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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So you want to restrict American Citizens rights?
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She has not enforced anything dumb $#%&!@* shes had a desk job why are you so far up her $#%&!@*? Are you $#%&!@*ing her? That’s what we all really want to know
Only Don Johnson
Only to people who don’t want to embrace all that entails being in a calling of service.
Shoot her
What makes anyone a piece of c**p. They just are
Kick her a..
The only point…. Don Johnson cares about is the one poking the back of his throat
If the pledge had remained as it was intended..and “under god” was never added then this would not be an issue. Her stance isn’t the problem…..people trying to interject religion into government is the problem.
And as you said she is helping to protect the nation…shouldn’t her ACTIONS and 32 years of service supersede some symbolic gesture?! I am amazed that people value a pledge over the actions of enforcing that pledge.