A Northern California officer suspended for posting inflammatory comments on social media that were critical of vocal and sometime-violent police abuse demonstrations is no longer on the force.

A San Jose Police Sgt. Enrique Garcia confirmed Thursday that Phillip White no longer works for the department but declined to say if he was fired or resigned. White didn’t return a phone call.

The department suspended him on Dec. 15 after an online news site reported the tweets amid heightened tensions across the country between police and communities of color.

“Threaten me or my family and I will use my God given and law appointed right and duty to kill you,” one tweet stated with the hashtag “#CopsLivesMatter.” Another tweet said he was off duty, attending a movie and would be armed.

“By the way if anyone feels they can’t breathe or their lives matter I’ll be at the movies tonight, off duty, carrying my gun.”

Community activists demanded his dismissal and the department and the police union condemned the posts. The San Jose Police Officers’ Association didn’t return a phone call Thursday.

The Santa Clara County district attorney’s office looked into the matter but declined to file criminal charges. Nearby Menlo College where White was an assistant basketball coach cut ties with him.

White was a 20-year veteran of the department who taught gang prevention classes to elementary school students.

The San Jose Mercury News first reported White’s departure from the department.

Left: San Diego County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeffrey Guy; Right: Anthony Martinez

SAN DIEGO — San Diego County has settled a $1 million lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed man with down syndrome after a sheriff’s deputy beat and pepper sprayed him because he mistakenly thought the man was resisting arrest.

Antonio Martinez, 21, left his family’s bakery when he was approached by Deputy Jeffrey Guy, who police say was responding to reports of domestic violence somewhere in the neighborhood.

Martinez’s family claims Antonio functions at the level of a 7-year-old child, and when Deputy Guy commanded Martinez to stop walking, he was confused and frightened. Martinez did not respond in a way that Deputy Guy found satisfactory, so he justified a use of force in apprehending Martinez.

Bystanders watched as Deputy Guy beat Martinez with a metal baton and sprayed him with pepper spray while he screamed and begged for the officer to stop.

Despite the unnecessary use of force, Sheriff Bill Gore says he did not even consider firing Deputy Guy, who was not charged with a crime, and is still employed by the sheriff’s office.

“If I thought he targeted a Down syndrome person, I’d have fired him before the week was out,” Gore said, adding “…that was not the case. The deputy made mistakes.”

Jude Bastile, an attorney hired by Martinez’s family, said he was disappointed that the sheriff’s office refused to fire Guy for police brutality and excessive force.

“Did the Sheriff’s Department learn anything from this incident? I don’t think so,” said Bastile.

A report by Mercury News shows that prior to being hired by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Guy had at least six complaints of excessive force while employed with the San Jose police.