Update: See the response from Giroir's attorney after the jump.

Here's the press release:

New Orleans Police Department- Public Information Office

Superintendent Serpas Notifies Giroir of Pre-termination Hearing;
Giroir Resigns

(March 27, 2012)- At 3pm this afternoon, Public Integrity Bureau Chief Arlinda Westbrook notified Jason Giroir that allegations of misconduct against him had been sustained, and that Superintendent Ronal Serpas was calling for a Pre-termination hearing regarding Giroir’s departmental violations as per existing policies and procedures. Upon learning this, Giroir submitted his resignation to the NOPD.

Superintendent Serpas said, “From the moment I was informed yesterday afternoon that Jason Giroir admitted to PIB investigators that he did write the offensive comments on the news station’s website, I immediately questioned his abilities to continue as a New Orleans police officer. My responsibility to the people of New Orleans, as well as to the professional officers on this police force, demanded I take swift action in this matter. I have accepted Giroir’s resignation, and believe it is in the best interest of this department and this city”.

New Orleans Police Department Officer Jason Giroir is, like Sal Perricone, not a blogger.

He is, however, alleged to be a news commenter (which, note, is one of several correct terms you can use to describe Perricone), we've just found out.

And he's been suspended for it, because in the midst of an investigation into the fatal shooting of Justin Sipp — after Giroir pulled Sipp and his brother Earl Sipp over near City Park — Giroir decided to weigh in on the Trayvon Martin shooting, which was, you know, super-smart.

From WWL-TV:

“Act like a Thug Die like one!” says the comment under name Jason Giroir. The comment refers to the controversy surrounding the hooded sweatshirt Martin was reportedly wearing when he was gunned down. Activists across the nation have taken to wearing hoodies as a sign of solidarity with Martin’s family and against racial profiling.

Very sensitive!

And here's something that's sure to be a great boon to this police department's image:

Several hours later, Jason Giroir responded to [another commenter]: “Eddie come on down to our town with a ‘Hoodie’ and you can join Martin in HELL and talk about your racist stories!:-P”

Update: The T-P's Brendan McCarthy speaks with Giroir's lawyer, who confirms that his client posted the comments.

Tracie Washington of the Louisiana Justice Institute said today that she will file suit against the city of New Orleans if it doesn't release more details about last week's fatal police officer shooting of 20-year-old Wendell Allen by the close of the business day on Wednesday, March 14.

Washington said she's requested the following:

1. Names of all officers involved in the Allen raid and the Public Integrity Bureau (PIB) files for each.

2. The New Orleans Police Department's use of force policy and policies on officer-involved shooting investigations by PIB.

3. A detailed status update on the progress of ongoing negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice to establish a consent decree.

4. The names of the FBI agents working with the Public Integrity Bureau.

"These are not just empty demands," Washington said in a press conference. "We are prepared to take action."

(Continued below the jump)

WC Johnson of Community United for Change just sent out the following press release announcing a town hall meeting tonight about last week's shooting, which left Justin Sipp dead and Officers Anthony Mayfield and Michael Asevedo seriously injured. Last week, a lawyer for Officer Jason Giroir, who initiated the stop that led to the shooting, said Giroir did nothing wrong and welcomed any investigation to prove it. Johnson, and others, however, remain unconvinced. Johnson calls the circumstances described by police "questionable at best"; Sipp's brother Larry Champ has also publicly questioned the account; and local NAACP chapter president Danatus King has called for a federal investigation into the incident.

Community United for Change
1647 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, La. 70119
504-251-2201
e-mail cuc.nola@yahoo.com

Community United for Change (CUC) has invited the family of deceased Justin Sipp and his brother, Earl Sipp, to meet with Commander Westbrook of Public Integrity Bureau, and Susan Hutson, the Independent Police Monitor, for answers to what happened that caused their loved ones death and serious injuries. The US Justice Department has also been invited to observe these proceeding.

Note: Hutson tells Gambit she will not be attending the meeting. NOPD officials have not yet responded to an inquiry as to whether Westbrook will be there.

CUC encourages the Black Community to rally in support of the Sipp family to ensure a fair investigation and to develop measures to keep these behaviors from happening to other loved ones of the Black Community. Your support and presence is vital to demand justice in this case. Don’t let this NOPD shooting get ignored like the Adolph Grimes III murder in 2009. There are too many Black Folks being murdered and brutalized by the NOPD.

Justice for the Sipp Family!

Stop the Murder and Police Brutality of Black People

*Stop Racism Now *

Emergency Town Hall Meeting
St. James AME Church Meeting Hall
221 N Derbigny Street (next door to Two Sister’s Kitchen)
Monday March 5th 6:30 PM
Come One Come All ~ You Could Be Next