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Facebook posts lead to dismissal of veteran Fort Lauderdale police officer

A veteran Fort Lauderdale police officer was fired after the agency found his Facebook comments and images about African Americans showed a lack of sound judgment and poor performance.

Former Patrol Officer Jeffery Feldewert, 45, posted on the social media site, "Typical Hoodrat Behavior" with a photograph of an African American man being arrested by white police officers. He also wrote, "BLACK PEOPLE. Because without them, the evening news wouldn't be as much fun to watch," according to his agency.

Feldewert's Facebook comments were made in December, 2014 in response to a story on Facebook about three black people who were involved in a bar fight, according to Police Chief Franklin Adderley's June 11 dismissal letter to the officer.