25,000 Correctional Officers Under Investigation For "#FeelingCute" Challenge

[ZariusTwo]

Might comment later IDK

Law enforcement employees have been letting off steam by taking part in the #FeelingCute challenge, in which police officers, prison guards and other workers post lighthearted selfies while wearing their uniforms and on the job. The social media trend is inspired by the “felt cute, might delete later IDK” meme.

But some staffers may have crossed the line with their posts. As the Houston Chronicle reports, four prison guards in Texas have been fired, while another two have resigned following an investigation into their social media activity.

Though details about the correctional officers and the exact content of their objectionable posts have yet to be made public, the Chronicle reports that some #FeelingCute posts have caused outrage by including jokes about gassing inmates.

"Feeling cute, might just gas some inmates today, IDK," a female prison employee reportedly captioned a selfie, while a male Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) worker also joked online about gassing “the whole wing later.” It is unclear if either employee is among the six being investigated.

Word of the controversial posts — which were shared on the now-private Facebook group Correctional Officer Life — made its way to inmate families, who saw demanded that officials take action.

Bryan Collier, executive director of TDCJ, addressed the “inappropriate photographs and comments” in a statement posted to Facebook last week.

“These officers in no way represent the thousands of TDCJ employees who go to work every day taking public safety seriously in all ways,” Collier wrote. “Investigations are ongoing. If any allegations prove true, swift disciplinary action that could include termination of involved employees will occur.”


Other industries are also seeing backlash over #FeelingCute posts, as was the case with a Georgia utility worker who joked about cutting off water supplies.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/feel...154913817.html

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I wonder if the officers making the gassing jokes are German

[Candy Kappa]

That's a big "Yikes" from me, dawg.

[IndigoErth]

Wow, that is kind of messed up.

I can understand they might get rather jaded and emotionally detached after dealing directly day in and day out with the kinds of people who are the source of a lot of society's issues, but yeah... there is still a line that shouldn't be crossed that some people are apparently no longer recognizing.

But the cutting the water off was kinda funny...

[oldmanwinters]

Feeling cute, might lose my job over stupid social media posts later, idk...

[ProactiveMan]

Don't tweet about your job, it's not worth it.

[Voltron]

What's the world come to when we can't even abuse people on social media anymore?!

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by ProactiveMan

Don't tweet about your job, it's not worth it.

Abso-f*cking-lutely. No good can or has ever come of this.

Actually, if we're being objective... outside of remembering people's Birthdays, social media is pretty much the worst thing to happen to the human race since the Black Plague. And at least the Plague kept the population under control, so there's a morbid upside to that one.

[Barkworm]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Abso-f*cking-lutely. No good can or has ever come of this.

Actually, if we're being objective... outside of remembering people's Birthdays, social media is pretty much the worst thing to happen to the human race since the Black Plague. And at least the Plague kept the population under control, so there's a morbid upside to that one.

Hahaha, absolutely. Sadly, modern society seems to make it harder and harder to get along without social media for younger generations.