An Atlantic City councilman is being asked to resign by a police union official and business owner for a Facebook post they say is irresponsible in the wake of a police officer being shot in the line of duty Saturday.
Councilman Moisse Delgado posted the statement on his Facebook page after the shooting of Officer Joshlee Vadell on Saturday.
“Don’t think that just because suspects were apprehended that the POLICE are relaxing and hands are off their weapons,” Delgado posted.
Pat Colligan, president of the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, called for Delgado’s resignation Wednesday afternoon.
Colligan said that since he’s been president of the state PBA, Delgado’s post has to be the most irresponsible statement he has heard from a politician.
“As a hero officer still lays in the hospital recovering from a cowardly attack, this councilman spews that stupidity from the safety of his keyboard. He should step down and let a qualified candidate take his position,” Colligan said.
Delgado told a Press reporter Wednesday afternoon he made the post on his Facebook page and he called it “a reflection”.