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Cop Fired For Social Media Comment On Activist's Death

A white Fairborn police officer accused of making an inappropriate comment about a Black Lives Matter activist who killed himself on the Statehouse steps has been fired.  

Lee Cyr was fired after an investigation into a social media comment posted last month under Cyr's account. The comment stated "Love a happy ending." It was posted two days after MarShawnMcCarrel II took his own life. McCarrel had helped with protests after high-profile shootings of African-American citizens by white police officers led to the Black Lives Matter movement.  Police say that while Cyr was off duty when he posted the comment, his actions violated the department's social media policy.   Cyr had been with the department since 1994.

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