The Proper Role of Law Enforcement

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THE PROPR RLE FlW ENORCMN

Wat Ever Citizen Shuld Kw.

at Ever Cp Shuld elieve.

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Second Edon

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A F T E R he Reouionay Wa and he subsequenceaion o he onsiuion, ceain saeguads o poecou newy acquied libeies wee esabished Among hese washe equiemen ha a goenmen ofcials, including hemiiay and aw enocemen, swea an oah of oyalyno ohe Pesiden o he goeno o he egislaie assemby o any judge, bu o he onsiuion ise, which was he geabuwa of ou ibey Thus was bon a mos noble andhonoable adiion of police seice in his couny.

do solenly swea a I will fahly dischge he duiesof my oce and ha wil poec and defend he onsiuionof he nied Saes fom al enemies boh oeign anddomesic, so help me God These, o simila wods ae swono by eey poice ofce, public sean, and goenmenofcia in he enie nied Saes This oah caies wih i aemendous esponsibiiy o safeguad he pincipes o libeyo which hundeds o housands o Ameicans hae gienhei lies

Ye, ae e sweing-in ceemony poice academy gaduaes

gie lile aenion o he onsiuion Mos oces hae neeeen ead he documen hey hae swon in he name of Godo poec and defend Mos police depamens and academies

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provide very lile, if any, raining regarding he onsiuion.There are obviousy some case law casses as par of aw

enforcemen raining curricula bu basics and fundamenaprinciples are usualy bypassed If our inegriy is o bemainained, hen we, he peace ofcers of America, mussudy, know, and cherish he us. onsiuion Oherwisehe onsiuion becomes a coecion of meaningess words inhe hands of governmen ofcials

I sared my poice career in 97 I go a ob as a parime

meer maid" in rovo, Uah, while I worked my way hroughcolege I graduaed in May of 978 and moved home oAriona wih our wo baby boys o apply for he FBI hereI heoried ha my chances woud be beer in Ariona, as myfaher had worked here for he Bureau for more han wenyyears However, for one reason or anoher, he FBI never gaveme a chance o foow in my faher's fooseps A he ime I

was raher disappoined, bu now I am graeful ha fae ookme on a differen pah Besides aer Edgar ef he FBI i became us anoher Washingon, D.. bureaucracy.

I received a phone cal in 1979 from he rovo oiceDeparmen, offering me a fulime posiion So we packed upand moved our young family back o rovo

Overal, being a cop is very dicu I consiss of ong hours,

shif work, ow pay, high sress, and consan ifeand-deahsiuaions, and pus one consany around a lo of dir. My wo

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odest sons hae boh menoned to me ha hey migh wanto be a cop I hae counseled hem not o

In 982 I was ased to go undercoer This assignment was

toally under" I had to change my appearance change my neand bascly oge my nd ends or six monhs I had asedo go undecoer once bere bu my request was laughed aI was tod hat I was too cean-cu" o wha the job enaiedI guess the depament eaned n the meantme hat thecean-cut" ocers coud do as good a ob or een bete hanhe oces who wee used o he partying" scene

So with he suppo o a good we, I did t We had threesmall chldren at the time and I raey go to see them I coudnot go o church and coud not be seen in public wth my we ids I had to sne homerom my aparmen ate anight jus o see my amilyThs undercoer wor put area sran on our mariageMy wie had no idea wheeI was mos o the ime andonly new hat I hung outn bas wth excons and dug deales Im glad I did t now, buta he me I haed t The education I obtained by ling in the

drug and gang cultue or six months was prceess ersonaly,this assignment was maching nto he o a heaeny cause

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Afer aking my wfe, Dawn, and he kds o Disneyand, Ieued o nsh he esuing aermah of my undercover wok

and heped ran my buddy chad fo his undercoverassignmen Then was e-assgned o he pao divison fora few monhs I was duing hs shor peiod on pao ha Igo h ove he head wh a wo by fou, meaphoricayspeakng of couse

oce have ong been accused of having quoas for cke wiing esonay, do no beeve hs has ever been rue

nwhere n merca On he ohe hd, hee is unquesonabypessure appied by managemen on ofces o we ickes

