<p class="title">The deputy mayor of a Maine city has resigned and was charged with filing a false report after he said someone hacked his social media account to make racist statements about the George Floyd killing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brewer police said Thomas Morelli was charged in relation to the incident, the Bangor Daily News reported on Wednesday. Morelli issued a statement in which he said he is “ashamed of my comments and behavior” and acknowledged his participation in “Facebook trolling.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Morelli had told police on Monday that someone had gained access to his Facebook account to post racist comments about Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An investigation determined that Morelli made the comments, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police have not disclosed the nature of Morelli's comments beyond that they were about Floyd. It was unclear on Wednesday if he had hired an attorney.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brewer police said Morelli was issued a summons and is due in court on July 15. </p>
<p class="title">The deputy mayor of a Maine city has resigned and was charged with filing a false report after he said someone hacked his social media account to make racist statements about the George Floyd killing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brewer police said Thomas Morelli was charged in relation to the incident, the Bangor Daily News reported on Wednesday. Morelli issued a statement in which he said he is “ashamed of my comments and behavior” and acknowledged his participation in “Facebook trolling.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">Morelli had told police on Monday that someone had gained access to his Facebook account to post racist comments about Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after Floyd stopped moving and pleading for air.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An investigation determined that Morelli made the comments, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police have not disclosed the nature of Morelli's comments beyond that they were about Floyd. It was unclear on Wednesday if he had hired an attorney.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Brewer police said Morelli was issued a summons and is due in court on July 15. </p>