A police department in Louisiana was investigating one of its ranking officer’s social media posts that appeared to be both defending the cop directly involved in the death of an unarmed Black man in Minnesota while also relying on racial tropes to support his premise.
The Shreveport Police Department has placed Sgt. Brent Mason on departmental leave while it tries to get to the bottom of a Facebook post he wrote in reaction to the high-profile death of George Floyd, who was unarmed and handcuffed when now-fired Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck and arguably killed him.
Finally, Mason said that Chauvin should be presumed “innocent” despite the death being recorded by witnesses who imported the cop to stop kneeling on Floyd, who repeated helplessly that he couldn’t breathe.
Shreveport Police Cpl. Angie Willhite told local news outlet ArkLaTexHomepage.com reported that officials were working to determine if Mason violated the department’s social media policy for its employees.
The Shreveport Police Department on Wednesday wrote on its Facebook page that Mason’s opinion did not reflect that of its officers.
