Next: The sabotage of the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial.
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A high-ranking Norfolk Police officer who was found donating to the defense fund of Kyle Rittenhouse has been fired from the police department.
Kyle Rittenhouse is the man charged with the murder of two Black Lives Matter protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last August.
According to the Guardian newspaper on Friday, Sgt. William Kelly, who served as the executive officer of NPD’s internal affairs division, made an anonymous $25 donation to Rittenhouse’s defense in September. However Kelly used an official email address linked to himself, the Guardian reported.
https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/norfolk-pd-officer-fired-after-anonymous-donation-to-kyle-rittenhouse-defense-fund
At first it looks like he is being extremely punished for using governmental resources, but truthfully is not that simple:
In a release sent Tuesday, Norfolk City Manager Chip Filer said he has accepted the recommendation of Chief Boone to relieve Kelly of his duty.
“I have reviewed the results of the internal investigation involving Lt. William Kelly. Chief Larry Boone and I have concluded Lt. Kelly’s actions are in violation of City and departmental policies. His egregious comments erode the trust between the Norfolk Police Department and those they are sworn to serve. The City of Norfolk has a standard of behavior for all employees, and we will hold staff accountable.”
Before this incident, Jason Nguyen a reporter with KTVX news station out of Salt Lake City actually went to a paramedic’s home to “interview him” about his $10 donation to Kyle Rittenhouse’s defense fund. Astute readers will promptly figure this was nothing more than Doxxing under the cover of news interest.
You either cannot give a damn if your name is associated with a less-than-celebre cause or we may end up having to institute our own Hawala networks to bypass this kind of breaches.
Or simply we need to shake off our reticence and start playing with their book… and then some.