San Jose police officer Phillip White has been put on leave after posting a series of death threats to protestors on his personal Twitter account.

His tweets raise at least three very disturbing questions.

1. How could an officer who makes such statements just be put on temporary leave and not fired? It will be hard for members of the community to ever feel safe around Phillip White.

2. In his mocking statements of #BlackLivesMatters and #ICantBreathe, he fails to see that these are chants from peaceful protests. Why is he using them as an opportunity to mock and threaten the community?

3. Is it safe to assume that the sentiments expressed by Phillip White, which seem to invite violence and death and confrontation, are shared by his colleagues?

Below is a news story from the local ABC7 affiliate in San Jose.