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A Missouri public safety officer reportedly renounced on Friday after he was uncovered for writing a slew of Islamophobic<\/a> Facebook posts, according to the Southeast Missourian<\/a>.<\/p>\n Officer Frankie Adams of Sikeston, Missouri, reportedly claimed responsibility for all American Muslims to be deported and threatened to set a Muslim person on both governments watch listing since they were is not in accordance with one another.<\/p>\n “I get to choose whom I dislike, and it just so happens to be all Muslims and their beliefs, ” he wrote in one of the several posts, according to the Missourian. <\/p>\n He likewise referred to Islam as a” filthy belief .” <\/p>\n The Sikeston Department of Public security released a statement on Facebook on Sept. 12, stating it set an unnamed employee on administrative leave, pending an investigation over an alleged inflammatory social media post they had written.<\/p>\n “This morning I received a complaint from a citizen in reference to a social media post just made by one of our employees, ” The department’s chief, J. McMillen, wrote in a statement released. “This citizen had concerns about the employee’s alleged inflammatory statements on Facebook and him being employed under the city.” <\/p>\n Posted by Sikeston Department of Public Safety<\/a> on Thursday, September 12, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n McMillen wrote that he had “limitations” on how much he could divulge publicly about the issue but that the department would “do the right thing.” <\/p>\n On Friday, McMillen shared another statement, announced today the policeman in question had resigned from duty, effective Friday morning. <\/p>\n “We have a professional department with the highest of standards, ” he wrote in a statement released, per the Missourian. “We will continue to demand excellence in our policemen and we urge citizens to stir us aware of any issues.” <\/p>\n While many on Facebook applauded the abdication, others stimulated more Islamophobic commentaries in its pursuit of the officer. One consumer warned of “another 9\/11 ” and another called Muslims “ragheads” while mentioning her husband’s experience serving in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n Adams is operating his Facebook account under the pseudonym Frankie Clayton, as confirmed by the Missourian<\/a>. Adams, utilizing the Facebook account, has also posted homophobic, sexist, and anti-immigrant posts. <\/p>\n In August, he shared a photo<\/a> that reads, “All ladies are bi: it’s your job to guess if it’s sexual or polar.”<\/p>\n In another post, he shared a photo<\/a> of the Quran sandwiched between a bottle of alcohol and a packet of bacon, which are food items considered a sin for Muslims.” What a route to start the morning !” he wrote. <\/p>\n He likewise shared<\/a> the NY Post cover of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s( D-Minn .) comments about 9\/11 that went viral in April after she was quoted out of context. Omar said she received a large number of death threats<\/a> following President Donald Trump’s tweet on the matter. <\/p>\n In a post from February of 2015, he shared a photo<\/a>, which speaks,” We’re losing our beloved America to these goat humpers. Stop being afraid of being called a racist and grow a pair and act like Americans .” <\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/p>\n People are calling out’ racism’ and’ Islamophobia’ head-on in viral videos<\/a> Video testifies adolescents brutally thumping Muslim man<\/a> School board member says Rashida Tlaib’s death would’ complete’ his life<\/a><\/p>\n H\/ T Southeast Missourian<\/a><\/p>\n The post A Missouri officer resigned after his Islamophobic Facebook posts surfaced<\/a> seemed first on The Daily Dot<\/a>.<\/p>\n