Patrick Yoes, President of the National Brotherhood Policemen (FOP) issued a fierce statement on Wednesday calling on the Newsmax host to make political comments on the injured Congressman Mike Fanone.
“The truth is that we are just police officers,” Youss wrote.
Fanone was beaten and injured by the insurgents on January 6 and later suffered a heart attack. He recently became the target of far-right Newsmax host Greg Kelly, who called him the “police queen of drama” and “spokesperson.” “January 6 hysteria” In a clip this week, he seems to usually try to discredit Fanone’s experience.
“I feel sick and disgusted by Greg Kelly’s recent attack on the police,” Youss wrote in the statement, lamenting that Kelly’s “suggestion” undermined the police officer’s experience.[ing] Officer Fanone responded to the all-out attack on the U.S. Capitol and members of Congress Congress Then let himself be beaten and repeatedly electrocuted by the mob to cause a heart attack… so that he can… give Democratic Party A political topic. “
Yoes disagreed with Kelly’s further suggestion via tweet that the mob might think he was part of Antifa because he was wearing riot gear, which might justify their violent attack on him.
“At the same time, the right has accused us of being a traitor to Antifa or our country because our officials have not given way to allow the occupation of the U.S. Capitol and leave congressmen and their staff at the mercy of violent mobs,” Yoes wrote. “The truth is, we are just police officers.”
However, Youss also made harsh remarks against the “political left” on the grounds that the organization supported the former president Donald TrumpHe said that leftists use endorsements to imply that “we are now willing to ignore violence, harm to our officers — including the deaths of four officers in connection with the events of January 6 — and extensive, despicable criminal activities to advance A right-wing political agenda.”
“Despite this unfair and untrue criticism, our members wear uniforms in every community in our country every day because of their unwavering commitment to serving the public-they provide services because of their Responsibility and dedication, not political affiliation,” he said. Add to.
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Fanone Tell CNN’s Don Lemon in April“I have experienced the cruelest and most barbaric hand-to-hand combat in my life.”
“Not to mention my police career, it spanned nearly 20 years. I never thought it would be part of my law enforcement career, and I was not ready to experience it,” Fanone continued.
Other police injuries during the Capitol riots included Spinal fractures, brain injuries, blindness, loss of fingers, and multiple cases of post-traumatic stress disorderSince January 6, several congressional police have committed suicide.
“The left and the right will make you believe that the events of January 6th were a battle between good and evil forces,” Joss wrote, seeming to distract people from the political motives behind that day.
“We went to work that day and encountered a mob who planned and intended to attack people in the U.S. Capitol… The officials that day did what they had to do to protect the Capitol and its occupants,” Yoe said.
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