Posted on 05/05/2021 2:12:20 AM PDT by Libloather
A New Jersey town has fired a veteran police officer and will suspend and demote a sergeant over a Facebook post that called Black Lives Matter protesters 'terrorists' who hate cops.
Hopewell Township's committee on Friday voted unanimously to terminate police officer Sara Erwin and penalize Sgt Mandy Gray.
Both women have been decorated public servants for more than 20 years, and neither one has any 'disciplinary history,' according to their attorney, Frank Crivelli.
Gray, who was the first woman to be hired as a police officer in Hopewell Township and the first to be named a sergeant in 2019, will be placed on leave and demoted in rank, reported NJ.com.
Crivelli filed an appeal with the New Jersey Superior Court on Monday, arguing that the disciplinary actions taken against his clients were 'unjustified' and 'excessively harsh.'
Erwin, who has served as a patrol officer in Hopewell since 2001, on June 8, 2020, wrote a status update on her Facebook page that read in part: 'Last night as I left for work I had my two kids crying for me not to go to work. I don’t think I’ve ever felt the way I did last night. And then I watched people I know and others I care about going into harms way. I love my police family like my own.
'So when you share posts and things on Facebook I’d really appreciate if you’d THINK before doing so. I’ve seen so many black lives matter [sic] hashtags in these posts. Just to let you know - they are terrorists. They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die.'
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:What do we want, dead cops, when do we want them now”. She has a case. Period.
Imagine a time when one of these idiots calls for the Police, and no one shows up. /s
truth gets one fired in 21st century america
>>Just to let you know - they are terrorists. They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die.’
They fired her. Do they have evidence contrary to her statement?
Or is telling a truth a revolutionary act?
I know Hopewell Township well; it used to be a rock solid conservative Republican area. Then the liberals escaping New York moved in and wrecked it like they do wherever they alight.
<< truth gets one fired in 21st century america >>
And lies, promoted.
Get rid of Facebook. There is nothing positive about it.
Good is bad. Bad is good. Up is down. Down is up. Male is female. Female is male. I’m starting to see a pattern.
Welcome to Woke America. And you thought Orwell, Huxley et al wrote fiction
democrat party run government is the enemy, folks.
Where’s their union?!
The cops lawyers are living this.
Firing them violates the first amendment
Hopewell is a hippy/artsy town from what I remember. Wouldn’t surprise me that they are totally wokish.
Terrorism: The unlawful use of violence or threats to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or government, with the goal of furthering political, social, or ideological objectives.
May this officer's lawyers go to town on these virtue-whining clowns.
In today’s environment, they are probably better off not being on the force. Just like our children are better off not being in the public school.
Cops serve the state, and the state has determined that their speech is unacceptable. I have more of a problem when private citizens are targeted (but I don’t agree with the actions against these cops).
I well hope (pun) they sue and collect big money. 20 years, unblemished record leads to this? BTW, whomever made the complaint should be made a codefendant.
Then again this is NJ. Who knows what will happen in the courts there.
Isn’t firing someone for calling a terrorist a terrorist an example of terrorism?
The BLM organization is a terrorist group.
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