Police Find Detective's Facebook Postings Irresponsible
PALO ALTO – An East Palo Alto police detective who suggested in a Facebook post that people who openly carry unloaded firearms should be shot engaged in “inappropriate behavior,” the police department announced Tuesday.
The announcement was welcomed by Responsible Citizens of California, which supports the legal “open carry” practice. The group gathered at East Palo Alto City Hall on Tuesday night for a rally intended to pressure police officials to speed up their investigation into Detective Rod Tuason’s comments on the social networking site.
“What a coincidence,” Yih-Chau Chang, a spokesman for Responsible Citizens of California, remarked dryly at the rally after the investigation’s results were released. “It’s a victory for us.”
Detective Tuason made his controversial Facebook comments in February while responding to a friend’s remark about open carry advocates. In one post, he joked that the advocates would get robbed if they tried to carry a gun in plain sight in East Palo Alto.
The announcement was welcomed by Responsible Citizens of California, which supports the legal “open carry” practice. The group gathered at East Palo Alto City Hall on Tuesday night for a rally intended to pressure police officials to speed up their investigation into Detective Rod Tuason’s comments on the social networking site.
“What a coincidence,” Yih-Chau Chang, a spokesman for Responsible Citizens of California, remarked dryly at the rally after the investigation’s results were released. “It’s a victory for us.”
Detective Tuason made his controversial Facebook comments in February while responding to a friend’s remark about open carry advocates. In one post, he joked that the advocates would get robbed if they tried to carry a gun in plain sight in East Palo Alto.
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