An Associated Press report is shedding light on a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, where some current and retired officers criticized police chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters who they called "terrorists," "racist" or "thugs."
Posts from the group reportedly show some of the 2,200 members bullied those who supported protesters against police brutality or left transphobic or derisive comments about former state Health Secretary Rachel Levine.
A retired Pennsylvania State Trooper says he was appalled but wasn't surprised to hear about the AP. Kevin Mosley told Lynn Hayes-Freeland on News Radio KDKA that these people shouldn't be cops.
"You're sitting there and on your keyboard and calling black people terrorists and thugs, that doesn't sounds like someone I would want to have an encounter with at a traffic stop," said Mosley.
Retired Pennsylvania State Trooper Kevin Mosley says the officers who, according to the AP, were involved in the posting of hateful and biased comments on the Facebook page should not be working in law enforcement or be allowed to testify in a court of law.
"This is behavior that is unacceptable, these people should not be police officers. They should not be testifying in any courtroom against anyone who would be considered a person of color," he said.
Mosley tells Lynn Hayes-Freeland on News Radio KDKA these officers should be placed on what's called a "No-Confidence" list.
Mosley said that not only was the behavior of these police officers unacceptable, but the police chiefs who allowed this to go on also need to be held accountable.
The Facebook page, called Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, is no longer up and running.
