GLOBAL CRAZY! LAPD Tweeting Pictures Of Murder Victims Now? (GRAPHIC PHOTO)

LAPD homicide detective Sal LaBarbera is in some hot water today, after he tweeted a picture of shooting death victim Oscar Arevalo with the caption:

"Guess where i'm at??? It never ends."

LaBarbera's argument is that the newspapers and news stations would have shown the picture anyway.

As Reported By L.A. Weekly:

According to City News Service, 32-year-old Oscar Arevalo was shot dead that day on the sidewalk, in the 10600 block of Wilmington Avenue, around 9 a.m. Police have since announced that they believe two gang-affiliated suspects walked up to him, delivered the fatal bullets and ran away. They're still on the loose.

LaBarbera wasn't necessarily wrong to Tweet the photo -- he's just a guy on the job, and working in Watts, he sees this stuff every day -- but social-media shorthand, when juxtaposed with a tragedy like this, does seem a little sick and strange.

This latest situation begs a serious ethical question, should any officer post pictures of dead victims while on the job?

SOURCE: L.A. Weekly