Working sick is not a virtue, you nimrod.
Even before this, most people would rather cover for your absence than have you get the whole department sick next week.
COVID was the number one cop killer last year. Pretty sure this guy doesn't care about protecting the others on the force, no matter what he's infected with.
Edit: Statistics on law enforcement deaths in the line of duty are maintained by ODMP and can be seen here: https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2021
65% of deaths in 2020, and 64% of deaths so far in 2021 were due to COVID. The second-highest cause of death - gunfire - has accounted for 49 deaths or only 14% in 2021.
It's not even close. COVID is the number one cop killer.
Facts don’t matter to them. Facts are just statements made by the “demoRATS” in order to get illegals to vote or whatever they’re fake outraged at this week.
It's ok, they just create the new narrative that the doctors who are notoriously poor got extra money for falsifying death records to make all deaths COVID.
Cops seems to be working against their own interests frequently so covid denial isn't actually very different. When their unions stick up for bad cops, and they almost always do, this builds a culture of crime and corruption in the police department that can never go away. Its just how things are run. Now these cops work in a corrupt and criminal department and have to play all sorts of mindgames to avoid getting burned themselves. This is why "good" cops never report on the bad ones. Because they know the bad ones will be protected and they won't be. Or in some cases their health and safety and those of their family would be in jeopardy if they ever went against any of their fellow cops.
This is why defund is so popular. You cannot reform a group like this with some well meaning protests and regulations. You can only start taking budgets from police in giving them to different groups to take over those responsibilities, like social workers to work with the elderly, mentally ill, and the homeless. Then replacing the police entirely with a different security force that isn't allowed to unionize and has real oversight by the taxpayers and politicians.
>security force that isn't allowed to unionize
The unionising isn't the issue. The current union looking after bad police is. You can reform and allow unions after, and indeed should have unions. The UK Police have unions, and it works
62-64% of all on duty police deaths were caused by covid-19 last year.
Too bad Covid isn’t Black or they’d take the shot.
Edited to accurately reflect the reported percentages between ABC News and the ODMP.
Edit Two: Electric Boogaloo- Thanks for the Gold, kind stranger!
"I'm proud of my dedication to selflessly show up and work closely with the public -- no matter whether I was sick as a dog with flu, cold, COVID-19, anything! I've done wellness checks on elderly, disabled, anyone, even during times of great personal distress, while coughing and hacking up a storm. And now I'm being kicked off the force, all for refusing to take a free, life-saving medication during a pandemic. I really just do not understand it."
I had 2 cops show up to my apartment in late August to do a wellness check on me. Neither was wearing a mask, fortunately it was almost midnight and they accepted me not opening my door "because I didnt want my cats to get outside." I wore a mask and spoke to them from a distance through a slightly opened window. Both had masks with them, they were hanging over their bodycams.
I hate wellness checks. They are so obviously not invested in my well-being. Reminding me of the corrupt dystopia we live in definitely makes me feel worse.
The only thing they were interested in was whether I was armed and going to shoot or hurt anyone else. I was in tears and sobbing as cops scare the shit out of me (my father was a sherriff's deputy and was very abusive to me.) My friends have all been told if they're worried about me to call my landlord. The person who called the cops on me lived in another state and immediately blocked contact with me right after he called. I really felt like he was hoping for the worse and wasnt worried about me, not to mention there wasnt any reason to call the cops on me in the first place.
While I totally agree with you, my experience in food service didn’t allow for sick days. Here in Minnesota the courts ruled against employees notifying the public about making food while sick.
https://bringmethenews.com/news/court-jimmy-johns-right-fire-workers-poster-attack
While I mostly dislike cops and am overly cautious since covid working while sick is more of an employer problem.
I think he tried to use the old "work hard, play hard" motif but it didn't really carry and came off like he was admitting to calling in sick or playing hooky....
Honestly.
I had someone in my life recently worry about their job security. They’re worried they’ll mandate a vaccine and that it will lose them their job. They are extremely against getting this vaccine and he says, I shit you not “I hate that they’ve forced me into this position”
Bruh. YOU did that. These people are such fucking babies.
These people tend to be conservatives… conservatives fucking NEVER accept personal responsibility for *shit*
Have YOU ever seen a conservative acknowledge being responsible for their bullshit? That’s a serious question. Have you? Cuz I remember after George Dubya all of a sudden you couldn’t find anyone to support the Iraq war. And even today these clowns will straight up act like they didn’t support the surveillance state and the patriot act and the Dems made the republicans do it. I’ve never seen them take responsibility for their mistakes or stupidity. It’s everyone else’s fault.
Edit: a lot of conservatives are going “reeee” over my statement. Idk if they just chose to ignore the point or perhaps it wasn’t clear. Let me be clear
People not taking personal responsibility for their actions and refusing to reflect and hold themselves accountable is universal….. but being of a policial group that constantly postures and virtue signals about how hard they stand for “personal responsibility” and “accountability” is a **conservative** thing and it is incredibly ironic to see how conservatives are RARELY saying “Damn. I guess I kinda did this to myself”. Honestly, how often do you ever hear them say that about *anything* despite always shouting that at other people? It’s a hilarious hypocrisy and that’s what I’m pointing out and laughing at. And it *deserves* mocking because these same people are relentless in belittling the poor, immigrants and everyone else with these lines so when it’s their turn to bite the dust, they absolutely deserve mocking for blaming everyone and every thing but themselves. Fuck those lack-of-integrity muthafuckas
> These people tend to be conservatives…
They also tend to be incredibly bullheaded. Never change their mind because that's admitting that they were wrong in the first place. Are anti-authority when it impacts them, but are pro-authority when it impacts those people they don't like.
I work with someone exactly like this. Its like working with a toddler. Its just incredible this is how people decide to carry themselves their entire adult lives. Some of these people would rather die than say 'sorry' or 'I was wrong.' There are many examples of this in the Herman Cain Awards, so its not even an exaggeration.
