“We see it. It’s a problem”
by digby
The Village Voice checked in with that awful NYPD chat room to see what they were saying:
As ProPublica documented in April, the site — which is populated by both retired and active-duty NYPD cops — is a cesspool when it comes to race issues, and some in the department think it’s a liability for the force. (They’re right.) According to ProPublica, NYPD leadership attributes the bigoted posts, which appear with depressing regularity, to just a few bad apples, to use an unofficial department term.
“It’s very disturbing stuff. Outrageous stuff,” Stephen Davis, the chief spokesman for the NYPD, told ProPublica about previous instances of racist comments. “We see it. It’s a problem.”
Here’s a little bit of it:
How fycked up have I become…
I really don’t give a shyt that these ….people…were gunned down.
Maybe because I’m sick and tired of ‘their’ community ruining everything they touch.
Guess I’m going to hell. Oh well
— user NothinbutdatruthWas it a wedding or a funeral?
— user dominopEight dead, white perp, let the rioting begin!
— user dominopIt’s sad that any group of people are killed, whatever the motivation. Now, the full weight of the government will be brought to bear after his capture. Already, obongo and his newest henchman, lynch have jumped in with their comments, all the while fanning the flames. Would that this same attention be used if things were reversed, a black man-sorry, african American-shooting and killing White people. If the federal government is pushing for a race war, they might just get it.
— user Oltimer87who amongst us didnt see this coming? its horrible when any innocent person is killed, but we all knew some nut was going to get sick of all this racial %%*% and go postal
— retiredin05Of course, there were also comments that might be described as, ya know, human.
Nine innocent people are dead while they were at church. May their souls RIP. Catch the savage and take him out.
— user True Blue
It’s not just the South …
.