Officer Who Pushed CNN Anchor Don Lemon Relieved of Duty After Racist Rant Emerges

[Cali_Democrat]

Source: Mediaite

The same St. Louis police officer who was seen on CNN earlier this week pushing Don Lemon back during a live broadcast from Ferguson, Missouri, has been relieved of his duty after video emerged of an hour-long speech he delivered railing against African-Americans, the LGBT community and President Barack Obama. CNN reported the news about Officer Dan Page, who made the controversial remarks at an Oath Keepers meeting just months ago.

“It’s wide-ranging inflammatory remarks about a lot of people, about women, about gay people,” Lemon reported. “He talks about the president of the United States. He speaks out against affirmative action, women in the military and on and on.”

In the video, Page discusses the “four sodomites on the Supreme Court,” talks about our “undocumented president” from Kenya, and much more.

“What do you say after that?” Lemon said after CNN aired clips of Page’s speech. “There’s much more of that. at least an hour’s worth of him ranting about different people, different situations.”

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/online/officer-who-pushed-don-lemon-relieved-of-duty-after-racist-rant-emerges/

[valerief]

1. Does 'relieved of duty' mean fired? nt

[tblue37]

4. Nope--suspended (i.e., paid vacation).

My guess is that as soon as no one is watching, he will be right back out there violating citizens' rights. Same thing with Ray Albers, the "I will f***ing kill you" cop, because their attitudes are not anomalous, not disapproved of among their peers.

[valerief]

5. So another asshole is being rewarded. Thanks. nt

[wordpix]

56. the people of Ferguson were restrained in the face of a racist misogenist cop

I would be boiling myself, and I'm white and in my 60's. Outraged at what this cop said about domestic violence among other parts of the rant.

[csziggy]

25. The chief of that police department said something about mental care

An evaluation or something. He was clearly disturbed by what he heard in that rant. Don Lemon had both him and the Missouri Highway Patrol captain that has been in charge in Ferguson on.

In the part of his rant when he was going on about Kenya he said he had a plane - a Lear jet - that he took to visit where {insert his uncomplimentary names he used for President Obama} was born. Where does a police officer get the money for a Lear jet? Or did he accept "gifts" from some one for his trip to Kenya? Is it legal for a police officer in Missouri to accept gifts of that kind?

[wordpix]

57. should have been fired for pushing Lemon/community members when they were told to go there

Lemon reported that where he was standing with community members at time he was pushed was where they were all told to go. Then Lemon gets pushed by this racist homophobe mysogenist for being there. Fire this racist a-hole

[Tarheel_Dem]

2. Good. I guess I don't have to tell you who else the Oathkeepers support, right? n/t

[freshwest]

21. Bless my Ignore list. I *went there* last night:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017210685#post33

Expecting flames any minute for speaking against the celebrities. Already caught hell for that this week. Meh.

[Tarheel_Dem]

41. Why am I not surprised? It's a pervasive mindset that many would rather we didn't notice.

[cosmicone]

3. In a perfect world ...

this guy would be tarred, feathered, with a "I'm a jackass" flag glued to his hand, then tied to a drunk donkey which will be in turn let loose on the main street .

Alas .. the imperfect world.

[951-Riverside]

6. ...Yeah

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http://crooksandliars.com/2014/08/watch-rant-officer-who-shoved-don-lemon#comment-1555091492

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. Yeah, it's just words.

[951-Riverside]

12. Mmm hmm.

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http://www.mediaite.com/online/officer-who-pushed-don-lemon-relieved-of-duty-after-racist-rant-emerges/#comment-1555237136

[A-Schwarzenegger]

22. "talked a little too much."

Safe bet it wasn't the first time. He puts Dr Strangelove to shame.
Authentic psycho.

[gldstwmn]

26. "Crap is bound to come out."

Why, yes it is just not out of your mouth...

[951-Riverside]

7. Is this him wandering around and smoking a giant cigar in the background last night?

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Fast forward to 1:03

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/events/3271930/videos/60035885

[gldstwmn]

27. I never realized that Missouri

was one of the last holdouts of the Confederacy. Jesus H. Christ. What needs to happen to bring them into the 21st century?

[davidpdx]

33. Looks like him, but it's too hard to tell for sure

[SummerSnow]

9. Relieved of Duty....

[lunasun]

51. + 1047507!!!^^^^

[Thespian2]

10. Page

is a complete idiot...does not understand reading, logic, the Declaration of Independence, or the US Constitution. No wonder police departments perform so poorly...Page is ex-military who brags about having killed people. Great mind-set for a person whose duty is to protect the population.

