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Quick-Trigger Post by Sterling Hts. Council Hopeful Stirs Outcry

June 11, 2015, 10:37 AM

A Sterling Heights politician's racially tinged social media comment draws attention from critics and The Detroit News, which quotes this Facebook post by Joseph Judnick, 60:

“Without a doubt it is blacks wanting to kill cops. My advise [sic] to all police. When there is any doubt ... shoot!”

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Joseph Judnick: " When there is any doubt ... shoot!” (Facebook photo)

Judnick, a self-employed butcher and taxidermist, is a city council candidate in November's general election in his Macomb County suburb.

The News' coverage by Oralandar Brand-Williams quotes two politically active Michiganians:

Democratic political consultant Joe DiSano, who has a brother-in-law on the Sterling Heights Police Department, called Judnick’s comments “dangerous.”

“This is spewing gasoline on an already dangerous situation,” DiSano said Wednesday. DiSano said Judnick’s comments could be construed as a “shoot first” policy. . . . “It’s an embarrassment for Sterling Heights.”

Joseph Munem of Sterling Heights, who is a Republican precinct delegate, said: “Mr. Judnick’s comment is ridiculous and unsuitable coming from a candidate for city council.”


Read more:  The Detroit News


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