Yeah, screw that. The dude's pushing 400k on the gofundme. Will it stop at a half million???
The patriot can live pretty well, get the massage across and still find a better gig to serve the public.
A sucker born every minute
Yeah, screw that. The dude's pushing 400k on the gofundme. Will it stop at a half million???
The patriot can live pretty well, get the massage across and still find a better gig to serve the public.
I thought we were supposed to protect whistleblowers though.That guy's not a pastor. He's not leading a flock (anywhere holy, that is); he's engaged in eschatology thumb sucking and nationalism.
EDIT:
The only "sign of the times" may be that people are now taking to YouTube, Twitter, etc. to spout off things.
Nothing he said is particularly new. As to the pastor, nothing he said is new at all - everything's been said for the past 150+ years; but mostly in tents.
That guy's not a pastor. He's not leading a flock (anywhere holy, that is); he's engaged in eschatology thumb sucking and nationalism.
You do not know him so why would you say that?
There's whistleblowers, then there's "let me sit in my car and bloviate about what I perceive as wrong."I thought we were supposed to protect whistleblowers though.
Oh it only works one way, I get it
OK folk, you disagree with him doing this in uniform.
Do you disagree with his message?
Asking for a friend.
If my department has made zero arrests and issued zero citations and doesn't even respond to complaints of violations, do I still need to virtue signal? Asking for lots of friends.
It needs to be said, no one is going to listen to me
I thought virtue signalling only comes from the left, no? Asking for a friend.
So you're saying that when I'm sitting in my car bloviating, I should be streaming it.
Get a celebrity to say it then. Maybe have them kneel at a football game or something.
Officers should lead by example within their own organizations where, if they are actually leaders, they already have a standing among their fellows and are viewed as someone worth listening to. Some outsider isn't going to affect personal morals or department culture. Risking the first to be the second isn't something I'd consider. Especially because I know most of the people worshiping at this guy's alter today would crucify him tomorrow if he did the same thing but with a message they disagreed with.
Don’t you already bill for that?
It seems that this guy may have crossed an unspoken line.
“He is clearly a good police officer and an exceptional American. That said, as a police officer wearing one of our uniforms, his right to speech has limitations on which he has been well-trained and that he has understood since joining the policing profession,” Covey wrote. “Greg has always had the ability to express his opinions on what is going on in the country like all other Americans. However, he is not allowed to do so while on duty, wearing our uniform, wearing our badge and while driving our patrol care. Every police officer in the country understands that.”
Neat. Doesn't address my point in the slightest, but neat.
I must have missed the part of my oath that said "and use the megaphone of social media to show everyone how seriously I take this oath." Here I thought just doing the job ethically and legally was fulfilling the oath. I think they added that for Millennial recruitment, though.
If you don't social media, are you even a patriot bro?
Paychecks over rights?...
Oh there's plenty of tyranny going on in this country.Tyranny!