A file photo of a woman raising her hands in front of stopped traffic after more than 150 people took over Interstate 376, known as Pittsburgh's Parkway East, in both directions, to protest the fatal shooting of Rose by an East Pittsburgh police officer. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticising chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called ‘terrorists’ or ‘thugs’. — Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP
PITTSBURGH: In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticising chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, whom they called “terrorists” or “thugs”. They made transphobic posts and bullied members who supported anti-police brutality protesters or Joe Biden in a forum billed as a place officers can “decompress, rant, share ideas”.
Many of the deluge of daily posts were jokes about the hardships of being officers, memorials to deceased colleagues or conversations about training and equipment. But over the group’s almost four-year existence, a few dozen members became more vocal with posts that shifted toward pro-Donald Trump memes and harsh criticism of anyone perceived to support so-called “demoncrats”, Black Lives Matter or coronavirus safety measures.
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A file photo of a woman raising her hands in front of stopped traffic after more than 150 people took over Interstate 376, known as Pittsburgh's Parkway East, in both directions, to protest the fatal shooting of Rose by an East Pittsburgh police officer. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticising chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called ‘terrorists’ or ‘thugs’. — Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP
A file photo of a marcher holding up his fist while staring at police lined up in front of PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh during a protest after a former suburban police officer was acquitted of a homicide charge in the on-duty shooting death of Rose in East Pittsburgh. —AP
McQuillan answers the door at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. — AP
McQuillan returns to his office at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa. McQuillan was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. — AP
