Monday, July 18, 2016
Must not be proud to be white
Only black pride is OK
Bartlesville Police Chief Tom Holland said the Police Department is looking into allegations an officer made racial comments on social media.
“We will look at this, and if we determine that racism exists it will be dealt with and dealt with swiftly,” Holland told the Examiner-Enterprise in regard to accusations BPD Patrol Officer Daniel Elkins made racially insensitive posts on his Facebook page.
According to screenshots of the conversation emailed to the Examiner-Enterprise late last week, Elkins posted the status: “Dam (sic) I am a proud white man. Merica!!!” as his status at 1:51 a.m. July 7.
Former Examiner-Enterprise correspondent Trevor Persaud, who is friends with Elkins, took issue on July 12 by posting:
“Bartlesville Police Department, is this who you have patrolling the streets of my hometown? An officer posted this “White Pride”-themed post last week, the night after the world found out about the death of #AltonSterling.”
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3 comments:
It is my understanding that Alton Sterling was a criminal with a long record.
Alton Sterling may well have been a criminal with a long record Anon 1:07.
Does that mean that he deserved to be shot point-blank while on the ground and held by two cops?
Anon 7:52 If he was reaching for his gun, which he wasn't supposed to have anyway, it does. The cops can't wait for him to get the first shot off.
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