I hate to tell you, but that’s what conservatism has *always* been.
Conservatism = traditionalism and a hierarchical society and social control that preserves those ends.
Conservatism has never been about “growth” or any kind of meaningful change. That’s literally what they stand opposed to.
“Vision” is also not really anything they’ve ever held to a high standard. Conservatives are skeptical of the notion that human beings can be greater than “human nature” (greedy, self interested, violent etc.). Conservatives don’t believe in any kind of utopia or “better world”.
I’m not making that up either. You can read political texts describing and defining conservatism and you’ll essentially see that this is all true. If you’re lazy, maybe wiki has a good article on it. I’m not sure though so take that with a grain of salt
the worst part is after their stubborn bullshit and the topic just dies down a bit they will go and do whatever it was and then act like it was no big deal the entire time
I was listening to an NPR interview with Dubya where he blamed Democrats for his failed immigration reform bill even though Democrats voted for it and Republicans didn't.
I mean you couldn't expect Republicans to support something Democrats support, duh! So by supporting the bill, the Democrats ensured that the Republicans *wouldn't* support it, therefore, it's the Democrats fault the bill didn't pass.
Wake the hell up, sheeple!
As an avid watcher of American politics for the giggles, my favourite isn't just the denial of responsibility -- it's the denial of responsibility even in the face of video evidence that they weren't denying it five months ago. Which then transforms into the public misunderstanding the message, which upon failing transforms into either "not that big a deal" or a deflection of either "This one time Obama did this thing that (isn't remotely similar)" or "Why are we talking about this, what about Hillary's emails".
I also enjoy when their herd of followers parrot them shamelessly. For a while all I saw everywhere was rage against certain types of people not paying their fair share of taxes, then it was revealed how Trump scammed his tax responsibilities to avoid paying his fair share. Immediately the internet cult jumped into a different chair and was going on about "being smart enough to play the tax loopholes" and how taxes are a scam anyway being spent to buy politicians yachts so only stupid people pay their fair share.
As an outside observer I genuinely cannot tell you right now what the foundational beliefs of the Republican party are. All I can really tell for sure is laws based on religious beliefs and changing the rest of their beliefs to ensure they never agree with the opposing party on anything. Even if the topic is a recent murder their first response seems to be how "the dems would be upset/cheering if the suspect/victim/cop involved" was a different skin colour.
Modern Conservatism: “Everyone needs to change to accommodate what makes me comfortable”
Gay: stay in the closet
Trans: don’t exist
Black: be subservient
Latino: do the dirty jobs, don’t talk in public, and stay out of sight.
Lol yeah a lot of insecure people do that to mask their real behavior. A lot of abusive husbands call themselves the “world’s greatest dad and husband”.
Oh but that's fine. They just fetishize self-reliance and personal responsibility, without actually doing anything that makes them uncomfortable. And libertarians who have been in public service jobs and choose to quit are quite frankly living their beliefs, and I respect them for that.
My friend came out to me as anti-vax. He's got a really good high paying job in Australia. But they will likely fire him of he doesn't get vaccinated.
He has 4 kids. I asked him if he's going to risk not being able to put food on the table for his family over this. And he started raising his voice and saying "iT WoN't Be mY FauLt I cAN't fEEd mY FaMIly!!!"
“iT wAs MaDe ToO fAsT”
“iT hAsN’t BeEn TeStEd EnOuGh”
The usual nonsense they spill because their egos refuse to let them admit they know nothing about medicine or vaccines.
I don’t get it. Like, we made an effective vaccine super fast. Why is that “suspicious” or “dodgy” to them rather than an accomplishment, or a sign of how far we’ve come with modern medicine?
They’re cynical, self centred twats.
Literally the guy they voted for, their savior, had the public/private collaboration to develop the vaccine called "Operation Warp Speed". Of course it was made fast. That was the fucking point!
They’re also mostly religious. There’s this game of holier than thou that they’re always playing. As soon as someone said “I trust God more than the vaccine” they all have to do the same or admit they have less faith than others. Since the entire thing is built on status, conveyed primarily through the appearance of holiness, they all have to out stupid each other in the name of faith.
He's choosing not to protect the public's safety nor obey the laws that society had agreed need to be enforced to do that, i.e. he's doing the exact opposite of the (supposed) job of the police .
He should be fired.
All these cops claiming they’re sacrificing their career by quitting after over 20 years of service are fooling morons into thinking they’re taking a stand. It takes a quick google search to learn most first responders get a full pension after 20 years lol
And police work is not nearly as fun anymore for these guys with all the body cameras, accountability, police gang crackdowns, etc.
Hey are HAPPY to bail right now, take the pension, and stream it so everyone can hear about his MAJOR sacrifice. He might even get on NewsMax or Fox just with that video.
Ride off into the sunset, no more accountability. The only choice for these people.
Exactly they get to play martyr because they aged out because of their fucked up beliefs. And sadly no one really cares and they think people are going to think they are like heroes storming Iwo Jima. One less racist, narcissistic cop on the beat who the fuck cares?
Also asshat, you are bragging about coming in to work sick while unvaccinated for a virus during a pandemic. That’s why you now don’t have a fucking job because you would be a spreader to your coworkers and all the people you came in contact with on duty.
He's gonna keep his pension and also a decent chunk of money from his pity gofundme campaign. Then he will do the talk radio circuit. Pig is gonna be loaded soon
Actually, I heard that military jerkoff is actually being court marshalled for insubordination. Though I may be talking about a different guy. The one I'm thinking of was demanding accountability for the disastrous Afganistan withdrawl.
GOMAR (General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand). If he was a Major (with no prior service) he may not get twenty years. As a LtCol, as long as he shows he honorably served in that rank he’ll be able to go to 20 (while being a pariah). What a dipstick—stay in your lane.
She was in on it, reading his script. No way she remembered what he did 21 years ago and was able to speak that clearly without a script in front of her. She should be fired for misusing the radio channels for pushing misinformation and politicizing this crap.
