GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - A suburban New York police officer has been suspended without pay for allegedly posting a racist photo on Facebook during the height of Baltimore’s unrest last week.
Authorities say Greenburgh Officer Brad DiCairano posted it last Monday.
They say it juxtaposed a photo of people on a minivan protesting the Michael Brown killing in Ferguson, Missouri, with one of baboons jumping on a white woman’s car.
It drew criticism from fellow officers who alerted Greenburgh Police Chief Christopher McNerney.
McNerney met with DiCairano on Monday. He told the Journal News (https://lohud.us/1cgPOOt ) that he was “very troubled and disappointed” by the post.
DiCairano has been with the department for 28 years. He could face further departmental disciplinary action.
He didn’t immediately respond to the newspaper’s request for comment.
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Information from: The Journal News, https://www.lohud.com
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