Transphobia, hostility about protesters in private cop group
Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan returns to his office at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan returns to his office at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Mar. 22, 2021 07:56 AM EDT
Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan answers the door at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Mount Pleasant Township Police Chief Lou McQuillan answers the door at the municipal building in Hickory, Pa., on Monday, March 15, 2021. McQuillan, who recently announced he is running for a vacant magisterial district judge post, was listed as one of four administrators of a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom. Many current and retired officers who are in the group spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists,” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Mar. 22, 2021 07:57 AM EDT
FILE -In this March 23, 2019 file photo, a marcher holds up his fist while staring at police lined up in front of PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh during a protest after a former suburban police officer was acquitted of a homicide charge in the on-duty shooting death of Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

FILE -In this March 23, 2019 file photo, a marcher holds up his fist while staring at police lined up in front of PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh during a protest after a former suburban police officer was acquitted of a homicide charge in the on-duty shooting death of Antwon Rose II in East Pittsburgh. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Mar. 22, 2021 08:00 AM EDT
FILE - In this June 22, 2018 file photo, a woman raises her hands in front of stopped traffic after more than 150 people took over Interstate 376, known as Pittsburgh's Parkway East, in both directions, to protest the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose by an East Pittsburgh police officer. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” (Andrew Russell/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, File)

FILE - In this June 22, 2018 file photo, a woman raises her hands in front of stopped traffic after more than 150 people took over Interstate 376, known as Pittsburgh's Parkway East, in both directions, to protest the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose by an East Pittsburgh police officer. In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs that took a knee or officers who marched with Black Lives Matter protesters, who they called “terrorists” or “thugs.” (Andrew Russell/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP, File)

Mar. 22, 2021 08:02 AM EDT