OH Sheriff: "I am sorry. If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you"

[Nevilledog]

https://www.wtrf.com/top-stories/ohio-sheriffs-lieutenant-in-hot-water-after-social-posts-i-am-sorry-if-you-support-the-democratic-party-i-will-not-help-you/

CLARK COUNTY, Ohio (WTRF) — A Lieutenant for an Ohio sheriff’s Office is making headlines after some of his social media posts caught the public’s eye.

According to news station WHIO, John Rodgers, a Clark County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant for more than 20 years, made several Facebook posts that brought a lot of scrutiny to himself and the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.

It is reported that some of the posts, which have been shared more than 250,000, suggested that Rodgers would factor in a caller’s voting preference when responding to emergency calls.

According to the news source, some of the posts stated, “I am sorry. If you support the Democratic Party, I will not help you” and “The problem is that I know which of you supports the Democratic Party, and I will not help you survive the end of days.”

In another post, according to WHIO, Rodgers wrote that people would need to “provide proof of who you voted for” before rendering aid.

*snip*

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Fire his ass, already!

[orthoclad]

14. Charge his ass!

This has to be a crime.

[Trueblue1968]

82. Fire him and lock him up. Send all GOPigs to the moon. ONE way trip !!!!!!

[TheBlackAdder]

89. If he presents this bias, what other biases does he harbor and act on?

[iemanja]

2. He needs to be fired.

and WTF? Magats have literally killed and assaulted police officers. Then Trump calls them heroes.

[ZonkerHarris]

72. He needs to be sued.

[GaYellowDawg]

105. He needs to be fired AND sued.

[pandr32]

3. He needs to be fired.

[durablend]

4. "It was the sleeping pills that made me say that"

Uh huh.

FIRE HIS ASS

[luvallpeeps]

11. He said it nevertheless.

The devil may have made him say it. His community doesn’t need a guy like that around. Take his badge.🤬

[orthoclad]

15. "it was the sleeping pills that made me rob the bank"

"It was the alcohol that made me kill that pedestrian"

Terrorism under color of law.

[Freddie]

53. A stoned man's words are a sober man's thoughts

[ShazzieB]

73. Exactly.

When someone is "under the influence" of alcohol or some other mind-altering substance, they lose their filter. They don't exchange their values for a completely different set. I can't help but believe that those posts were a true reflection of Rodgers' values, regardless of any drug(s) he was taking at the time.

Chief Deputy Mike Young sent a statement to the news station that said, in part, the Office agrees the comments made were highly inappropriate and do not reflect the Sheriff’s Office’s delivery of service to all residents, regardless of their voting preference. He stated that the station and Lt. Rodgers would work especially hard to regain the public’s trust.

Good luck with that "regaining trust" thing, Chief Deputy Young. I don't think I would ever be able to trust that douchenozzle to help me if I were in a position to need his assistance, and right now, I'm side eyeing the whole danged Clark County Sheriff’s Office HARD.

[littlemissmartypants]

80. I don't believe him either, ShazzieB.

There's a much deeper issue at hand here with this moran.

Who does he think he's fooling?

Joining your side eye!!

❤️

[niyad]

116. Hey, mikey, the ONLY way your department can even BEGIN to "regain"

our trust is to start by firing that ass. The fact that he is still sucking at the public teat as a government employee tells me everything I need to know about your department.

[Beartracks]

5. They really do believe they are patriotically defending this country against baby-eating lizard people.

[orthoclad]

17. No, in this case I bet

he just believes that his gun and badge give him the right to bully and abuse. Not just some foxed-out MAGA, he has a legal power to kill.

Lot of that going around.

[Think. Again.]

57. No they don't. It's just their excuse to hurt as many people as they can.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

6. Thin Blue Line...

But only for his piece of shit ass.

[Hekate]

7. Someone should check to see if he's one of those "Constitutional Sheriffs"

[rsdsharp]

21. If so, someone should point out that the word "sheriff" doesn't appear in the Constitution.

[Blue Full Moon]

62. There is a nasty infection

Of the constitutional nut jobs. Unfortunately they our ignorant of the constitution and our government.

