Assistant chief of police, Anita Najiy, created a bone of contention between the Miami Police Department and the Fraternal Order of Police President, Javier Ortiz, after she refused to hold her hand over her heart for the Pledge of Allegiance during a recent promotional ceremony.
Ortiz became livid in seeing Najiy refuse to honor the Pledge, stating that she failed to exhibit courtesy and etiquette that “must be exercised when wearing a law enforcement uniform.”
“If you’re not pledging allegiance to the United States, my question is what country are you pledging allegiance to?” Ortiz asks. “Anyone who isn’t offended by that is not American, because when you become a U.S. citizen, you pledge allegiance to the US.”
Ortiz also states that Najiy’s disrepect comes from her Muslim belief, but that normal “protections” or exemptions generally given in the name of religious freedom and speech doesn´t apply to those in police uniform because “you’re supposed to be neutral.”
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Why wouldn’t an American Citizen belong in America?
If she doesn’t believe in the flag and what it represents to this nation, then she should go to the land that she does support. This is a nation of laws, based upon the Cons$#%&!@*ution of the United States. It’s the first major nation in history that has successfully built its foundations upon democracy and personal freedoms.
She has taken on a position that is based upon those very concepts. To administer the law of the land, while not believing or supporting the principles upon which it is founded is wrong. To put people into responsible positions within this government when they don’t believe in what our country stands for is beginning to destroy this nation.
Barrack Obama is supposed to be the “ultimate” American citizen, but he’s not. He’s done so much damage to this nation. It’s not by accident either. They want us to believe he’s American, but he’s a Muslim.
In his case, they should impeach him, arrest him, put him on trial for treason, and lock him away for the rest of his life.
The Supreme Court and the 1st Amendment both say that an American Citizen does not have to say the pledge of allegiance. She is an American Citizen…so what is the problem?
She stood at attention and faced the flag so there was no “disrespect”. She has been “administering the law of the land”…protecting and serving the citizens of Miami for 32 years.
Where exactly do you get the idea that she doesn’t “believe in what our country stands for”?! It’s HER COUNTRY TOO…and since she has chosen to serve its citizens for over 3 decades….your objection doesn’t make much sense.
And what does Obama have anything to do with this? No one was talking about Obama…..
To all jumped to conclusions. When in uniform, one must stand at attention! She is doing it right ad you are all wrong!
No your just so stupid to see everything that is bad happening here in America.and God said not to worship any false God because they are not the ones who created any of us our the world .there is only ome true lord thy God and that is Jesus Christ the father,son and holy ghost ..he is the light and the way into the kingdom of heaven and there is no other way to get into it and to the farther but thru him ..your like all these who rather hear and believe a lie and damned for every theb hear the truth and believe the truth and be set free …my God is thy Lord Jesus Christ the true God …its not the devil Allah ..
F**k you J.H., you are ignorant to this countries values, she should not be in any office as a member of a cult. and yes islam is a false religion!
HOW THE HECK DID HE GET TO BE CHIEF?
Melinda….how could you possibly pretend to know that? What, other than prejudice are you basing that on? Doesn’t an Officer of the Law with 32 years of service deserve some respect…how about an American Citizen?
No pledge no loyalty
Ok what is this. She must be traitor. Why? Because the pledge says under god but this is their god also supposedly