Officer Fired for Liking Lynching Comment | Minneapolis News

Minneapolis News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 4, 2026 · 1m

A Minneapolis police officer was fired after liking a Facebook comment in a private cop group that appeared to endorse lynching a Black man — a phrase with deep racist roots. Though he claimed he didn’t realize the historical context and thought he was simply supporting the death penalty for a killer of a police officer, the department and then-Chief of Police rejected that excuse, calling his ignorance and lack of remorse a betrayal of public trust. The incident, occurring amid national scrutiny of police racism following George Floyd’s murder, underscored the department’s zero-tolerance…