Louisiana police captain who made a ビデオ taunting 地元の ギャング（団） members as '125lbs punks' 解任するs his ACLU critics as 'ridiculous' and elitist'

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堅い-talking Louisiana police captain Clay Higgins fought 支援する Sunday after taking heat from the American Civil Liberties Union over a 広範囲にわたって 株d ビデオ clip in which the officer taunted 申し立てられた／疑わしい members of a 地元の ギャング（団）.

'You will be 追跡（する）d. You will be 跡をつけるd,' Higgins said in the ビデオ, 演説（する）／住所ing seven 手配中の，お尋ね者 men （刑事）被告 of 存在 ギャング（団） members.

Higgins referred to the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うs as 'heathens,' a word choice that drew the 怒らせる of the 地元の 一時期／支部 of the ACLU.

'"Heathen" is a 宗教的な 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語, and unless Mr. Higgins has 明確な／細部 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） about the 宗教的な beliefs of those individuals, it is both 不適切な and incorrect,' wrote Marjorie Esman, (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director of the ACLU of Louisiana, in a 声明 Thursday.?

Don't mess: 堅い-talking 警官，（賞などを）獲得する Clay Higgins in 前線 of an 議会 of 警官s in Louisiana

厳重取締: Police have been 一連の会議、交渉／完成するing up the Gremlins ギャング（団）, which has 'terrorized' the community of St Landry Parish, where the captain is based

'And even if it's true that these individuals, or some of them, are religiously "heathen," that is of no consequence to their status as 犯罪の 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うs,' the 声明 continued.

'Unless Mr. Higgins believes that all 法律-がまんするing people 株 his personal 宗教的な 約束 - and if he does believe that, he should not be an officer of the 法律 - to call someone a "heathen" and equate that to "犯罪の" is 簡単に 侮辱ing, wrong, and 潜在的に a 違反 of the First 改正 of the U.S. 憲法,' Esman wrote.

Higgins 答える／応じるd to the ACLU's 批評 in an interview with Daily Mail Online.

'You want to have a discussion about words, knock yourself out. I'm not going to get into a 審議 about the semantic meanings of words,' Higgins said.

'What I mean by heathen is barbarian. These guys are （刑事）被告 of very serious 罪，犯罪s. Heinous, hedonistic, 野蛮な 罪，犯罪s. They're definitely not Christians,' Higgins said.?

Fan favorite: Higgins appears to be somewhat of a minor celebrity in the 地元の community. His 地元の Facebook page has more than 20,000 likes and he sells his own 商品／売買する

Bringing out the big guns: One of Higgins fellow 警官，（賞などを）獲得するs gets ready to go after the '武装した and dangerous' 犯罪のs

Higgins, who calls himself a 'known 支持する／優勝者 of 憲法の 権利s,' said he doesn't believe it's problematic for a 警官 to use 宗教的な rhetoric in public 声明s.

'Our 憲法 does not 明言する／公表する that when you put on a badge as an officer you can't have 宗教的な beliefs,' Higgins said.?

Higgins went on to call the ACLU's comments 'ridiculous' and 'laughable' ?

'明白に the lady who wrote that is elitist. It's a 膝-jerk reaction. But she 選ぶd on the wrong guy.'

On Friday, Higgins challenged Esman to a public 審議, which she 拒絶する／低下するd.

'I'm not going to 審議 the 法案 of 権利s. This isn't anything you can 勝利，勝つ or lose. This is about the 権利s that the 憲法 保証（人）s people in this country, and that's not 支配する to 審議,' Esman 答える／応じるd in a comment to the Acadiana 支持する. ?

The ビデオ clip that 生成するd the 論争 was part of a 週刊誌 show called 罪，犯罪 Stoppers that Higgins helps produce in his capacity as public （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） officer for the St. Landry Parish 郡保安官's office.?

Marjorie Esman, (n)役員／(a)執行力のある director of the ACLU of Louisiana, 非難するd Higgins for calling 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd 犯罪のs 'heathens'?

Get the gear! You can buy items 含むing baseball caps and 発射 glasses from Higgins' website

'You think men like these are afraid of an uneducated, 125 lbs punk like you? That's never won a fair fight in your life, and 持つ／拘留するs your gun sideways?' Higgins says in the clip as he stands 側面に位置するd by officers from more than a dozen Louisiana 法律 施行 機関s.

The ビデオ 言及するs to a ギャング（団） known as the Gremlins which Higgins says has been terrorizing the 地元の community.?

Since its 出版（物） Wednesday, the clip has been 見解（をとる）d over 16 million times.

'I had a feeling this 生産／産物 would get some traction, but I never 心配するd something like this,' Higgins said of the viral clip.

Asked if he thinks ギャング（団） members could 利益 from 存在 propelled from 親族 obscurity to 国家の fame, Higgins said the attention will be helpful in catching the 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うs.

'I made them famous, but in a bad way,' Higgins said. 'Of course they don't want to be famous in a bad way.'?

Ten （刑事）被告 members of the Gremlins ギャング（団） have been 逮捕（する）d, and police have 令状s for the 逮捕（する） of seven others, KATC 報告（する）／憶測d.?

The macho 警官，（賞などを）獲得する was already somewhat of a celebrity in the 地元の community before Wednesday's ビデオ clip.?

Higgins has a website that sells 商品／売買する featuring his likeness.

The website 申し込む／申し出s T-shirts and 発射 glasses with his 直面する and 指名する on them.?Some have スローガンs like '支払う／賃金 Attention Son' and 'Redemption.'

Higgins says the proceeds from the web 蓄える／店 go に向かって helping the homeless and 犠牲者s of 罪，犯罪s.

Ten （刑事）被告 members of the Gremlins ギャング（団） have been 逮捕（する）d (pictured), and police have 令状s for the 逮捕（する） of seven others

'You will be 追跡（する）d. You will be 跡をつけるd:' Higgins's strong 警告 to the 地元の ギャング（団） in a ビデオ message