Shreveport police instructor fired over Facebook post
Trainer threatens legal action (Source: KSLA News 12) By Curtis Heyen | December 29, 2020 at 5:54 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 10:41 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) A Shreveport police training officer has been fired.
Brent Mason confirms for KSLA News 12 that he was dismissed Monday, Dec. 28, by Police Chief Ben Raymond for making a Facebook post about activist Breka Peoples that some have described as racist.
Mason’s post states:
“Hates whites
“Wow”.
Mason, a use-of-force instructor at Shreveport Police Regional Training Academy, said he made the post along with a screenshot of a KSLA News 12 story about Peoples having warrants for her arrest a couple months ago.