re: Police captain punished for refusing to attend Muslim Brotherhood-linked mosque

It doesn't matter. He still shouldn't have been fired for it. Even if it it's found that he disobeyed an order, this happens all the time. They fired a Captain- an employee with 20+ years of service that they saw fit to promote numerous times- for not attending a function. That's outrageous.

I work for the federal government and I'll be the first to admit it's almost impossible to get fired. If I blew off an order (provided it didn't result in someone's death or put anyone's life at risk), I'd probably get something between a letter of reprimand up to a five day suspension if I was a real dick about it.

The only reason this Captain got fired was because the Tulsa PD felt the need to bow down to politically correct pressure. They felt they had to show the general public that because this Captain had offended the Muslim faith, they needed to make an example out of him.

They should have punished him, gave him a reprimand or hit him with a few days off with no pay, then return him to duty. Everyone wins. The Captain makes his stand but loses several hundred dollars in lost wages and the brass get their punishment. Life goes on.