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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nI guess the big story for veterans in regards to the Zimmerman trial isn’t the incredible witnesses or the 911 calls, but rather why a cop who was testifying was wearing an occupation ribbon, among other military decorations on the stand. I’ve got an avalanche of emails, Facebook messages and stuff about it. Even Navy Cross recipient Jeremiah Workman got involved, I guess. From the Military Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n The Sanford Police Department could not immediately be reached for comment. But Workman got a hold of them and said they told him they didn\u2019t have their own awards system, so they went to the Army-Navy store around the corner and picked out Defense Department military ribbons to fit their own format. The WWII was selected, the police department official told Workman, because they knew there weren\u2019t many veterans from that period alive so they didn\u2019t think people would notice.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of his explanation I thought to myself, \u2018So that makes it all better now because these guys are dead?\u2019 \u201d Workman said. \u201dThe fact that that was their response is still pretty shameful, I think.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Honestly, I don’t see what the big deal is. As a commenter at Military Times said, there are only so many patterns that will fit on an inch-and-a-half piece of ribbon. As long as the police aren’t pinning Navy Crosses and Medals of Honor to their uniforms and claiming that they earned those ribbons, I don’t see the problem. I appreciate them being gentle with tax payer dollars. While I certainly wish they’d use other ribbons, I’m sure that between the five services, they’ve probably got every color scheme covered already.<\/p>\n Now if the officer was wearing a military uniform and those ribbons, I’d probably have a problem if she hadn’t earned any of them. But, it’s not stolen valor, in my opinion, unless she is trying to convince the media that she really did occupy Berlin at the end of World War II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"