An Arizona police sergeant who posted a photo on his Facebook account showing youths with guns posing with an apparently bullet-ridden t-shirt with a picture of President Obama on it has been demoted, authorities said on Tuesday.
Patrick Shearer, a 25-year-veteran of the Peoria, Arizona, police department, will be dropped in rank to officer and receive a two-week unpaid suspension for the incident that sparked a U.S. Secret Service investigation, Police Chief Roy Minter said.
"We expect our employees to exercise sound judgment and not bring discredit upon our police department," Minter said in a written statement.
Shearer has 10 days to appeal the decision. He could not be reached for comment.
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6 comments:
Discrimination.
3 words.....FREEDOM OF SPEECH
2 words.
Scumbag cop.
(I don't even support the president but he is the commander in chief and deserves respect)
He should be fired just for wearing the Obarry shirt
Sorry, but implying the President be shot, no matter who he is, is not a good thing. All that cop is doing is inviting the same attitude toward others in authority positions, like cops!
Had this officer posted a picture of a bullet riddles George Bush, would the department's and YOUR reaction been the same? Probably not
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