WHAT A HEEL: CA Cop Wants To Kill Lawfully Armed Citizens

East Palo Alto police detective Rod Tuason allegedly posted a note on Facebook threatening to kill anyone openly carrying a handgun, even if that person was carrying it legally, CNET News reports:

 

[The] note … led to an outcry from Second Amendment advocacy groups, the creation of an anti-Tuason Facebook group, and an internal police investigation. …

 

In a telephone interview, East Palo Alto Police Department Captain Carl Estelle said the alleged Facebook comments are not "reflective of our department or any policies or procedures that we have" and an investigation into the matter is underway. Until then, Estelle said, Tuason remains on active duty.

 

Estelle downplayed the post, saying it was a private conversation not intended to be public. …

 

Jason Davis, an attorney representing the non-profit Calguns Foundation, wrote a letter to the police department on Friday saying:

 

This, at its simplest, is political hate speech towards the community to which Detective Tuason is duty-bound to protect. It is an abhorrent and vile insight into the mindset of one East Palo Alto's own detectives regarding on-duty activities. It is chilling to contemplate what could happen if Detective Tuason encountered citizens exercising their fundamental civil rights to openly carry in a lawful manner within the City of East Palo Alto

 

Davis asked for an official apology on behalf of on its East Palo Alto members, but has yet to receive a response from the East Palo Alto police department.

 

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