Social Media Of 2 Lower Merion Cops Under Scrutiny: Report

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — On the heels of the Plain View Project's report documenting racist, sexist, and other offensive social media posts by police in Philadelphia and other major cities, police in Montgomery County have become the target of social media scrutiny, including some in Lower Merion.

A new report from the Philly Voice sheds light on allegedly offensive social media posts from police in the county.

Among the posts mentioned in the story were two from Lower Merion Police officers Gavin Goschinski and Paul Coletta.

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These two officers were among screenshots of 132 public Facebook posts from 32 officers in 22 departments across Montgomery County that the outlet got from local researchers.

According to the outlet, Goschinski post was related to the Central Park 5 case and said Central Park Five were guilty and that he knew "the truth and don't be intimidated!"

Coletta shared a post that linked some police-involved shootings to "a media problem, a drug problem, a mental illness problem and an entitled welfare state breeding drugs problem."

"We agreed they needed evaluation and conducted a review of the posts for violations of our social media policy," Lower Merion Police Superintendent Michael J. McGrath told Philly Voice. "We will take appropriate action if and when necessary."

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said any kind of discrimination from law enforcement in the county will not be tolerated and that he expects police departments to handle any offensive post according to their own policies and procedures.

See the full report from the Philly Voice here.