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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Send that moron bush $#%&!@* packing A S A P…..
So who invited him ?
She is a 30 plus year veteran with the Miami Police Dept and just decided this year to stop? smh Looking for attention or just an instigator ….
Fire him!!!!
Okay Don, I’ll amend the question, why didn’t she put her hand on hr chest while others in her group did? Does she have a medical problem wheras she just couldn’t do it? If so, all is explained.
Get ri of her
Ummmm….even if that were true….there are 1.4 MILLION Active Duty Soliders. 75k is like 5%….
Or stay…if they are American citizens they are free to do either 🙂
Common courtesy would include respecting an American Citizen’s 1st Amendment right not to put their hand on their chest during the pledge. Common courtesy might also include respecting an Officer of the Law that has protected and served the community for 32 years.
If she was born in this country she didn’t really choose to live here. Do you know where she was born?
After a quick internet search she was born in Miami…so guess what…this is her country.