D.C. police revoke officer’s gun, badge in Michelle Obama threat investigation

[Faygo Kid]

Source: Washington Post

D.C. police have stripped an officer of his police powers and gun as they investigate his alleged threat against Michelle Obama, the District’s police chief said Friday.

Police and the Secret Service have not determined precisely what was said by the officer or his intent, Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Friday. During a Wednesday breakfast with other officers, police officials have said, the officer threatened to shoot the first lady.

A genuine threat would be a crime and referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for prosecution, Lanier said. A comment made in jest would be disciplined as conduct unbecoming an officer, she said.

“If it was a threat, it was criminal,” Lanier said. . .


Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/president-obama-aware-of-alleged-threat-toward-first-lady-spokesman-says/2012/07/13/gJQA0nM2hW_story.html?hpid=z2

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Most comments are fine, but some? About the level of dittohead hate you would expect.

[tularetom]

1. Revoke his badge and gun? Not even close to enough

IF it was a threat? I don't think that's anything somebody should joke about.

Anytime somebody even mentions a topic like this it should be considered a threat.

[whistler162]

5. Yeah but what are you going to do....

he belongs to a union so there is a procedure to firing his worthless butt!

[Sherman A1]

7. Sounds like an

anti union comment to me, or perhaps I misunderstood. There should be procedures for anyone losing their job, like a complete investigation and then a process which follows.

Being in a union or not being in a union is not the point.

[may3rd]

9. The union will sort this out for him

Seems nobody knows what was actually said according to the article.
Just saying, this could be an "inside job" smear .

I'm sure THAT never happens inside the beltway

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. So you hate unions and want to give a racist pig benefit of the doubt

Got it, sport-o.

[bjobotts]

2. Just pathetic.These guys should be above such actions

[kestrel91316]

3. Comments like this made "in jest" are prosecuted when made by

the general public. A double standard for LEO, particularly when it involves a threat to the First Family, is completely unacceptable. But par for the course, given that LEO and their superiors tend to be flaming RWers.

[gregoire]

4. Good point about he difference between the thugs in blue and the people

This guy needs to be beaten and pepper sprayed just as he would have gleefully done to one of us if we did the same.

[xtraxritical]

6. That worthless shit pants Ted Nugent was not prosecuted. He said what he said from a stage.

I am going to withhold judgement and let the investigation run it's course.

[Frank Cannon]

8. If this had happened back in the Dubya days...

That dumb SOB would have been buried in Gitmo and no one would ever have seen or heard from him again.

[may3rd]

10. I think the consensus of opinions expressed here would be a full 180

if this was posted in the july 2004



http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Democratic%20Underground&page=2

[DavidDvorkin]

12. I worry about the ones who aren't stupid enough to brag.

[midnight]

13. This situation makes me wonder if psychological testing for our police depts. have some loopholes

that need to be closed and these servants of the public screened better...