Lowcountry Cop Charged In Chick-fil-A Murder Sues Fraternal Order Of Police
After being charged with murder in a fatal off duty shooting, Anthony DeLustro says FOP broke its promise to defend him.
After being charged with murder in a fatal off duty shooting, Anthony DeLustro says FOP broke its promise to defend him.
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That is the FOP for ya. Back in the late 1980’s, they did the same to a Richland County deputy. I think his name was Introini or similar. Seems he had to get a little rough with some thug, as I recall, and Sloan fired him to get political points with the co-munity. Midlands FOP saw a chance to suck up to Sloan, the Sheriff, and get his blessing for RCSD deputies to join FOP. They threw Introini under the bus and the local board that decided the fate of such cases created a reason not to back him. Big red flag about depending on FOP to be there when you need them.
Add to that, anti-2A and anti Constitutional rights stances that FOP holds or has held and you have reasons to never support them with your wallet or your membership.
PBA is a much better option.
I’m a non-FOP cop but your comparison to Introini doesn’t wash. I liked Introini but he was a hothead and justifiably fired for punching a handcuffed suspect. He was lucky he wasn’t charged with assault or any other crime (as he assuredly would be these days) and the Sheriff has the right to fire at will, so I don’t know what the FOP was to expected to do for him.
I’m not a law expert but I’m struggling to see how they overcome the hurdle of “law enforcement activities authorized or required…”. If you’ve seen the video it’s really hard to argue that his behavior was authorized or required