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It was supposed to be confidential, idiot.He didn't do it in public. He was told it was confidential.It is illegal to fire someone for making a political donation since that is a protected political right.
But he could be fired for doing it in public as part of a campaign that would reflect on other cops.
Then he was also guilty of gross stupidity because the use of a work email address for personal political reasons is NOT a private correspondence. He made matters worse when he offered his personal opinion, because by using his city email address, he gave the appearance that he was speaking for the rank and file police officers as if he was the spokesperson for the police department.