Posted on 09/25/2017 10:51:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Two Chicago Police officers who kneeled while in uniform after being asked about President Donald Trump's blistering criticism of football players' decision to kneel during the National Anthem before games will be reprimanded, a department spokesman said Monday.
In a picture posted to the Instagram account of an anti-violence and anti-poverty activist Aleta Clark, a woman wearing Clark's signature "Hugs No Slugs" shirt kneels between two African American officers holding up their fists.
The Instagram picture, which had about 1,800 likes, was captioned:
"That Moment when you walk into the police station and ask the Men of Color are they against Police Brutality and Racism & they say Yes ... then you ask them if they support Colin Kaepernick ... and they also say yes ... then you ask them to Kneel!"
The officers in the photo were not identified.
Rule No. 42 of the department's Rules of Conduct prohibits uniformed officers from "participating in any partisan political campaign or activity."
"We are aware of the photo, and we will address it in the same way we have handled previous incidents in which officers have made political statements while in uniform, with a reprimand and a reminder of department policies," said Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi in a statement.
In a video posted on her Instagram page, Clark said "European" officers declined to kneel with her.
Officials with the police union, the Fraternal Order of Police, could not immediately be reached.
A year ago, Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, began kneeling during the anthem to protest the deaths of African-American men at the hands of police officers. He went unsigned this season, which critics said was due to his political activity, not his abilities on the field.
The controversy flared up again after Trump on Friday called on owners of NFL teams to fire any player who kneels during the National Anthem and “get that son of a bitch off the field.” The president tweeted nearly a dozen times during the weekend about the issue, creating a furor.
During Sunday's game at Soldier Field, members of the Chicago Bears linked arms during the National Anthem, while all but one member of the Pittsburgh Steelers remained off the field.
In January, police officers were warned about the ban on taking part in partisan politics after a hat featuring President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan was propped on the dashboard of a police vehicle assigned to monitor the Inauguration Day protests at the Daley Center.
Black cops throwing their white brothers under the race baiting bus. Doesn’t get much lower than that. What next? Black soldiers taking a knee as their white comrades rush into battle?
Here they are
https://suntimesmedia.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/screen-shot-2017-09-25-at-11-55-48-am.png?w=763
[ then you ask them if they support Colin Kaepernick ... and they also say yes ]
Gee, what a surprise.
While wearing a uniform? Glad to hear this good news story.
Getting pretty fed up with this cr*pola. The president said nothing bad; he just asked for respect for the flag.
The U.S. is going to h*ll in a handbasket and I am not sure how we can fix this problem.
Law enforcement officers aren’t allowed to participate in any political activities while on duty. This has been my argument about the NFL protests. If they want to protest, do it on their own time, not while they’re on the clock. Protesting isn’t a part of their paycheck...playing ball is. If I’d decided to attend a protest in uniform while I was on duty, I’d have been brought up on departmental charges, and terminated.
Trump needs to double-down in this by really pushing the point that the NFL is disrespecting the police, military and hard working fans.
Those 2 morons do not realize even black cops are being murdered by the BLM rhetoric like the female police that was murdered in her car in New York.
I totally agree.
I love how that girl’s shirt says, “We want to grow up.”
Why not try it, babe? LOL!!! Stop looking for insults everywhere. Get the ghettos cleaned up.
My Dad grew up at 22nd and Pulaski; very near where his African-American caregiver grew up. Her parents still live there; they are frightened to death. They have installed motion detectors, lights, all manner of security devices. My Dad’s caregiver is actually scared to visit her parents; she goes and then gets the heck out of Dodge.
She was a wonderful young lady. Haven’t talked to her much since my father passed on. But she is a good person, and I imagine her parents are too.
It is reprehensible that some great cities are being destroyed by gang violence. Where’s Rudy Guiliani when you need him! LOL. ;)
Made this by rewriting a couple other FReeper’s words:
The end-game of the NWO Leftists is to overthrow our Constitutional Republic.
The NWO Leftists want a Global Government; no longer the USA leading the way.
The NWO Leftists don’t want the USA to be a sovereign nation any longer.
So much for supporting our law enforcement officers when they won’t even support themselves. Do those idiots know that this “taking a knee” is also against police brutality..........them???
If this crap doesn’t stop soon; it’s going to escalate more and more until it’s conjoined with something else and grows bigger then becomes the leftist mantra then it’s CWII.
No more freedom; just open warfare.
Also; this entire thing is based on a lie. There are far more white people arrested and those who resist will get manhandled. The problem is black men (and women probably) frequently don’t have the sense God gave them so they mouth off and resist until something bad happens in the heat of the moment.
In other words 99% of the time the perp brings it on themselves.
This entire meme/narrative/bullcrap is a total lie.
When the hoods in the hood are shooting at cops in the middle of the night this picture won’t save you...all they will see is a cop.
They should no longer be cops. Thanks nickcarraway.
This woman is a pure black racist. The only men and women in a police station regarding color, are BLUE.
Well, it appears that the soros/soetoro/jarrett plan to divide America along racial fault lines has worked like a charm.
>>The U.S. is going to h*ll in a handbasket and I am not sure how we can fix this problem.
We can’t. Well, we should make every effort, but I am not optimistic about the prospects.
Buy gold, silver, bitcoin, ethereum.
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