The city of Oakland announced Friday that it is disciplining nine police officers for their misuse of social media, and that the department uncovered the identity of the person who created an Instagram account that spread misogynist, racist, and insubordinate content. But the person is a former officer who created the account shortly after they were terminated by the Oakland Police Department for other misconduct.
The Oaklandside exposed the Instagram account last January after learning about it from sources close to OPD. Named “crimereductionteam,” the account included memes and images that joked about police brutality. Some posts included rape jokes while others advocated for undermining constitutional policing reforms.
In response to news stories about the Instagram account, the city initiated an investigation that included the confiscation of 140 OPD work phones. “Investigators scraped the content and online histories from all of those phones,” the city announced in a press release.
An outside third-party investigator was hired to conduct the investigation for OPD, and the city’s Community Police Review Agency also conducted a parallel investigation.
“This broad and deep investigation revealed violations of OPD policy related to the offensive Instagram page, as well as several other unrelated violations,” the city stated.
According to the city, the investigators found that officers accessed inappropriate materials on their phones, engaged in “conduct that brings...
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