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 Bundys standoff against the Bureau of Land Management at his Nevada ranch.
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HAB911
(8,904 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)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.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)That makes perfect sense.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)eggplant
(3,911 posts)And the "alt-right" has been pushing that for a while now. Subvert the system from within.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)rurallib
(62,420 posts)There you go.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)...are the same who burn crosses.
wolfie001
(2,251 posts).......more like JACKASS hat.
If you are anti-government, you are NOT a patriot!
TonyPDX
(962 posts)Our police are too much like a militia already-- don't need encouragement from guys like this one.
Cha
(297,277 posts)Good on Gillian Thompson