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Galraedia

(5,025 posts)
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:14 PM Aug 2013

Pennsylvania police chief suspended over profanity-laced, anti-liberal gun videos

Source: Raw Story

The Pennsylvania police chief who made a profanity-laced videos while firing machine guns and ranting about liberals has been suspended without pay for 30 days.

After a 55-minute executive session, the Gilberton Borough Council voted 5-1 on Wednesday to suspend Chief Mark Kessler for using “borough property for non-borough purposes without prior borough permission” by using machine guns and other weapons in his YouTube videos. Kessler had donated the weapons to the borough earlier in the year.

In online videos posted in July, Kessler had used profanity to berate “libtards” and suggested an armed rebellion against the government.

According to WFMZ, Michael Morrill, executive director of the liberal group Keystone Progress, delivered a petition with 20,000 signatures to the council on Wednesday demanding that Kessler be fired.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/01/pennsylvania-police-chief-suspended-over-profanity-laced-anti-liberal-gun-videos/

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mtasselin

(666 posts)
2. go away
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:25 PM
Aug 2013

He is not going away, he will be pissed now and blame everyone else. There will be no person responsibility, and this is not the last we have heard from this individual.

Lochloosa

(16,064 posts)
3. So he gets suspended for 30 days for using "borough property for non-borough purposes"
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:35 PM
Aug 2013

Armed rebellion against the govenment gets a pass?

denverbill

(11,489 posts)
4. Hah. Adding insult to injury. Borrowed his own property back basically.
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 02:35 PM
Aug 2013

He donated the weapons to the borough, then used them in his stupid tirade.

He'll probably get his job back eventually, and if he does, anyone he arrests should just state they are a liberal because he is clearly biased against liberals.

Mz Pip

(27,442 posts)
11. It crossed my mind
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 03:40 PM
Aug 2013

When I voted for Obama I knew there would be conservatives out there who would spend the next 4 years whining in their tea waking up each morning to another Obama administration.

johncoby2

(3,363 posts)
12. Kessler claims on his facebook page that he will be fired!
Thu Aug 1, 2013, 04:54 PM
Aug 2013
https://www.facebook.com/chiefkessler

I would like to thank everyone who showed up today in support of our constitution, sadly I was suspended for thirty days, now this is where it is about to get very interesting, COUNCILMAN ERIC BOXER (D): COUNCILMAN DANIEL MALLOY (D) , MAYOR MARY LOU HANNON (R) are going to have me terminated during my thirty day suspension!


You can post a reply on his page if you like. Here is one:

I understand and and agree with the Point Your trying to make , But Your extreme and Dangerous , You come off as unstable and a loose Cannon , I wouldnt want You on any Police Force , Not to mention very unprofessional , You may want want to watch Your video , as a civilian Id be more scared of You then confronting a bad Guy
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