[barbtries]

11. i don't think he's an outlier

that town is full of him and more like him. i have really struggled to fathom the actions of the police and the DA since this happened. and they just must be so immersed somehow in their lifestyle that they haven't stopped to realize that - they're wrong!
this is why i always think back to birmingham, and philadelphia, MS. places where the people in charge just were incapable of evolving and cocksure that their way of life and perceiving the "other" would always be there for him. how else do you explain what goes on. no arrest of the killer, no not even a report of what happened. a missing bullet from the hospital. squirreling the guy away and nobody has seen him in all this time.

i think they believe this will all blow over and they'll go back to their smug little racist lives, exploiting and killing and mindlessly hating the majority of their own citizens because of race, and life will go on as before. maybe they are really stupid people. but life cannot go back to the way it was in ferguson, MO. the shit has hit the fan.

i agree with others who believe the entire police force should be disbanded. maybe the whole city should unincorporate and try again, with a little justice this time.

[George II]

14. He isn't on the Ferguson police force.

[barbtries]

16. st louis county?

i don't expect that it's limited to ferguson.

[George II]

17. Yes, he is/was a St. Louis County "SWAT" cop

[951-Riverside]

18. Interesting! Given his rank and time on the force its possible he ran the whole thing

It might explain why the saint louis county swat were EXTREMELY aggressive, pointed rifles at protesters then tear gassed and flash banged them every night.

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Did they also use live rounds?

(We'll never know if they did it using their personal weapons)

Interesting they targeted Al Jazeera

[logosoco]

46. THe article mentions another one from Glendale

a very small city in St. Louis county next to where i grew up and my mother still lives. I am surprised about this, although I don't know why.
I am hoping that of this, it has been like picking up the state of Missouri like a rug and shaking out all this nasty dirt. It is hard to listen to the filth that comes out of their mouth, but I am glad it is seeing the light of day. These kinds of people should never be on any police force, nor even working with the public, much less with any authority.
I am also hoping that it is the last of a dying generation because we cannot get anywhere in this country when we still have people like this in authority.
As another poster said, it would be nice to send them out in public on donkeys with a sign saying who they are, but it looks like that would cause quite a bit of traffic!
If we can weed even some of these bigots out, Michael Browns family can feel good that his death brought this change and his life was not wasted for nothing.

[George II]

13. He'll probably claim he was rehearsing his stand up act at the local Comedy Shop!

[cosmicone]

23. or preparing for the republican primaries !! n/t

[tooeyeten]

15. We have a crisis, maybe it's time

To require continued education for everyone in law enforcement, where every year every sworn officer who can detain and arrest, carry a weapon, attend compulsory ethics courses, education on civil rights, Constitution, and diversity training. Aren't Doctors and lawyers required to fulfill yearly education requirements? Is there another individual who has more potential control over the rights of an American than a law enforcement officer?

[Patiod]

45. They bring Philly police cadets to the Holocaust Museum

To remind them off how police can become complicit in evil when they forget they serve the community. From Frank Rizzio encouraging police to bust heads, to the Holocaust museum - that's progress.

[tooeyeten]

48. One time barely enough

Ethics, constitutional rights, yearly would be better.

[Patiod]

52. Agreed, but it's a good start

Gets them to start thinking. And the curriculum that's been developed around the visit does emphasize the constitution, and how the police need to uphold it. I'm on my mobile, but if you Google Philadelphia police cadets +holocaust museum, it's a good read.

[tooeyeten]

54. Agree with you

It's a beginning, but we need to require continued education of diversity and sensitivity training each and every year, including Constitutional rights of citizens. It is up to us to demand the police require new standards of hiring and education, without exception.

[Cha]

19. Oh officer Dan Page is just full of Rage! Against anyone who isn't a racist, bigoted

asshole like himself.

He should be fired right out on his rager ass.

Mahalo Cali

[James48]

20. Video here

Notes:

1:07: Talks about all men being created equal then went on to say "That does not mean affirmative action".
1:26: Rants about hate crime laws
3:22: Black (little?) Perverts
5:25: Talks about doing a fair share of killing
"You're either going to the ballot box, or the bullet box, in the next eighteen months".
11:33 "Caucasian males" and "white".
15:40: Calls supreme court justice a homosexual sodomite.
18:30 "If I die I go to heaven... I died a long time ago"
20:30: Talks about St. Louis County schools
26:40: Calls President Obama an illegal alien
27:00: We can kill you anyway we want
31:38: Goes on anti-muslim rant
37:00: Talks about being a Saint Louis County Cop
43:00: Talk about killing people again
46:41: Goes on rant over being briefed about the 9/11 attacks on Aug 1st 1999 then says 9/11 happened 30 days later also talks about no weapons of mass destruction being found in Afghanistan.
49:22: Continues rant about having secret clearance at Fort (Leavenworth?) and training with Russian spetsnaz
52:40: Says people involved in domestic violence should "just shoot each other and get it over with".
53:15: Somebody like me is going to come in and kill you
56:20: I don't trust nobody and I hate everybody. I hate y'all too I hate everybody. I'm into diversity. I kill everybody.
58:02: Audience member: So what happens when good men like you are retiring from the military. What kind of military do we have left then?
58:15: Sodomites and females. End of statement.
1:01:00: Rants about female green beret
1:03:00 He's handed an oathkeeper patch

He rants about "Sovereign citizen"- the power of the Sheriff, etc.


