24 August 14
St. Louis County police officer, who was seen pushing a CNN anchor
during protests in Ferguson, Mo., this week, was suspended from duty
after a controversial video surfaced, in which he fashions himself as a
merciless killer.
“I personally believe in Jesus Christ as my lord and savior, but I’m also a killer,” said officer Dan Page, a 35-year veteran, in the video.
“I’ve killed a lot. 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. I have no
problems with it. God did not raise me to be a coward." Page added, “I’m
into diversity — I kill everybody. I don’t care."
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Page has
been suspended, pending a review by the internal affairs unit, which
will begin Monday. The video was brought to Belmar’s attention by CNN's
Don Lemon.
“With the comments on killing, that was obviously something that deeply disturbed me immediately,” Belmar told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The comments, which were made before members of the
Christian organization, the Oath Keepers, also included his story of
going to Kenya in search of "undocumented president," Barack Obama. “I
flew to Africa, right there, and I went to our undocumented president’s
home,” Page said, holding a picture of him in Kenya. “He was born in
Kenya.”
Page has been ordered to take a psychiatric exam,
according to Belmar, who issued a public apology for Page's remarks. “He
does not represent the rank-and-file of [the] St. Louis County Police
Department,” Belmar told CNN in a Friday on-air interview.
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