A Burlington, Vermont police chief resigned after admitting to trolling critic online. Hours later, his successor was removed.
BURLINGTON, VT – A whirlwind social media saga this week in Burlington, Vermont resulted in a police chief resigning and his appointed successor being removed from the office after both came under suspicion of using fake social media accounts.
This week's events happened in rapid succession on Monday after Weinberger announced del Pozo's resignation, learned of Wright's social media actions, and then swiftly removed her. The public began to learn about the saga when del Pozo, admitted to Seven Days, the city's alt-weekly paper, last week that he was behind a fake Twitter account used to troll Winkleman. Four days later, the mayor announced that del Pozo had resigned, and deputy Jan Wright would serve as interim chief.
Del Pozo attributed his actions to a mental health condition resulting from a bicycle accident in June, after which he sustained multiple broken ribs and a head injury. In an interview with the USA TODAY Network, del Pozo said stigma and embarrassment kept him from coming clean to the public. The chief was on leave for six weeks before Weinberger said doctors cleared him for duty.
What he might not have anticipated, though, was that the deputy he named interim chief would, a few hours after he announced her appointment, inform him that she had a fake account of her own, operating under the name “Lori Spicer” on Facebook. The Lori Spicer account, whether tongue-in-cheek or meant to divert suspicion, plays off progressive tropes: One of the account's few public posts is a photo of former NFL quarterback and notable police critic Colin Kaepernick, wearing a sweatshirt calling out the lack of repercussions for officers accused of violence against people of color.
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