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A comment on The York Dispatch Facebook page has prompted an investigation by city officials, who are attempting to determine if it was made by a York City police officer.

(The York Dispatch via The Associated Press)

YORK, Pa. (AP) — A York police officer is on leave while city officials determine if he posted inflammatory comments on a newspaper's Facebook page.

The York Dispatch named Terry Seitz, a 16-year veteran of York's police department, in an article published Thursday. The comments posted to The York Dispatch's Facebook page appeared to come from an account with Seitz's name.

Mayor Kim Bracey has apologized on the city's behalf to anyone offended by them. Some have found the comments racially charged.

They respond to news accounts of a brawl after the York-Harrsburg high school basketball game and a vigil to remember the teen shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri.

Bracey calls the allegations serious and says Seitz will remain on leave until the investigation concludes.