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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Miami police chief should be fired from position of apolice officer!
Then get the hell out of our country.
Please explain how a FREE Democracy can be “built on one particular religion”. The two are mutually exclusive. Do you know what a Theocracy is? Think of Iran….
Get rid of her silly $#%&!@* then!
Get this person off the force!! I would not trust her to protect me!!
No they did not
Does not need to have the Honors of being an American Police Chief…what is wrong with America for allowing such as this anyway?
Fire him
If I were in that position, I would say the pledge but not the words ‘under God’….showing my allegiance to my country and being true to my religious beliefs.
$#%&!@* that muslim goat $#%&!@*er $#%&!@*. Get the $#%&!@* out of our great country