Ernie Chambers faces criticism for comparing police to ISIS
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Paul Hammel
LINCOLN — State Sen. Beau McCoy of Omaha, saying that he was “appalled,” called Wednesday on fellow Sen. Ernie Chambers to apologize for comparing police to ISIS, the group that has beheaded journalists and others during its takeover of parts of Syria and Iraq.
“I think Senator Chambers owes those who wear the uniform of law enforcement an apology,” McCoy said during a speech on the floor of the Legislature.
On Friday afternoon, during a committee hearing on a concealed gun bill, Chambers, said that “my ISIS is the police” because they can get away with shooting innocent people, according to a recording by Lincoln radio station KFOR.
“The police are licensed to kill us. Children. Old people,” the 77-year-old senator said. “Nobody from ISIS ever terrorized us as a people as the police do us daily.”
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RYAN SODERLIN/THE WORLD-HERALD
State Sen. Ernie Chambers
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Sen. Ernie Chambers is one of the BEST D's in the NE Legislature. EVERY R or conservative rag is jumping all over this.
It was ok however when Gov. Walker compared union members to ISIS.
Will Scott Walker's Comparison of ISIS and Union Protesters Matter?: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-01/will-scott-walker-s-comparison-of-isis-and-union-protesters-matter-
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