Part 2 of 7 - Military Retiree Detained On Navy Base For Flying Trump Flags

Part 2 of 7 - Military Retiree Detained On Navy Base For Flying Trump Flags
I am a US Army retiree who retired off active duty in 2020. I live on Whidbey Island in Washington and regularly access Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI). I am a civilian. I am not in the reserves. I am not a Department of Defense employee. I do not work on NASWI. 

On 10 October 2024 at 6:15pm I attempted to access the NASWI for shopping purposes. I had a flag pole mounted on the back of my jeep flying two Trump flags. The gate I tried to enter through was manned by two Navy military police officers. I handed over my military retiree ID and it was scanned. The gate sentry saw that I was a retiree and not on active duty. 

I was immediately given two choices: Take the flags off my jeep or leave the base immediately. When I asked why, the response didn't make sense. I refused to take the flags off and I refused to leave. 

I didn't believe I was being told correct information. I asked for a supervisor, to be shown in writing why I was being told to leave and for a written report documenting my denial of entry. 

What followed was a 45 minute detainment where eight federal law enforcement officers responded to and engaged a civilian flying two Trump flags on his jeep. Five law enforcement officers were Navy sailors and three were civilian federal police officers. All of these federal law enforcement officers acted under color of law by giving me illegal orders they didn't have the authority to give. There was no authority to demand of me to take the flags down. There was no authority to demand I immediately leave the base since I had done nothing wrong.

When I asked for a supervisor, an explanation that made sense and a written report documenting the situation, I was retaliated and reprised against by way of illegal detainment. My IDs were confiscated and I was run through multiple criminal databases even though, through my military ID, everyone knew who I was.

This is the second of seven videos documenting the 45 minute detainment. Part two documents:

-Told by federal civilian cop a supervisor is coming
-Told gate is being lifted and to pull forward, park next to cop cars
-A second federal civilian cop (Officer Scott) tells me an “official policy” from 2020 prohibits political flags
-Navy supervisor military police Officer MA2 Perry introduces herself
-Officer Scott tells Officer Perry "Farmer" is on his way
-Officer Perry tells me same as Officer Scott with regards to 2020 policy
-I ask to be officially denied entry and a report written
-Officer Scott describes the scene as "an incident at the gate"
-Officer Perry says "it will be written about in our database"
-Officer Scott asks for my driver license / He has my military retiree ID / I give it to him
-Officer Perry asks for my phone # so she can give me a report # / I give it to her
-I point to my number on my car door
-Officer Scott asks for my current address / I give it to him
-Officer Perry describes "that Trump thing"
-I ask Officer Perry if she means the Trump presidency
-Officer Perry brings up George Floyd
-Officer Scott says policy is DOD wide and applies to everyone
-I ask for a list of prohibited items I can’t display on base / I don’t get an answer
-Officer Perry shows me the 1st page of a SECDEF memo dated 15 Jul 2020 / I take a pic of the page
-I ask for the name of the policy/memo / she doesn’t know

The remainder of this unlawful detainment can be found in the following 6 videos. Part 6 shows my Jeep with Trump flags and the resulting federal law enforcement report:

Part 1 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5igq5g-part-1-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flags.html

Part 2 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5igsdh-part-2-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flags.html

Part 3 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5igunp-part-3-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flags.html

Part 4 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5igwdh-part-4-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flags.html

Part 5 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5ih0l9-part-5-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flags.html

Part 6 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5ih1w1-part-6-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flag.html

Part 7 of 7
https://rumble.com/v5ihuv5-part-7-of-7-military-retiree-detained-on-navy-base-for-flying-trump-flags.html