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The Albuquerque Police Department is investigating Detective Pete Dwyer’s Twitter account just a day after it announced he would not be disciplined for another incendiary comment on his MySpace page.
Dwyer — whose tweets have since been deleted — describes himself in his profile as a “Pro-life, ultra conservative republican who will never be poltically [sic] correct. my twitter my thoughts.” He tweeted an image of a Nazi flag morphed with the logo for President Obama’s campaign to Twitter user @aliegirl7: “put this on [Facebook] as it needs to be seen. Boss ordered me to remove it or be fired. Love wrkin 4 a Dem.”
This is the picture in question:
Some other tweets, caught by the Journal before they were deleted:
Next person that says ‘imma’ instead of ‘I am going to’ I’m going to pistol whip.
The Muslims are like Chinook salmon.. Life’s great till the SEALS show up!
The Journal says that Dwyer is a “top auto theft detective” and former APD Officers’ Association President. At least two other APD officers have been disciplined for their postings on social media sites.
