- [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Facebook blocked the Illinois Association of Chiefs' request to promote its Officer of the Year post honoring East Peoria Police Officer Jeffrey Bieber Bieber was stabbed multiple times in the head and neck during a domestic incident and fatally shot the suspect when the suspect was on top of him
- The stab wounds damaged nerves and hit an artery, 'causing the officer to bleed profusely'
- Bieber tried to use his Taser before he pulled the trigger, police said
- He was praised for 'not only for his sacrifice during and after the incident, but for being an outstanding officer serving and protecting the citizens'
- Facebook said the post was about a 'sensitive social issue' and denied the state police group's request to promote the post, which can be done for a fee
- ILACP Executive Director Ed Wojcicki said the decision was 'ridiculous'
- 'The way we see it is Facebook thinks it's wrong to honor a brave police officer who suffered serious wounds while protecting his central Illinois city'
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