Dallas police reviewing officers' social media after report alleges bigoted, violent posts

The Dallas Police Department has joined several law enforcement agencies nationwide that are reviewing officers' social media activity after a report alleged current and former officers in the city had made more than 1,000 bigoted or violent public posts.

Researchers with The Plain View Project compiled the posts by examining the personal Facebook accounts of police in Dallas and seven other cities, including Denison.

The posts include some that equate Muslims with terrorists, make light of claims of police brutality and support killing refugees and criminals. Other posts identify with right-wing militia groups and employ racist stereotypes.

The Dallas Police Department said Thursday that it's working with the project's leader and reviewing every post to see whether department policy was violated.

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