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Infowars.comPaul Joseph WatsonAugust 7, 2014
A New Jersey police officer who caused outrage after being caught on video claiming he didnāt have to follow the Constitution because Obama had ādecimatedā the bill of rights has resigned.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/we...tion-cop-resigns-outrage/#UEt5c8ADh8qWijde.99
As we reported yesterday in a story that was linked on the Drudge Report before going viral, Helmetta Police Officer Richard Recine responded to resident Steve Wronkoās complaint about corruption at a local animal shelter and violations of his first and fourth amendment rights by remarking, āObama just decimated the freakinā Constitution, so I donāt give a damn. If he doesnāt follow the Constitution, we donāt have to.ā
The outburst prompted a huge backlash, with the video receiving over 220,000 views and hundreds of irate comments.
Despite initially being the subject of an internal affairs investigation, Recine offered his resignation on Thursday morning, likely as a result of the heated online response.
Police Director Robert Manney immediately accepted Recineās resignation, labeling his behavior an āembarrassment,ā āuncalled forā and āunprofessional.ā It is not clear whether Recine will also step down from the Board of Fire Commissioners of District 2 in Piscataway, which is an elected position.
However, Manney defended Recine and other officersā actions in ejecting Wronko for taking pictures inside the boroughās Municipal Building.
āHe was in our building and he got some of our employees upset,ā said Manney. āThey were worried because theyāve seen him before lurking around. In my opinion he was looking for an issue.ā
Wronko subsequently uploaded a full version of the encounter with Recine and the other officers. During the clip, Recine suggests that Wronko could be a terrorist with a bomb simply because he is filming inside of a public building.
āRecine worked as a part-time special police officer, earning an hourly wage while collecting a $79,000 annual pension for his retirement as a police officer from Franklin in 2006,ā
Infowars.comPaul Joseph WatsonAugust 7, 2014
A New Jersey police officer who caused outrage after being caught on video claiming he didnāt have to follow the Constitution because Obama had ādecimatedā the bill of rights has resigned.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/we...tion-cop-resigns-outrage/#UEt5c8ADh8qWijde.99
As we reported yesterday in a story that was linked on the Drudge Report before going viral, Helmetta Police Officer Richard Recine responded to resident Steve Wronkoās complaint about corruption at a local animal shelter and violations of his first and fourth amendment rights by remarking, āObama just decimated the freakinā Constitution, so I donāt give a damn. If he doesnāt follow the Constitution, we donāt have to.ā
The outburst prompted a huge backlash, with the video receiving over 220,000 views and hundreds of irate comments.
Despite initially being the subject of an internal affairs investigation, Recine offered his resignation on Thursday morning, likely as a result of the heated online response.
Police Director Robert Manney immediately accepted Recineās resignation, labeling his behavior an āembarrassment,ā āuncalled forā and āunprofessional.ā It is not clear whether Recine will also step down from the Board of Fire Commissioners of District 2 in Piscataway, which is an elected position.
However, Manney defended Recine and other officersā actions in ejecting Wronko for taking pictures inside the boroughās Municipal Building.
āHe was in our building and he got some of our employees upset,ā said Manney. āThey were worried because theyāve seen him before lurking around. In my opinion he was looking for an issue.ā
Wronko subsequently uploaded a full version of the encounter with Recine and the other officers. During the clip, Recine suggests that Wronko could be a terrorist with a bomb simply because he is filming inside of a public building.
āRecine worked as a part-time special police officer, earning an hourly wage while collecting a $79,000 annual pension for his retirement as a police officer from Franklin in 2006,ā