Missouri Police Officer Calls Ferguson Protesters ‘Rabid Dogs’ In Facebook Rant
A police officer in Missouri was suspended on Friday after he left five Facebook posts on the Ferguson protesters, including one that read,”These protesters should have been put down like a rabid dog the first night.” According to MSN, the police department in Glendale, another St Louis suburb, said on Friday that it had suspended one of its officers who expressed contempt for the Ferguson protesters on his Facebook account.
“I’m sick of these protesters. You are a burden on society and a blight on the community,” Pappert wrote in one Facebook post.
“These protesters should have been put down like a rabid dog the first night,” he added.
He also wrote: “Where is a Muslim with a backpack when you need them,” in reference to the Boston Marathon bombing.
In a statement, the Glendale Police Department said it suspended Pappert after learning about the posts on Friday. The Department also cancelled a neighborhood block party for fear it might be disrupted by protesters.
“The matter is being taken very seriously and a thorough internal investigation will be conducted to determine why the posts were made,” the statement read.
I think we can determine “why” already. 6,000 residents populate Glendale which is 97 percent white.
The statement said Pappert’s posts were “absolutely” not shared by the Glendale police or city government.
MSN reports:
Press photographers recognized Pappert as one of hundreds of St Louis area police officers called into Ferguson as crowd-control reinforcements.
One photographer clearly recalled him threatening journalists with a night stick, saying: “He was ready to swing at us.”
On Wednesday, a police lieutenant from another St Louis suburb, St Ann, was suspended after he pointed a semi-automatic assault rifle at Ferguson protesters and, in vulgar language, threatened to kill them.
Within hours, two videos of the officer’s conduct went viral on YouTube, prompting the American Civil Liberties Union to demand he be removed from duty.
On Friday, another Ferguson police officer, and a retired Army Sgt. Major, Dan Page was suspended after a full hour rant at an Oath Keepers meeting was revealed in which he deems himself to be a “killer” and of course, a Christian. Page has now been relieved of duty and ordered into psychological counseling.
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K. B. Washington August 23rd, 2014 at 23:46
Fortunately, before Matthew Pappert could get around to murdering an innocent black kid, he had managed somehow to expose himself as nothing but a racist fool. God be thanked for that. Now, let Police Departments everywhere begin to vet potential officers more thoroughly by focusing on their social background and mental state. That way they can ensure that recruits hired will be able to cope with the demands of their duties without having to kill the very children they are sworn to protect.
Besides, all Police Chiefs serious about maintaining law and order (not just those trying to protect killer cops) should conduct regular on-the-job training courses to enable their officers do the best possible job of community policing. In view of recent developments in places like Ferguson and Sanford, such courses should include lectures or sermons on the topic: “Thou Shall Not Kill Innocent Black Boys.”
whatthe46 August 24th, 2014 at 00:21
nicely said
Always Right August 24th, 2014 at 09:50
Parents should also teach their children that the police are the authority and it serves no good purpose for you to challenge that authority, whether you are right or wrong.
Respect needs to be earned on both sides.
Carla Akins August 24th, 2014 at 10:00
My children were taught to be respectful of all person regardless of position, but I absolutely taught them to always question authority. Mindless blind-faith is not an admirable trait and makes victims of people.
But my kids are white, so they are not randomly stopped by law enforcement nor subjected to profiling. The fact that parents of black children have to teach them their children to behave in a different manner in order to live through a traffic stop or any public interaction is unacceptable by any standard.
Everyone in America has the right to be free of police harassment, to move freely through public spaces and assumed innocent.
willie August 26th, 2014 at 17:47
COMMENT OF THE WEEK..:)
K. B. Washington August 23rd, 2014 at 23:46
Fortunately, before Matthew Pappert could get around to murdering an innocent black kid, he had managed somehow to expose himself as nothing but a racist fool. God be thanked for that. Now, let Police Departments everywhere begin to vet potential officers more thoroughly by focusing on their social background and mental state. That way they can ensure that recruits hired will be able to cope with the demands of their duties without having to kill the very children they are sworn to protect.
Besides, all Police Chiefs serious about maintaining law and order (not just those trying to protect killer cops) should conduct regular on-the-job training courses to enable their officers do the best possible job of community policing. In view of recent developments in places like Ferguson and Sanford, such courses should include lectures or sermons on the topic: “Thou Shall Not Kill Innocent Black Boys.”
whatthe46 August 24th, 2014 at 00:21
nicely said
Always Right August 24th, 2014 at 09:50
Parents should also teach their children that the police are the authority and it serves no good purpose for you to challenge that authority, whether you are right or wrong.
Respect needs to be earned on both sides.
Carla Akins August 24th, 2014 at 10:00
My children were taught to be respectful of all person regardless of position, but I absolutely taught them to always question authority. Mindless blind-faith is not an admirable trait and makes victims of people.
But my kids are white, so they are not randomly stopped by law enforcement nor subjected to profiling. The fact that parents of black children have to teach them their children to behave in a different manner in order to live through a traffic stop or any public interaction is unacceptable by any standard.
Everyone in America has the right to be free of police harassment, to move freely through public spaces and assumed innocent.
The Juggernaut!! August 26th, 2014 at 17:47
COMMENT OF THE WEEK..:)
nyjets79912 August 24th, 2014 at 11:09
Well, when you use a gun to break the door down of a store, loot and destroy a business, and shoot at police, rabid dogs are probably too polite a term to use.
Carla Akins August 24th, 2014 at 11:17
I’m sorry that you did not learn the difference between criminal looters and the 1st amendment right to protest. These are not the same.
nyjets79912 August 24th, 2014 at 11:09
Well, when you use a gun to break the door down of a store, loot and destroy a business, and shoot at police, rabid dogs are probably too polite a term to use.
Carla Akins August 24th, 2014 at 11:17
I’m sorry that you did not learn the difference between criminal looters and the 1st amendment right to protest. These are not the same.