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Police Officer Richard Castelhano has been reprimanded, has apologized for his actions and is facing possible suspension or termination, according to lohud.com, which cited a statement from the Mount Vernon Police Department.
The incident is the latest in the city and Westchester County to involve both social media and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Last month, Mount Vernon suspended fire Lt. Omar Lanier, a veteran firefighter, after he took to Instagram in the wake of the Dallas Police Department shootings to call for more police officer deaths.
Last week, a New Rochelle police officer was suspended without pay for posting a Facebook message city officials viewed as critical of the Black Lives Matter movement that said:
“It’s fine to be anti-police, but be 100 (percent) about it. Don’t call the police when your world is in disarray to help deal with the worst 10 minutes of your life. Figure it out yourself or better yet call Shaun King and Black Lives Matter for help.”
The New Rochelle officer, according to lohud.com, has been identified as Sgt. Christopher Castiglia.
In July, Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas instituted a social media policy for city employees forbidding the use of social media or blogs during work hours and prohibiting the posting online of “false or confidential” information about the city, according to lohud.com.
Click here to read the lohud.com report.
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