'Bacon grease covered bullets': police chief under fire from Islamic group over Facebook post

An Islamic civil liberties and advocacy group wants Alabama and federal authorities to investigate "anti-Muslim bigotry expressed" on social media posts allegedly made by the Gurley Police chief last month.

The Alabama chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations released a statement on Friday about Chief Barry Pendergraft's Facebook posts regarding bacon grease covered bullets.

On Sept. 23, Pendergraft posted a video of himself loading the bullets with the text, "100 more bacon grease covered bullets in the box! This relaxes me so!!"

On Sept. 27, Pendergraft uploaded a picture of a box filled with the ammunition. He posted, "Happiness is a couple thousand rounds in the ammo box! Bacon grease dipped of course!!"

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