{"id":36211,"date":"2020-06-18T21:13:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T21:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/18\/naval-academy-opens-investigation-into-midshipmans-social-media-posts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:43:00","slug":"naval-academy-opens-investigation-into-midshipmans-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/06\/18\/naval-academy-opens-investigation-into-midshipmans-social-media-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Naval Academy opens investigation into midshipman\u2019s social media posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ANNAPOLIS, Md. \u2014 The U.S. Naval Academy has opened an investigation into social media posts allegedly made by a midshipman that suggested police should shoot unarmed protesters and that Breonna Taylor received \u201cjustice\u201d when she was shot and killed by police in Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The posts were made by a since-deleted Twitter account identified as belonging to Chase Standage, a Midshipman 1st Class from California, and began circulating online Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalgazette.com\/education\/naval-academy\/ac-cn-midshipmen-racist-tweets-20200617-r5wjl2wdrvctzdxdiv32xrhwi4-story.html\" target=_blank>The Capital Gazette<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academy officials learned about the comments Monday night, the newspaper quoted Cmdr. 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