Video:

[bullwinkle428]

24. Scratch a racist, reveal a misogynist. Scratch a little more,

reveal a homophobe.

[father founding]

28. show me nothing

If you shoot someone in missouri a collection is taken for you, but if you rant, your relieved of duty. God, are they screwed up in that state.

[csziggy]

29. Apparently the Oath Keepers are now disavowing any knowledge

"He is not a member of our organization. He was just a guest speaker." ON CNN just now - not a live comment from Oath Keepers, just the reporter reading a statement from them.

[winstars]

30. Dear Oath Keepers: Fuck You!!! WTF is that org all about anyway? Fucking Traitors thats what...

These scum have more in common with Putin or ISIS than the United States of America.

They forget the part about UNITED...

This issue was resolved in April of 1865...

Jerks

[csziggy]

31. It worries me that military and cops are members

I find that very scary.

[VanGoghRocks]

37. Please don't compare Putin to these whackjobs. Putin is a moderate nationalist, somewhat

similar to Germany's Bismarck in the mid-19th century. Although I find him a little cautious for my taste with regard to the fascist and neo-Nazi Banderite putschistas in Kiev, Putin displays a finely honed sense of realpolitik. The Oathkeeper whackjobs, by contrast, are akin to the 19th-century precursors of today's Teabillies: the Know-Nothings.

[dawn frenzy adams]

38. Did you see?

At the end of his speech one of the Oath Keepers gave him their highest award.

[csziggy]

40. Yes - but that was in their own little enclave

Now that the whole rant is out in the public eye, they do not want to admit they agree with every word this nutcase said.

[tooeyeten]

43. Apparently

He spoke their message.

[SoapBox]

32. Just the tip of the Krazy Iceberg.

It's feeling like the Police Militias, Military and 0.5% types are loaded with these batshit loons.

[csziggy]

34. CNN story and video about this

Missouri police officer on leave over video in which he says: 'I'm ... a killer'
By Greg Botelho, CNN
updated 10:43 PM EDT, Fri August 22, 2014

<SNIP>
But it's another video that led St. Louis County police officials to say they had removed Page from his post and had started a process that will likely include the department's internal affairs unit investigating and a psychological evaluation of the officer.

&quot I) apologize to the community and anybody who is offended by these remarks, and understand from me that he ... does not represent the rank-and-file of the St. Louis County Police Department," county Police Chief Jon Belmar told CNN. Belmar called the video "so bizarre."

<SNIP>
Belmar, the head of the St. Louis County police department, said all the talk about killing was especially disturbing to him.

"As a police chief, that's something I'm not going to be able to endure," Belmar said.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/22/us/missouri-police-officer-suspended/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[Monk06]

35. I knew the Oath Keepers were behind this. All LEOs that belong to the OKs should be fired.

They are an underground militia within the country's police forces and should be declared a security risk.

[olddad56]

36. I would have a hard time believing that whoever hired him didn't think the same way.

[LloydS of New London]

39. Page's police shirt wasn't brown enough

Fucking fascist!

[Enthusiast]

42. K&R! This post deserves hundreds of recommendations!

[JoePhilly]

44. He's been relieved of his senses as well.

[cynzke]

47. Forget the article and...

WATCH the video. This is not just about what Page said but in the CONTEXT of why and how it was presented. This was not merely random ranting....Page gave an HOUR PREPARED LECTURE complete with a presentation of photos from his service in the military. Using biblical prophecy and multiple conspiracy theories from recent historical events, Page weaves a narrative combining them all and incorporating himself into this delusional fantasy he creates to highlight himself as some patriot fighting from the inside to save our country and the world. It includes several Presidents including Regan, Bush and Obama. It neatly ties the wacko conspiracies of Fema, 911, wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and now the clashes in the Ukraine with biblical prophecy and the end of the world. Obama is secretly bringing in thousands of Muslims every week to join with the elite killing machines...Green Berets who are now stationed throughout the US waiting for the order to take over the country, round up and kill all of us "We The People" who resist or who are ill in anyway. This man is mentally ill.

[YOHABLO]

50. Sounds like another Timothy McVeigh don't you think?

[Blue_Tires]

49. Never forget: Glenn "Mr. Integrity" Greenwald thinks the Oath Keepers are just peachy:

Glenn Greenwald ✔ @ggreenwald
Follow
A coalition of current and former military, police, and other public officials place huge pro-Snowden ad in Metro http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/24/oath-keepers-place-massive-pro-snowden-a …


http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/blog-archives/2013/09/greenwald-promotes-oath-keepers-on-911-for-running-pro-snowden-ads.html

I know the rest of DU had long forgotten about that, but believe me; I haven't...

In fact over the past year I've amassed a nice, thick collection of Greenwald's shall we say, "Greatest Hits"...

[tooeyeten]

53. PD had no idea previously

About this guy? That's scary considering he puts that uniform on everyday representing protecting and serving all citizens.

[wordpix]

55. Lemon was so cool and professional while being pushed by the racist cop, he should get promoted