If only Greenwich's police chief had the same integrity
/Captain Heavey and his subordinates take a knee beore (mostly white) BLM protestors, May, 2020
South Portland, ME police Chief resigns after 14 months to accept a private job.
It’s a great thing to see an individual follow his conscience, and if this cop feels that the force he commands is a tool of racist oppression, then good on him for quitting.
But other than hanging around long enough to collect his six-figure pension, why is James Heavy, who apparently shares his South Portland counterpart’s low opinion of the people under his command, still lurking in our Public Safety Complex’s hallways?
Here’s the story on South Portland’s Chief Sheehan — a distinction without a difference:
Sheehan participated in a Black Lives Matter rally last June. Roughly 300 people marched from the high school down Highland Avenue to the police station, chanting "Say His Name, George Floyd." Standing in front of the police station, Sheehan asked the crowd to kneel and pray that no other acts of police violence involving a black person ever happen again.