Cop taken off street after calling Black Lives Matter protesters ‘fools’ on Twitter

Portland – A Portland police officer who wrote a Twitter message complaining that he’d be stuck late at work Friday night “to babysit these fools,” referring to a planned Black Lives Matter-Not Black Friday march at Lloyd Center, has been taken off the street while an internal investigation proceeds.

Portland police Acting Chief Donna Henderson, filling in for Chief Larry O’Dea who is off until next week, announced the investigation Tuesday afternoon in a news release.

“I am highly offended, and I think other people should be,” said Teressa Raiford, a community activist involved in Black Lives Matter and Don’t Shoot Portland.

“I think it’s very unprofessional, especially someone in his position.” More

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