N.J. town fires officer, suspends another over post calling Black Lives Matter protesters 'terrorist
N.J. town fires officer, suspends another over post calling Black Lives Matter protesters terrorists
Hopewell Township has fired a police officer who described Black Lives Matter protesters as terrorists and will suspend and demote another for replying to a comment on the Facebook post.
The fired officer, Sara Erwin, and Sgt. Mandy Gray, who will be suspended for six months, are exemplary and decorated officers with absolutely no disciplinary history, their lawyer Frank Crivelli said Monday evening.
The towns actions against them, he said, are disgraceful and cowardice.
Gray was the first female officer hired in Hopewell Township, and was the first sergeant when promoted in 2019 a rank she will lose in the demotion.
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