A police recruit in Lafayette, Indiana, was fired after an anti-fascist flagged his apparent ties to a neo-Nazi internet forum, authorities said Saturday.
The recruit, Joseph Zacharek, is believed to have participated in a forum called “Iron March†four years ago, Lafayette Police Chief Patrick Flannelly said in a statement.
The department was alerted to Zacharek’s posts on Friday, when a self-described anti-fascist tagged its Twitter account with a link to messages from the forum that were posted on a site called “ironmarch exposed.â€.
“Officer Zacharek’s comments were not in harmony with the spirit of cooperation and inclusion in the community that the Lafayette Police Department values,†Flannelly said.
Zacharek was hired by the department earlier this year and had "no exposure" to the public, Flannelly said.
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