Officer Fired After Declaring Himself ‘Antifa’ and Calling for Guillotines for Conservatives
A North Carolina police officer who declared he was “Antifa” in a post on the social media app BlueSky was fired Monday by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, according to the News & Observer.
Brian Edwards, 37, served as a detention officer for the agency while making the posts and had been promoted to corporal in May, the News & Observer reported. Edwards’ posts included calls for subjecting “traitors” to “war crimes trials” and hinted at executing them.
Get this—a North Carolina detention officer, Brian Edwards, was fired Monday after his disturbing social media posts came to light. The 37-year-old corporal with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office didn’t just express political opinions. He openly declared “I am Antifa” while calling for war crimes trials against conservatives and suggesting it might be “time to bring back the guillotine.”
Edwards’ posts on BlueSky revealed a chilling mindset. “I maintain that the biggest mistake the US government has ever made was letting the traitors from the civil war back into our country without punishment,” he wrote. When discussing conservatives, his rhetoric turned even darker: “When this is over and the right wing is once again [defeated, we] will not make that same mistake.”
But wait, it gets worse. Edwards’ radicalization went beyond mere words. He posted photos of a guitar plastered with “This Machine Kills Fascists” on his BlueSky account. What’s next, “Death to America” bumper stickers on patrol cars? He eagerly anticipated seeing conservatives “thrown into prison for the rest of their lives” after his imagined war crimes trials. These weren’t private thoughts. He posted this stuff publicly. A law enforcement officer. Publicly.
Sheriff Charles Blackwood acted swiftly once the posts surfaced. He terminated Edwards for violating the office’s standards of conduct. “We must maintain the public trust as we go about our mission to protect, serve, and treat everyone with dignity and respect,” Blackwood stated. At least somebody still gets it.
Brian Edwards, 37, served as a detention officer for the agency while making the posts and had been promoted to corporal in May, the News & Observer reported. Edwards’ posts included calls for subjecting “traitors” to “war crimes trials” and hinted at executing them.
Get this—a North Carolina detention officer, Brian Edwards, was fired Monday after his disturbing social media posts came to light. The 37-year-old corporal with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office didn’t just express political opinions. He openly declared “I am Antifa” while calling for war crimes trials against conservatives and suggesting it might be “time to bring back the guillotine.”
Edwards’ posts on BlueSky revealed a chilling mindset. “I maintain that the biggest mistake the US government has ever made was letting the traitors from the civil war back into our country without punishment,” he wrote. When discussing conservatives, his rhetoric turned even darker: “When this is over and the right wing is once again [defeated, we] will not make that same mistake.”
But wait, it gets worse. Edwards’ radicalization went beyond mere words. He posted photos of a guitar plastered with “This Machine Kills Fascists” on his BlueSky account. What’s next, “Death to America” bumper stickers on patrol cars? He eagerly anticipated seeing conservatives “thrown into prison for the rest of their lives” after his imagined war crimes trials. These weren’t private thoughts. He posted this stuff publicly. A law enforcement officer. Publicly.
Sheriff Charles Blackwood acted swiftly once the posts surfaced. He terminated Edwards for violating the office’s standards of conduct. “We must maintain the public trust as we go about our mission to protect, serve, and treat everyone with dignity and respect,” Blackwood stated. At least somebody still gets it.
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