A former Virginia police officer who was fired for donating to an online Kyle Rittenhouse legal-defense fund wants his job back.
Lt. William Kelly of the Norfolk Police Department was fired in April after a report suggested he anonymously donated $25 through a Christian crowdfunding website called GiveSendGo. The report said information from a data breach of the website indicated he’d used his official email address, per Insider.
In a comment on the site, Kelly reportedly said: “God bless. Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up. You’ve done nothing wrong. Every rank and file police officer supports you. Don’t be discouraged by actions of the political class of law enforcement leadership.”
As previously reported by Human Events News, on Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all counts of homicide and reckless endangerment charges.
Kelly told the Daily Mail that he donated to the fund to help cover Rittenhouse’s legal fees and that he gave the money anonymously because he did not want to associate the department with his donation.
“I was interested in giving him the chance to defend himself in front of a jury,” Kelly told the outlet. “I know that lawyers are expensive, and it’s hard sometimes to get the message out there. I wanted to make sure that he had the means necessary to make his claim in court.”
Kelly filed a grievance in which he noted that the chief of police had been pictured in uniform holding a sign at a Black Lives Matter protest last year.
“The sign demanded justice for that person, but that shooting was still under investigation to determine whether or not that officer should be charged criminally. It’s very inconsistent,” Kelly said.
A GiveSendGo campaign for Kelly collected over $113,000.
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Big lawsuit coming.
HE damn well should sue..
BUT i am not sure i’d go BACK To serving on the police force.. if i was him.
If he still wants to be a cop he should consider moving to a red state like Florida or Texas.
I’d take florida, over texas..
The reign of the Socialist Democrat Party State is in effect.
The “Socialist Democrat Party State” political officers, Gestapo, Woke and Cancel Culture are just getting started.
You will obey, be loyal and support the policies of the “Socialist Democrat Party State” or you will be classified as “Enemies of the State”.
With back pay…. and if it goes to trial … mental anguish included.
Now, you would think that with as much of a smear campaign as there is nationally against police, that they certainly wouldn’t turn on their own. And, too, given the Republican majority resulting from the recent election. Sounds like somebody has a personal grudge.
Obviously, Virginia police departments think helping the INNOCENT is “unbecoming” a police officer!
YEa, they should have stood by and HELPED the rioters…
Even though a republican won the Governor& Lt Governor positions does not mean that there aren’t still demonic rats there trying to chew their way through to another election.
Especially if the DA, and Chief of police, are commucrats..
The officer should be given his job back with back pay. This is a 1st Amendment violation if I ever saw one.