2 Florida LEO’s under investigation after heated rants on social media

Florida — Broward County Jail supervisor David Karlin has been placed on restricted duty as the Sheriff’s Office investigates several rants he wrote on social media.

WSVN 7 News Miami reported on the Facebook posts, which now can not be found, but were shared by viewers of the station.

An example of one says,  “What is privilege? Privilege is wearing $200 sneakers when you’ve never had a job … Privilege is the ability to go march against and protest against anything that triggers you without worrying about calling out of work.”

WSVN reports that another post says in part, “I’m sorry but if you are still struggling with slavery I’m still struggling with when the vikings invaded England in the eighth century and enslaved my relatives.”

A statement from the Broward Sheriff’s Office said, “The Broward Sheriff’s Office in no way condones opinions or statements that discredit an individual or reflect poorly on our agency. As a public service agency we must always hold ourselves to the highest standard of professionalism and accountability. The sergeant has been temporarily reassigned to administrative duty during an investigation into potential social media/social network policy violations.”

In Miramar,  another officer is also under investigation after he posted a rant following the killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta and against Black Lives Matters, some as recent as Wednesday evening.

Thursday morning those posts could not be located.

WPLG Local 10 News reports that Miramar Sgt. Scott Nix wrote on Facebook Friday that if someone took his taser, he would "blow your effing brains out, I will not apologize, eff you and your family."

The Miramar Police department said they are aware of  the posts and responded to WPLG in a statement,   “Our department does not condone behavior that is inconsistent, incompatible, or in conflict with the values established by this agency. We expect all of our employees to operate with the highest level of ethics and integrity.”

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