Ohio Police Officer Fired Over Facebook Post

March 9, 2016
Fairborn Police Officials said that Officer Lee Cyr posted an insensitive comment on Facebook last month in regards to the suicide of a Black Lives Matter activist.

An Ohio police officer accused of posting an insensitive comment on Facebook last month in regards to the suicide of a Black Lives Matter activist has been fired.

Fairborn Police Officials said that Officer Lee Cyr made the post on the social media site that read: "Love a happy ending," referencing the suicide of MarShawn McCarrel on the front steps of the Ohio Statehouse in February, according to WHIO-TV.

"After completion of an internal affairs investigation, the Fairborn Police Department has terminated the employment of Officer Lee Cyr effective immediately," the department announced in a statement.

Officials said that the veteran officer's comment was a "violation of the department’s social media policy and does not conform to the professional standards and core values established by the organization."

Cyr was a member of the Fairborn Police Department since 1994.

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