A St. Louis County police officer's Facebook post in which he describes how he spent his "annual Michael Brown bonus" is under investigation by superiors, the Associated Press reported.
Officer Todd Bakula's post indicated he used his "bonus" to pay for a bicycle trip and bed-and-breakfast stay with his pregnant wife.
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The Guardian reported that Bakula wrote the post on his personal Facebook page under the name TJ Thekoola and that the reference to extra earnings apparently related to patrolling Ferguson last week during the anniversary of Brown's fatal shooting.
Demonstrators, marking the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown, confront police during a protest along West Florrisant Street on August 11, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014. His death sparked months of sometimes violent protests in Ferguson and drew nationwide focus on police treatment of black suspects. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
St. Louis County Sgt. Shawn McGuire told the AP that Bakula is a patrolman and the "controversial" post would be investigated.
The general counsel for the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police didn't immediately respond to an email from the AP. The Guardian reported that Bakula didn't immediately respond to phone calls and emails.
“The St Louis County police department takes these allegations very serious in every case," McGuire indicated to the Guardian. "The remarks on the Facebook page will be investigated by our department.”
The Facebook page in question apparently has been taken down.
(H/T: The Gateway Pundit)
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