US Cop Suspended for Twitting this:
 
        

 

 A Northern California police department put one of its officers on suspension Monday and is investigating threatening comments from his Twitter account about demonstrators who have participated in protests over the recent deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri and New York. Daily mail UK reports that

The San Jose Police Department said Officer Phillip White was sidelined after officials learned of statements made Saturday from his Twitter account.

'It is extremely important for the community to know the comments made on Officer White's private social media account do not reflect the thoughts or feelings of the men and women here at the San Jose Police Department,' San Jose Police Chief Larry Esquivel said.

 Offensive, disrespectful and inappropriate social media comments have no place in the public discourse surrounding the tragic loss of life from recent officer involved incidents,' the San Jose Police Officers' Association said in a prepared statement. 'We condemn these comments.'

Menlo College, a small private school about 25 miles south of San Francisco, cut ties with White, who served as a paid, part-time assistant basketball coach.

'The college will not be represented by expressions of intolerance and bigotry on the campus, on social media, or on the Internet,' the college said in a statement.