Former Chicago Bears Pro Bowler Charles “Peanut” Tillman, famous for the “Peanut Punch,” has decided to quit his job due to the US President Donald Trump’s administration. After retiring from the NFL in 2016, Tillman joined law enforcement, trained at the FBI Academy, and worked in the Chicago Field Office until recently, when he decided to leave his career at the FBI after about eight years of service.
Tillman wanted to be on the right side of history and doesn’t believe in Trump’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids all over the country. After recent shootings in Minneapolis last month, many in the country are enraged against these ICE raids.
During his appearance on Ryan Clark’s The Pivot Podcast, his conscience didn’t allow him to follow orders to participate in immigration enforcement and arrest operations as it conflicted with his own personal beliefs.
“Let me start by saying this: FBI was great to me. I did awesome,” Tillman said. “I worked with an amazing group of individuals. I think some of the things that they’re doing now, I personally didn’t agree with … immigration. I didn’t agree with how the administration came in and tried to make individuals do things against their, it didn’t sit right. An example being immigration, right?”
Tillman said that the FBI agents were told to prioritize immigration work over traditional dangerous-criminal investigations, which felt political in nature.
“Everybody was told, ‘You’re going to go after the most dangerous criminals,’ but what you see on TV and what actually was happening was, people weren’t going after that,” Tillman added. “Personally that didn’t sit right with me, that didn’t sit right with my conscience. You have the ability to refuse an order.”
Charles Tillman Reveals FBI Agents Forced To Participate In Donald Trump’s Immigration Raids But Can’t Leave
Charles Tillman made another startling revelation regarding how he is not alone in the FBI who doesn’t like to participate in immigration services but has no choice but to follow orders from the top.
Tillman said that because of his riches from his NFL career before joining the FBI, he had the resources to look after himself, but his colleagues don’t enjoy the same luxury, therefore, staying in law enforcement.
“Do I think there are individuals in the organization, do they like doing some of the stuff that they’re doing? Absolutely not,” Tillman added. “I think they hate it. I was in a different position because of my previous career.
“I made enough money to where I could just walk away and say ‘You know what guys? I’m OK. I think I’m good. My first eight years, I’ve been solid, we were doing some good things. Some of the stuff you guys are doing now, I don’t necessarily agree with.’ And that’s not in Chicago, that comes from Washington.'”
From the NFL alone, Tillman made a handsome sum of $49.1 million, and that does not even include endorsements.
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