Police investigating after ombudsman accuses officer of sending ‘deplorable’ tweets calling him a member of al-Qaeda

A screenshot captured the "Joe Mayo" Twitter account before it was deleted.

Ontario Ombudsman André Marin on Thursday accused a Durham Regional Police officer of writing hateful tweets about him from an alias account.

Mr. Marin alleged on Twitter the messages came from an account belonging to a Detective Constable calling himself “Joe Mayo.” The tweets included accusations that Mr. Marin was a card-carrying member of al-Qaeda.

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Police investigating after ombudsman accuses officer of sending ‘deplorable’ tweets calling him a member of al-Qaeda