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Bend police officer to be investigated for wearing phrase linked to far-right groups
Bend Bulletin ^ | May 3, 2021 | GARRETT ANDREWS

Posted on 05/05/2021 6:42:48 AM PDT by hiho hiho

A Bend Police Department officer will be investigated for allegedly violating policy by wearing a keychain connected to a far-right group while in uniform on Saturday.

Bend Chief Mike Krantz did not identify the employee, though Cpl. Josh Spano is the officer seen in a photograph circulating on Reddit and Facebook. Attached to the front of Spano’s service vest is an item reading “molon labe” in Greek lettering, a phrase associated with the far-right Three Percenters militia.

The “molon labe” item and its letters appear to be larger than Spano’s name tag on his vest.

“I’m aware of the allegations posted around social media regarding one of our employees displaying an item that was inconsistent with our uniform, an item believed to be supportive of extremist ideologies” Krantz told The Bulletin.

Spano, 35, told The Bulletin the item in question is a keychain he has used while on duty throughout his 13-year career. He said he wears it to honor the oath of enlistment he took when he joined the military, and his fellow soldiers. He said before the recent uproar, no one had ever said anything about it.

He denied being part of the Three Percenters or any other anti-government group.

(Excerpt) Read more at bendbulletin.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; molonlabe
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To: bk1000

“It isn’t right or left, it’s right or wrong.”

Think you stumbled on to something.

right is right, left is wrong


21 posted on 05/05/2021 7:16:51 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Thommas

“Nowhere do the three percenters call themselves a militia or anti government. Only the SPLC and the MSM call them that.”

GMTA - when groups like the SPLC are flinging mud at you, it’s patently clear that you’ve identified the target correctly. I looked at the articles from both today’s link and the one from yesterday but haven’t found a photo of the officer with the item that is drawing the objections. Based simply on the description of how it is attached to his equipment vest, I’m guessing it is a tag on a chain with a carabiner that attaches the key chain to a loop on the vest. It’s clear that the “Karen Factor” is running high in Bend OR.


22 posted on 05/05/2021 7:17:02 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: hiho hiho

The left is drunk with power. It’s continuing the hunt for anyone who doesn’t agree with their marxist agenda. They are firing, purging, silencing or eliminating anyone who opposes them.

In turd world countries they just kill you. It takes a little longer here, but throwing you out into the street ends with the same result.


23 posted on 05/05/2021 7:17:41 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Non-binary transnormativity is a construct of intersectionality. Leftist gobbledegook stinks.)
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To: ScottinVA
Good gosh!!!

I've got T-shirts and flags with MOLON LABE on them...

24 posted on 05/05/2021 7:22:22 AM PDT by Osage Orange (DRT)
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To: hiho hiho

it hurts them because they cant read latin ..


25 posted on 05/05/2021 7:25:38 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: hiho hiho

A BLM badge is fine.


26 posted on 05/05/2021 7:38:59 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: ßuddaßudd

Backintheday when I was in the military one would learn a few things early on...

Fresh Haircuts
Clean uniforms
Footwear kept in good condition

Keep you muzzle pointed down range

Keep your mouth shut and your ears open

Don’t talk about politics, sex, or religion.

Don’t wear your heart on your sleeve.

Bumperstick protocol, even underwear restrictions - which came later when some female admiral in some female lockeroom got an eyefull... One can only imagine.


27 posted on 05/05/2021 7:45:16 AM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Eddie01
Many years ago, there was a book called "The Communese-English Dictionary". There is a clear need for a second volume. Here is a start:

far right = anyone who is more conservative than Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney, or Ben Shapiro.

racist = anyone who does not figuratively bow the knee to BLM or support "sensitivity training" under whatever guise.

sexist = anyone who recognizes the natural and Biblical distinction between the two sexes.

homophobic = anyone who does not embrace the "gay agenda" or believes in the Biblical condemnation of sodomy.

xenophobic = anyone who wants to preserve the American nation and people.

fascist - anyone who expresses even a degree of opposition to the leftist agenda.

28 posted on 05/05/2021 7:52:35 AM PDT by Wallace T. ( )
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To: Clutch Martin

as an army brat, i learned these words of wisdom also. i didnt always listen though..


29 posted on 05/05/2021 8:04:17 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd ((>> ☼ << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: hiho hiho

Never forget that the “suspected to be part of” is the preamble of a lie. Like “rumored to be”, “according to sources”, etc.


30 posted on 05/05/2021 8:24:02 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: webheart

In reference to the 3% of the population, in the colonies, that participated in the American Revolution. And now a “group”, although I think it’s more like a window/bumper sticker or t-shirt.

I don’t think there is an actual entity, like the Oath Keepers are, which is an organization of active and retired LEOs and veterans.


31 posted on 05/05/2021 8:33:26 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: cuban leaf

He didn’t

But he did violate a uniform policy.

A violation that he’s probably been committing for years and NOT one person has said a thing, including the Chief, until now. Instead of making a ridiculous statement like he did, the chief could have easily just kept it real generic......it’s been brought to my attention and is being handled. End of story.


32 posted on 05/05/2021 8:36:09 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: T-Bird45

Or Velcro patch


33 posted on 05/05/2021 8:37:12 AM PDT by qaz123
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To: BenLurkin

Is that what this keychain looks like?


34 posted on 05/05/2021 8:50:19 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem by far: most of the news media is agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: qaz123

This police chief is a worthless quisling traitor. May he rot in hell.


35 posted on 05/05/2021 9:38:18 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: hiho hiho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molon_labe


36 posted on 05/05/2021 12:18:20 PM PDT by AirForceVet1988 ("As the pattern gets more intricate and subtle, being swept along is no longer enough.")
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