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from Washington Post newspaper said:Officials Condemn Derisive Md. Chat
"Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger called on the department's union yesterday to take down an online message board that some police officers have used as a forum for disparaging, and sometimes racist, remarks about colleagues, supervisors, immigrants and other members of the community.
The union said it would not shut down the board, saying that it serves a legitimate purpose and that doing so would curtail officers' right to free speech."
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"Let me be very clear. There is no place in our police department . . . for racism, bigotry and hatred," County Executive Douglas M. Duncan (D) said. "As public servants, we not only take an oath to uphold the law, but we have a moral obligation to guarantee that the law is applied equally and fairly to everyone in our community."
Duncan said that if the union doesn't disable the message board, access to the site will be restricted from county workplaces."
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By Ernesto Londoño
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, March 24, 2006; A01
