Events

Holiday Food Baskets - This years Holiday Food Baskets was a great success. We were able to fill 750 food baskets for needy residents in Hamilton County. We would like to thank Nancy Chance of the Good Samaritan Program who helped in filling and delivering the food baskets. This year marks the 25th year that the Carmel FOP Lodge and The Good Samaritan Program have assisted with the Holiday Food Basket program.

Lodge Elections - The Carmel FOP held election for lodge officers in November and D.J. Schoeff was elected as President of Carmel Lodge 185, congratulations to D.J. Other officers elected were John Etter as Chaplain, Scotty Moore as Guard, and Trustees are Joe Bickel, Sarah Harris, and Mark Paris.

At the recent National FOP Conference in Mobile, Alabama, the delegation in attendance voted unanimously to begin a boycott of persons, products and companies associated with supporting convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal. As you well know, this animal was convicted in the 1981 killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. The act was an especially brutal and sadistic murder that still haunts the family, friends and coworkers of P.O. Faulkner. Convict Abu-Jamal has written a book, "Live from Death Row," and attempted to place himself in a celebrity status as a result of his criminal behavior. Others have supported his pathetic attempt to gain stardom and freedom, all the while spitting in the face of P.O. Faulkner, his family and every single law enforcement officer in the United States.
The FOP has announced the formal boycott of the following:
1. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream products, donators to a defense fund for the killer.
2. Actor Paul Newman, an outspoken supporter of the killer.
3. Actress Susan Sarandon, another supporter of the killer.
4. Filmmakers Spike Lee, Oliver Stone and John Landis, supporters of the killer.
5. Writers Norman Mailer and Joyce Carol Oates, supporters of the killer.
6. Model Naomi Campbell, supporter of the killer.
7. Musicians Sting, David Byrne and Michael Stipe of REM, all of whom have openly supported the killer.
As you may also recall, a tape-recorded statement by the killer to graduates at the commencement ceremony of Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, in June of 1999, resulted in 800 graduates walking out and two dozen others turning their backs during the killer's 13 minute diatribe of hate.
The FOP's position is getting widespread coverage in the media. One example is the APB Police Newswire. Take a look at their site at http://www.apbnews.com/behindthebadge/1999/08/18/jamal0818_01.html?s=emil
Support your FOP. Boycott all of the above and send a clear and firm message that we will not tolerate the murder of police officers!
Be Safe