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Florida police chief takes a knee, loses his SWAT team
American Thinker ^ | 15 Jun, 2020 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 06/15/2020 5:41:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Is there anything more pathetic than a leader whose charges have all simply walked away? Hard to look big and powerful when that happens.

But that's the pretty picture in Hallandale Beach, where the entire SWAT team has resigned after the police chief and members of his command staff took a knee in religious obeisance to the Black Lives Matter anti-police activist group.

Here's the Miami Herald's account of the embarrassment: The 10 members of the Hallandale Beach Police Department’s SWAT team have stepped down from their roles, citing among other grievances anger over the city’s police chief kneeling with protesters earlier this week, a memo the officers signed read. They will remain with the police department.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: antifa; communism; donutwatch; florida; insurrection; swat
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1 posted on 06/15/2020 5:41:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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Classy Broward county cont’d


2 posted on 06/15/2020 5:43:20 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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He should just leave and join the transgender police.


3 posted on 06/15/2020 5:45:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Nothing more pathetic than everyone of these kneelers.


4 posted on 06/15/2020 5:47:02 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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Notice how in the lower left photo, the kneeling officer is being given the finger by a man in front of him.. Appeasement Never works!


5 posted on 06/15/2020 5:56:19 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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Police Chief Sonia Quiñones

6 posted on 06/15/2020 5:56:31 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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ANOTHER LESBIAN POLICE CHIEF!! OMG!


7 posted on 06/15/2020 5:59:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Another SJW hire.


8 posted on 06/15/2020 6:00:01 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Stupid left overreaching again. I can see the campaign adds now. A scroll of all the officers killed in the line of duty and the this idiot kneeling to the killers. Something very un-American about kneeling. I got Kapernick...I played 10 years of organized tackle football..you never sit you kneel. What he did was not right but the the kneeling I understood. For a layperson to kneel is s sign of submission, like someone does to a Queen or King.

The urban black community has brought upon themselves another 3 generations of poverty, crime and misery...after the hipsters and virtue signalling Karens go home to enjoy Labor Day parties, medical Kush and the new drop by Drake or the Black Keys and # tag some other try at getting rid of a newly elected Trump. Not the brightest culture, is it?

9 posted on 06/15/2020 6:02:15 AM PDT by pburgh01 (It's the FLU!)
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Here's the Miami Herald's account of the embarrassment: The 10 members of the Hallandale Beach Police Department’s SWAT team have stepped down from their roles, citing among other grievances anger over the city’s police chief kneeling with protesters earlier this week, a memo the officers signed read. They will remain with the police department.

So there umbrage only goes so far. They didn't quit entirely just from part of their duties. So why does a suburb with a population of 37,000 need a SWAT team for anyway?

10 posted on 06/15/2020 6:08:40 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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I am of the opinion that SWAT teams should only be organized by the local, elected Sheriff. If a city has a need for SWAT services, they can request it from the Sheriff.


11 posted on 06/15/2020 6:14:12 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt - Dad's wisdom)
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To: DivineMomentsOfTruth

These kneelers need to kneel in front of my toilet. Then I can slam the seat down, and sit on it. Then it would be major swirly time.


12 posted on 06/15/2020 6:20:12 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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They [the SWAT team mambers that stepped down] will remain with the police department.

Is that a good idea? Maybe if you want to try and force the Chief out....

13 posted on 06/15/2020 6:20:14 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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Just another Quota Hire. They always disappoint.


14 posted on 06/15/2020 6:21:03 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: DoodleDawg

Considering it’s not far from Miami, I’m sure there’s plenty of action there.


15 posted on 06/15/2020 6:26:51 AM PDT by HollyB
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So who’s the bigger virtue signaler here, the Brass, or the SWAT team guys who “quit”. I notice that none of them actually quit, and stopped receiving a paycheck. Guess they weren’t that disgusted over it.


16 posted on 06/15/2020 6:33:51 AM PDT by rednesss (fascism is the union,marriage,merger or fusion of corporate economic power with governmental power)
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To: MarvinStinson

AAAH.

Another Affirmative Action Hire.


17 posted on 06/15/2020 6:44:53 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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To: Ann Archy

“ANOTHER LESBIAN POLICE CHIEF!! OMG!”

Apparently, “they” (the freakazoid immoral left) have been quietly infiltrating all levels of society and government to prepare for this event — the overthrow of America. Subtle but effective. Disgusting!!


18 posted on 06/15/2020 6:54:15 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Nothing happens to a Christian that God does not allow to happen.)
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To: rednesss

If I read it correctly, they resigned from the SWAT team and back to general policing?

I would think that is a significant career move downwards, as I would guess those SWAT team positions are sought after by many.

I wouldn’t be so quick to call them “virtue signalers”. Most of them are probably in their 30-40 year old range, in the prime of their careers.

I would think a move like that wouldn’t be regarded as simple virtue signaling.


19 posted on 06/15/2020 6:56:41 AM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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To: rednesss

In this case, I think they are on solid ground regarding their level of anger. Being on a SWAT team as an auxiliary duty usually is remunerated with extra pay, especially because of the extra training time and extra risk assumed by the participant. SWAT, to the chief, is a “cleanup” force that can cover a lot of mistakes (although not all).

The officers in question are still actively policing in their jurisdiction, which is likely a good thing for the citizens therein. They are refusing to act in the capacity of emergency flyswatters for the police chief and city hierarchy.

If this were a dedicated SWAT team - a group whose only duties are acting as SWAT - I would not be inclined to be so charitable.


20 posted on 06/15/2020 7:01:51 AM PDT by MortMan (Shouldn't "palindrome" read the same forward and backward?)
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