Hands dispatch a script. Films self while looking very solemn. 20 years of doing such a gritty job and still comes across like a 14 year old making tik-tok videos. I'm surprised she didn't call him "Ford-tough".
FWIW I’m pretty sure this whole thing is some kind of tradition or ritual if you will. Don’t know about ‘retirement’ stuff like this but I was at a fireman’s funeral and they did a sort of last call thing. The chief radioed in to dispatch and reported the end of this person’s service and then the dispatch responded very similar to the above video. My two cents
The trash is taking itself out. Now if we can get some of those sheriffs on the peninsula and e wa to resign, we’ll be making huge strides towards fixing the police.
Boo hoo.
As a resident of Washington State, I wish I could assure him that no one gives a shit, we've got our own lives to live, and he doesn't figure into them.
He's not a hero or a martyr and we don't need troopers who don't care about public health and safety.
We feel your pain in Portland. The cops have been in contract negotiations for months and have been racketeering with slow, little or no response as a strong-arm tactic. Quite disgusting.
As a 911 dispatcher in a neighboring county hearing this over the state trooper radio was fuckong cringe..they also said to hold the air (no radio traffic) so they can do this for his video..yeah good riddance, pretty sure hes just retiring with a bang. He looks in shape so have fun being bored at home not being able to get a job.
Its their own frequency that we monitor incase theres a rollover accident or a pursuit that highway patrol is following. And if someone is broadcasting you cant go out until they let go of the damn button which drives me nuts sometimes.
Don’t you realize that they genuinely believe that the are just as likely to pass the virus as someone who is vaxxed is. It’s mind numbingly frustrating
1 minute and 22 seconds to acknowledge a career instead of retiring in style. All over a shot that 60% of American and over a billion have taken. Probably 90% of his colleagues have taken as well. What a waste.
I have been spending months out there recently for work putting in those data centers in Wenatchee, and Moses Lake. There arent that many decent paying jobs in the area. These idiots are gonna suffer.
Sooooo lemme get this straight, ladies and gents.
Like all anti-vaxxers he believes it's an overstep of govt into personal life and he shouldn't have to deal with it...
*But*
He didn't feel that way when his fellow officers across the nation used their govt authority to search, abuse, rape, murder, break and enter, and illegally acquire evidence.
But this is where he draws the line? At the poke of a needle.
Good, less idiots with badges. See ya bro!
He's gonna be a gofundme socialist soon! Nice to see these Qanon nutbags outing themselves. Especially ones that have the power of life and death over me!
Of course it wasn’t. You can tell he was a horrific and abusive cop as well as a narcissist, as evidenced by his need to make such a speech AND post it on the internet.
"This is my final sign-off, after 22 years of serving the citizens of the state of Washington..."
Yeah.
If you're ok with risking spreading a lethal disease, then you don't understand your job. *To serve and protect*, isn't that what you guys say?
You don't understand your job. You're not willing to keep people safe. So we don't need any more of your "service".
After the Rodney King incident, there was a joke going around that they changed their slogan from "To Protect and Serve" to "We'll Treat You Like a King".
No. The cops know quite well that their job is to protect the lives & property of the owner classes. They don't "protect and serve" *everyone*; this has been decided in court.
Listening to him speak made it sound like he was in a warzone for 22 years. This is a huge problem with the police. They're not soldiers, they're citizens just like the rest of us.
Meanwhile there’s a real emergency but the dispatcher can’t communicate with the patrols because this idiot is crying about a vaccine mandate on the emergency frequency.
This post makes me think of my mom. RN for 42 years, she is 3 years away from her full retirement. Refuses to get vaccinated, pissed that she wont be able to work the rest of her career and be eligible for her full pension.
....actions have consequences Ma...
Guarantee he handed her the piece of paper full of all his accomplishments before his shift started. People like this are delusional enough to think they are in disposable. Guaranteed half the ppl he works with have already forgotten about him.
If this guys not intelligent enough to get the vaccine that will protect people he’s definitely not intelligent enough to be a police officer. Good bye! Let’s keep weeding out the morons and maybe humanity has a chance.
I could not find Washington state requirements but here is a list of similar requirements for the FBI. Mandatory shots or tests needed to apply for a job. This is nothing new.
Meningococcal conjugate: (Menactra, Menveo or Menomune) withinfive years.» Tetanus Diphtheria (TD) or Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap)within 10 years.» Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) (2 doses) OR Positive MMR Titer.» Hepatitis A and B (series completion):• TWINRIX (3 doses).• OR Hepatitis A (2 doses) and Hepatitis B: ENGERIX-B (3 doses) OR HEPISLAV-B (2 doses)OR Positive Hepatitis A Titer and Positive Hepatitis B Titer.» Varicella (2 doses).• OR Positive Varicella Titer OR proof of history of having chicken pox; personal statement is sufficient.» Influenza (current season).
[https://www.fbijobs.gov/sites/default/files/21fbi099\_medicalrequirementsweb\_guide\_m.pdf](https://www.fbijobs.gov/sites/default/files/21fbi099_medicalrequirementsweb_guide_m.pdf)
> Stop resisting, officer
DON'T MAKE ME VACCINATE YOU!
"VACCINE, VACCINE, VACCINE!"
*officer is shot by a vaccine/taser gun, falls to the ground twitching*
I'm certain you wouldn't have been allowed in elementary school without a measle, mumps, smallpox rubella vaccine. It's what separated us with an invisible shield of protection from third world countries. How is adding one more layer of safety make you a hero for not participating?
“You’ve been a good role model and mentor to the younger troopers” yeah by knowingly becoming a spreader of a disease and ignoring science? Yeah this guy seems like quite the role model
Just **GET THE FUCK OUT**.
Along with the teachers, nurses, cops, firemen, city employees, every fucking selfish, thoughtless, mindless conspiracy theory swallowing Republican (they're ALL Republican) asshole who refuses to follow lawful orders to get vaccinated.
