This story infuriates me to no end! A couple weeks ago, we told you about the Mayor of Paterson, New Jersey calling his town 'Little Palestine'. First of all, that's weird since there is no such place as 'Palestine'. It's a made up place. How could there be another made up place in America? Anyway, it gets worse. Now, we are told some of their police officers actually wear the Palestine flag on their uniforms! What the what?
Police officers aren’t supposed to wear unapproved flags or patches on their uniforms. No officer, irrespective of his background or culture, wears personally-representative patches. Why is Adeeb Iqnies?
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) March 22, 2025
Did his police department approve this? @PatersonPD pic.twitter.com/P3587gos6n
My son is a First Responder, and we rely on police officers to protect him while he works in dangerous situations. When he’s trying to save a life at a car accident, we’re grateful for the police ensuring a speeding car doesn’t barrel through and hit him. When he’s helping a victim at a domestic violence scene, our family depends on the police to secure the area before he enters. Because of this, I have immense respect for law enforcement. That’s why I have nothing but disdain for officers wearing flags of other countries on their uniforms when they’re sworn to defend Americans. It shouldn’t be allowed.
Furthermore, if the Israel-Palestine conflict has taught us anything, it’s that those who support Palestine overwhelmingly back Hamas. Hamas is a terrorist organization, and the United States has officially designated it as such.
this is crazy. If your first loyalty is to your country (which is imaginary), go live and work there. They should not be allowed to have these patches https://t.co/ne7tw8ny5a
— Just Mindy 🐊 (@just_mindy) March 22, 2025
If his first loyalty is to his make believe country, go there and be a police officer. We don't need you here.
@GovMurphy Where do you stand on this? We need to know. https://t.co/h4GSJ0DXK3
— X-Ray (@XRay819) March 22, 2025
Thank goodness I live in a state (Florida) where my Governor would have this stopped in a hot second if he heard it was going on.
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An armed person wearing the flag of a foreign nation cannot give a U.S. citizen any “lawful order.” The citizen could reasonably conclude that the armed person wearing a foreign flag is a legitimate threat to his safety and act accordingly. https://t.co/dn3PXqNrrH
— texanconstitutionalist (@texanconstitut1) March 22, 2025
No American should have to obey a man with a flag of Palestine on his chest. No, thank you!
No unapproved patches, no unapproved pins, no personally-representative items of any kind. If they approved it, they should be dismantled. IF not, he should be relieved.
— Faye Higbee (@HigbeeDFaye) March 22, 2025
How can he enforce laws of the US wearing a foreign nation's flag? As a citizen, I would take that as a foreigner impersonating a police officer. It could also be assumed that if someone were to harm this officer, they could claim self defense, claiming the officer was a fake
— Howitzer_ (@Howitzer2000) March 22, 2025
I'm an American. I do not have to listen to law enforcement in my own country, waving another flag. Nope.
I’m certain his command structure would be very accepting of an Ofcr with a Star of David flag, a Jerusalem Cross flag or a Vatican flag.
— Excel Driver (@KennethKessner) March 22, 2025
There’s no such place as Palestine, so he might as well be wearing a rainbow flag
— PCBioCaptain (@PCBioCaptain) March 22, 2025
Someone should let him know there is no country called Palestine.
— M. Ira Miles (@murmiles) March 22, 2025
If the people of New Jersey are too scared to tell him, I have no problem filling him in.
