Police Posted Me On Facebook As A Suspect And Won’t Take It Down (ohio)

I saw a woman littering recently and asked her to pick up her trash. She took pictures of me and a week later I am on my state news and local PD for allegedly “threatening” her (note: I am actually, truly innocent of this lying goddamn litterbug’s claim).

I immediately contacted police repeatedly and went to the station without even being asked for them to collect my statement. I understand I can’t legally force them to remove the post, but they are saying they are legally required to leave the post up due to some legal record policy of sort.

How can I rebuttal this? It is very clear that I never threatened the woman. I just want people to stop laughing at me on the internet when I was trying to do something good.

They’ve updated it to state I’ve been identified. I’m joining the military and this could SEVERELY jeopardize my future.