MrsSpringsteen
Blue Crack Addict
Like the poll says on cnn.com, is membership in something like the KKK by itself enough to fire a state employee?
He's not "running around in a sheet and hood"- so that's supposed to make it somehow less concerning? Regardless of his alleged reasons for joining, I would think one would espouse and support the sickening and evil views of the KKK as a member. I would assume that, and would assume he would thus have "issues" when dealing with minorities in his job. There is no evidence of that in his record, but how can that not now be a constant concern? The right to think in private what you think will inevitably intersect with your duties in that kind of job, won't it?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/26/trooper.racism.ap/index.html
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Robert Henderson was not fired as a state trooper because he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and another white supremacist group, authorities said.
Instead, he was ousted because he could not uphold public trust while participating in such groups, they said.
An arbitrator disagreed, ordering the State Patrol to reinstate Henderson within 60 days and pay him back wages. The state went to court Friday to keep him off the force.
"The integrity of Nebraska's law enforcement is at risk," Attorney General Jon Bruning said at news conference in Lincoln. "The Constitution does not require law enforcement to employ anyone tied to the KKK."
In a summary of the causes for firing Henderson in March, the State Patrol said membership in the KKK "seriously compromised" Henderson's ability to do his job.
He's not "running around in a sheet and hood"- so that's supposed to make it somehow less concerning? Regardless of his alleged reasons for joining, I would think one would espouse and support the sickening and evil views of the KKK as a member. I would assume that, and would assume he would thus have "issues" when dealing with minorities in his job. There is no evidence of that in his record, but how can that not now be a constant concern? The right to think in private what you think will inevitably intersect with your duties in that kind of job, won't it?
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/26/trooper.racism.ap/index.html
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Robert Henderson was not fired as a state trooper because he belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and another white supremacist group, authorities said.
Instead, he was ousted because he could not uphold public trust while participating in such groups, they said.
An arbitrator disagreed, ordering the State Patrol to reinstate Henderson within 60 days and pay him back wages. The state went to court Friday to keep him off the force.
"The integrity of Nebraska's law enforcement is at risk," Attorney General Jon Bruning said at news conference in Lincoln. "The Constitution does not require law enforcement to employ anyone tied to the KKK."
In a summary of the causes for firing Henderson in March, the State Patrol said membership in the KKK "seriously compromised" Henderson's ability to do his job.