Police chief fired over pledge to uphold constitution

[TheTman]

Police Chief Fired After Signing Pledge to Uphold Constitution. This is cop vs Feds. I have a bad feeling on this one. Looks to me like good cop was fired over politics.

http://www.truthandaction.org/police...-constitution/

[muggsy]

The link doesn't work.

[TheTman]

Ok, I recopied and pasted it and now it works. Thanks, I usually check and make sure they work. Forgot to check it this time.

[TheTman]

For those that don't want to click on the link:


Police chief, Shane Harger, has been ordered to disband his entire police department due to his “political affiliations.”
What are his ‘political affiliations’? Chief Harger attended the ‘Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA)’ in Las Vegas this week.
CSPOA is an organization under which law enforcement officers gather to re-affirm their commitment to uphold and defend the Constitution.
On his flight out to Vegas to the convention, Chief Harger was detained by TSA and a man who stated he was a ‘federal agent’, who informed Harger that he was a ‘person of interest’.
Harger was detained for 30 minutes before being released.
Upon his return, on Tuesday January 28, Harger was placed on administrative leave and ordered by Sandoval County, NM, Sheriff Douglas C. Wood to disband his entire police department.
Being a Constitutionalist is now grounds to get you fired from law enforcement.
Obama has already purged an unprecedented 200 top commanders from our military. Now we are witnessing the start of a purging of our police force.
Our country has truly been taken over!


A police chief was detained and harassed by federal agents while traveling to a constitutional convention before returning home to be told he was fired and ordered to disband his police department after signing a pledge to uphold the bill of rights.
Police Chief Shane Harger of the Jemez Springs, NM Police Department was flying out of Albuquerque Airport last week on his way to a Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) convention taking place in Las Vegas. CSPOA is an organization headed up by Sheriff Richard Mack under which law enforcement officers gather to re-affirm their commitment to uphold and defend the Constitution.
Before passing security, Harger was approached by a TSA agent who asked the police chief to show his credentials. Moments later, a man claiming to be a “federal agent” also asked to see Harger’s credentials before telling him he was a “person of interest.” The federal agent then demanded to know where Harger was traveling to and why.
When Harger told the federal agent he was attending the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association Convention in Las Vegas, he was detained for 35 minutes before finally being allowed to board the airplane.
On Tuesday January 28, a day after his return, Harger was placed on administrative leave and ordered by Sandoval County, NM, Sheriff Douglas C. Wood to disband his entire police department due to his “political affiliations”.
What were his political affiliations? While attending the convention, Harger, along with 38 other police officers, signed a declaration affirming their pledge to “obey and observe” the U.S. Constitution, in addition to refusing to carry out unconstitutional orders such as gun confiscation without constitutionally compliant warrants, violations of the 4th amendment without probable cause, detainment or incarceration of citizens without probable cause, or working with the military for domestic law enforcement.
In other words, Harger was targeted for federal harassment and subsequently fired for re-affirming his belief in the very Constitution he took an oath to uphold and protect in order to become a police officer in the first place.
“Despite having received a meritorious commendation from the Mayor of Jemez Springs on January 22, 2014, it seems that no one in the village government is willing to come to the assistance of Harger. It appears that Harger’s stance to defend and uphold the Constitution has put him and his entire department of ten part-time and volunteers out of business,” writes Vincent Finelli.
“I was at the convention and I never saw nor heard anyone say nor do anything that was a violation of any law. The CSPOA convention was an assembly of peace-loving Americans who just wanted to uphold their oath of office, that being to support and defend the US Constitution and Bill of Rights for all of us, We The People,” adds Finelli.
Harger’s treatment is yet another disturbing indication that the federal government, in addition to law enforcement authorities, view Americans who support the bill of rights as domestic extremists. Harger’s position as Chief of Police also shows that they are desperate to prevent citizens who identify as constitutionalists, tea partiers or libertarians from holding any position of influence within law enforcement or society in general.
Harger’s dismissal for his patriotic and constitutional “political affiliations” is a chilling reminder that such positions are not only not welcomed but actively discriminated against by the federal government.

