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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 11:53 AM Oct 2016

Maryland Police Officer Suspended For Displaying ‘Oath Keepers’ Hat In Cruiser

Source: talkingpointsmemo

Gillian Thompson told WBFF that she saw the hat inside a parked police car near a Whole Foods in Annapolis Monday, and took photographs because she was familiar with the controversial patriot group. She filed a complaint at police headquarters.

“I knew what the Oath Keepers were from Cliven Bundy, from Ferguson,” Thompson told the news station.

The Oath Keepers are a loosely organized anti-government group composed of current and former law enforcement officials and members of the military. Organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League classify the Oath Keepers as an extremist branch of the militia movement.

The group drew headlines in 2014 for sending heavily armed members to keep watch over businesses during protests in Ferguson after the fatal police shooting of Mike Brown, and for supporting Cliven Bundy’s standoff against the Bureau of Land Management at his Nevada ranch.


Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/anne-arundel-county-police-officer-suspended-oath-keepers-hat

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Maryland Police Officer Suspended For Displaying ‘Oath Keepers’ Hat In Cruiser (Original Post) Sunlei Oct 2016 OP
Kudos to Police Chief Timothy Altomare HAB911 Oct 2016 #1
The stoopid... it burns! procon Oct 2016 #2
"anti-government group" made up of cops jcgoldie Oct 2016 #3
Can't be oxymoronic without morons. SwankyXomb Oct 2016 #6
It's called infiltration. eggplant Oct 2016 #9
Yep. nt awoke_in_2003 Oct 2016 #12
Wasn't it @ 10 or 12 years ago the FBI warned of radical right wingers joining police forces? rurallib Oct 2016 #4
Some of those who work forces... Iggo Oct 2016 #7
"Patriot hat"....?....WTF? wolfie001 Oct 2016 #5
Right? 2naSalit Oct 2016 #8
Good. He's way too extreme to be enforcing the law. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #10
Glad he was stupid enough to display it. Cha Oct 2016 #11
well, this is blood red anne arundel county md n/t luvmybluestate Oct 2016 #13

procon

(15,805 posts)
2. The stoopid... it burns!
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 12:10 PM
Oct 2016

No excuse for being that ignorant. Anyone who is dumb enough to flaunt their radical, extremist viewpoints while on duty does not have the good judgement to hold a job in law enforcement. Cut him loose and let him go support his cause full time.

eggplant

(3,911 posts)
9. It's called infiltration.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:32 PM
Oct 2016

And the "alt-right" has been pushing that for a while now. Subvert the system from within.

rurallib

(62,420 posts)
4. Wasn't it @ 10 or 12 years ago the FBI warned of radical right wingers joining police forces?
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 12:20 PM
Oct 2016

There you go.

TonyPDX

(962 posts)
10. Good. He's way too extreme to be enforcing the law.
Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:48 PM
Oct 2016

Our police are too much like a militia already-- don't need encouragement from guys like this one.

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