Norfolk fires police lieutenant who donated to accused vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse

[Nevilledog]

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Gary Legum
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Norfolk fires police lieutenant who donated to accused vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse
The message from Lt. William Kelly's account said to Rittenhouse: “God bless. Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up. You’ve done nothing wrong.”
pilotonline.com
1:24 PM · Apr 20, 2021

https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-norfolk-rittenhouse-kelly-20210420-gtfbxgk2ojcxvgjlrlty2bgfky-story.html

NORFOLK — The second in command of the Norfolk Police Department’s internal affairs unit has been fired after he made what the city manager called “egregious” comments praising Kyle Rittenhouse, the white man accused of shooting and killing protestors last year.

Those comments violated departmental policies and “erode the trust between the Norfolk Police Department and those they are sworn to serve,” City Manager Chip Filer said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

Filer and Police Chief Larry Boone did not say which specific policy Lt. William K. Kelly III violated. When asked, a police spokesman said he would check with the city attorney and did not respond further.

An anonymous donor in September gave $25 to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, but the donation came from Kelly’s official email address, according to data from the Christian crowdfunding website GiveSendGo that was hacked. The transparency group Distributed Denial of Secrets then shared the information with journalism organizations, including The Virginian-Pilot.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This makes me smile

[soothsayer]

2. Yasssssss!

Goodbye, hater of the US and what we stand for

[LakeArenal]

3. Yay. This is turning it to be a great historical day all around.

[dalton99a]

4. Cops who support murderers should be fired. They have no business being on the public payroll

[exboyfil]

5. About all those internal affairs cases

Maybe someone needs to reopen those files.

[Phoenix61]

6. Just a guess, personal use of work e-mail.

Probably has an automatic signature line so unauthorized officially endorsement of Kyle.