[kwolf68]

8. Just incredible

No words for people like this. I blame this on hate radio and the consistent pounding that Democrats are evil, hate America, and should be eradicated. The AM shock hustlers like Rush, Savage, Liddy and others started it and Faux News and others have normalized it. They want complete political homogeneity. Not sure how we will ever break through.

[aeromanKC]

9. No difference than when they brag about being able to go ___________(insert derogatory racial term here) hunting.

Many say this is why they became cops in the first place.
(I've watched enough first amendment audits to believe them.)

[niyad]

117. When I was in college, for grins I took the police academy exam. I had known

many of the officers, even the chief, for years, as family friends. It cracked me up that the results came back saying that I was "not psychologically suited" to be an officer, something I had never had a thought for anyway. But it was amusing to have confirmation.

[LittleGirl]

118. well, good to know

my ex spouse took the exam and was told he was too racist to be an officer. After 3 years of marriage (gaslit the whole time), I divorced him. Haven't heard from him in 32 years.

[FeelingBlue]

10. Buh-Byeeeeeeee!!!!!

And good luck trying to get that pension. How long has he been screening people?! Maybe way longer than anyone knows.

[duncang]

12. To protect and serve if I feel like it.

What a great statement. Maybe go ahead and put that on the back of your cruiser.

[johnp3907]

13. " a possible medical issue is involved in Rodgers' actions."

Swine flu?

[littlemissmartypants]

50. Psychosis is definitely a medical issue. End of days police officer, indeed!

His career's end of days at the very least. Time to 5150 and retire.

[Conjuay]

71. " I will not help you survive the end of days "

The 'end of days" is evangelical nonsense.

[littlemissmartypants]

79. Evangelical psychotic "nonsense." And...

the "end of days" is not limited in meaning based on context.

“His Main Problem Was Not Being in a Relationship With God”: Perceptions of Depression, Help-Seeking, and Treatment in Evangelical Christianity

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.831534/full?origin=serp_auto
Some Christian communities may understand mental illness as the result of spiritual causes, such as sin, demons, or a lack of faith. Such perceptions are likely to influence how Christian individuals conceptualise and experience their mental health and enact help-seeking behaviours. This study explores perceptions of depression and mental health help-seeking in evangelical Christianity by using a novel qualitative story completion task. A convenience sample of 110 Christian participants from the United Kingdom completed a third-person, fictional story stem featuring a male with depression who entered his local church. A contextualist-informed thematic analysis illustrated how the disclosure of depression was represented as eliciting negative social reactions, potentially rendering individuals with depression as socially dislocated. Stories suggested that, increasingly, evangelical Christians may perceive a spiritualisation of mental illness, which negates reference to psychological, social, and biomedical representations, as unhelpful. Findings reveal the risks of a solely spiritual aetiology of depression and highlight how existing mental ill-health can be exacerbated if fundamentalist beliefs and approaches to therapeutic care are prioritised over holistic models of care. Methodologically, this study demonstrates the value of a rarely-used tool in psychology—the story completion task—for examining socio-cultural discourses and dominant meanings surrounding stigmatised topics or populations. Snip...

Diversity Within the Psychotic Continuum
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5216862/?origin=serp_auto
Abstract
There has been great interest in the hallucination-like events experienced by the general nonclinical population. Many psychiatric scientists have come to identify these as part of a “psychotic continuum” and have begun to ask what we might learn from these experiences that will enable us to better understand and treat psychosis. While sympathetic to this goal, this paper argues that many of these events in the nonclinical population may be associated with the attention to inner imagery characteristic of much religious practice like unscripted prayer. Many of these hallucination-like events are phenomenologically distinct, culturally salient, and are predicted both by a measure of absorption, which probes for an interest in inner imagery, and by inner sense cultivation practice. These observations suggest that rare, brief, and positive sensory events may not be associated with psychotic vulnerability. They also suggest there may be an absorption-dissociation pathway, with or without trauma, for more frequent hallucinations.

Key words: hallucinations, religion, schizophrenia, absorption, dissociation
Snip...

