La. police officer on Facebook calls for AOC to be shot
NBC News
ALLAN SMITH
Jul 22nd 2019 10:51AM
A Louisiana police officer is facing criticism over a comment he made last week suggesting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., be shot.
The officer, Charlie Rispoli, a 14-year veteran of the Gretna, Louisiana police force, called Ocasio-Cortez a "vile idiot" who "needs a round, and I don't mean the kind she used to serve," alluding to her past job as a bartender, according to a screenshot posted by nola.com.
According to the New Orleans-based news outlet, his comment was a reaction to a fake quote attributed to the congresswoman claiming that "we pay soldiers too much."
Both his post and Facebook account have since been taken down.
Gretna's police chief, Arthur Lawson, told nola.com he found the post "disturbing," adding, "This will not go unchecked."
"I'm not going to take this lightly and this will be dealt with on our end," he told the outlet. "It's not something we want someone that's affiliated with our department to make these types of statements. That's not going to happen."
He said that while he did not think the post constituted an actual threat, it was likely a violation of his department's social media policy.
A spokesman for Ocasio-Cortez declined a request to comment from NBC News.
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