Mos aw enfocemenagencies are so addiced"o numbers and sascsGeneray, hose ofces

who make he mos aress

o who wre he mosickes are honoed andabeed as he bes cops Inever was one fo payngsecond sng, so go caughup n hs numbers game"

so I m ashmed o adm bu I ws. woe ckes o increse

my numbes and o pove my woh o my superors Thee wereno quoas bu he effec was he same f an ofce were o gowo or hee days wihou wrng any ickes, he deney head

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about it. Ths s especialy rue wih the Hghway arol n everystate.

have head numerous police ches, shers and polce o

cers n genera sa Wrtng ckes s our job" Ocers are issungtickes because cizens are vioatng he trac code reguationsVery rarey do any o hese ckets acualy have anyhng to dowith a real hreat any rea harm or even he slighest possbyo someone causing an accident. The saute is olaed, the tckets issued and the ocers ob is jusied A czen s subsequenlyaxed" pays the ax," and has his nsurance rased abou ten

percent. Why Because cops are supposed o write ickets Hes us dong hs ob."

Speakng o nsurance companies, don you nd t a lebit disturbng that they make money o he ckes tha areissued by poice The more ckets poice wrte he moremoney insurance companes make Furhermore, how s that a prvae corporaon is alowed access to poce racenorcement records Are citatons servng the people, or hegreed o the nsurance ndusry

es, I woe ckets and a lo o them On one such day, abeauti al evening I was parked acng north at an inersectionnear Frankin Elemenar school in rovo. The nersection rghin ront o e was a ourway sop I was adding up my

staiscs on my day acivy orm when was surprised by avehcle running hrough the sop sgn rght n ont o me Therewas no oher rac n he area whatsoever. was the only vng

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hng close o he nersecion The diver seemed o be havingoube wh her chdren and I surmised ha while she was

aendng o hem she los sgh o he so sgn and accdenallywen hrough

The drver, a lady abou 35 years old, noced me and immedaely uled over dd no even un on my red andblues This was gong o be easy Anoher sash mak o addo my acvy reor

Wen walked u o he cr he diver lready had her icense

and regisaion in he hand ready o gve o me I ook hemand u hem on my icke book The hree or our kids in hecar conrmed my heory. They were beng que unruy, a easone was cryng and he ohers were sl ghing and yelng

The drver was obvously having a bad day and I cerainlywas no makng any beer She made no excuses and, n ac,never uered a word She smly sa here sang hough her

seerng whee He car was a dlaidaed old comac saonwagon, an in colo wih some rimer gray showng n severalaces

I roceeded wh my work" ad woe he cke By he meI came o he end and saed sgning my name, beganmoving a lle sower As nished he k" n Mack," Iaused o a momen As I dd, I looked down a his deeced

woman, looked ove a he unkem, snoy-nosed kds, andlooked a her cruddy od car Then, I looked a me I was hemos roound and eneang relecon had ever exerenced

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Seveal quesions now aced hough my head. Macwhy are you doing his? Did his lady do anyhing wong? Didshe heaen anyone? Is wiing he his ice maing ovoa safe and bee place o live?" And naly, Is giving his icebnng hono nd espec o he badge you we on you ches?"

Thee has neve been a ime in my ife ha I fel owe omoe ashamed han I did a ha momen I handed he divehe license and egisaion and waled bac o my ca I do noemembe saying anyhing o he; I mus have been oopeoccupied wih my own guil I am sue she wondeed wha

in he wod I was doing, diving away wihou even as muchas giving he a vebal waning O pehaps I should havedeclaed o he ha his was he lucy day as he benevolen"cop was going o cu he some slac and le he go wih jusa waning No I could no do ha hen I aeady fel oomuch lie a lia and hypocie To have ha ady han me fo

anyhing would have ony seved o exacebae my eelings oshame.Aewad I dove lehagicaly o he saion whee I oe

ha ice ino a housand pieces and hew hem in he ashThis was acualy agains depamena poicies as each icehad o be accouned fo Neveheess I did no hea abou haice again

Thee is ve ile ha I emembe abou he es of my shiha nigh alhough I do now ha I did no wie any moeices.