Self-Transformation at the Boundary of Religious Conversion and Psychosis
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10943-017-0496-8?origin=serp_auto
Abstract
The relationship between religious conversion, as a form of spiritual emergency, and psychosis is one of the fundamental issues at the meeting point of theology and clinical psychology. In the present study, we assessed 53 individuals referred to a psychiatry center with the initial diagnosis of a psychotic episode by focusing on the clinical diagnosis (psychosis vs. spiritual emergency), subjective experiences (basic symptoms), and neuropsychological functions. Twenty-nine individuals meet the diagnosis of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, but 24 persons experienced only religious and spiritual problems (religious conversion). Both groups reported similar levels of perplexity (e.g., ambivalence, inability to discriminate between own feelings, and hyperreflectivity) and self-disorder (e.g., depersonalization, impression of a change in one’s mirror image, and experience of discontinuity in own action). Diminished affectivity, disturbed contact, and perceptual/cognitive disorders were pronounced in psychosis, whereas anxiety and depressive symptoms were more severe in people with spiritual and religious problems. These results indicate that perplexity, self-disorder, and emotional turmoil are common features of turbulent religious conversion and psychosis, but a broader emergence of anomalous subjective experiences and cognitive deficits are detectable only in psychosis. Snip...

❤️pants

[orthoclad]

92. How does one "survive" the "end"?

It's all over. No more days. No survivors.

[canetoad]

16. Is he speaking directly

To female DV victims who didn't let their husband dictate their vote?

[Emile]

18. Cut his salary to represent who he does or doesn't support.

[mahina]

23. +1 till he is fired. I can't think of a better class action suit.

[Dock_Yard]

24. No, cut it to ZERO!

[orthoclad]

93. Prosecute

this is criminal. Color of law and all that.

[Solly Mack]

19. I think it amusing that he assumes he will survive.

He should be fired.

[Blue Owl]

20. The GOP: The party of only SOME Americans

[TBF]

22. And why is he still employed? Damned republicans. nt

[Demovictory9]

25. He looks stupid

[spooky3]

26. Dems are paying your salary too, bud. Nt

[Vinca]

27. I hope they fired the guy. Otherwise, I urge Democrats to not hesitate to call for help there and if it doesn't come

sue them into oblivion.

[RockRaven]

28. Until they prove otherwise with actions not words, he is a reflection of his

department and profession -- who they are, who they have been, who they will be.

[dalton99a]

29. Zero consequences, as usual

[Elessar Zappa]

35. It's hard.

County sheriff’s are elected so there’s not much you can do about them unless recall is an option in the area.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. The Headline Is Misleading

The guy is a lieutenant in the sheriff's department.
He's an employee, not an elected official.
It's pretty clear in the article, but the OP headline does say sheriff.
So, while I agree with your point on the difficulty of getting rid of a bad sheriff, this guy should be easy to launch.

[Elessar Zappa]

113. Ah, ok.

The he should definitely be canned!

[dchill]

30. "...survive the end of days." What a happy camper!

This troll is concerned about his comfy position in the MAGAT county government.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

31. It is also suggested that a possible medical issue is involved in Rodgers' actions.

It is also suggested that a possible medical issue is involved in Rodgers’ actions.

WHIO obtained an investigative file and discovered in an inter-office communication with supervisors that Rodgers wrote, “I do not remember writing these posts or deleting any posts.”

The file also indicates that Rodgers is prescribed sleeping medication, which Rodgers documented, “It does cause some of my communication to be ‘out of character’ which is a documented side effect.”

[cab67]

33. Out of character?

Or with character fully exposed?

[meadowlander]

88. Could also be diabetes which can cause confusion and out of character behaviour.

Having said that, if whatever it is is that uncontrolled that he's losing time then he shouldn't be carrying a gun anyway.

[Abolishinist]

97. I don't know the medical implications of this, but if true, I'm willing to give him

a bit of leniency, albeit not much. The next step would be to determine if in fact he HAS discriminated against some in his community.

[MurrayDelph]

100. It's right there on the label

"Side-effects include, sleepwalking, weight gain, and acting like a fucking Nazi"

[MoseShrute]

108. Question

So he’s been driving under the influence?

[patphil]

32. He's a public employee. His job is to "protect and serve" all the people in the scope of his office.

If he can't do that, he needs to be relieved of duty. If he actually does what he says he will do, he can be held responsible for any injury a person incurs that he chooses not to respond to.
So would his commander, if he knew what this idiot was doing and did nothing.
Plus, we're talking big time law suit.
This idiot just ended his career, and he doesn't even know it yet.

