72 Philadelphia Police Officers Placed On Desk Duty Over Offensive Social Media Posts

NPR ^ | June 19, 2019 | Bobby Allyn

[Don Corleone]

Desk duty is safe duty. Put them out on the beat.

[Yo-Yo]

Were the cops wearing "offensive" tee shirts while off duty?

[Leaning Right]

> Soldiers, Cops, Firefighters, and others have a rough and raunchy sense of humor. <

I would not want a cop who made obviously racist comments on the force. That person is too compromised. But otherwise, yeah, you’re right. As long as they are professional when actually dealing with the public, no problem.

[jonascord]

"Soldiers, Cops, Firefighters, and others have a rough and raunchy sense of humor."

There is something about cleaning up the body of a baby ripped in half by the hand of Man that erodes delicate sensibilities and gnaws at a refined humor.

Have this cupid Commie stunt spend a few years on the street, and perhaps she can understand "coping".

[TalBlack]

Well, if ya wanna know WHAT was actually said ya outta luck...

[bgill]

Don’t use FB.

If you must use FB, don’t use your real name.

And most certainly, don’t use the police station’s computer for such.

[Crazieman]

If you want Jesus as a police officer, you’re going to be disappointed.

[grumpygresh]

“Best to avoid Facebook and all social media.”

I know what you’re saying, but then you need to avoid FR too. It’s really sad that is come to this. People should be able to let off some steam, engage in satire etc. But that’s not really safe on any platform.

We have to be careful without submitting to self censorship. if you don’t exercise a right it will be lost.

The totalitarian technocratic state is here.

[Drew68]

Best to avoid Facebook and all social media.

Yeah, let's all be a bunch of menstruating pussies! That's how we win!

[NorthMountain]

People need to grow up and accept that and lose that feminine fantasy of pious, gentle, sensitive men, who were just like daddy and dutifully do these jobs as their cross to bear.

Amongst actual men, that pious, sensitive, gentle Daddy is often an absolutely ruthless killer when he suits up and goes to war. Daddy's Little Girl rarely gets to see that side ...

[Buckeye McFrog]

But even posting the truth about teen crime would reflect “badly” on blacks. And we can’t have that, now can we?

A TV anchorwoman here lost her job for precisely that.

[sparklite2]

Does Free Republic count as Social Media ?

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Social media? You’re soaking in it, Madge.

[Leaning Right]

> People should be able to let off some steam, engage in satire etc. But that’s not really safe on any platform. <

It often depends on whether you are a liberal or a conservative. If you are a liberal, all you have to do is say your statements were taken out of context. Or you can say you have “evolved” since then. Then all is forgiven.

But if you are not a liberal, you become an unperson, permanently. Roseanne Barr is a good example of that.

[Buckeye McFrog]

If you must use FB, don’t use your real name.

Nobody else does

[sparklite2]

We have to be careful without submitting to self censorship

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Being careful IS self-censorship.

[jughandle]

72 fewer cops on patrol today. Good luck PHL.

[polymuser]

Facebook, Twitter, Google...Ministry of Social Information.

[Responsibility2nd]

I have a job in the real world. We are warned that ANY FakeBook posts will reflect on our career.

Why these cops didn’t understand that is beyond me. I see this happens with teachers also. They should know that school administrators are watching them.

[polymuser]

FBI Serves Incredibly Broad Warrant To 8chan, Demanding Info On All Users Who Responded To A Shooter’s Post

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3758230/posts

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yeah, my observation as well. Anti Muslim thoughts ain’t allowed.