Police: Neighborhood watch posts call to watch young blacks

One member was blocked from the group for making “blatantly racist” comments, he said. “Unfortunately, we all must live with the vile words that he spewed.”

The newspaper said it received screenshots of parts of some posts, but was unable to reach the people who wrote them.

It quoted one comment under a woman’s name: “I volunteer for the vigilante justice force!”

Fabian and Darcel Moreno of Shreveport told the newspaper that they and two other residents met Thursday with police.

Dercel Moreno said she also had posted messages to the group noting that her sons fit a broad description of a perceived target for suspicion, and that she was worried by the stereotyping and suggestions of vigilantism.

She said she went to police because “I wanted them to do something — people can’t play police officers.”

Her husband said police told them that the situation already was being investigated.