Police Chief Wants Union to Take Down Online Message Board

Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger called on the department's union 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.