A Facebook user who has posted racist comments online claims to work at the Journal Sentinel. He does not.

A Facebook user going by the name Erik Hawtrey — or Brice Granderson — has been posting inflammatory and at times racist comments on social media. He claims to work at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as the managing editor. He does not. 

We received many questions about Hawtrey from Facebook followers and have worked with Facebook to address the issue. Facebook has not yet taken action. 

Hawtrey has made negative comments in response to the Black Lives Matter movement.

News organizations, including the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, have policies that forbid this sort of behavior. These comments do not represent our organization or anyone who works here. Additionally, news organizations like ours have staff pages with links to staff members' social media accounts. You can visit our staff page here. 

Contact Lainey Seyler at (414) 224-2863 or lainey.seyler@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @lainey_seyler.