Maryland state employee fired after supporting Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse on Facebook The Maryland State House in Annapolis. Arthur “Mac” Love IV was deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, which coordinates community and volunteer service activities and oversees the state’s ethnic and cultural commissions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-...73d4_story.html
By Rebecca Tan August 30, 2020 at 2:32 p.m. CDT
A Maryland state employee was fired Saturday after posting “divisive images and statements” on Facebook about the shooting of protesters in Kenosha, Wis.
Arthur “Mac” Love IV was deputy director of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, which coordinates community and volunteer service activities and oversees the state’s ethnic and cultural commissions.
In recent days, Love posted statements and shared memes on his public Facebook page in support of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with homicide after opening fire on a group of protesters in Kenosha, killing two and injuring one.
After online users identified Love as a state employee-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."