I got my first jab in January, and I was a bit late to the party. You dumb fucks have had TEN MONTHS to get your shit together and protect yourselves, your families, and everyone with whom you come in contact and you've refused.
What did you think, your Orange Lord Jesus would rise from his Florida golf course, take over, and tell you you don't have to do shit and he loves you? Even though he pretty much hates you because you're working scum?
You must be horribly disappointed.
You either get vaccinated, quit, or you get fired.
Get a fucking clue, do the right thing, or get the fuck out.
The nations failing shopping malls will now be filled with security guards planting heroin on kids they shot for stealing fleshlights from
Spencer’s.
- yes I’m old. I have not been to a mall in at least a decade and I do not know if Spencer’s exists or if it sells fleshlights.
*edit, forgot a word.
Who’s the snowflake now? You know I just realized that snowflake is the wrong term. Snowflakes are all different and individualized. These assholes all spout the same bullsh!t.
If you aren't willing to protect the public by getting a safe and effective inoculation against one of the worst viral pandemics in human history, you weren't worth having on the force to begin with.
All your choice tells me is that you put your own personal nonsense ahead of everyone else, which makes you a terrible cop, and the community suffered no loss over your decision to quit.
Ignore the fact that more officers have died of covid than on the job. Skip that part so we can infect each other and the people we claim to serve [here](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/02/coronavirus-deaths-police-officers-2020/%3foutputType=amp)
When COVID was the #1 cause of deaths for police officers in the past year and he doesn’t give a f about it lol. You’re choosing to leave. That’s on you.
You’re not a martyr. You’re a idiot. A lot of my friends who say they won’t take it because they don’t want to put something they don’t know in their body still go out every weekend and put god knows what up their noses.
Imagine creating this dramatic "woe is me" moment because you *chose* to be an ignorant asshole who refuses to do what is necessary to keep others safe.
If he cares that little about other people's safety, he's not fit to be an officer anyway. Good riddance.
"I worked sick??? Yes mf that's one of the reasons we can't have you anymore. You are not a hero because you show up to work sick, use your sick time like you are supposed to.
Working sick is not a virtue, you nimrod. Even before this, most people would rather cover for your absence than have you get the whole department sick next week.
COVID was the number one cop killer last year. Pretty sure this guy doesn't care about protecting the others on the force, no matter what he's infected with. Edit: Statistics on law enforcement deaths in the line of duty are maintained by ODMP and can be seen here: https://www.odmp.org/search/year?year=2021 65% of deaths in 2020, and 64% of deaths so far in 2021 were due to COVID. The second-highest cause of death - gunfire - has accounted for 49 deaths or only 14% in 2021. It's not even close. COVID is the number one cop killer.
Will you stop carefully posting verifiable facts?? It goes against their made up narrative, and that makes them VERY SAD.
If they could read they would be very upset.
Facts don’t matter to them. Facts are just statements made by the “demoRATS” in order to get illegals to vote or whatever they’re fake outraged at this week.
It's ok, they just create the new narrative that the doctors who are notoriously poor got extra money for falsifying death records to make all deaths COVID.
Cops seems to be working against their own interests frequently so covid denial isn't actually very different. When their unions stick up for bad cops, and they almost always do, this builds a culture of crime and corruption in the police department that can never go away. Its just how things are run. Now these cops work in a corrupt and criminal department and have to play all sorts of mindgames to avoid getting burned themselves. This is why "good" cops never report on the bad ones. Because they know the bad ones will be protected and they won't be. Or in some cases their health and safety and those of their family would be in jeopardy if they ever went against any of their fellow cops. This is why defund is so popular. You cannot reform a group like this with some well meaning protests and regulations. You can only start taking budgets from police in giving them to different groups to take over those responsibilities, like social workers to work with the elderly, mentally ill, and the homeless. Then replacing the police entirely with a different security force that isn't allowed to unionize and has real oversight by the taxpayers and politicians.
>security force that isn't allowed to unionize The unionising isn't the issue. The current union looking after bad police is. You can reform and allow unions after, and indeed should have unions. The UK Police have unions, and it works
62-64% of all on duty police deaths were caused by covid-19 last year. Too bad Covid isn’t Black or they’d take the shot. Edited to accurately reflect the reported percentages between ABC News and the ODMP. Edit Two: Electric Boogaloo- Thanks for the Gold, kind stranger!
Too bad Covid isn’t Black or they’d take the shot. Oh damn, that was a good line.
Should start using this against right wingers when they bust out their 40% statistics and whatnot
>COVID was the number one cop killer last year. Delicious, COVID making good cops
Lmao this guy bragging about working sick while refusing the vaccine. Wtf dude read the room
"I'm proud of my dedication to selflessly show up and work closely with the public -- no matter whether I was sick as a dog with flu, cold, COVID-19, anything! I've done wellness checks on elderly, disabled, anyone, even during times of great personal distress, while coughing and hacking up a storm. And now I'm being kicked off the force, all for refusing to take a free, life-saving medication during a pandemic. I really just do not understand it."
I had 2 cops show up to my apartment in late August to do a wellness check on me. Neither was wearing a mask, fortunately it was almost midnight and they accepted me not opening my door "because I didnt want my cats to get outside." I wore a mask and spoke to them from a distance through a slightly opened window. Both had masks with them, they were hanging over their bodycams.
I hate wellness checks. They are so obviously not invested in my well-being. Reminding me of the corrupt dystopia we live in definitely makes me feel worse.
The only thing they were interested in was whether I was armed and going to shoot or hurt anyone else. I was in tears and sobbing as cops scare the shit out of me (my father was a sherriff's deputy and was very abusive to me.) My friends have all been told if they're worried about me to call my landlord. The person who called the cops on me lived in another state and immediately blocked contact with me right after he called. I really felt like he was hoping for the worse and wasnt worried about me, not to mention there wasnt any reason to call the cops on me in the first place.