[Cirsium]

34. Meanwhile...

The Detroit Free Press is worried that an inexperienced anti-war anti-racism candidate might get elected sheriff in Oakland county (Michigan).

https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1058&pid=11857

[debsy]

36. The ignorance is astounding.

Sheriff’s departments get their money from public, NONPARTISAN taxpayer dollars. Fire his arrogant, ignorant ass!

[Clouds Passing]

37. He needs to have his LE status stripped permanently. We ALL pay his salary! D, R, I, young, old,

no matter who, we all pay taxes to support john’s livelihood.

[Skittles]

39. I'm impressed he says DEMOCRATIC

but his fascist ass still needs to be fired

[sl8]

75. Other sources and screenshots of his posts show that he actually said "Democrat Party"

Looks like someone cleaned it up in the article in the OP.

This article says otherwise (screenshots of his post are in the video) :

https://www.wtrf.com/top-stories/ohio-sheriffs-lieutenant-in-hot-water-after-social-posts-i-am-sorry-if-you-support-the-democratic-party-i-will-not-help-you/

[Skittles]

76. OK well then color me....not surprised

these pukes are so proud of their ignorance

[PCIntern]

40. Just imagine the Fox Poutrage if a Dem had said that

It would go on for fucking DAYS. They would dox him and all of his living relatives

[oasis]

107. The thing is, a true Democrat wouldn't say that.

[pansypoo53219]

41. were is that FEMA civics camp?

[NoMoreRepugs]

42. The level of stupid in these MAGATS boggles my mind. Seriously.

How do they tie their shoes??

[Joinfortmill]

43. Crazy and dangerous. I see difficult times ahead

for him. Hope he can find a lawyer willing to represent him, given his beliefs. Just saying.

[DoBW]

47. just another magron

like that loser nazi sheriff in Portage County who started oinking about about harris yard signs

[Dan]

44. And if I was on a jury involving any of his cases - and they

Indicated that he showed a ‘preference’ then I would have to give the defendants the benefit of the doubt. I would no longer trust his judgement, truthfulness or honesty due to these statements.

[mn9driver]

45. Fascists are very comfortable with fascism.

The rest of us, not so much.

[Grokenstein]

46. Got off with a "written reprimand"

"Stop saying the quiet part out loud, Johnny."

[Evolve Dammit]

48. If the county is ok with this, there's no issue right??

[Cha]

49. Brainwashed Fuck needs to be Fired For

Dereliction of Duty. Not sure about what he should be Charged with but hopefully Something!

[4catsmom]

51. he's probably a very sorry sheriff

better to call the fire dept

[Mountainguy]

52. Well, if hes a Trump supporter

Then he's probably too stupid to help me anyway. I'll take my chances on my own.

[democrank]

54. Another disgusting bully.

Big mean guy. Big red hat.

[Kittycatkat]

55. This POS is voting for a convicted rapist, and he is law enforcement!

[liberal N proud]

56. County is edging for a law suit

[YoshidaYui]

58. BAKA YARO

IGNORANT BASTARD.

[sakabatou]

83. Exactly what Jotaro would say...

[YoshidaYui]

85. EDWARD ELRIC MIGHT AGREE

KITARO knows what its like to be a Baka ...

[sakabatou]

86. God, it's been such a long time since I've seen Love Hina.

[YoshidaYui]

87. un

[sakabatou]

90. Yep, I remember that

I think I also shipped Keitaro and Mitsune at one point when I watched it.

[wolfie001]

59. Please give us the update when this stale white racist hands in his badge

Muther f6cker

[JanMichael]

60. If he has a pension take it away.

[Abolishinist]

94. I agree, but I highly doubt his union will do so as well.

[Warpy]

61. Stop giving him a paycheck

if he is too prissy and partisan to do his fucking job.

Moron.

[Seinan Sensei]

63. Let me get this straight

If a tornado hits Lt John Rodgers' house, will Lt. Rodgers refuse FEMA assistance?
... ( FEMA being one of those socialistic Democratic programs )
And when Rodgers retires, he will refuse Social Security?
And when Rodgers gets fired, he will refuse unemployment?
And will Rodgers only fly on airplanes guided by non-Democratic Air Traffic Controllers?
And will Rodgers accept medical care only from non-Democratic doctors?
And ditto for non-Democratic firefighters, school-teachers, fast-food employees, and sanitation workers?

