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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:31:59 AM EDT
 Lexington Police Officer Jervis Middleton was fired after a unanimous vote by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council, said local reports. The council found Middleton guilty on two of three counts of violating operational rules. “Officer Middleton’s conduct during a highly stressful and potentially vulnerable time during the history of our community - the most significant policing event in our community in 20 years - demonstrates that he should no longer be a police officer,” said Keith Horn, a lawyer with the city, told the Lexington Herald-Leader. Middleton challenged his termination and said the information didn’t jeopardize officers’ safety and was free speech. Middleton, who is black, said he faced racial taunts and discrimination in the department. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) division in Kentucky also weighed in. “The ACLU of Kentucky is concerned (the) Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council fired Officer Jervis Middleton amidst longstanding calls for a radical transformation of policing and transparent relationships with the public,” said Executive Director Michael Aldridge in a statement to Kentucky.com. “While Officer Middleton’s actions may warrant some level of disciplinary action, it is particularly concerning he was more swiftly investigated and harshly punished for sharing non-critical information than officers who use excessive force against protesters or create the culture of racism and hostility Middleton reported to no avail.” Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers said a police disciplinary board recommended that Middleton be fired after he shared information with the organization and allegedly lied about it, according to the Herald-Leader. The paper reported said that Middleton used police resources to look up information about a woman who he was allegedly involved with. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/kentucky-police-officer-fired-allegedly-giving-officers-information-blm-protesters |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:38:39 AM EDT
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Well, there is a “push” to remove extremists from the military and police forces, it looks like like they actually found one!
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:42:43 AM EDT
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I hear there are some openings in the Capitol police force.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:43:02 AM EDT
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What do you want to bet, he or his lawyers flips it around and makes him the victim and he wins a boatload of cash.
He deserves to be fired if he did what he is accused of... |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 11:41:42 AM EDT
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Good termination, I'm glad that the board had the testicular fortitude to do the right thing....
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Posted: 2/25/2021 12:53:02 PM EDT
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That would be an automatic termination at my job, and I would not have the benefit of a review board. If I provided a hostile organization information on my coworkers, my boss, and confidential documents and procedures, then I can guarantee I would be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I can be fired for simply posting on social media in a way that places the organization in a bad light, let alone actively undermining said organization.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 12:53:38 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2021 4:39:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That would be an automatic termination at my job, and I would not have the benefit of a review board. If I provided a hostile organization information on my coworkers, my boss, and confidential documents and procedures, then I can guarantee I would be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. I can be fired for simply posting on social media in a way that places the organization in a bad light, let alone actively undermining said organization. He would be unable to work. No one would trust him. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:05:16 PM EDT
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Lexington and Louisville are among the two crappiest dem towns in the state.
You couldn't give me both of them for free as a Birthday gift. Lexington used to be a fairly nice up into the mid 80's then ended up ruining the place just like every other dem run city. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:09:22 PM EDT
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Bye
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:19:19 PM EDT
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Hopefully that idiot jerk is charged accordingly too
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:22:00 PM EDT
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He violated the civil rights of the entire force.
The Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, establishes a code of fair information practices that governs the collection, maintenance, use, and dissemination of information about individuals that is maintained in systems of records by federal agencies. A system of records is a group of records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifier assigned to the individual. The Privacy Act requires that agencies give the public notice of their systems of records by publication in the Federal Register. Click here to see a list of DOJ systems of records and their Federal Register citations. The Privacy Act prohibits the disclosure of a record about an individual from a system of records absent the written consent of the individual, unless the disclosure is pursuant to one of twelve statutory exceptions. The Act also provides individuals with a means by which to seek access to and amendment of their records, and sets forth various agency record-keeping requirements. The taxpayers are going to be writing lots of big checks to all the other cops for what this cop did. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:28:06 PM EDT
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That's amazing, seeing as Lexington is pretty woke. Not as bad as Austin, but not too far either.
Racism? Last Chief was black, ran for mayor and probably would've been a helluva lot better than Gay Jim Gray, who was absolutely worthless as a mayor, when crime started getting rampant. |
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Posted: 2/25/2021 5:54:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/25/2021 6:03:18 PM EDT
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Firing would be merciful in my agency. That is very very bad. I've seen ass whoopins for less.
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Posted: 2/25/2021 6:08:39 PM EDT
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Frozone?
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Posted: 2/25/2021 6:14:48 PM EDT
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Well at least he was successful in helping BLM get rid of one cop ??
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