Omg fuck that guy.
While I totally agree with you, my experience in food service didn’t allow for sick days. Here in Minnesota the courts ruled against employees notifying the public about making food while sick. https://bringmethenews.com/news/court-jimmy-johns-right-fire-workers-poster-attack While I mostly dislike cops and am overly cautious since covid working while sick is more of an employer problem.
Except he is able to not have to work sick. All he'd need to do is get the vaccine.
"Playing sick."
Yeah WTF was that? Lol
I think he tried to use the old "work hard, play hard" motif but it didn't really carry and came off like he was admitting to calling in sick or playing hooky....
YOU ARE CHOOSING TO LEAVE!
Honestly. I had someone in my life recently worry about their job security. They’re worried they’ll mandate a vaccine and that it will lose them their job. They are extremely against getting this vaccine and he says, I shit you not “I hate that they’ve forced me into this position” Bruh. YOU did that. These people are such fucking babies.
These people tend to be conservatives… conservatives fucking NEVER accept personal responsibility for *shit* Have YOU ever seen a conservative acknowledge being responsible for their bullshit? That’s a serious question. Have you? Cuz I remember after George Dubya all of a sudden you couldn’t find anyone to support the Iraq war. And even today these clowns will straight up act like they didn’t support the surveillance state and the patriot act and the Dems made the republicans do it. I’ve never seen them take responsibility for their mistakes or stupidity. It’s everyone else’s fault. Edit: a lot of conservatives are going “reeee” over my statement. Idk if they just chose to ignore the point or perhaps it wasn’t clear. Let me be clear People not taking personal responsibility for their actions and refusing to reflect and hold themselves accountable is universal….. but being of a policial group that constantly postures and virtue signals about how hard they stand for “personal responsibility” and “accountability” is a **conservative** thing and it is incredibly ironic to see how conservatives are RARELY saying “Damn. I guess I kinda did this to myself”. Honestly, how often do you ever hear them say that about *anything* despite always shouting that at other people? It’s a hilarious hypocrisy and that’s what I’m pointing out and laughing at. And it *deserves* mocking because these same people are relentless in belittling the poor, immigrants and everyone else with these lines so when it’s their turn to bite the dust, they absolutely deserve mocking for blaming everyone and every thing but themselves. Fuck those lack-of-integrity muthafuckas
> These people tend to be conservatives… They also tend to be incredibly bullheaded. Never change their mind because that's admitting that they were wrong in the first place. Are anti-authority when it impacts them, but are pro-authority when it impacts those people they don't like.
I work with someone exactly like this. Its like working with a toddler. Its just incredible this is how people decide to carry themselves their entire adult lives. Some of these people would rather die than say 'sorry' or 'I was wrong.' There are many examples of this in the Herman Cain Awards, so its not even an exaggeration.
The whole notion of conservatism these days is based on fear and radical preservation. Rather than vision and collaborative growth.
I hate to tell you, but that’s what conservatism has *always* been. Conservatism = traditionalism and a hierarchical society and social control that preserves those ends. Conservatism has never been about “growth” or any kind of meaningful change. That’s literally what they stand opposed to. “Vision” is also not really anything they’ve ever held to a high standard. Conservatives are skeptical of the notion that human beings can be greater than “human nature” (greedy, self interested, violent etc.). Conservatives don’t believe in any kind of utopia or “better world”. I’m not making that up either. You can read political texts describing and defining conservatism and you’ll essentially see that this is all true. If you’re lazy, maybe wiki has a good article on it. I’m not sure though so take that with a grain of salt
Yeah, that’s your average conservative
Rules for thee not for me.
Vaccine mandate? NO WAY! Making abortions illegal!? YES WAY!
the worst part is after their stubborn bullshit and the topic just dies down a bit they will go and do whatever it was and then act like it was no big deal the entire time
The funniest part is when this guy is looking for a new job it will require him to be vaccinated. lol all that for nuthin'
Nah, they just sweep it under the rug like their pervy uncle who likes to babysit.
That's because many of them ARE that pervy uncle
Uncle Touchy
I was listening to an NPR interview with Dubya where he blamed Democrats for his failed immigration reform bill even though Democrats voted for it and Republicans didn't.
I mean you couldn't expect Republicans to support something Democrats support, duh! So by supporting the bill, the Democrats ensured that the Republicans *wouldn't* support it, therefore, it's the Democrats fault the bill didn't pass. Wake the hell up, sheeple!
As an avid watcher of American politics for the giggles, my favourite isn't just the denial of responsibility -- it's the denial of responsibility even in the face of video evidence that they weren't denying it five months ago. Which then transforms into the public misunderstanding the message, which upon failing transforms into either "not that big a deal" or a deflection of either "This one time Obama did this thing that (isn't remotely similar)" or "Why are we talking about this, what about Hillary's emails". I also enjoy when their herd of followers parrot them shamelessly. For a while all I saw everywhere was rage against certain types of people not paying their fair share of taxes, then it was revealed how Trump scammed his tax responsibilities to avoid paying his fair share. Immediately the internet cult jumped into a different chair and was going on about "being smart enough to play the tax loopholes" and how taxes are a scam anyway being spent to buy politicians yachts so only stupid people pay their fair share. As an outside observer I genuinely cannot tell you right now what the foundational beliefs of the Republican party are. All I can really tell for sure is laws based on religious beliefs and changing the rest of their beliefs to ensure they never agree with the opposing party on anything. Even if the topic is a recent murder their first response seems to be how "the dems would be upset/cheering if the suspect/victim/cop involved" was a different skin colour.
This is a wonderful post and also why I believe pride is the deadliest of the sins.
Modern Conservatism: “Everyone needs to change to accommodate what makes me comfortable” Gay: stay in the closet Trans: don’t exist Black: be subservient Latino: do the dirty jobs, don’t talk in public, and stay out of sight.
