From the article:
The announcement comes as a local law firm hired by the city continues to investigate the social media posts of more than 300 Philadelphia police officers identified in a database from the Plain View Project, made public June 1.The posts in question were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent nearly two years looking at the personal Facebook accounts of police officers from Arizona to Florida. They found officers bashing immigrants and Muslims, promoting racist stereotypes, identifying with right-wing militia groups and glorifying police brutality.
A multi-year investigation by a non-profit group Plain View Project, resulting in the hiring of an outside law firm to do the investigating.
Someone has it out for the Philly PD.
They are going after at least 7 other citys’ police officers. It is a a nation-wide attack on white police officers.
As they say, “follow the money”.
It appears to have been a nationwide crack-down.
“The posts in question were uncovered by a team of researchers who spent nearly two years looking at the personal Facebook accounts of police officers from Arizona to Florida. ”