WARNING: GRAPHIC AND OBSCENE CARTOON IMAGE OF MURDER OF A POLICE OFFICER BELOW
Despite the efforts of Twitter users to report a graphic tweet depicting the execution of a police office, Twitter has not taken action against the tweet or the user who published it.
“[I don’t give a f—k] it’s time for the police n they families to start feelin the pain we feel,” wrote user @Marcel_TNG, alongside an image of a black-clad executioner graphically slitting the throat of a police officer, in an apparent response to the deadly ambush in Dallas that left five officers dead.
https://twitter.com/Marcel_TNG/status/750788102239625216
Offended user have attempted to report the obscene tweet, and the account responsible for it, but as of Friday afternoon the tweet remains with a disclaimer that the image “may contain sensitive material,” an indication that the social media company had reviewed the image and allowed it to remain online.
.@twitter has still not suspended this account I reported hours ago. Feel free to report. Shame on @Twitter. https://t.co/uHzN9ejZsm
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) July 8, 2016
Twitter recently suspended the account of provocative commentator Milo Yiannopolous for criticizing Islam.