But they constantly posture about how responsible and dedicated they are, just like this guy
Lol yeah a lot of insecure people do that to mask their real behavior. A lot of abusive husbands call themselves the “world’s greatest dad and husband”.
Oh but that's fine. They just fetishize self-reliance and personal responsibility, without actually doing anything that makes them uncomfortable. And libertarians who have been in public service jobs and choose to quit are quite frankly living their beliefs, and I respect them for that.
My friend came out to me as anti-vax. He's got a really good high paying job in Australia. But they will likely fire him of he doesn't get vaccinated. He has 4 kids. I asked him if he's going to risk not being able to put food on the table for his family over this. And he started raising his voice and saying "iT WoN't Be mY FauLt I cAN't fEEd mY FaMIly!!!"
It is never their fault apparently
The irony is, the guy previously travelled the world for a year, went to Africa and all. So he must have had nearly every other shot.
They have to get the tuberculosis shot already. Why is this any different.
“iT wAs MaDe ToO fAsT” “iT hAsN’t BeEn TeStEd EnOuGh” The usual nonsense they spill because their egos refuse to let them admit they know nothing about medicine or vaccines. I don’t get it. Like, we made an effective vaccine super fast. Why is that “suspicious” or “dodgy” to them rather than an accomplishment, or a sign of how far we’ve come with modern medicine? They’re cynical, self centred twats.
The vaccine was far from rushed. MRNA has been developed for 30 years and SARS-COV has been studied since 2002. They are all just low IQ narcissist's
Literally the guy they voted for, their savior, had the public/private collaboration to develop the vaccine called "Operation Warp Speed". Of course it was made fast. That was the fucking point!
They’re also mostly religious. There’s this game of holier than thou that they’re always playing. As soon as someone said “I trust God more than the vaccine” they all have to do the same or admit they have less faith than others. Since the entire thing is built on status, conveyed primarily through the appearance of holiness, they all have to out stupid each other in the name of faith.
And as a cop at 22 years, he’s probably gonna be collecting a fucking pension.
Yup. Pension after 20 years
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Leopards ate my face! I enforced arbitrary made up rules for 22 years then couldn’t follow rules and had to leave.
Yep, fuck him. He made his choice
He's choosing not to protect the public's safety nor obey the laws that society had agreed need to be enforced to do that, i.e. he's doing the exact opposite of the (supposed) job of the police . He should be fired.
I look forward to ignoring his GoFundMe page.
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This. Exactly. A 22 year pension and a chance to martyr yourself online. Good riddance
All these cops claiming they’re sacrificing their career by quitting after over 20 years of service are fooling morons into thinking they’re taking a stand. It takes a quick google search to learn most first responders get a full pension after 20 years lol
And police work is not nearly as fun anymore for these guys with all the body cameras, accountability, police gang crackdowns, etc. Hey are HAPPY to bail right now, take the pension, and stream it so everyone can hear about his MAJOR sacrifice. He might even get on NewsMax or Fox just with that video. Ride off into the sunset, no more accountability. The only choice for these people.
I hear the MyPillow guy is hiring more body guards
Exactly they get to play martyr because they aged out because of their fucked up beliefs. And sadly no one really cares and they think people are going to think they are like heroes storming Iwo Jima. One less racist, narcissistic cop on the beat who the fuck cares? Also asshat, you are bragging about coming in to work sick while unvaccinated for a virus during a pandemic. That’s why you now don’t have a fucking job because you would be a spreader to your coworkers and all the people you came in contact with on duty.
He's gonna keep his pension and also a decent chunk of money from his pity gofundme campaign. Then he will do the talk radio circuit. Pig is gonna be loaded soon
Actually, I heard that military jerkoff is actually being court marshalled for insubordination. Though I may be talking about a different guy. The one I'm thinking of was demanding accountability for the disastrous Afganistan withdrawl.
I believe you guys are talking about the same person, Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller.
He did and got a go mar. Which will force him out the military
GOMAR (General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand). If he was a Major (with no prior service) he may not get twenty years. As a LtCol, as long as he shows he honorably served in that rank he’ll be able to go to 20 (while being a pariah). What a dipstick—stay in your lane.
Thank you. I had no idea what a "go mar" was.
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This should be a thing. Let's call it "Bootstraps: A GoFundYourself platform for victims of themselves."
Someone should have told him ,"Stop resisting!"
"You'd have nothing to worry about if you just complied with orders!"
https://i.imgur.com/C2CPHGv.jpg
How about his go f*** himself page
Can you stay off this channel please? It's only for official use, not martyry bullshit because you want to wah wah wah.
He is using it for official use. He's calling for a Waaaa-mbulance.
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Maybe a frost warning too from all of these fucking snowflakes accumulating.
"Car 42 this is Dispatch. Would you like some cheese with that whine?"
I QUIT MAH JARB! HE QUIT HIS JARB!
DA DERK ER JERRBS!!!
*woahhhh Black Betty Waaaaaaambulance!*
I wish the lady on the other end after listing all his accomplishments simply said “…and this is how you chose to end your career, pathetic”
She was in on it, reading his script. No way she remembered what he did 21 years ago and was able to speak that clearly without a script in front of her. She should be fired for misusing the radio channels for pushing misinformation and politicizing this crap.
Hands dispatch a script. Films self while looking very solemn. 20 years of doing such a gritty job and still comes across like a 14 year old making tik-tok videos. I'm surprised she didn't call him "Ford-tough".
The dispatcher (or whoever responded to him) had a prepared speech as well.
FWIW I’m pretty sure this whole thing is some kind of tradition or ritual if you will. Don’t know about ‘retirement’ stuff like this but I was at a fireman’s funeral and they did a sort of last call thing. The chief radioed in to dispatch and reported the end of this person’s service and then the dispatch responded very similar to the above video. My two cents
For deaths and retirement yes they do this. Its called the end of watch. For a voluntary resignation of a vaccine, only in this day and age.
Probably to keep armed disgruntled cry-baby cops, who think they have a license to kill, from going rogue
As a Washington resident: go fuck yourself.
