tolerated.
Personally, I dont think anything less than a firing will do here. If this guy is this racist, how can he serve an area as diverse as the greater New York City area or any area, for that matter fairly? Someone needs to look up his police record and see just what his ratio of minority arrests to white arrests is. I bet there is a story to be told there as well. In the mean time, strip him of his badge. I wish there were more that could be done, but, for now, do what you can.
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/12/19/ny-cop-racist-obama-facebook-rant/
MADem
(135,425 posts)hell. What a sicko.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)I wonder how many of his fellow officers share his sick wish.
I doubt he is an anomaly.
MADem
(135,425 posts)And what the ratio is of caucasian suspects to non-caucasian ones.
I really think this ratio should be part and parcel of an officer's official file, if they are to keep that horrid policy.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)which is in Westchester County and I doubt very much he's stopping and frisking anyone there.
MADem
(135,425 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)Although I don't live in Pleasantville, I do live in the same county and will be writing a letter telling them what I think of this clown patrolling our streets.
Cha
(297,655 posts)empowered with a gun on the police force.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)I would not only fire that asshole, but charge him with hate speech ( if that's possible ) and put him on possible domestic terrorist list.
Calling POTUS racist names and telling him to go die is way too extreme. Don't forget the dude is armed. I would take his guns away too, and ban him from ever getting another legally.
What a hateful piece of shit..
napkinz
(17,199 posts)over the years.
I hope they look into his record.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Or how many liberals/democrats ( who had dem stickers on their vehicles ) has he harrased and probably wrongfully arrested over the years.
What a god damn POS!!! I hope he burns in hell!!
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)posting under the name: "Coon Trapper" is kind of a give away.
Cha
(297,655 posts)hate fueled bomb ticking away.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)this guy will spend the rest off his days, blaming President Obama (and probably liberals, in general) for "ruining" his life. He will spend zero moments, reflecting on how what follows in his life flows from his actions, i.e., HIS writing that post was the cause of his ruining his own life.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Everyone is to blame for ruining his life Except himself and how he got to that zombie induced coma.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)It's a cute town--Will Shortz lives there!--but their police force is scary (and I'm a cop's sister--these dudes played bagpipes with my bro).
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/04/13/cop-who-shot-and-killed-pace-university-student-named-officer-of-the-year/
Cha
(297,655 posts)Really.. on that "surprised they didn't give the jerk a promotion", dorkzilla.
lostincalifornia
(3,639 posts)much difference between the two
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Racist, hateful bigots have lil to 0 chance to be rehabilitated.
Do you know of any who have?
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)At least that, if he doesn't go to jail.
Cha
(297,655 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Coon trapper ??
I hope Secret Service is on your ass, mother fucker!!!!!!!
God dammit!!! Is this the kind of people who are supposed to Serve and Protect??????
Shit!!!
dballance
(5,756 posts)'Coon is just as bad as the n-word in the South. The fact is, he may as well have made his FB name Ni---r Trapper. If he had created that user name here on DU he'd have been PPR'd for it.
I bet I can guess what his stop-and-frisk stats look like.
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Why would FB allow that kind of words being used as names? Don't they have any filters??
Fuck FB anyway.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)Caught that.
And I'll bet a bunch of defense attorneys that had clients arrested by this guy did too.
But I would love to see the look on the Black judge's face when this guy says, "What? My name referred to hunting raccoons?!?"
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)He is bigoted against more than one group and should not be wearing a badgsle.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)in real life?
If so, is it surprise you that he would post that?
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)where I live (about 15 minutes north of me). Hope they can his ass.
Cha
(297,655 posts)with a stupid, bigoted, racist asshole like that?!
tjwash
(8,219 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,809 posts). . .and use LinkedIn strictly for business/professional purposes. (Hey, I'm not totally in the dark about social media.)
Why give a potential employer or business client a free excuse to either not hire you or do business with you?? That stuff is permanent.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)This individual would STILL be serving on the force had he not shared his f'd up views.
Rex
(65,616 posts)I really don't get the Marxist, Commie statements since it is obvious that Obama is a hardcore capitalist! Are people so full of hate and piss, that they cannot see what is obviously true and what is patently false?
I hope the guy loses his job, sounds like he has a career waiting for him in the KKK.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Or running for office as a Tea Party/Birther Republican