South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)

Officer reprimande­d for Facebook comment

Cop referred to Parkland massacre as a hoax with paid actors

- By Lisa J. Huriash Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel

A conspiracy-theorist cop has been reprimande­d for calling the Parkland school massacre a hoax — and the students “paid actors” instead of survivors.

Ericson Harrell, a North Miami Beach officer who lives in Sunrise, also has been ordered to forfeit 40 hours of pay for unbecoming conduct, which means he misses out on about $1,500, according to police records released Tuesday.

An internal affairs investigat­ion began in April after inquir-

Walk into the “Donald J. Trump Presidenti­al Twitter Library” and you’re greeted by a giant tweet on a white board.

“Many people have said I’m the world’s greatest writer of 140 character sentences,” reads Trump’s tweet from July 21, 2014.

Trump’s tweets from past and present are everywhere in this two-story exhibit, a satirical version of a presidenti­al library and museum.

“We are living through a rare moment in history, possibly the last moment in history,” a video of “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah greets visitors. “And thanks to Twitter, we have unpreceden­ted access into an American president’s complicate­d inner life whether we want to or not.”

Miami Beach is the fifth stop of the Comedy Central library which is free and open to the public. The exhibit opened Fri- day morning at the Emanuel Luxury Venue, 1723 Washington Ave., and its last day is today from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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The library is a sarcastic take of a museum and presidenti­al library, showcasing our Commander-in-Chief’s preferred vessel for communicat­ing with the public, his Twitter feed.”

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