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LEO Fired for singing Christian song

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Police Chief Cecil B. Smith relieved him of his duties Wednesday. Smith says police received video showing Ricks on duty and in uniform while singing "Let the Killing Begin" — a song referencing the crucifixion of Christ — with Vital Remains at a Sanford venue Nov. 13.

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Police Chief Cecil B. Smith relieved him of his duties Wednesday. Smith says police received video showing Ricks on duty and in uniform while singing "Let the Killing Begin" — a song referencing the crucifixion of Christ — with Vital Remains at a Sanford venue Nov. 13.

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I completely disagree with the decision to fire this guy, but I don't think it was a Christian song. It's seems to be a death metal song that just happens to be about the crucifixion.

It looks like he had already put in his notice. I'm not sure if this affects his benefits or not. He was in uniform while doing this, which may have been factor. I still think it was wrong to fire him. If was singing some racist stuff, then I get it, but this seems unwarranted.

Sanford PD mugged me a couple of years ago, over a BS speed trap, over a section of road that had just recently decreased its speed limit. Clearly, there is something rotten in that department. To this day, I prefer to fill my tank in Volusia, so Seminole won't get my tax dollars anymore. At least Volusia will use my tax dollar to feed a manatee, or something.
 
There used to be a Xian AM radio station in Gainesville, like twenty years ago, that on Saturday nights would play Xian death metal for three hours... I'm not a fan of death metal, but I promise you those tracks were as brutal as they were holy- Like Matt 10:34 brutal- Never missed a show, and I'm an atheist.

The uniform is the deal-killer, and he's got to be off the job as a public official- He should have just karaoked a chitty rendition "Don't Stop Believin'" like the rest of us.

Sanford PD are the worst, BTW, and IMO. Thank Jeebus the Waldo cops got shut down so I can maintain a bit of velocity nowadays.
 
Political correctness = leftism, which = totalitarianism.

Should he have done something against policy in uniform? I guess not, but it is amazing how quickly one can be stomped on for not following the orthodoxy of the left. I still refuse to use Firefox after their CEO was dismissed for not personally agreeing with gay marriage. This used to be America, no?
 
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Let's take away Xianity, and death metal from the equation. What we are left with is an officer who wasn't doing his job while on duty. Should he have been reprimanded? Yes. Maybe even punished. But unless there is a pattern of stupid behaviour prior to this ( like there was with me in my brief 6 year law enforcement career) firing a guy over dereliction of duty where nothing happened is, frankly, retarded.
 
Respectfully disagree, Public employees have a different standard when it comes to themes. The uniform is the key here. In street clothes- OK, the guy just has chit taste in music, but so does everyone who sings karaoke... But in uniform he's an agent of the state- Also with chit taste in music- but the authority to back it up. If I were arrested by this guy, I might claim religious discrimination as a motivation, and now I have the footage to prove it. He should have stuck to Phil Collins or Hall and Oats, or at least changed clothes first. You would know for sure, but aren't there rules about things officers can and can't do in uniform? Like drinking in bars, going to casinos or buying hooch in liquor stores? I thought I remembered a cop getting fired for buying booze in a liquor store in uniform on the security cam a few years ago.
 
Buying booze in uniform is most likely in the code of conduct. He didn't make anyone else sing the music, and even though he was in uniform he could make a case that his actions are not necessarily represent the views of the administration or the department. I am pretty sure this man will have his job back by new years.
 
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I am pretty sure this man will have his job back by new years.
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Since I logged in today, I thought I'd look through some of the older threads upon which I chimed in.... Just googled, and the guy got FIRED!!! Hell of an overreaction IMO- It's crazy. A stern talking-to and maybe some kind of verbal warning that would be expunged after a period of time would have been sufficient. I feel bad for that guy, hopefully he found a new gig as a LEO.
 
If public workers keep being forced to suppress their beliefs - then eventually we will have public entities with folk that have no beliefs who will then impose restrictions on beliefs to the populace

Religious freedom needs to extend to everyone; including the public sector folk; on duty/off duty - so long as the public entity itself doesn't pick a religion
 
There was a time in my life when I would have been mortified to be called "racist," "sexist," supporting "rape culture," etc., but now I really don't gaf. These terms used to mean something, but they have been worn dull by overuse.

I'm fairly liberal, and even I despise these people. I can't imagine what it must be like for actual conservatives. I can (sort of) sympathize with with their backing the aggressively un-PC Trump, purely as an "Eff You" to the tedious snowflakes.

Milo is a bit of a troll -- basically, the "hip, young gay guy" version of Ann Coulter. But, I love the fact that he is gay; it makes him invincible to the standard, ad hominem feminist attacks.

In a way, all of this "outrage" culture business will be a good thing. People are already getting wise to it.

I really don't care for Trump, but I kind of, like %1, would enjoy seeing him elected, just to watch the collective apoplectic head explosions that would ensue.
 
ReRe...first you must understandable that what is called "liberal" today, is not really liberal at all, it is actually leftism. If you look at what "liberal" actually means, you will see that us evil hate filled conservatives are actually much more what a liberal really is..

And PC, while it is paraded as some sort of code about being nice to people is actually leftism in policy form. Its purpose is deconstructing traditions and culture which would otherwise prohibit the advance of leftism, while simultaneously suppressing opposition speech.
 
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