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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HE DOESN’T EVEN BELONG IN THIS COUNTRY AND HE IS A $#%&!@*. POLICE CHIEF? WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY?
Wayne, it’s too*
os$#%&!@*ba natives
How does an A-Hole like this get put in a position of power and authority?
he s letting mo @ mo of them in
THERE IS NOT ONE ABLE BODIED AMERICAN, CHRISTIAN MALE IN THE ENTIRE CITY OF MIAMI THAT IS QUALIFIED TO BE POLICE CHIEF, SO THEY GET A BLACK, MUSLIM, FEMALE???
Well, the good thing about Miami is that its so close to the United States
then throw his butt out
” You do not look at a 100 year old instruction book that has been revised several times and believe that all it purports is perfect.” I would tend to agree with you…and yet a 2000 year old instruction book is worshiped……….
Here is the thing…America is a democracy that founded on freedom. Adding ‘under god’ where it doesn’t belong is divisive. Prayer and “belief” are supposed to be private personal matters. If someone wants to pledge allegiance to a god…then do it whenever you want on your own.
Aren’t those the same thing? And after 32 years of service you want her to lose her job because she exercises her right not to engage in a ceremonial gesture?