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.
completely agree!
I thought BLM was anti-Police. Don’t these Slave Cops know this?
But but but... The media does it all the time why cant we? /s
I don’t see full duty belts and gear on them I wonder if they are some sort of game day reserves.
Or is it just the camera angle.
“European officers”?! I hadn’t heard about that cr@p. Who’s the bigot, Officer?
They should go shoot themselves. I am good with that.
These cops are too stupid to remain cops.
These cops are too stupid to remain cops.
“European officers”?! I hadn’t heard about that cr@p. Who’s the bigot, Officer?
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Aren’t ALL WHITES considered to be ‘European’ in some circles?
Much like when British tabloids mention ‘Asians’ they are referring to Muslims/Middle Easterners or anyone who isn’t Black(African) or White.
People like Charlize Theron & Gary Player etal must be very confused all of the time.
I don’t give a rat’s patootie about skin color. Either you’re an American. Or you’re not. And none of this hyphenated cr@p, either. :-)
Anti-WHITE police.
Obviously some BLM ARE police...
Their paunches suggest they aren’t real street cops, just tokens hired to redistribute wealth. If you’ve ever been in an urban precinct, you’d be shocked by the badonkadonks on not just the she-cops, but the males as well.
Their paunches suggest they aren’t real street cops.
I seen a lot of REAL street cops that have an over weight problem.
I have as well, but they aren’t active street cops - they rarely venture more than a couple of feet from the vehicle. “Street cops” are those that chase down drug dealers and their customers, shoplifters, etc. in my town; few are heavy.
It’s kinda amusing how she blocked one guy’s face where she wouldn’t have with her left hand.
[Well, it appears that the soros/soetoro/jarrett plan to divide America along racial fault lines has worked like a charm.]
Absolutely correct. That is why I often post pictures of the Kenyan Usurper. He and his administration are responsible for 95% of this trouble. He stood up there and told lie after lie after lie which taking photo ops to make things as bad as possible. This liberal insurrection that’s going on is the direct result of such.
Obama and co. fanned whatever flames they could, sided with whatever criminal thugs they could (St. Mike and St. Trayvon, for example). Obama wept - except NOT for the blacks murdered every week in Chicago; often by other blacks, so it didn’t fit the Community Organizer’s narrative.
To the families of those ignored by Obama and who didn’t support Obama, I’m sorry your relatives were not important enough for his fake tears and for the liberal media.
How many were killed, maimed, assaulted, raped or otherwise injured in South Chicago during Obama’s pResidency? Over 3,000? Over 4,000? Has to be at least that many.
After Trump drops a MOAB on Congress he should think about sending a few cruise missiles into the Chicago war zones.
We NUKED the Japs and they LOVE us.
Idiots.
Amen to that.
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