[SlowBurn]

Police chief fired over pledge to uphold constitution

Gotta call BS on that. Sheriffs can't and don't disband legally constituted municipal police departments, so at the very least something vital is missing.

[RRP]

According to this news report, the chief was detained by TSA because the name on his boarding pass did not match the name on his driver's license. The chief has apparently been using an alias.

The report goes on to say: "The village council opted this week to keep Harger as chief."

[OldLincoln]

In my reading today I found this nugget and like it. Perhaps it's been around but new to me.

"When tyranny becomes law, defiance becomes duty."

[John222]

According to this news report, the chief was detained by TSA because the name on his boarding pass did not match the name on his driver's license. The chief has apparently been using an alias.

The report goes on to say: "The village council opted this week to keep Harger as chief."

'Yep! Just another of an endless string of hollow misleading stories by a certain OP. All flash and no bang. Or should I say, where's the beef?

[downtownv]

Purge or Presidential Enema?

[JERRY]

story is all sizzle and no steak.

[TheTman]

Well John, I have no ability to view into the future and see the Chief would be reinstated, if he has been. The fact that he WAS fired or placed on leave, for attending a meeting where pledged to uphold the constitution should be cause for concern. I don't know what "beef" you are looking for. Or how you were mislead. What were you expecting?

Anway, There is a radio interview of Chief Harger where he tells his story at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1MeCnNTwAU
(The Pete Santelli Show)
starting around the 1:10:00 mark. It gives the Chief a chance to tell his version of the story and what all happened, giving you a much better picture of what went down, than articles can.

When federal agents (TSA) put pressure on local officials to have a Chief of Police fired over political reasons, that just doesn't sit well with most people. It's bad enough that O'bummer has purged the military of senior officers he didn't like, now his cronies are going after outspoken public officials. This administration knows no limits in it's grab for power.
Just sharing the latest abuse to come out of the current administration.

I guess you can just sit back and ignore these things. Maybe they'll go away. Or maybe we'll go away ... somewhere... Gun owners, 2nd amendment supporters, mostly conservative, probably some tea party members, Christians.
All potential terrorists according to the latest manuals. Didn't know I was hanging around with such a dangerous bunch.

[smo79]

I have to agree reading between the lines it becomes apparent real quick something is missing. If it is true then this is really disturbing. If not all the facts were presented by the author then that is bad journalism.

[TheTman]

Chief Harger was not shy about announcing he was attending the CSPOA meeting, and when the TSA agents were hassling him at the airport, he knew his rights, and exercised them, which didn't go over well with the TSA. His radio interview shed a lot of light on the matter. He says the TSA and FBI put pressure on the Sheriff to place him on administrative leave. The Sheriff is also not a big fan of CSPOA. I don't find anywhere except that one article mentioned previously that says he's been reinstated. His other ID he says was for use in a narcotics investigation to establish a new identity. Also, the TSA agent made a complaint that Chief Harger threatened him in some manner. It sounds like he embarrassed or angered some TSA agent, who decided to make the Cheifs life hell. The Chief says that TSA and FBI, met with the Sheriff and the city council, and wanted the Chief fired. The CSPOA was formed to resist unconstitutional actions by Federal agencies, and is none to popular with TSA, FBI, The Obamabots, and those who would trample our rights. CSPOA is the Constitutional Police and Sheriffs Association. Chief Harger didn't mention that he had been reinstated at the time of the interview as of 1/31.

[codegeek]

The only reputable news outlet I could find said that Chief Harger had two names. Nothing on the shutdown of his department.

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[TheTman]

At least you looked around, that's more than some people do. The best insight I got was in Chief Hargers own words on The Pete Santilli Show. He was able to talk about much more there, than any article would print.