New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced on Sunday that an officer who was filmed using his cruiser’s loudspeaker to repeatedly yell “Trump 2020” in several viral videos has been suspended without pay.
The proliferation of hard right-wingers in law enforcement is a serious problem. Here’s an email from a good friend of mine:
“My state cop brother is beyond right wing. He’s literally preparing for some kind of post-election world where we’re in armed camps. He LOVES Tucker Carlson. We can’t talk about this stuff.”
I wouldn’t want to be Driving While Black or even driving with a Biden/Harris bumper sticker and be stopped by that guy. And this state trooper is in the bluest of blue states.
In somewhat related news - you can add Ohio Governor DeWine to the list of Governors trump fanatics want to kidnap and put on trial for daring to try and fight Covid-19:
(He joins the Governors of Michigan and Virginia for this ‘honor’)
… “To repeat, law enforcement MUST remain apolitical, reassuring the public that we will enforce the law fairly and without prejudice regardless of anyone’s political beliefs.”
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The NYPD openly embraced Trump in kind through an unusual endorsement by its union, the Police Benevolent Association (PBA), in August. PBA President Pat Lynch noted, “I cannot remember when we’ve ever endorsed for the office of President of the United States until now. That’s how important this is.”
The funny thing, though, is that Trump does not support cops - especially in blue states. But I guess it might be difficult to convince someone holding a loud speaker and a gun of that.
All the MAGgots’ in the NYPD (which is most of them) are going to start a slowdown campaing like they did when the mayor offended them by criticizing them for needlessly killing citizens.
OF COURSE, all the victimized FIRST AMENDMENT DAMMIT RWingers are out there screaming but one more time…it’s not about your ‘opinion’…it’s about doing it in uniform from your squad car and trying to intimidate voters. Sorry jacka$$!