2015/05/11 – Racial and religious slurs as well as comments regarding the female anatomy fill what appears to be the social media page of a high-ranking officer in the Jackson Police Department.

Dating back to 2009, the Twitter page of Commander Tyree Jones includes posts regarding Muslims, African Americans and women. Jones, who is black, refers to black people as “koons” in at least one instance and refers to Muslims as “Mooslims” on one occasion.

Referring to women as “hoes” multiple times, Jones uses slang terms for the female anatomy twice and references nude photos of women.

The Twitter profile has a picture of Jones in uniform and identifies him as “Commander/Major Investigations, Jackson Police Department.”

In a post made on May 5, Jones references the shooting in Garland, Texas at a draw Mohammad cartoon contest that ended in the death of the two attackers. ISIS has since claimed responsibility for the attack.

The post depicts two body bags being carried away by two people in Hazmat gear. The photo reads: “Two Mooslims offended by the 1st Amendment were quickly introduced to the 2nd Amendment. Welcome to Texas B*tches!” Under the photo, Jones wrote, “2nd Amendment, God Bless America.”

Ibrahim Hooper, National Communications Director with CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said Jones has the right to his opinion and to post it on the internet but he questioned someone with those opinions being in law enforcement. Hooper said he, along with the rest of the American Muslim community, condemned the Texas attack.

“He’s free to be an anti-Muslim bigot if he so chooses,” Hooper said. “The difference comes when bigotry is exposed by a person in a position of authority, particularly a law enforcement officer that can make life and death decisions in the field. If those decisions are made based on prejudice and bigotry, I think we have a real problem there.”

Catherine Osborne, campaign director for the Shoulder- to-Shoulder Campaign, an interfaith campaign that supports American Muslims, also said Jones was entitled to his first amendment right to free speech. The fact that a law enforcement officer made such a statement, however, was “disturbing,” she said.

“He is tasked with protecting all people in his community,” Osborne said. “To derogate one religious group and target one group like that is really disturbing.”

Source: The Clarion-Ledger 

Sarah Fowler