Cop Claims He Was Fired for Reporting Threats to Obamas

But did the whistleblower himself get two other cops unjustly let go?

A Virginia police officer claims he was fired after reporting to higher-ups the details of fellow officers' plans to take out the President and First Lady.

The unnamed Richmond policeman's suspicions about his peers was taken seriously enough to warrant a secret service investigation into two fellow officers who allegedly spoke of "planting a bomb," reports Salon, and while the investigation turned up nothing, the officers were fired anyway amidst the scandal. But now the whistleblower himself has been sacked.

"It concerns me and it should concern others, if he was retaliated based upon his right to express his concern on this public matter," said employment attorney Thomas Robert, who is not personally involved with the case.

But another attorney, namely that representing the two officers dispatched following the supposed threat against the Obamas, isn't shedding any tears for the anonymous cop:

"Unfortunately, the termination of the self-proclaimed 'whistleblower' does nothing to remedy the fact that his false allegations resulted in the termination of two officers; their careers were ended and they have gone through eight months of hell."

Via Salon and WTVR.

Does it sound like the officer deserved to be fired?

[wonka45ACP]

Need more detail.

[AntiPorcheria]

Exactly. Another half story looking for gut-check reactionaries.

[PNWest]

I seriously doubt that if this guy blew the whistle on a serious threat to the President that he would be fired. There has to be a lot more to this story.

[Fishbone345]

I thought the same thing. Wanna bet the whistle blower feels harassed by the conspirators? Something that should have played out on a playground spilled over into the HR department.

[PNWest]

@Fishbone345 That sounds like a logical explanation to me.

[ConserveUSA]

Yes there is a lot more to this story.

[whataGOVwehave]

Public safety and security personnel should not voice opinions against their code of ethics....I believe they signed this document.

[Vance1]

'whistleblower's" arent welcome, when it comes to the anti gun anti american socialist Obama.

why wont the Obama admin give up the names of the suvivors of the Benghazi attack?

[Sonny]

They probably will at the appropriate time. I.E. once all of the investigations are over..You guys can wait...after all---All you want to do is play politics with that info. anyway.

[Vance1]

@Sonny
Really? what did you do when President Bush was in office?
Yea thats what I thought!!

[Cheenoguy]

@Vance1
Remember when Obama used knowingly false intelligence to start a war where thousands of Americans died? Wait a minute... Oh that's right that was W. I'm waiting to hear you get pissed about his war crimes. Don't you care about thousands of young American men who died for a lie? No? That's what I thought.

[Vance1]

@Cheenoguy
Sorry Libby, it wasnt a Lie...Its couldnt have been.
90% of Democrats voted for that war, didnt they....Oh well I guess you are just a dumb person!!
500 Tons of Uranium Yellowcake Secretly Moved From Iraq
warehouse's full of WMD chemicals found in Iraq
Oh I guess people like yourself choose to ignore these news posts....Oh well Typical!!

[Cheenoguy]

@Vance1
90% of Dems were wrong because they were fed false info. At least they are willing to admit their error.

They also found invisible pink unicorns and the Cookie Monster.

[stepped_in_it]

Don't need more details. Sorry! Some people just don't get the difference between "talk" , obsessive "talk" and "action"! How many of us, on this website, have said something "combative" against the POTUS or some other politician? Many have in some way or another! It's called steam, as in blowing it off! Talk is just talk and the 2 officers, found innocent should sue their departments for possible wrong termination.
Sounds like the little boy who cried wolf or chicken little and the "sky is falling".....

[kathyparsell]

My thoughts exactly. The CIA, when not trying to stiff prostitutes, do a good job of investigating authentic threats against the POTUS.

[PoliticalSpice]

You realize that this whole thing is Bush's fault right?

[jessejaymes]

Wouldn't you be required by law to report anyone making threats against any president regardless of perceived seriousness or not?

[jessejaymes]

I need a lot more detail on this one.

[wonka45ACP]

Yes If they follow a code of ethics, one would think this is something in the code.

[Sonny]

Yes, especially if you happen to be a law enforcement officer your self.....

[jle]

No job is worth losing if hearing a threat about any Oasshole! Police officer, fire fighter or flipping fricken hamburgers. He isn't worth it! The idiots a pathetic excuse of wasted space determined to completely weaken, disarm, bankrupt and finish his creation of a country worse off then any 3rd world country known to man. I'd just sit back wait, watch and then applaud. May sound harsh, but it's my right to speak what I honestly feel and need to utilize my right before we are completely stripped of that as well.( just a matter of time!) He don't even deserve the honor of having a seat in the White House. The only reason why Biden the Butt Munch is Vice President is because they couldn't find anyone else as stupid as he is, and to stupid to realize all the shit Oasshole is doing, has done and is planning right under his nose. This is my story, my beliefs, my prerogative, and my right as an American.

[PoliticalSpice]

@jle So you are smarter then most americans? Or are you just more arrogant?

For a stupid guy obama managed to do something only one person in the whole country can acheive: being elected president, twice. If your so smart lets see you do it.

Better yet, if your so smart perhaps you might articulate actual policies he is doing wrong and explain why, instead of just calling him stupid and such. Sure it your right under the first amendment to post unsubstantiated drivel that insults obama with out any specific examples, but what the heck does it accomplish?

[culinary]

There is the whistleblower's side of the story and the two officers' side of the story. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

[AlexMIA]

If the investigation turned up nothing, why were the two cops sacked?

[PoliticalSpice]

Cause they made the threats, but cops rarely talk, they lawyer up right away, so the secret service had only one cops word against two denials, so they couldn't substantiate the threat. The department on the other hand, even if they cannot substantiate the threat knows the cops work history. They likely decided these two were the type to say something like that and wanted em out, or realized how out of control they were and decided better get rid of em now, cause if they are later involved in brutallity or unjustified shooting that would be attached to the story they had previously been accussed of threatening the president...

[wonka45ACP]

Some officer's in ohio really need a refresher course,on their code of Ethics,
when it comes to, us-against them and the corruption.

[NTBFW]

I don't know enough about this. But any threat against the president is serious and not to be taken lightly. Ever.

[ConserveUSA]

If the threats against the President and his family are present, take it serious and punish the offenders. Violence & Threats are not the answer, there is a thing called "Voting".

[PoliticalSpice]

Why cann't the other conservatives on here be reasobale as you?

[SignifiedNBlue]

Another case of cops lying lol

[miketost]

Lighten up its just uncle(smokin joe) moving his chops.It means nothing.lol well except second in command.

[MadAmerican]

An entire police department with plans to take out the Obamas? Where is Steven King in this?

[srmccleary]

Ha.. I was thinking more like Jesse Vetura!!!