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Te next dy went t wrk tte ery. nesty d ntknw wt ws cmpelng me t d ts. nly knw tt

ws drstcly lkng r smetng went t te cty cerksce nd sked r cpy my t ce Tey mde me cpy nd gve t t me redy

Te t ws srt nd cler d even sgned my nmet t. Upn redng t elt wrse tn dd wlkng wy rmte ldy n te d cr te dy bere Wht lr nd ycrte ws tk s sen t get pyceck. pd n ttentin

t t d ctuly d n ntenn keepng t et s sudbe rrested nd tt certny dd nt deserve my b

n te gve my wrd d prmse t prtect nd deendnd bey te US Cnsttutn nd te Ut Cnsttutn swel d never red ether nd knew vrtuly ntng buttem Sure new te Mrnd Wg by ert d ew herSupreme Curt decsns but d prmsed t bey te

Cnsttutn Al t Ws my t sey cntngent upnbeyng te curts nd my sergent? Wht tey sked me td smetng cntrry t te Cnsttutn? Fr nyneespecly cps r sders t bey n rder he r se knwst be uncnsttutn r unlw wud be wrng mmrlnd n bsute utrge

hen we rse ur rgt nd pse t protect d deend

the Cnsttutn des tht t men ny s r s mysupervisr r te Supreme Curt llws me t? Or des te tessently bestw respnsbty n t knw t study t

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cers t d uey defed eve gs wel-egbut sdreced supervsor or judge? do o preed o vel e swes bu do kow t e oo t cops soud

eforce ll ws regrdess of ow busve mor orucosttuo tey re s dgerous d destructve

Wle coepg s or dlem rs ougt t soud go tur y bdge d qut Bu w good would do me or yoe ese? So decded sed o qu beg r d ypocre d edely beg studyg eCosttuto ws beu! t ws so rer esy o uderstd s f regur peope wroe t sted of buc oflwyers. red over d over especlly e Bl of Rgs

A few ots ter otced trg bulet ssued byPOST (Pece Ofcers Sdrds d Trg), te Sebureucrcy ppoed o oversee rg d qulcosdards for l poce ocers oucg twody sereled Costtuol Sudes For Lw Eforcee Ocers" ws socked Ws ts oucee for re? Te ste wssposorg trg bout te Costtuo?

We sw e ae of te strutor e botom of teoucee kew s ser ws for rel Hs me wsW Ceo Skouse d e s oce d d see soeof s books He ws fred of my fter's, vg served wt

te FB. Ce d so served s Cef of Poce for SatLke Cty.

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But we've gne t r We need t remember wy we re nlw enrcement t serve nd prtect rter tn t rss dbuy

ucky I ws prmted nd sn mved t ter ssgnments nd never wrked ptr gn Hwever std mygrund n sever ssues t Prv D nd strted t getbeled smewt s Cnsttutnl nut ws neverstrczed r t lest ddnt ee I ws but tere

ws dentely supervsry

cncern but me let Prv n 988 nd

rn r ser n my metwn n Arzn wseected Grm CuntySer twce Durng my tme s ser dd ew tngs tt

were cnsdered smewt unrtdx Fr exmple I ws tenly ser n te stte w becme DARE nstructI s requred l my deputes t ttend semnr but teS Cnsttutn Curusly severl te depues dd nt lkete semnr becuse tey elt t ws nt re lw enrcemetmter"

A ew my deputes s dd nt cre r te mssn

sttement" bklets requred tem t keep n ter unrmsrt pckets t tmes wle n duty Te mssn sttement"bket ws ctully cpy te S Cnsttutn nd te

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Dert depedee. Te depue w dn' lke keepgte teet" e t ter et reerred te kle

Mk' Bble. w l e t e e etre utry t le wutg te ederl gveet i rde t tp te truvee te Bdy Bll wut tt w tke ll te wy e Supree Curt d w pevled.

