Sgt. Helus Charity Event Canceled?

[AdiosKali]

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/california-charity-event-for-fallen-police-officer-canceled-by-local-police-chief-after-learning-scott-baio-and-joy-villa-were-speaking-video/

A charity flag football event in honor of fallen Ventura County Sgt. Ron Helus, the deputy killed in the Borderline mass shooting in 2018, has been put on hold after organizers say a local police chief and a Democratic politician derailed it because they didn’t want Republicans at the event.

The Blue Bowl was supposed to happen at Newbury Park High School on Sunday. Thousands of dollars had already been raised for Sgt. Helus’ family, but now all that money is being returned to donors after organizers say Thousand Oaks Police Chief Tim Hagel convinced organizations to pull out of the event.

Ok, I'm confused. Hagel thought it was fine to act like an idiot or am I missing something?

Maybe any subordinate that he has imposed discipline upon could claim it was politically motivated?

[socom2shooter]

Wtf

[Jess B. Guy]

I read all the documents I could find on this matter. Lots of finger pointing and vicious comments - from both sides. Very sad. IF the Sheriff/COP made the statements attributed...shame on them.
Unfortunately it seems nothing can be done in this state anymore without creating conflict.

[micro911]

"....because they didn’t want Republicans at the event." <------ what??????

[bigmike82]

Look at the full article on Fox11, and the statements at the bottom from the family. It doesn't sound like Hagel was mad simply because there were Republicans at the event.

https://www.foxla.com/news/borderline-mass-shooting-charity-event-canceled-due-to-trump-supporter-controversy

Hello All,

As you are probably well aware, I typically do not speak out on issues, but I feel it is important to do so now. With the recent developments of the Ron Helus Blue Bowl I'd like to clarify a few things from my perspective.

1: Tim Hagel and the VCSO pulled out of the event due to mutual agreement based on the growing political agendas surrounding the event. He is not a rogue chief of police and he is in no way any of the negative things some members of the community (the one he continues to love and support) are calling him. Knowing him personally, he is a kind hearted man who does not deserve to be treated in any other fashion as such.

2: The original intent of the event was to honor those lost at Borderline and have fun with the community in a friendly flag football tournament. As the event has grown in notoriety, the agenda of the event seemed to be changing from honoring the fallen, to becoming a political platform to speak and express personal views. The VCSO has no issue with freedom of speech coming from any political affiliation, but the purpose of the event was not to discuss politics on a stage that the deaths of 12 people created.

3: I have not spoken with the organizers of the Ron Helus Blue Bowl, and I do not believe they had done anything wrong in regards to organizing the event and inviting individuals from a variety of political views, beliefs, and mindsets. In fact, I am very thankful and appreciative of their efforts organizing such a large event. Where they went wrong, was taking conversation between them and the VCSO out of context and try to paint Tim Hagel as the villain. There was no villain. No one was in the wrong. The focus of the event changed and the VCSO no longer wanted to be affiliated with the newly perceived focus of politics. The only wrong done was slander on the part of the organizers.

As you can tell, I have strong opinions on this and I wish that things could just go back to how they were when the event was first presented. Both my mom and I were very excited and enthusiastic about the idea along with the VCSO, but I personally support their decision to withdraw from the event. That being said, I do not have all the facts and tend to keep a very open mind. My hope is that this was all a huge miscommunication and that the Blue Bowl organizers did not intend for the event to turn into a political stage.

Best,
Jordan