Washington state sheriff has started damage control after a meme joking about running over protesters was posted to his county’s Facebook page on Monday.
This September 11th the @chelansheriff (WA state) would like to remind you that liberals are the enemy…… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…—
¡Technical Rockout! (@TechRockout) September 11, 2017
The meme read “All Lives Splatter” and had an image of a car ramming through protesters in the street.
Many found the image, which was posted to the Chelan County Emergency Management page, to be offensive to Heather Heyer, who was killed during the Charlottesville white supremacy rally.
So on the annivaersary of 9/11 @ChelanCountyEM promoting an act of terrorism, not even 2 months after someone was h… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…—
Skylar Hansford (@skylarsandman) September 11, 2017
After the meme was removed, Chelan County Sheriff Brian Burnett swiftly issued an apology, which said a “noncommissioned” employee meant to share it on a personal account.
