The NYPD came under fire when offensive comments were posted on the “No More West Indian Day Detail” Facebook group by users claiming to be officers. Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly just released a statement this afternoon denouncing the hateful language: “Despite the assertion of First Amendment rights in social media cases, the Police Department reserves the right to discipline behavior it determines unbecoming of a police officer if detrimental to the service, especially when it is disrespectful of communities that officers have taken an oath to protect.” The Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the case. Read more at The New York Time’s City Room Blog .
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