Denver Cops Upset Over Role In Obama’s Gun Speech

Cop: 'This is wrong and it shouldn’t be happening'

Some current and former Denver police officers are unhappy with the department’s role in a speech on guns to be delivered by President Obama Wednesday, CBS Denver reports.

The department asked for officers to appear behind the president as he delivers his remarks on the issue of guns.

KCNC reports:

Some current and former Denver police officers have taken to Facebook to criticize President Barack Obama’s planned use of Denver police officers as a backdrop for a Wednesday speech on gun control.

“This is wrong and it shouldn’t be happening,” said Mike Rossi, a retired Denver police detective who left the department in 2005. [...]

“It’s agenda based and they shouldn’t be there,” said Rossi. “To me if you put Denver police officers behind the president, who is pushing this agenda, then what you are telling the citizens of the city is that the Denver Police Department is for this.”

The president’s speech appears to make note of the police officers present, according to prepared remarks released by the White House.

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