A Louisiana policeman who suggested on Facebook that high-profile U.S. Represent...
- A Louisiana policeman who suggested on Facebook that high-profile U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needed to be shot was fired on Monday, along with a second officer who “liked” his post.
“This incident we feel has been an embarrassment to our department. These officers acted in a manner which was unprofessional, alluding to a violent act to be conducted a sitting U.S. congresswoman,” Lawson said. Three of the lawmakers - Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan - were born in the United States. Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota came as a refugee from Somalia and is a naturalized citizen.
Lawson said at the news conference that the police department in Gretna, a city of some 18,000 people just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, had been inundated with calls and messages over the incendiary Facebook post.
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