Te k w rey dry e eet reult te t tieI w eleted er we te te Bd

Supevr (uty ) ppred e wt prpit. He d e tt y predeer ugt it wplti ude t wte t tke d tt e ure ped w't tkg g te e ie. Bee uld repdte ir quikly dded Yu ee Gr Cuty 95peret wed by e eder gvere wi de't leveu [te uy] u tx be. S wud relly elp u i yu

wud ve te depute wite re tket beue we elyeed e ey." Obvuly e dd't kw w e wtkg t!

dd' prtulrly w get t gd 0' by ' bdde bere eve tk e but witig tke w't exty y pity lit. S tlly I ud I ired tern tt w ereet d te e' e were t

ere t be budge r . I deided uld te ye lud d ler rder t keep t ubje r gup g. Te depue wl wrk d I exed ey wl

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be dcpned when necey nd hey w enfrce he lwHwever I wll n low he depue become he xclecr revenue gener fr he cuny

Neede y my elnhp wh he chrmndeered edly fm h pn n Ung enfcemen fhe lw r ceng me lw n order genere mrene h pocn cn l he cl rugh wrng ndmm When pcn e gule o confn heve wh ppe fr hghe xe hey uuly e rnghe ne f cern cme rc ffene ned Shoud

he lw enfcemen communy nd gn uch pclcoupn nd cercn I or hud hey cowdly refrnfom bng he hnd h feed hem?

Mybe I w nve bu he un h I repeedyprpoed Grhm Cuny x evenue pbem w hhe couny ecm me f h lnd hd o o he federgvernmen. Afe pn f h lnd hd u beenceded o he fed n ecen yer durng he wch f ome ofhe member f he ng Bod f Supervr

I hve een pce ofcer nd proecu wel wh emre cncened wh wnnng hn hey re bu gh ndfeedom Th no n uncmmon phenomenn nnwde.Perhp we hve been brnwhed mewh wh phe

uch Le do o hem befre hey d u r Imy ob e nd pu peple n " r, Hng he pubc dry b bu omebdy g d .

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I he curts nd legsltures llw r rivlus rress rprperty seiures wihu due prcess re we gng g

lng? We hve gven ur wrd nd ken slen h. Is heresucen evidence cnvict the w enrceent cmunity keepng ths th? I tyrnny s be held in check nd Aericn delis s ren secure w enrceen usbe civey nvved

Let's tke r exple rd blcks r wh re cled indy's piticy crrect terngy dinstrtive

checkpints" Plice rutney run rd bcks nwdys wheres they dd nt when we were reer ntn. Pcertne ths prctce by expnng h the curs hverued such prcedures be cnstuinly prper Hweverny cp wl tell yu nd knws ll wel tht bere he cn sp tris he ust rst substnite prbble cuse" r thestp. N cer s wed cprciusy t stp ny vehice he

wns. N cp y k t cr ving dwn he street ndsy Tht lks like gd ne. I hnk I'l stp hi nd seei he hs hs lcense regisrtn nd pr nsurnce."Ye he curs hve epted t cnvince us th s lng sthe plice stp all trc nd check the ppers all drivers suchbuse s prper nd cnsttuinl.

Le's lk the lgic here. I the pice rbtrry single

usme rsts dend t see ther ppers then hey revlng the lw. Bu i they d t t eveybdy, hen 's ky?

