New Orleans Police Officer Suspended For Saying Trayvon Martin Was A 'Thug' And Deserved To 'Die

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/26/new-orleans-police-office_n_1381003.html

The New Orleans police department has suspended an officer under who is currently under investigation for a fatal police-involved shooting for posting that Trayvon Martin "acted like a thug" and deserved to "die like one" in a comment on a news website.

The comment appeared on Sunday night beneath a news article about a rally for Martin.

When another commenter called Griroir's posting racist, Giroir replied, "Eddie come on down to our town with a 'Hoodie' and you can join Martin in HELL and talk about your racist stories!:-P," according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune.

All sorts of scum scurrying into the light.

[ellisonz]

1. Yes indeed...

What a moron - this is why I think all newspaper comment sections should be facebook based, the racist assholes get called out.

[Obamacare]

2. This bastard needs to be fired asap!!

Jason Giroir is already under investigation for killing an innocent unarmed black male on his way to work. I'm sure these comments won't help him and glad they are at least investigating the racist idiot.

[CakeGrrl]

4. Dumbass racist is a dumbass.

Removing any doubt about whether this racist rogue "cop" used his badge as cover to act out his racial hatred...

[bailey504girl]

3. march this saturday

March against injustice!
Saturday, March 31st.
Noon.
New Orleans City Hall.
Be there for Trayvon Martin, For Wendell Allen, For Justin and Eddie Sipp (Eddie was shot twice while IN HANDCUFFS, remember).

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5. Thank you.

Welcome to DU bailey504girl.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

14. yes, welcome to DU

Many Blessing on the March.

[JI7]

6. this fucker was already under investigation for a shooting ? but still on the job

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7. Yes.

Scary, that.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. No reason for him to NOT be on the job after a shooting.

Post shooting, while the investigation is going on, I believe most cops are given a "desk" job, not allowed to be on the street. You can't fire them for the shooting until/unless an investigation is completed to show what happened.

In this case, the cop opening his mouth for his foot to be inserted may be a good thing.
It certainly is not going to help his case.

And hopefully the NOPD is by now very very sensitive to issues of police brutality.
In fact, they may still be under Federal watchdog...I am not sure if that is continuing.

[Lilyeye]

8. I've seen many comments like this on other sites....sickening.

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11. The comments sections of news sites are really sewers.

Sometimes I wish they wouldn't have them at all, but this guy fragging himself and getting suspended might send a message? I hope.

[Lilyeye]

15. Yes, they're disgusting and I hope so too. I notice that many comment sections are linked to FB now.

So you can see the faces of the idiots who leave these comments. Thankfully they're morons who don't mind showing the world that they're racist scum because now they can be caught.

[freshwest]

9. His wife who works at Bryman College also rejoices at the thought.

They are shameless and dangerous.

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12. It makes me ill.

People in positions of authority, making comments like they are judge and jury over who should live or die.

[freshwest]

13. Yes, they are in positions of authority and it's frightening to me. They look reasonable, too.

I suspect these are the kind of people who are treacherous to anyone that crosses them in any way whatsoever, personally or professionally. Scares me to think of this going on anywhere.

[MoonRiver]

17. This verifies everything the AA community is saying about racism and profiling in law enforcement.