Crime

"Forrest Gump" quote on police Facebook prompts complaint

/ CBS/AP

WARWICK, R.I. -- A Rhode Island police department is reviewing its policy on using Facebook after a complaint about a quote from the movie "Forrest Gump" that was included in announcing an arrest.

Warwick police arrested an 18-year-old and a juvenile Sunday on the department's parking lot on misdemeanor charges that the two were taking hubcaps off a marked police car and trying to steal equipment.

Police posted a mugshot of the older teen on the department's Facebook page with the quote, "Stupid is as stupid does," a line from the movie.

The suspect's brother told WJAR-TV that police shouldn't have called his brother stupid.

The department removed the photo and replaced the quote with "You can't make this stuff up."

It also wrote on the updated post: "In the interest of not besmirching a young man for his mistake, the picture and jocularity has been removed-thanks to a few rational comments from our FB friends concerning professionalism."

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