KGO-TV in San Francisco has fired a freelance producer who tweeted that he hoped Oakland police would use live bullets on protesters Saturday night.

Carlos La Roche lost his job after tweeting: “Looks like the born losers, er ‘protesters’ will b in #Oakland 2 night. Hope OPD uses real bullets. Now let’s get back to this one … #Hoops.”

His Twitter account, @ProducerLos, is no longer active.

The television station announced La Roche’s dismissal, naturally, via Twitter: “A freelancer sent inappropriate tweets from his personal account that in no way reflect the views of ABC7. This freelancer is no longer associated with the station.”

La Roche, 30, of Oakland, could not be reached Tuesday. His voice mail was full and not accepting messages.

He’d quickly apologized on Twitter on Saturday night, saying, “People, I did NOT mean that. Unreal” and “I’m sorry for my extremely poor and distasteful tweet.”

His Twitter feed showed frustration as marchers gathered in downtown Oakland in reaction to a police crackdown on non-permitted nighttime protests ordered by Mayor Libby Schaaf.

“I’m sick of scum messing up my hometown. I hate when they break my mechanic’s windows. And for what? disagreeing with a verdict?” he tweeted earlier in the night.

In another tweet, he wrote, “Dude, they are NEVER peaceful … Hope some skulls get cracked tonight.”

Staff writer George Kelly contributed to this report. Follow Thomas Peele on Twitter.com/thomas_peele