NEW: Matt Patten, the @browardsheriff cop who wore a #QAnon patch while meeting Mike Pence, has been kicked off the SWAT team & BSO Homeland-Security squad. He was issued a written reprimand today in which BSO said it was embarrassed by the news coverage: miaminewtimes.com/news/broward-s…
It's super significant that this dude was doing Homeland Security investigations, which often involve trawling through online posts and forums for alleged threats. And yet, he thought #QAnon was real... miaminewtimes.com/news/broward-s…
This is actually a good question — BSO's reprimand letter doesn't actually say outright that "QAnon is not real." It instead just calls it "controversial."
Also still trying to figure out what his other patch represents
And here’s the answer:
