IMPERSONATING A POLICE OFFICER IS AGAINST THE LAW, BUT WHAT IF YOU IMPERSONATED AN ENTIRE POLICE FORCE INSTEAD? IS THAT LEGAL?
It all started last week on the Iron River, Michigan Police Department Facebook page as seen on this picture (above). If you read the meme and the description, you may be left scratching your head like many did.. What police officer or anyone in law enforcement would write anything about NOT investigating crimes taking place? I mean I would hope that if a police officer saw someone running down a road with a ski mask and a bag of cash he would "investigate" the situation..
(Above) As you see I was trying to edit the comment as I was being deleted and banned from this "police" page from a local community after simply asking about it. I really didn't think it was that big of a deal but what happens after... Wow!
(Above) Now my comment is totally gone and you will see only a "share" option meaning I was banned too. Under current US Supreme Court rulings, this action is against the law and violated my rights to free speech. I'm not making this up, you can go search Google to see many police departments have been sued for the very same actions.
BUT IT GETS JUICIER, JUST WAIT..
(Above) Entire post/meme is gone. Deleted. This too is not allowed being the police operate under local government.
(Above) So I called them out on my Facebook page because I really felt something is off. I thought for sure that City Manager David Thayer who runs the city of Iron River, Michigan would have full knowledge of this page since it had been operating for 2 years on Facebook. Who will take the blame for this screw up?
I figured.. Wrong.. Or did I?
I figured.. Wrong.. Or did I?
THE ENTIRE IRON RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT FACEBOOK PAGE DISAPPEARED AND THEN A POST..
(Above) This comment suddenly appeared on my fb page (Jason Asselin's Adventures) after the entire page was deleted.
"David Thayer didn't ban you I did".. Then goes on to say "Our Department page" and talks as if she was someone in authority. However I know she is only a secretary at the police station, meaning she could operate the page under the city but would not have the authority to remove "free speech" or even to ban anyone. There are times I suppose where people do get crazy or out of hand, but this was clearly not "one of those times".. I was still lost at this point, as to whom did this lady really think she is? Like seriously??
(Above) And I quote, "The police department is not an elected official".. Now had she read into this a little and looked at the other things "Governments" which even include small town police facebook pages she would realize that she messed up. However she is still totally missing the point! I maybe shouldn't have told her to go seek legal council..
REBRANDING THE OLD POLICE PAGE?
(Above) The very next morning this page all of a sudden appeared called "Kindness Matters - Iron River" would come up if searching for "Iron River Police" on facebook. I mean surely the city isn't this stupid to delete an entire POLICE FACEBOOK PAGE and rebrand it to some crappy one?
Oh Facebook! I love that feature that shows you the history of facebook pages. Especially ones that show this used to be the Iron River Police page was rebranded? What is going on? Below I'll share some old posts. I'm guessing this person is dumb and forgot to remove all the postings dealing with "official?" police business..
AND THEN THIS PAGE WAS REMOVED AFTER..
BUT WHAT HAPPENED?
SILENCE IS ALL I'VE HEARD SINCE.
BETTER COVER THEIR ASSES, EH?
So Sarah McCord created a facebook page and ran it for 2 years under the nose of Iron River (MI) City Manager David Thayer without his knowledge or well wishes? I don't even understand this! How is that possible?
She is a city employee, meaning her actions on her job reflects directly onto the city no matter why she felt she had this power. We can only assume the city was well aware of this page a maybe they purposely allowed it to operate this way just in case of this very issue?
SILENCE IS ALL I'VE HEARD SINCE.
BETTER COVER THEIR ASSES, EH?
So Sarah McCord created a facebook page and ran it for 2 years under the nose of Iron River (MI) City Manager David Thayer without his knowledge or well wishes? I don't even understand this! How is that possible?
She is a city employee, meaning her actions on her job reflects directly onto the city no matter why she felt she had this power. We can only assume the city was well aware of this page a maybe they purposely allowed it to operate this way just in case of this very issue?
