St. Louis County Officer Dan Page came to
national attention after attempting to shut down the out newscaster's live
report from Ferguson, Missouri 01 September 2014 | By James Withers YouTube The
St. Louis area police officer suspended after a video was discovered of him
disparaging multiple groups, including the LGBTI community, has retired. Dan
Page, a 35-year veteran of the St. Louis County Police Department, faced
scrutiny after a televised encounter with CNN's out anchor Don Lemon. The gay
newscaster was reporting from Ferguson, Missouri, the town embroiled in
controversy over the police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown.
Lemon charged Page shoved him. The department did not consider the incident
assault. Police spokesman Brian Schellman told the St. Louis Dispatch Page
retired on Monday, August 25. That was the same day Page faced an internal
review concerning a presentation he made to Oath Keepers of St. Louis and St.
Charles. Formed in 2009, the group is described by the Southern Poverty Law
Center, as a 'far-right... fiercely anti-government, militaristic group.' Lemon
brought the 2012 lecture to the attention of St. Louis County Police Department
officials. In the approximately one-hour lecture, the former officer calls
retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens a 'homosexual sodomite' and
maintains there are now 'four sodomites on the Supreme Court.' Page, as to be
expected, is not a fan of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals openly serving in the
armed forces. 'In the military right now, you have open sodomy,' the officer
explains. 'People holding hands. Swapping spit together. Sick. It's pitiful.'
He calls President Barack Obama an 'undocumented president,' repeating the
discredited theory Obama was born in Kenya. Page also boasts of his skills as a
killer. 'I personally believe in Jesus Christ as my lord savior, but I'm also a
killer. I’ve killed a lot,' the officer notes. 'And if I need to, I'll kill a
whole bunch more. If you don't want to get killed, don't show up in front of
me, it's that simple. I have no problem with it. God did not raise me to be a
coward. 'I'm into diversity. I kill everybody, I don't care,' he offers. Page
is expected to receive a full retirement package.
