Originally posted by lukster
They were telling the Sheriif he wasn't entitled to open his mouth and what they were doing wasn't his business? Why do they think he has less right to freedom of speech?
If a cop wasn't allowed powers of arrest
while out of uniform then I would whole heartedly support cops being able to condemn someones stupid religious practices
while out of uniform.
But if they are acting as agents of the government then darn right they shouldn't be able to support or criticize a religion.
He was trying to keep them from getting their tulips kicked. Lousy job but someone has to do it I suppose.
As reprehensible as these tards are,
if they were physically attacked then they would legally be the victims here. You don't punish a potential victim by limiting their mobility and speech rights. You punish the arrest the perpetrators of the attack or attempted attack.
And no, the cop wasn't just trying to keep them from getting their tulips kicked, he also had a political boon to pick with them vis a vis westborough tards burning a flag in "his" country.
