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heresolong wrote:
Wow. If I were a police officer in Bellevue I would be out at the very next Tea Party rally, in uniform, holding a sign and supporting the cause.
Well, frankly it's interesting that you make this observation.
If the city has no policy, then why shouldn't a Bellevue street cop be able to turn out in uniform for something like that?
It's a real dilemma when this sort of thing happens because it lays the groundwork for a gross double standard. We can all sit back and wish she hadn't done it, but she did. That milk is already spilled.
And I don't think a single person on this forum, or over on the High Road or anywhere else would ever dream of not allowing "citizen" Pillo to take a position pro or con. I personally never would. She has just as much right to an opinion as I have, and it's been my experience with gun people that they may not like something somebody says, but in the final analysis, they understand their right to say it.
It's the bit about doing it in uniform that hits the nerve.
The whole thing is unfortunate at the very least. And it does't appear to be done with, either.
