The Baltimore Police Department is considering whether to sue one of their detectives who had posted a homicide victim’s photo to his Twitter account early Friday.
Sgt. Robert F. Cherry may have violated the department policy by posting an unidentified Black man with a fatal gash on the forehead lying on the ground.
Cherry commented that the homicide “is but one many incidents of violence in Baltimore city that our police officers deal with…and this young Black man was NOT shot by police.”
After being denounced for posting the graphic picture, Cherry removed it but is still in troubles with his supervisors.
“The Baltimore Police Department is aware of a disturbing tweet that was released and deleted by one of its members,” spokeswoman Lindsey Eldridge said.
“The Department has referred this incident to our Public Integrity Bureau for internal investigation.”
Cherry’s career as a police officer saw him nominated as the department’s police union vice president then president from 2004 to 2014. He is currently a member of the homicide unit.
