Tulsa officer: 'We are at war'

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa's police chief is condemning an online essay by a Tulsa officer who wrote that the five police officers shot in Dallas and the three officers killed in Baton Rouge, "solidifies what just about no one wants to acknowledge: We are at war!"

Police spokesman Sgt. Shane Tuell says the post was written by Maj. Travis Yates and says the chief reviewed the post Tuesday and found its wording "inappropriate."

Yates made the post on lawofficer.com the same day as three officers died in Baton Rouge.

Tuell says the chief would not comment what disciplinary action, if any, Yates would receive as a result of the posting.

A phone number listed for Yates was disconnected.

A local civil rights group asked Tuesday for Yates to resign over the comments.

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