Iron County department head retaliates against vocal opponent of allowing Oath Keepers USA leader speak to the county-sponsored group.
A Cedar City man who objected to fellow members of an Iron County-sponsored ham radio group inviting the head of Oath Keepers USA to speak to the volunteer club has been expelled.
“I have broad shoulders,” Biedermann said, “but this is still sad because my volunteer work helped me give back to the community and fend off the depression I’ve experienced ever since losing my wife,, to speak to the group. After The Tribune learned about the invite and began questioning club members and county officials, West informed group members via email that Kinch’s June 20 speech had been scrubbed due to logistical issues.
In another, he decried the nation’s decaying “morale fabric” and said there was a need for “ethnic cleansing,” according to the Las Vegas Sun. And when a photo surfaced of Kinch pointing a handgun at a collectible plate of Obama at a party, theKinch eventually received a written warning for violating the Las Vegas Police Department’s social media policy and, after an internal investigation and monthslong suspension, was reinstated and returned to active duty before he retired.
Colson, who wears a sidearm, is not a sheriff’s deputy but has been deputized to help officers with search and rescue and other police duties, according to Iron County Sheriff Ken Carpenter. The emergency management director is not authorized to make arrests.Colson quotes from several insurrectionist leaders on his Facebook page, including Confederate States President Jefferson Davis: “Truth crushed to the earth is truth still, and like a seed will rise again.” He also quotes Confederate Gen.
By opposing Kinch and talking to the media, Biedermann said Colson told him, he was interfering with Kinch’s constitutional right of freedom of speech. “He then told me that the trailer belonged to the county’s Emergency Operations Center and to get out, that I was no longer a member of the ECOMM group or an Iron County volunteer.”
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