The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department expressed their sympathies for the Iranian victims on social media the day after the U.S. military destroyed three nuclear installations in Iran.
An apology was issued after the post caused immediate outrage.
The original message was posted on X, Facebook, and Instagram on Sunday, although it’s unknown what time it was uploaded.
The first two sentences were removed from the department’s Facebook and Instagram posts, and the post was removed from X. The initial tweet was described as rude and unprofessional in an apology released on Sunday night.
The original post said, “Our hearts go out to the victims and families impacted by the recent bombings in Iran,” according to a copy of the tweet from KTLA. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is actively monitoring the situation alongside our local, state, and federal colleagues, even though this horrible tragedy happened overseas.
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According to President Trump, the U.S. military launched three strikes against Iranian locations, riskily interfering with Israel’s attempt to destroy the nation’s nuclear program.
The article added that, out of a sense of caution, the department would be stepping up patrol inspections at houses of worship and other sensitive locations across the county, even though there are no known threats to Los Angeles County.
The first sentence of the original post and any reference to Iran are removed from the revised versions of the post on Facebook and Instagram, which now state that the department is keeping an eye on the situation abroad.
The department apologized, stating that the message was made in error and did not represent the agency’s or Sheriff Robert G. Luna’s opinions.
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We don’t comment on military or foreign policy issues because we are a law enforcement agency. The statement went on to say that servicing our various communities and ensuring public safety remain the only priorities of our mission.
According to the statement, the department is strengthening social media monitoring procedures and has started an internal investigation to ascertain how the tweets were made and shared.
