--- description: A top homicide prosecutor in the Orange-Osceola State Attorney's has been suspended for Facebook posts hours after the Orlando shooting title: Prosecutor Suspended Over Orlando Shooting Facebook Posts image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5af8bb632dfd89/69889873fb4eac555288df91/orlando-prosecutor-suspended.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Orlando Shooting](/tag/orlando-shooting/) ## Orlando Shooting Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Prosecutor Suspended Over Orlando Shooting Facebook Posts  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2016 2:51 PM CUT  Assistant state attorney Kenneth D. Lewis presents his opening arguments in Amanda Brumfield's murder trial in Judge Reginald K. Whitehead's courtroom at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, May 24, 2011\. Brumfield is the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton. Assistant state attorney Kenneth D. Lewis presents his opening arguments in Amanda Brumfield's murder trial in Judge Reginald K. Whitehead's courtroom at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, May 24, 2011\. Brumfield is the estranged daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton.Gary W. Green—Orlando Sentinel/ Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2016 2:51 PM CUT A top homicide prosecutor in the Orange-Osceola State Attorney’s [has been suspended](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-prosecutor-suspended-pulse-comments-20160617-story.html "undefined") after he criticized club goers in Facebook posts hours after the [Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando](http://time.com/4368674/orlando-shooting-omar-mateen-2/ "undefined"). Kenneth Lewis, an assistant state attorney, called nightclub patrons “3rd world miscreants and ghetto thugs,” the [Orlando _Sentinel_ reported](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-prosecutor-suspended-pulse-comments-20160617-story.html "undefined"). “All Orlando nightclubs should be permanently closed. With our without random gunmen they are zoos,; utter cesspools of debauchery,” Lewis wrote in a second post. Lewis violated the office’s social media policy and has been suspended for the content of two Facebook posts, according to the _Sentinel_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4374057/orlando-shooting-prosecutor-suspended-facebook/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4374057/orlando-shooting-prosecutor-suspended-facebook/"},"headline":"Prosecutor Suspended Over Orlando Shooting Facebook Posts","datePublished":"2016-06-18T14:51:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:41:53.446Z","description":"He called nightclubs \"utter cesspools of debauchery\"","url":"https://time.com/4374057/orlando-shooting-prosecutor-suspended-facebook/","keywords":["Orlando Shooting","Crime","Florida"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5af8bb632dfd89/69889873fb4eac555288df91/orlando-prosecutor-suspended.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b5af8bb632dfd89/69889873fb4eac555288df91/orlando-prosecutor-suspended.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AMANDA BRUMFIELD","caption":"AMANDA BRUMFIELD","creditText":"Gary W. Green—Orlando Sentinel/ Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/orlando-shooting/","name":"Orlando Shooting"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4374057/orlando-shooting-prosecutor-suspended-facebook/","name":"Prosecutor Suspended Over Orlando Shooting Facebook Posts"}}]}] ```