Now, imagine if someone had tried to kill Joe Biden and a local police officer wished the bullet was a little bit over: would the news organizations all be covering this? Why, of course they would. Yet, in Raleigh, it’s only CBS17
“Damn. Only about an inch away from making America great again…”
Those 11 words have put a 24-year veteran member of the Tarboro Police Department on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. A screenshot of the post shared with CBS 17 shows the post made by Detective Sergeant Brandon Richardson.
Tarboro Chief of Police Rick Mann confirmed on Monday that Richardson is now under investigation.
On Monday, Chief Mann took to Facebook to address the post which has gained a wide range of reactions.
“We take this matter very seriously, as it does not reflect the values and standards of our department,” Chief Mann said in the post. “We understand that such incidents can affect public trust, and we are dedicated to handling this matter with the seriousness and accountability it deserves.”
Richardson is currently suspended, we’ll see what happens. Tarboro tends to be a city that skews Democrat, so, will this guy continue to be a police officer there? He has apologized and taken full responsibility, so, does he deserve a second chance?
Anyway, neither WRAL, ABC11, nor the Raleigh News and Observer have covered this. Down East, for the big news organizations in that area, WITN and WNCT did cover this, but, News12 and the Greenville News and Observer did not. The small My Tarboro Today has it, and
One person called Richardson’s comments free speech, while others pointed out he is a law enforcement officer and was, essentially, condoning a murder attempt on a former president of the United States.
“He is sworn to uphold the law and murder is still against the law,” one person wrote.
There is that. So, what happens? There are lots of nutters who did this. A staffer for Democrat Bennie Thompson has been fired. Here’s another police officer
Dallas PD officer accused of writing ‘aim better’ online after Trump assassination attempt. He should be fired immediately, for the combination of gross cruelty and stunning stupidity. https://t.co/E9JQxhsXdQ
— Mark Davis (@MarkDavis) July 16, 2024
You can see this stuff being highlighted all over Twitter, Facebook, and others.
