3 officers in Tennessee disciplined for social media posts
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials say three Tennessee police officers have been disciplined for making potentially offensive social media posts, including one that referenced a police-involved shooting in Minnesota.
Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson said in a news release that Officer Anthony Venable has been decommissioned pending the results of an investigation into a post he made from his Facebook account referencing the Falcon Heights, Minnesota, shooting.
Police say that during a Facebook conversation Venable wrote, "Yeah. I would have done 5," an apparent reference to the reported four shots fired at Philando Castile. Officials say Venable said it was sarcasm directed at another person.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Memphis media outlets report that two unidentified officers have been suspended for a picture on Snapchat showing someone pointing a gun at a cartoon of a black person.