[From article]
"I am highly offended, and I think other people should be,'' said Teressa Raiford, a community activist involved in Don't Shoot Portland. "I think it's very unprofessional, especially someone in his position.''
Officer John Hurlman, a 24-year bureau veteran, removed the post from his Twitter feed, but a screen shot was caught by others.
His message read, "Black Lives Matter is planning to protest at Lloyd Center on black Friday. Oh joy, stuck late again at work to babysit these fools."
[. . .]
In September 2012, Hurlman sent an email message on his patrol car's mobile computer that went out to the entire police force by accident. It was while he was seated in his patrol car, listening to radio coverage of a news conference where Oregon's U.S. Attorney and members of the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal investigation had found Portland police engaged in a pattern of excessive force against people suffering from mental illness.
Annoyed by the outcome, Hurlman intended to respond to another officer's email but sent a message to the entire police force, writing something like, "This is the same DOJ or people who created Waco and Ruby Ridge."
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2015/11/portland_police_officer_remove.html
Portland police officer removed from street after Twitter message about Black Lives Matter
By Maxine Bernstein
on November 24, 2015 at 5:51 PM, updated November 25, 2015 at 1:52 PM





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