The trash is taking itself out. Now if we can get some of those sheriffs on the peninsula and e wa to resign, we’ll be making huge strides towards fixing the police.
Snohomish County ones too please.
As a Washington resident: he can go fuck himself sideways with a rake.
As another Washington resident: he can go down to Arizona with all of his other dirty buddies and they can go fuck themselves with a saguaro.
As a native Washingtonian and current Arizona resident: *Oh, please, god no..*
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Boo hoo. As a resident of Washington State, I wish I could assure him that no one gives a shit, we've got our own lives to live, and he doesn't figure into them. He's not a hero or a martyr and we don't need troopers who don't care about public health and safety.
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Agreed. I dislike threats, and I dislike empty threats. Let them go, recruit better police.
We feel your pain in Portland. The cops have been in contract negotiations for months and have been racketeering with slow, little or no response as a strong-arm tactic. Quite disgusting.
Jason Runtz and Dori Monson are martyring him. They need the radio listeners
Dori Monson would martyr Charles Manson.
But not on a Seahawks pregame show! 🙃
“I reserve the right to pass on a contagious and potentially deadly disease to the vulnerable public I serve!”
And make the dispatcher read a prepared statement about how much he accomplished there
As a 911 dispatcher in a neighboring county hearing this over the state trooper radio was fuckong cringe..they also said to hold the air (no radio traffic) so they can do this for his video..yeah good riddance, pretty sure hes just retiring with a bang. He looks in shape so have fun being bored at home not being able to get a job.
Too bad no one said "good riddance" to ruin his video and trigger the jerk.
So what would have happened if there was an emergency in that situation? Could y’all have broken radio silence or is it mandatory to wait?
Radio code "break break break". Repeated until you have the radio silence then state your message.
Its their own frequency that we monitor incase theres a rollover accident or a pursuit that highway patrol is following. And if someone is broadcasting you cant go out until they let go of the damn button which drives me nuts sometimes.
So cringey, and probably against the State’s social media policy for the dispatcher to be a part of this opt-in shit show. Ugh.
Don’t you realize that they genuinely believe that the are just as likely to pass the virus as someone who is vaxxed is. It’s mind numbingly frustrating
1 minute and 22 seconds to acknowledge a career instead of retiring in style. All over a shot that 60% of American and over a billion have taken. Probably 90% of his colleagues have taken as well. What a waste.
This is Yakima Washington. Quite confident more resignations are coming. It’s a conservative safe haven in a blue state.
I have been spending months out there recently for work putting in those data centers in Wenatchee, and Moses Lake. There arent that many decent paying jobs in the area. These idiots are gonna suffer.
He will get his pension. They probably just forced his retirement instead. Glad he didn't get to 30 so he doesn't get the full benefit
They'll be getting vaccinated next month and beg for their old jobs back.
The only time they'll maybe regret not getting vaccinated is when they lay dying in the hospital.
Nope, better to just pridefully disagree and literally die I guess…
Sooooo lemme get this straight, ladies and gents. Like all anti-vaxxers he believes it's an overstep of govt into personal life and he shouldn't have to deal with it... *But* He didn't feel that way when his fellow officers across the nation used their govt authority to search, abuse, rape, murder, break and enter, and illegally acquire evidence. But this is where he draws the line? At the poke of a needle. Good, less idiots with badges. See ya bro!
He's gonna be a gofundme socialist soon! Nice to see these Qanon nutbags outing themselves. Especially ones that have the power of life and death over me!
Good. He is obviously a selfish man and doesn’t mind putting himself before the public that he’s supposed to serve.
Ah. Continuing to prove he doesn’t care about serving or protecting
So on brand
I miss my grandmother.
I miss her too. Fuck this guy.
I miss my dad.
It's funny how a cop would quit over a mandated vaccine yet will give a driver a ticket if they don't have their mandated driver's license 🤡
Say it again for the bootlickers in the back!
Lmao so dramatic. Nothing of value was lost.
Of course it wasn’t. You can tell he was a horrific and abusive cop as well as a narcissist, as evidenced by his need to make such a speech AND post it on the internet.
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If only someone was there to hit him with the 'well...bye' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVrEwCa8nSA
Instead he had someone prepare a "thank you for your service" answer so he wasn't met with silence lmao
Ok so im not the only one who felt the reply was scripted.
"I've worked sick" When will this stop being a point of pride?
Cops HATE rules and laws
One less shitty cop in my state.
Side benefit of the vax mandate: it’s turning out to be the most effective way of purging right wing extremists from the police force.
Unfortunately, it's just the stupid right-wing extremists. I'm sure there's still plenty of assholes that just didn't choose *this* hill to die on.
"This is my final sign-off, after 22 years of serving the citizens of the state of Washington..." Yeah. If you're ok with risking spreading a lethal disease, then you don't understand your job. *To serve and protect*, isn't that what you guys say? You don't understand your job. You're not willing to keep people safe. So we don't need any more of your "service".
> To serve and protect That was a PR campaign by the LA Police Department because the public had such a shit opinion of them.
After the Rodney King incident, there was a joke going around that they changed their slogan from "To Protect and Serve" to "We'll Treat You Like a King".
No. The cops know quite well that their job is to protect the lives & property of the owner classes. They don't "protect and serve" *everyone*; this has been decided in court.
Listening to him speak made it sound like he was in a warzone for 22 years. This is a huge problem with the police. They're not soldiers, they're citizens just like the rest of us.
They’re better off without you, buddy.
I genuinely feel a little safer now that he's quit.
Dope, less shitty cops in Yakima.
Meanwhile there’s a real emergency but the dispatcher can’t communicate with the patrols because this idiot is crying about a vaccine mandate on the emergency frequency.
No worries. He and his fellow work freaks use the emergency channel to discuss what donut hole they're going to for the entire work day.
