{"id":641265,"date":"2021-08-13T15:05:22","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=641265"},"modified":"2021-08-13T15:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T19:05:29","slug":"two-police-officers-fired-after-working-private-security-for-rep-cori-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-police-officers-fired-after-working-private-security-for-rep-cori-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Police Officers Fired After Working Private Security For Rep. Cori Bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwo-police-officers-fired-after-working-private-security-for-rep-cori-bush%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=641265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two St. Louis City, Missouri, sheriff deputies were fired after working private security for Democratic Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, who has repeatedly pushed to defund the police.<\/p>\n<p>July Federal Election Commission (FEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/cori-bush-wants-defund-police-spent-70000-private-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">records reviewed<\/a> by The Daily Caller show Bush spent nearly $70,000 on private security using campaign funds. Bush\u2019s campaign sent $54,120.92 in payments from April 15 to June 28 for \u201csecurity services.\u201d The money went to a security group named RS&amp;T Security Consulting, the FEC <a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00638767\/1527081\/sb\/ALL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">records<\/a> released in July show. The Democrat\u2019s campaign also paid $15,000 to Nathaniel Davis for \u201csecurity services,\u201d adding up to $69,120 spent on private security.<\/p>\n<p>Bush was in St. Louis in April touring the jails throughout the city. News 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/two-st-louis-city-sheriff-deputies-fired-after-working-private-security-for-rep-cori-bush\/article_cfb56cb0-fbd8-11eb-868d-17cf595fe7b0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reviewed surveillance video<\/a> from those tours and found she had two security guards with her at the time. Those two private security guards ended up being St. Louis City sheriff deputies Tylance Jackson and Maurice Thompson, according to the outlet. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/16\/cori-bush-wants-defund-police-spent-70000-private-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Rep. Cori Bush, Who Wants To Defund The Police, Spent Just Under $70,000 On Private Security)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts was also present and told News 4 that he was shocked to see the two men that work for him, working as private security for Bush, mentioning that the two did not have the proper approval to work another shift as security guards. Betts told the outlet that he had warned the two men before, but they had not listened. The two ended up being fired after violating the rule multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do feel that the hand that was dealt to us was unfair and unjust,\u201d Jackson told News 4. \u201cYou let us go, but you still have a plethora of individuals doing that but you don\u2019t say anything.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/05\/cori-bush-defund-the-police-racist-narrative-private-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Cori Bush Says She Will Pay Private Security, But \u2018Defunding The Police Has To Happen\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7260453\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7260453\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7260453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213.jpg\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Photo-by-Drew-AngererGetty-Images-213-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7260453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) speaks during a news conference to advocate for ending the Senate filibuster, outside the U.S. Capitol on April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/05\/cori-bush-defund-the-police-racist-narrative-private-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bush said in August she needs private security<\/a> because of a \u201cracist narrative\u201d driven by Republicans, but that politicians should \u201csuck it up because defunding the police has to happen.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/04\/cori-bush-slams-pardon-mark-mccloskey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018His Time Will Come\u2019 \u2014 Rep. Cori Bush Goes Off Over Pardon Of Mark McCloskey)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would rather I die. You would rather me die? Is that what you want to see? You want to see me die? Because that could be the alternative\u201d to spending thousands of dollars on private security, Bush responded after being asked about her private security and her stance to defund the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEither I spend $70,000 on private security over the last few months and I\u2019m here standing now, able to speak, able to help save 11 million people from being evicted, or I could possibly have a death attempt on my life. And we\u2019re also talking about the same exact people who say horrible things about me, who lie to build up their base, and then because they lie about me, I receive death threats,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> in April that Bush and members of the progressive-Democrat group in Congress called \u201cthe Squad\u201d spent thousands of campaign funds on private security. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/squad-members-defund-police-spent-thousands-private-security-protect-themselves-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-ayanna-pressley-cori-bush\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018The Squad\u2019 Pushes To \u2018Defund The Police\u2019 While Spending Thousands On Private Security To Protect Themselves)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/cori-bush-defund-police-spent-taxpayer-money-private-security-statement-disbursements-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> in June that Bush also spent taxpayer funds on a day of private security for herself between Jan. 1 to March 31, after reviewing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/documents\/SODs\/2021q1\/2021q1_singlevolume.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statement of Disbursements of the House<\/a> records.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller contacted Bush\u2019s office about the firing of the two sheriff deputies, to which they did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two St. Louis City, Missouri, sheriff deputies were fired after working private security for Democratic Missouri Rep. 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