A Massachusetts police department is trying to make things right.
Earlier this week, a cop for the City of Fall River put up a post on the department’s Facebook page comparing the late George Floyd to former officer and now-convicted murderer Derek Chauvin.
Reportedly, the post was simply a screenshot of a tweet.
As you know, on Monday, the erstwhile Minnesota cop was found guilty of all charges second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter:
Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all three charges in the murder of George Floyd.
A judge denied bail, Chauvin leaves the courtroom in handcuffs and his sentencing hearing is in 8 weeks. @13NewsNowpic.twitter.com/07LTfoMJuI
By Lexi Lonas - 04/22/21 01:22 PM EDT
A Massachusetts police department issued an apology Thursday after an officer published his personal opinion on the police’s page that compared former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to George Floyd, the man he was convicted Tuesday of murdering. 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 apology post on the police department s page reads. The posting in no way represents the opinion of the Chief of Police or the Fall River Police Department. We will continue our commitment toward transparency and building relationships with our community.
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A Massachusetts police department issued an apology after its social media account shared a post that speculated what would have happened had George Floyd immediately stood and calmly placed his hands behind his back.
After ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, an officer for the Fall River Police Department accidentally shared a post from the department’s account instead of his or her own.
“Chauvin immediately stood and calmly placed his hands behind his back” following the verdict, read the since-deleted post, the
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FALL RIVER, Mass. A police department has apologized after posting and then deleting a Facebook post that appeared to criticize George Floyd, whose death at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May galvanized national attention on racial inequities and police brutality.
An investigation is underway and could lead to disciplinary action for the Fall River police officer who published the post, which was 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.
The post appeared shortly after the former officer was convicted Tuesday on three counts in Floyd s murder. He faces potentially decades behind bars.