Charity Event for Shooting Victims Canceled after Officials Object to Republicans’ Participation

National Review ^ | October 2, 2019 | Zachary Evans

[Schatze]

A charity event in honor of a police officer killed while responding to a mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, California last year has been canceled after the local police chief and a Democratic politician objected to the participation of prominent Republicans, according to organizers who spoke with a local Fox affiliate.

The event, a flag-football game called the Blue Bowl, was supposed to have taken place at Newbury Park High School in Thousand Oaks. Los Angeles Rams football players were scheduled to show up and sign footballs imprinted with pictures of the fallen officer, Sgt. Ron Helus. And thousands of dollars, which will now be returned to donors, had already been raised for Helus’ family.

Organizers claim that Thousand Oaks Police Chief Tim Hagel tried to undermine the fundraiser by telling its sponsors to pull out due to the scheduled participation of Trump supporters in the event line up.

[Schatze]

The phone number for the Thousand Oaks police department is (805) 494-8200.

[Berlin_Freeper]

'BornFree'

[PCPOET7]

this just makes me sick....how can I trust that this police chief will protect my rights if I encounter him and he knows I am a Trump supporter. how can he be trusted to leave his politics out of his law enforcement duties... I live in the California central valley and six years ago in los Angles. I fear for my safety now when I deal with anyone in government who belongs to the Democrat party.

[SaveFerris]

Somebody might say the "T" word!!!!

[ducttape45]

This only goes to show how polarized politics have become in the US.

Thank you, Obama, Hitlery, Pelosi, and the like, who have ruined this country for years to come.

[Chickensoup]

this is another brick in the walk towards genocide of conservatives.

the “poison” move of marginalizing conservative. Effective in the schoolyard and effective with fascists.

[rrrod]

I consider Democrats equal to child molesters....

[Chickensoup]

Is this on twitter yet?

[ronnie raygun]

This is why you cannot work with the other side

[Lurker]

See my tag line.

L

[unread]

Maybe Tim Hagel would do us all a favor and catch the first train to hell...

[jughandle]

“And thousands of dollars, which will now be returned to donors, had already been raised for Helus’ family.”

At least the chief and Democrat politician will have the honor of blaming Republicans for taking money away from the family. Sick people

[Flint]

Perhaps Trump supporters in that area need to have their own fund raiser and make sure the Democrats get invited, see how much money they can raise for that family.

[Reno89519]

This is beyond bizarre.

[redgolum]

We are in a cold civil war.

[Gritty]

They should rename the town from "Thousand Oaks" to "Poisoned Oaks".

What a low-life, hateful thing to do!

[eyeamok]

The Thousand Oaks police dept is actually ran by and controlled by the Ventura County Sheriff’s dept, The word came down from Ayub the VC Sheriff after complaints from Assemblybitch Jackie Irwin. This is probably the most PETTY ACT I have ever seen a Police Agency commit.

WE HATE TRUMP and DON’T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT FALLEN OFFICERS

that’s the billboard I want to see with Hagle, Ayub and Irwins picture on it.

[FreedBird]

Boycott anything Dem. for the next year.

[karnage]

Hagel Must Go!