A New York City police oversight investigator is facing backlash after the NYPD detectives’ union publicized old social media posts it says likened police officers to the Ku Klux Klan, prompting calls for a shake-up at the city’s watchdog agency.
According to a screenshot cited by the Detectives’ Endowment Association, Civilian Complaint Review Board investigator Amadee Bility appeared to draw a comparison between police and the KKK in a Facebook post from 2020.
“The reason u don’t see cops shutting down KKK rallies is the same reason u don’t see hannah montana and miley cyrus sitting in the same room,” the post said.
The union also pointed to another post from Bility’s Facebook page showing an image of a man in a police uniform kissing another man, captioned with the words: “Cops when Trump supporters break into the U.S. Capitol building.”
The posts were removed from Bility’s Facebook page after the Detectives’ Endowment Association flagged them Friday to the CCRB, the independent New York City agency responsible for reviewing civilian complaints against NYPD officers.
A union official said the posts came to light after a detective scheduled to be interviewed by Bility this week searched for her online and found the material.
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DEA President Scott Munro responded by urging the Civilian Complaint Review Board to “clean house.”
“The DEA will not allow detectives to sit across the table from a disgraceful CCRB investigator who has publicly compared the police to the KKK and pushed the disgusting narrative that cops assault the people they protect,” Munro said in a statement. “Her own words make it crystal clear: she hates cops and has no business investigating them.”
Bility, a former NYPD Explorer, a program for teens interested in police work, wont be doing any interviews with cops until the probe was complete, an agency source said.
Bility didn’t return a call seeing comment.
This isn’t the first time CCRB investigators have been called out for anti-cop social media posts.
The PBA released the names of several investigators in May after finding anti-police bias on their social media.
CCRB spokesman Dakota Gardner said the agency is investigating the newest posts.
“The CCRB takes allegations of bias on the part of its staff extremely seriously,” Gardner said. “The Agency was notified of the Detective’s concerns on Friday and agreed to postpone the interview pending an investigation.”
