A second officer – Sgt. Mandy Gray – was suspended for commenting on Erwin’s post.
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“Last night as I left for work I had my two kids crying for me not to go to work. I don’t think I’ve ever felt the way I did last night. And then I watched people I know and others I care about going into harms way. I love my police family like my own. So when you share posts and things on Facebook I’d really appreciate if you’d THINK before doing so. I’ve seen so many black lives matter [sic] hashtags in these posts. Just to let you know – they are terrorists. They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die.”
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A long-time New Jersey police woman has been fired for writing a Facebook post labelling Black Lives Matter protesters “terrorists” in June last year.
Sara Erwin had been with her department since 2001 but after a unanimous vote by the Hopewell Township Committee, she was terminated.
Two weeks after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Sara Erwin took to her Facebook to vent her frustrations. Last night as I left for work I had my two kids crying for me not to go to work. I don t think I ve ever felt the way I did last night,” she said.
This is not about Black Lives Matter or your opinion of the movement.
This is about whether a decorated police officer should be fired for giving their opinion on their own private Facebook page and whether another officer should be suspended for liking it.
Hopewell Township police officer Sara Erwin, who has over 20 years on the force and serves as a DARE officer in the community, posted this in June of 2020.
“Last night as I left for work I had my two kids crying for me not to go to work. I don’t think I’ve ever felt the way I did last night. And then I watched people I know and others I care about going into harm s way. I love my police family like my own. So when you share posts and things on Facebook I’d really appreciate if you’d THINK before doing so. I’ve seen so many black lives matter [sic] hashtags in these posts. Just to let you know they are terrorists. They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die.”
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. A Hopewell Township police officer has been fired after referring to Black Lives Matter rioters as "terrorists" in a now-deleted Facebook post, according to reports.Sara Erwin has been terminated as a police officer in Hopewell, New Jersey by the town council after she