Wow, A New York state correction officer has been suspended without pay after posting a disturbing meme on social media spitefully mocking the victims of Saturday’s mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.
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Gregory C. Foster ll who is a prison guard at Attica Correctional Facility is receiving some major backlash and also facing termination over a meme shared on Facebook that joked that a “clean up” was needed in the aisles of Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, where the white supremacist Payton Gendron, 18, gunned down 10 people on Saturday.
@GovKathyHochul
This is absolutely disgraceful!
New York State Correction Officer make a joke of the INNOCENT PPL THAT WERE GUN DOWN IN BUFFALO NY! DEAR GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PPL!!! pic.twitter.com/b3MGLrjvWe— Vega🇵🇷🌊🌊🌊🌊 (@GVega_7) May 20, 2022
“This vile posting does not represent the morals and values of the thousands of staff members in the Department,” the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision notified The Post in a statement.
The meme which is now deleted included a photo of the supermarket with a disgusting message below with laughing emojis attached.
“Clean up on aisle 3, no wait 4,” the text read. “Also on 7, 9, 12, and 13.”
Foster also wrote in the post, “Too soon? This should weed out some FB friends.”
And you want for profit
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Officer..their pay is from
the people murdered they are making fun of..@TheJusticeDept https://t.co/3aWweeEZTO— Dianne M. (@18DianneM) May 19, 2022
Corrections officials said the remarks by Foster were “despicable,” adding that the post violated multiple department policies and would not be tolerated.
“The department has engaged the Civil Rights Task Force, which we are members of, for potential criminal prosecution,” state corrections officials said. “The department has also launched an internal investigation to identify and discipline any staff who may have engaged with the posting.”
The head of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association slammed Foster’s “obscene” meme in a statement.
The state corrections department has suspended officer Greg Foster without pay after a “despicable social media” post mocking Buffalo killings
The state corrections department has suspended without pay an Attica Correctional Facility correction officer
(1/3)#PeytonGendron pic.twitter.com/9gclj97Pwm— LockharTVMedia (@LockharTVMedia) May 19, 2022
“We were recently made aware of an incident on social media involving a small handful of members who shared obscene jokes related [to] this weekend’s horrific shooting in Buffalo,” president Michael Powers said in a statement to The Post. “Simply put, hateful rhetoric has no place in our organization.”
Powers said his partners “pride” themselves on being “engrained in the fabric” of the communities they serve and won’t tolerate actions like Foster’s crude post.
“We proudly stand with the Buffalo community, law enforcement entities who responded to this tragedy, and all those affected by this senseless act of violence,” Powers said.