THERE ARE IDIOTS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE, but cops are held to a higher standard because of the power given to them. This is a LEADER of cops. Hopefully completely un-representative of most cops (I think it is, for sure), but just so awful and giving ammunition to the other side:
"The president of a Florida Fraternal Order of Police chapter has been suspended from the sheriff's office he worked for after using the chapter's Facebook page to encourage officers from departments that have recently faced excessive use of force accusations to apply in the state.
Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey announced Tuesday that he has suspended Lt. Bert Gamin as the department investigated posts Gamin made on the Brevard Fraternal Order of Police Facebook page over the weekend that sparked outrage from residents and local law enforcement agencies.
“I’m embarrassed by it. I’m infuriated by it, and I’m having it investigated," Ivey said.
In one now-deleted Facebook post, Gamin wrote: “Hey Buffalo 57 and Atlanta 6 we are hiring in Florida. Lower taxes, no spineless leadership, or dumb mayors rambling on at press conferences. Plus we got your back!”
In a second post, Gamin encouraged officers from the Minneapolis Police Department, where four officers are facing charges in the death of George Floyd, to come work in Florida. “Minneapolis officers we WILL NOT disband our LE agencies or give in. we are hiring in Florida. Lower taxes, no spineless leadership, no conflicting orders or dumb mayors rambling on at press conferences. Plus we got your back!" Gamin wrote.
