Indiana Deputy AG Canned for Comments

[level.eleven]

What does everyone think? I'm still thinking this one through. Government officials who make comments outside their official capacity is a tough one, particularly when those comments advocate violence from the state directed towards citizens.

Indiana Official: "Use Live Ammunition" Against Wisconsin Protesters | Mother Jones

Indiana attorney general fires deputy over 'live ammunition' tweets aimed at Wisconsin protestors | The Indianapolis Star | indystar.com

 

[Ashkelon]

Is he an attorney? If so, it could be he got canned because of a trend in recent disciplinary actions. Regardless, I think he simply should have been reprimanded for being a dumbarse and leave it.

 

[Marc]

not the smartest thing to "tweet"

 

[level.eleven]

Is he an attorney? If so, it could be he got canned because of a trend in recent disciplinary actions. Regardless, I think he simply should have been reprimanded for being a dumbarse and leave it.

Yes. I think its more of the follow up comments that got him in trouble.

"You're darned right I advocate deadly force," Cox wrote to the Mother Jones staffer.

The first live ammo comment can be dismissed as an attempt at humor. The second may have crossed the line though. Reading through comments on the IndyStar article, Cox may have had a problem with his mouth.

 

[BryanM&P]

just makes you wonder... what was he thinking? like nobody was going to notice? he should lose his job

 

[Plinker]

A very stupid thing to say. Almost as bad as this:

Democrat urges unions to 'get a little bloody when necessary' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and "get a little bloody," a Massachusetts Democrat said Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin.

So soon after we've been told that we need to 'cool the rhetoric' after Tucson...

 

[rambone]

That guy was a lawsuit waiting to happen. You'd think that they'd have to pass a personality test or something to obtain that job.

 

[Expat]

His first mistake was communicating with anyone from Mother Jones. The comment was stupid. It can't be tolerated by the chief LEO in the State. He had to go.

 

[Bubba]

Perhaps Capital PD will show more restraint, but having twice been tear-gassed by City of Madison PD I can say this isn't the first time heavy-handed measures were suggested, and not the first time they were warranted. However, the tweets in the article go too far even for Wisconsin protesters. Mr. Cox is free to do and say as he wishes on his own time and his employers (us) are free to demand a classier sort of fellow on the payroll.

 

[LPMan59]

seems some of his views are not much different than a good number of INGO members. But here we are, with a bunch of the same people calling for his head in the name Political Correctness?

Interesting.

 

[level.eleven]

seems some of his views are not much different than a good number of INGO members. But here we are, with a bunch of the same people calling for his head in the name Political Correctness?

Interesting.

I don't know about PC. He seems pretty clear about the use of DEADLY force against people exercising their 1st. Peacefully. I think that this falls outside the realm of the commonly accepted definition of political correctness.

 

[Love the 1911]

+1 LPMAN

However, stating in a public forum that we should use live ammunition against American citizens is crossing the line. If anyone else has seen some of the footage of unarmed protestors being shot and killed in other countries, they would know what I'm saying. Despite freedom of speech and the freedom to have your own opinion, this man was way off. With world events as they are, even joking about that may get you fired right now.

 

[nate1865]

Needs to be more careful with words - it's his profession. This will teach him.

We are who we are all the time - we don't get to become someone else when we go home. Such is the demands of public life. I disagree with his positioning towards WI protesters, support his right to voice that, and support the AG's right to determine what is appropriate for the office he was elected to fill.

 

[Leadeye]

Pretty foolish thing to say, I can't imagine what he was thinking.

 

[Lobo]

seems some of his views are not much different than a good number of INGO members. But here we are, with a bunch of the same people calling for his head in the name Political Correctness?

Interesting.

I'm sure this is giving some here a migraine.

On the one hand, he works for the government.
He's joking about using live ammo on citizens......but only democrats.

I imagine that for many, this is like the feeling they would get watching their mother-in-law driving off of a cliff in their brand new pickup truck.

 

[IN_Sheepdog]

What you say CAN be used against you... Even your JOB!!

Just a thought for everyone that gets a little too "opinionated" on the forums... Keep in mind to look at/consider them the way a court or a State-ist (PC for Progressive Liberal) would. Blogs Tweets, facebook, and other on-line messages COULD come back to haunt you.

An Indiana asst attorney general lost his JOB today because he was sarcastically recommending to the Wisconsin State Police to use "live Ammo" in dealing with the Wisconsin Statehouse protesters. Was he serious? OF COURSE NOT; but even "tongue in cheek" comments can be very COSTLY!

I personally think HE has a grounds for action under the 1st Amendment, as he was writing as a private individual, not as under his office or as a state official... but either way his career is likely ruined...
Guess if you work for the State you are not suppose to have opinions.....will the media be supportive of HIS right to free speech? Not likely...

Full article:
Indiana Deputy AG Loses Job After Live Ammo Tweet - News - ABA Journal

God I am so tired of the Politically correct, "cant take a joke crowd" it drives me nuts sometimes...
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