US cops fired for suggesting Ocasio-Cortez be shot
Two Louisiana policemen were fired Monday over an incendiary Facebook post suggesting a liberal congresswoman should be shot, as President Donald Trump's tweets attacking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other lawmakers sparked a national uproar. "This vile idiot needs a round.......and I don't mean the kind she used to serve," Charlie Rispoli, of the Gretna police department, wrote of former bartender Ocasio-Cortez. He was writing in response to a news article published by a self-styled "satirical" website which falsely claimed the lawmaker had said American soldiers were paid too much. Following an investigation, Gretna police chief Arthur Lawson fired Rispoli -- as well as fellow officer Angelo Varisco, who "liked" Rispoli's post.
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