Attorney defends Polk County deputy s tweets as protected speech
Gloria Gomez reports
TAMPA, Fla. - During a press conference last month, the picture Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd painted of Deputy Peter Heneen was damning. We need to put down ugly language, said Judd.
29-year old Heneen was arrested and charged with making written threats to kill or harm government officials or conduct a mass shooting.
However, his attorney Anthony Rickman says there is no evidence of that. Nowhere does he threaten to do any terrorist act to the government, argues Rickman.
Rickman says the day of the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol, Heneen was texting with a fellow deputy expressing his anger over what he saw as government tyranny, especially the shooting of a protester inside the capitol.
Thu, Jan 21st 2021 12:19pm
Tim Cushing
Another law enforcement officer has lost his job after being unable to accept the outcome of a national election. Lots of officers around the nation are under investigation for their participation in the Capitol Hill raid earlier this month. There s another name to add to that long list one who used to work for one of the worst law enforcement officials in the county, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. (h/t WarOnPrivacy)
Trump repeatedly made it clear he preferred cops to the people they served and would be willing to overlook almost any sin they committed, as long as they did it with a uniform on. Trump claimed not liking cops was wrong and that he would fix it. He praised extrajudicial killings by federal officers and encouraged beat cops to beat arrestees.
A Florida deputy was arrested Tuesday for threatening to kill federal officials following the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, officials said.
Updated: 10:35 PM EST Jan 19, 2021 Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrest of one of his deputies for threatening remarks he made the night of the U.S. Capitol riots.Deputy Peter Heneen has been suspended pending termination from the sheriff’s office. Judd said an investigation into messages he sent on Jan. 6 during the riots at the U.S. Capitol revealed “absolutely frightening things.”Judd said Heneen was sending messages to a fellow deputy where he wrote things like “f the feds,” “Shoot the feds,” “I’ll f kill them all,” “take the fight to them,” and “Need to have the streets of D.C. red run with the blood of the tyrants.”Judd said a lot of what Heneen said was “hate talk,” but ventured into illegal threats of violence multiple times.“As you can see, I am angry beyond words,” the sheriff said.Judd did add, however, that he is “super proud” of the deputy on the other side of the message chain that reported his c
A Florida deputy was arrested Tuesday for threatening to kill federal officials following the riot at the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, officials said.