FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ An officer's Facebook posts that suggested the Parkland school massacre could be a hoax have vanished from public view. North Miami Beach Police Officer Ericson Harrell's entries on Facebook were removed Tuesday.
Harrell has been reassigned from road patrol to administrative duty after a series of posts that included calling student activists from the school "paid actors" and asking if the Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17 people actually happened.
"What proof do you have?" he wrote. "What evidence do you have, that anyone was killed other than #MSM accounts, alleged witnesses and a couple of funeral processions?" MSM likely refers to "mainstream media."
It's unclear whether the officer voluntarily removed the Facebook entries.
A police spokesman said Harrell's work computer was seized Friday as part of the investigation that began the same day. The investigation began after inquiries from the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Before the Facebook posts disappeared, the officer wrote an entry this weekend that acknowledged his department was reviewing the matter.
"Well, if you haven't heard already, I'll be standing in front of the man because of my questioning the the (sic) Parkland narrative!!" the entry said.
