ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE — A San Jose police
officer who was fired last year for posting comments online that threaten those
protesting the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York
is back on the force.
The San Jose Mercury News reported
that Phillip White re-joined the San Jose Police Department on Feb. 10 after
convincing an independent arbitrator that termination was too harsh a
punishment for his actions.
White posted several comments to
his Twitter account in December 2014 saying he would kill any anti-police
protesters who threatened his family. He appeared to challenge demonstrators to
confront him.
The department initially
suspended him, and community activists demanded his dismissal. He was fired in
October.
SJPD Acting Chief Eddie Garcia
says White won't be on patrol and has been assigned to administer the
department's body-worn camera program.
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