{"id":87504,"date":"2019-05-29T09:48:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=87504"},"modified":"2019-05-29T09:49:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T13:49:43","slug":"memorial-day-stolen-valor-callout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=87504","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Stolen Valor Callout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/still-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-87505\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/still-photo-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/still-photo-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/still-photo-269x333.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/still-photo.jpg 619w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The folks at <a href=\"https:\/\/defensemaven.io\/bluelivesmatter\/news\/nypd-officer-calls-out-man-posing-as-decorated-war-hero-on-memorial-day-W280KhwKtkymwpbjyqD-4w\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blue Lives Matter posted an article and video<\/a> of NYPD Officer Jay Park calling out an individual on Memorial Day for Stolen Valor.\u00a0 Park, a U.S. Army Veteran, asked the man several targeted questions before concluding that he most likely never served.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A New York police officer working a paid detail at a BJ\u2019s store on Memorial Day intercepted and confronted a man posing as a highly decorated U.S. military war hero (video below).<\/p>\n<p>Officer Jay Park, a U.S. Army veteran, later posted cell phone footage of his conversation with the unidentified man on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was initially drawn to the \u201chighly decorated douche bag\u201d due to his slipshod attire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe man had an [Air Force] patch on [an Army combat uniform], spec op patches everywhere and awards ribbons on a field jacket,\u201d including a Purple Heart.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Park greeted the man, then casually began asking him about his supposed military service, the video showed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"width: 512px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-87504-1\" width=\"512\" height=\"1070\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NYPD-Memorial-Day-Stolen-Valor.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NYPD-Memorial-Day-Stolen-Valor.mp4\">https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NYPD-Memorial-Day-Stolen-Valor.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The man appeared extremely nervous but complied in taking off his blouse and along with the military medals he was displaying.<\/p>\n<p>That guy scooted his cart out of there as fast as he could.<\/p>\n<p>Hats off to Officer Park!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks at Blue Lives Matter posted an article and video of NYPD Officer Jay Park &hellip; 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