Buena Park police chaplain removed over anti-Muslim reposts on social media

City officials let go of a volunteer chaplain who was with the Buena Park Police Department since 1998 after discovering social media posts he reposted or liked that characterized Muslim people as violent and falsely warned of a Muslim takeover of the United States.

Pastor Don Harbert, who also serves as pastor of The Way Fellowship in Buena Park, was released from his position on Jan. 28, after city officials reviewed his social media posts and determined he made “broad characterizations...