© 2024
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Westchester Officer Investigated After Posting Racist Photo

pixabay.com

Suburban New York police officials say an officer has been placed on modified duty and is under investigation after posting a racist photo on Facebook.

Greenburgh Police Chief Christopher McNerney tells The Journal News (http://lohud.us/1dDz2tc ) Saturday he's "very troubled and disappointed" by the post.

The newspaper reports it obtained a screenshot of 28-year veteran Officer Brad DiCairano's post, which juxtaposed two images.

It says one is of black people on a minivan during the protests over Michael Brown's death in Ferguson, Missouri. It says the other depicts a white woman driving a car that's surrounded by baboons. The paper says the caption reads: "What can I say!"

McNerney tells the paper the 54-year-old officer is on vacation and will be interviewed Monday.

He says officials will investigate "swiftly and appropriately."

Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Related Content