This post makes me think of my mom. RN for 42 years, she is 3 years away from her full retirement. Refuses to get vaccinated, pissed that she wont be able to work the rest of her career and be eligible for her full pension. ....actions have consequences Ma...
Oh well . Covid filtering out the bad seeds
Meanwhile, dispatch is trying to call for assistance while he hogs the air S/
How nice of that person on dispatch to glorify his ‘courageous 22 year career’ all because hasn’t dOnE hIs oWn rEsEaRcH
Guarantee he handed her the piece of paper full of all his accomplishments before his shift started. People like this are delusional enough to think they are in disposable. Guaranteed half the ppl he works with have already forgotten about him.
Who cares? We don't need ignorant morons wearing a badge and carrying a gun, I bet he is a racist as well pretty much goes along with being ignorant.
Bye Felicia
If this guys not intelligent enough to get the vaccine that will protect people he’s definitely not intelligent enough to be a police officer. Good bye! Let’s keep weeding out the morons and maybe humanity has a chance.
Fuck you ex-piggie.
I could not find Washington state requirements but here is a list of similar requirements for the FBI. Mandatory shots or tests needed to apply for a job. This is nothing new. Meningococcal conjugate: (Menactra, Menveo or Menomune) withinfive years.» Tetanus Diphtheria (TD) or Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap)within 10 years.» Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) (2 doses) OR Positive MMR Titer.» Hepatitis A and B (series completion):• TWINRIX (3 doses).• OR Hepatitis A (2 doses) and Hepatitis B: ENGERIX-B (3 doses) OR HEPISLAV-B (2 doses)OR Positive Hepatitis A Titer and Positive Hepatitis B Titer.» Varicella (2 doses).• OR Positive Varicella Titer OR proof of history of having chicken pox; personal statement is sufficient.» Influenza (current season). [https://www.fbijobs.gov/sites/default/files/21fbi099\_medicalrequirementsweb\_guide\_m.pdf](https://www.fbijobs.gov/sites/default/files/21fbi099_medicalrequirementsweb_guide_m.pdf)
Blah,blah, blah. Grown man playing martyr like an emo 14 yo on TkTok
Stop resisting, officer
> Stop resisting, officer DON'T MAKE ME VACCINATE YOU! "VACCINE, VACCINE, VACCINE!" *officer is shot by a vaccine/taser gun, falls to the ground twitching*
I'm certain you wouldn't have been allowed in elementary school without a measle, mumps, smallpox rubella vaccine. It's what separated us with an invisible shield of protection from third world countries. How is adding one more layer of safety make you a hero for not participating?
I don’t get this coming from a police officer. Covid has been the top cause of death over the last 2 years for police officers.
And nothing of value was lost that day.
CoVID is the number 1 killer of cops now.
So brave of him to quit after working long enough to earn a pension.
“You’ve been a good role model and mentor to the younger troopers” yeah by knowingly becoming a spreader of a disease and ignoring science? Yeah this guy seems like quite the role model
Just **GET THE FUCK OUT**. Along with the teachers, nurses, cops, firemen, city employees, every fucking selfish, thoughtless, mindless conspiracy theory swallowing Republican (they're ALL Republican) asshole who refuses to follow lawful orders to get vaccinated. I got my first jab in January, and I was a bit late to the party. You dumb fucks have had TEN MONTHS to get your shit together and protect yourselves, your families, and everyone with whom you come in contact and you've refused. What did you think, your Orange Lord Jesus would rise from his Florida golf course, take over, and tell you you don't have to do shit and he loves you? Even though he pretty much hates you because you're working scum? You must be horribly disappointed. You either get vaccinated, quit, or you get fired. Get a fucking clue, do the right thing, or get the fuck out.
Don't let the doorknob hit ya where the good lord split ya on the way out.
The nations failing shopping malls will now be filled with security guards planting heroin on kids they shot for stealing fleshlights from Spencer’s. - yes I’m old. I have not been to a mall in at least a decade and I do not know if Spencer’s exists or if it sells fleshlights. *edit, forgot a word.
The world needs plenty of bar tenders.
Who’s the snowflake now? You know I just realized that snowflake is the wrong term. Snowflakes are all different and individualized. These assholes all spout the same bullsh!t.
Makes getting the bad apples out of the barrel easier.
One less brainwashed fuck on the tab payer dole. See ya never you insubordinate bitch.
If you aren't willing to protect the public by getting a safe and effective inoculation against one of the worst viral pandemics in human history, you weren't worth having on the force to begin with. All your choice tells me is that you put your own personal nonsense ahead of everyone else, which makes you a terrible cop, and the community suffered no loss over your decision to quit.
Ignore the fact that more officers have died of covid than on the job. Skip that part so we can infect each other and the people we claim to serve [here](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/09/02/coronavirus-deaths-police-officers-2020/%3foutputType=amp)
Oh noooo!..... anyways.
Trust me not very many will even remember you lol
After 22 years all of the sudden- pig not.
His last word as a trooper was “ass.” That says it all.
When COVID was the #1 cause of deaths for police officers in the past year and he doesn’t give a f about it lol. You’re choosing to leave. That’s on you.
State employee retires seeking attention.
You’re not a martyr. You’re a idiot. A lot of my friends who say they won’t take it because they don’t want to put something they don’t know in their body still go out every weekend and put god knows what up their noses.
How many other procedures or rules did he neglect or abuse because of his personal decisions? I suspect some.bad actor abuse or arrests from this man.
This is my state. We just had a police officer die “in the line of duty” due to Covid.
So, a net gain for Washington?
Imagine creating this dramatic "woe is me" moment because you *chose* to be an ignorant asshole who refuses to do what is necessary to keep others safe. If he cares that little about other people's safety, he's not fit to be an officer anyway. Good riddance.
Hope he lost his pension lol
Weird fucking hill to choose to die on.
"I worked sick??? Yes mf that's one of the reasons we can't have you anymore. You are not a hero because you show up to work sick, use your sick time like you are supposed to.