or worse, to lie about the city, if that's not their opinion? >> we, good morning, gregg. no. that's not what we're trying to do at all in the city of anniston. what we're trying to do, you can see by the fact that we're talking about this this morning that this has an polarizing force in the community, the public trust is given to the police department, and they are certainly expected to appreciate that trust, and this issue is actually -- it actually comes from a situation in which -- >> gregg: involving a police officer who was critical of the government. but look, sir, just because you work for the government doesn't mean you can't criticize the government. does it? >> well, it certainly, you have freedom to criticize anything that you want to,