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Police Bully Family Farm Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign




The police union at the Fairfax Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 77 called for a boycott of the family business, according to local WUSA.

By M. David for Counter Current News and
S. Wooten

Virginia police couldn’t believe a local family farm would have the audacity to post a “black lives matter” sign on their window. Far from just a statement, the phrase has come to indicate support not just for the idea that black lives matter just like all other lives, but also for the wave of police accountability protests by the activist group by the same name.
The police union at the Fairfax Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 77 called for a boycott of the family business, according to local WUSA.
But the call against Cox Farms backfired dramatically.
First of all, the sign was posted in the window of one of the family farm’s private homes. But even this personal expression of support for police accountability activism was too much for the local cops.

The Fairfax FOP referred to the sign as “disturbing and disappointing” in their Facebook post. Backlash and public outcry later led them to remove the post.
“This is a time in which law enforcement is the target for criticism for almost everything they do and officers are constantly questioned by the public and the media without the benefit of all the facts,” the FOP post read. “The presence of this sign at Cox’s Farms helps perpetuate this kind of behavior and judgment. I know you have heard it about a million times but the truth is that ‘All Lives Matter.’”
The community rallied behind Cox Farms which is known and loved by the community as a place to pick pumpkins and take autumn taking tractor rides.
But the police said that the business should be boycotted because of their “baseless criticism” of the police.
Gina Cox, the owner of Cox Farms, said they have the right to post whatever signs they want on their home or place of business.
“It’s her private property and she can put up any political sign she wants to in her yard,” she explained to local WUSA. “We treasure our relationship with our local police force, it’s not anything against them at all.”
Now, residents are accusing the police department of bullying and intimidation.
“The Facebook post they made, which was removed because of the unprecedented public outrage towards their attempt to bully a local landmark and beloved destination, further reinforces the lack of trust in the Fairfax County Police Department,” a local Cop Block community activist Mike Curtis, told the station.
The FOP president, Brad Carruthers, said said that they backed off of the family because it was the “wiser course of action.”
“The phrase ‘black lives matter,’ which was initially associated with the positive intentions of creating better connections within communities and encouraging education and dialogue on issues of race, has unfortunately also been used more recently to incite violence against law enforcement officers, which is why it has negative connotations for us,” Caruthers stated. “My hope is that the situation will improve and we will forge better bonds and a better partnership within our communities.”
But Black Lives Matter activist Erika Totten said to WUSA. “It’s not an attack on individual officers; it’s a movement to highlight the structural oppression Black people face in this country. When Black men, women and children are dying in the street at the hands of a law enforcement officer every 28 hours, when most of the people incarcerated are there for non violent crimes, when a Black boy can be assaulted for using the ATM and for making gentrifies uncomfortable, how can we not begin the conversation on how to eradicate racial bias in our criminal justice system.”



Police union head calls for boycott of pumpkin patch over 'Black Lives Matter' sign
By Justin Jouvenal October 15 

The head of a Fairfax County police union called for a boycott of a popular pumpkin patch because a “Black Lives Matter” sign was displayed in the window of a home nearby.
Brad Carruthers, president of Fairfax Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 77, said he would not patronize Centreville’s Cox Farms and urged others to do the same in a lengthy message posted on the union's Facebook page on Tuesday. Carruthers has since removed the post, writing that its intent was misrepresented and some of the dozens of angry comments that were left on it were inflammatory.
In the initial message, Carruthers posted a photo of the sign and wrote that displaying it was a “slap in the face” to the Fairfax County police.
“When Black Lives Matter emerged, it was a small group trying to do the right thing,” Carruthers said in an interview. “The fact of the matter is it seemed like that movement got hijacked toward anti-police sentiments.”
Carruthers added he felt some Black Lives Matter activists had helped foment violence toward police officers across the country.

Mike Curtis, the founder of police watchdog group Northern Virginia Cop Block, blasted Carruthers’s call for a boycott and circulated the Facebook post.
“I think they use things like this to create a false war on cops,” Curtis said. “They want to create the impression they are under attack from everyone. Cox Farms works hand-in-hand with the police.”
Erika Totten, a Black Lives Matter activist in D.C., said she views the post as an effort at “intimidation and control.” She said she also thought it was “odd” for Carruthers to focus on a small business.
The owners of Cox Farms issued a statement about the boycott on Thursday.
“We have always believed that we had a very positive relationship with our local police department,” the family wrote on Facebook. “We have contracted FCPD officers to provide security for our festival for over a decade. We have supported their fundraising efforts, donated to their Police Unity tour, employed their children, and offered discounts to officers on our Public Servants Weekends. Neither our family nor our business is anti-cop, and we are absolutely anti-violence, against anyone. For this reason, we were especially surprised that the FOP and so many local officers jumped on the call to boycott our business and make such hateful accusations against us via social media.”
Carruthers wrote in the initial Facebook post that an off-duty Fairfax County police officer had noticed the sign when he was at the farm with his family. Carruthers called the sign “disturbing and disappointing.”
“This is a time in which law enforcement is the target for criticism for almost everything they do and officers are constantly questioned by the public and the media without the benefit of all the facts,” the Facebook post read. “The presence of this sign at Cox’s Farm helps perpetuate this kind of behavior and judgment. I know you have heard it all about a million times but the truth is that ‘All Lives Matter.’

Carruthers finished by writing: “I hope you will join me and my police family and make a choice to go somewhere else to enjoy your family fun this fall, where you will not be confronted by such baseless criticism and judgment.”
Carruthers wrote that the sign was displayed in the window of one of the farm's management buildings, but a comment posted from the Cox Farms Facebook account said the building was a private residence of one of the farm’s owners and was not on the farm’s property.
The post drew strong reactions from hundreds of commenters on Facebook.
“Thanks for being completely out of touch with the rest of society,” one person wrote.
Others defended Carruthers. “I agree with this police department — you can't have it both ways,” another wrote. “You can't expect extra help from your local police and post propaganda from a group calling for police deaths.BOYCOTT COX FARM. There are plenty of other places to take your kids that are a good example.”
Fairfax County Police Chief Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said Carruthers had the right to free speech, but was not speaking on behalf of the department.
“I'm a neighbor of Cox Farms,” Roessler said. “That sign does not offend me. The sanctity of human life is paramount in our profession.”

 







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