And will Rodgers adjust his salary to reflect the % of his county that is non-Democrat?
Nah. He will demand 100% of his salary for 50% ( 45%? 40%? ) reduction in workload?
Got it.

F**k you John Rodgers. And the garbage truck you rode in on.

[IbogaProject]

64. Election interfearance

Lock him up.

[SoFlaBro]

65. Fuck that dumb ass MAGA shit they preach every week.

[bluestarone]

66. Just like TFG, If he's DUMB enough to say this

Then he should be fired, just like TFG needs to be fired and removed!!

[SoFlaBro]

67. Don't apologize, sheriff. Just go fuck yourself, shitbag.

[Boomerproud]

68. Poor baby can't sleep. Not even suspended.

[kimbutgar]

69. Can you imagine the outrage of it was reversed and the sheriff said he would not help you if you are a member of

The Republican Party? On Fox and the other right wing media they’d be demanding he be fired immediately!

That said, that man needs to be let go. He is no longer trust worthy and has violated his duties to protect and serve the community which means ALL the community regardless of political bias. That said, if someone is breaking into a house with a Harris Walz sign he will not help the threatened homeowners? Why are we paying taxes for this guy!

[Bob in the Land]

70. Springfield is the county seat of Clark County.

I wonder how he treats the Haitian immigrants?

[brush]

77. Fire that maga asshole. He can not remain on duty as a LEO.

Political affiliation should not factor into whether law enforcement helps you...or not.

[D_Master81]

78. Imagine if

Imagine if after a major hurricane or natural disaster a President Harris said “sorry you voted against me. No federal help will be coming.” The GOP would lose their minds and call for the immediate impeachment and removal of her from office. These idiots seem to believe that it’s their job to look out for their own and no one else. Scary.

[sakabatou]

81. He needs to be removed from office, and have both his badge and issued gun turned in (if he has one).

[Jit423]

84. The sad, sad thing is there are many more like him out there.

They just do not say it out loud.

[ProfessorGAC]

91. He's Not A Sheriff

He's a lieutenant in the sheriff's department.
He should be fired, but that clearly isn't happening as he got a letter of reprimand, but is still on duty.
Having him around makes me question the sheriff's judgment, but the tool in this incident is just a guy that works there, not the sheriff.

[orthoclad]

95. Is he using "Democratic Party" as code

for those Others?

[Abolishinist]

96. Posted without comment, I give you Lieutenant John Rodgers.

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[struggle4progress]

98. 18 USC 594 - Intimidation of voters

Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, at any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing such candidate, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/594

[BlueSpot]

99. Then I guess I won't be vacationing in Ohio. n/t

[SupportSanity]

101. How stupid can you be? He already missed the end of days

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[Faux pas]

102. All those EFFING

tiny dictators seem to have carved out their tiny realms

[xmas74]

103. The state needs to step in and revoke his

Certifications.

[DFW]

104. So, if he is involved in a car crash and is injured and recognized

He is then OK with it if he is ignored and left to die if the first responder is a Democrat?

By his reasoning, that’s the way he wants it.

[soandso]

106. The what?

" ...I will not help you survive the end of days"

[Blue for the win]

109. B.S.

What a bunch of b*******. He doesn't remember adding or deleting any comments. And the sheriff's department accepted that excuse. I don't trust police. PERIOD!!!!

[PatrickforB]

110. The end of days? OK. But until then he needs to do his job. A classic example of how ideology screws up

government.

[mwb970]

111. May I assume that this evil man is a "Christian"?

[hadEnuf]

112. Fire this asshole immediately.

Of course, I'm sure he would run screaming for police union protection even though it's more than likely he despises unions. (for other people, anyway.)

[Blue Full Moon]

114. He just said outloud.

From tfg to the sheriff.

[yardwork]

115. Illegal and unAmerican, he needs to be fired.

[JT45242]

119. Prosecute and take away his pension

He violated his oath.

I hope that a bunch of civil lawsuits bankrupt him and his department.