FALL RIVER Hours after an 18-year-old city man was arraigned on gun charges in connection with last week’s shooting in Griffin Park, Mayor Paul Coogan met with several dozen Corky Row residents to discuss ways to quell future violence.
“I want people to know that whatever they need we’re here to support them, we’re going to be putting programs in Griffin Park over the summer,” said Coogan at a neighborhood meeting held at the Corky Row Club. “There are all sorts of ideas floating around right now, and I don’t want to jump to just one. But I want people to know we’re going to be here, not today, not tomorrow, from now on with all they have going on in Corky Row.”
The post reshared a screenshot of a tweet that read: Chauvin immediately stood and calmly placed his hands behind his back. Imagine where we d be if George had done the same.
On Wednesday, the department published another post saying the Facebook page was accessed by an employee who mistook the account as their own. It is with regret that the Fall River Police Department s Facebook page was accessed by personnel who inadvertently re-posted an opinion that was meant for their own personal account, the police department wrote in a post on Wednesday morning. The posting in no way represents the opinion of the Chief of Police or the Fall River Police Department.
Fall River Police Department Apologizes After Facebook Post About George Floyd
A Massachusetts police department apologized after a social media post about George Floyd.
The post on the Fall River Police Department s Facebook page Wednesday drew widespread backlash. It referenced the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty in Floyd s murder.
It read, Chauvin immediately stood and calmly placed his hands behind his back. Imagine where we d be had George done the same.
The post was taken down quickly, but hundreds of people on social media condemned the words.
The police chief has apologized, saying an officer with access to the Facebook page thought he was re-posting an opinion onto his personal Facebook page.