After the weekend of unrest in Virginia, police officers in two separate states are under investigation over social media posts that allegedly mocked the violence at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Officers with the Shively Police Department in Kentucky and Springfield Police Department in Massachusetts allegedly made fun of a fatal car crash that occurred during a rally Saturday in which hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members clashed with counterprotesters.

Springfield Police Commissioner John Barbieri said he received a complaint Sunday about a Facebook comment reportedly made by a Springfield police officer. MassLive.com reported that Facebook user Conrad Lariviere commented on a post about the crash, writing: “Hahahaha love this, maybe people shouldn’t block roads.”

Police confirmed that Officer Lariviere has been reassigned during the investigation.

Shively Police Lt. Col. Josh Myers said that Officer Morris Rinehardt has been placed on administrative leave during an investigation into a meme posted on Facebook.

The Courier-Journal reported that Rinehardt posted a meme depicting the damaged vehicle. It apparently read: “When you were born a Challenger but identify as a Ram.”

In another Facebook post jokingly advertising the sale of the vehicle,Rinehardt reportedly said, “Minor front end damage. Nothing serious.”


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