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Wat utter nonsense! Yet te police contnue to excusetemselves wit Te courts sad we coud"

Anoter exampe o te inattentiveness o ocal law enorce

ment s teir ailure to curb te abuses perpetrated by te IRSon lawabding citizens I m amazed tat rgt ere n te UnitedStates o erca we continue to ow is abuse and crimnalyon te part o te IRS to go on. Numerous citzens and IRSemployees recently testied beore Congress o IRS agentsabricatng cases aganst nnocent ctizens. Intmdation andextortion are routine procedures used by IRS agents al acrosste USA So wat was Congress response to tese IRS crmes?Tey merey required te IRS to be more user riendy" andto open oces on Saturdays

To use police jargon et's examne e acts ere despreadabuse and crmnal actvty witin te IRS s rretable Yet tepeopes protectors contnue to go along wt t Oter crmescommtted by ederal agents (Waco Ruby Ridge etc) ave endelbe scrs on Amerca's ustce system Corrupton nd coverups were exposed and many panl lessons ave been learnednd opely never orgotten. Te bottom lne s ad te serisin bot Idao and Texas remained n carge and in control nobody would ave been ked inudng edera agents teaw would st ave been enorced and we never would ave

eard o Randy Weaver or David Kores.Te local autorties ave to answer to te people or teractions so tey tend to be more cautous wereas te eds can

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us hit and un" The sheiff s he leadng aw auhoy inhs county Sheifs shoud be moe asseve in defending the

peogaves of the ofce agains fedea meddlng n ocalconcens, athe han kowowng to the feds in etun fo thepances hey offe ocal aw enfocemen to n fedealpogams

Anohe ecent attack on ou feedom aimed ght a lawenfocement by ongess was the mnibus Appopatons Actof996 Ths was he budget bl Bu though the cunnng and

wheeing and deang of powehungy politicans paculaySenao Latenbug a dastc povsion was added o hsbudget bi ne might expec sch addtiona amendmens tohe bdge to be somewha assocaed wih he budge Wong!Ths fedeal bdget conaned an post facto aw aogany andpodly passed by you ongess tha decaed that anyAmecan who had eve been convced of a domestc vioence

cime a any tme in hs o he life coud neve own o possessa eam eve agan This eally means ha f you had a domestc vioence convicon 30 yeas ago seved you senencepad yo ne and had a pistine ecod eve snce you now

would be aesed fo even atempting o go hunng Sch awsare constiuonaly prohbited Ace 1, Secton 10 paagraph

3) bu what's he onsion to a pocian wih an agenda

to puse?aw enfocemen ofces had been exemped fom he

tyanny of the Bady Bll but not ths time As a esl of he

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Lautebug Amedmet ma polce ofces lost the jobs owee moved to positios that dd ot equie packig a gu. Nochief of poice o sheff should have goe aog wth thisabomiabe aw but the dd No ofce should have ost hs job because of this cogessioal acto but the dd Wheae we gog to wake up Whe s the aw efocemetcommuit goig to lea to just sa o stad tall ad etthe egsatues kow that we wl ot be the ttle puppets

Eve though the lawsut led agast the Bad Bill wasbased o a Teth Amedmet challege I was motvated ust

as much b the Secod Amedmets guaatee of the ight ofthe ctze to be ms. The Uted States oess was actuaattemptig to foce me to patcipate a scheme that I kewwas ucosttutioa. Fedea dstct judge oh Roll who wasthe st to ue o m case astute summed up the situatowhe he obseved Mack s thus foced to choose betweevolatg his oath o voatig the act subjectg hmsef to possble sactios

The tos Shumes Feistes Bads etc have all agued that the osttutio does ot potect a divdual's ightto keep ad bea ams; but athe that the Secod Amedmetpovides fo the amg of the mita ad ot the dividual.Thus accodg to them thei egslative eots to dsam law

abdg citizes ae ot ucosttutoalI asweg the gu cotol debate pehaps we shouldexamie ad estabsh the itet of the Foudes who wote

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he Second Amendmen Ae al, when any cime is posecedcimna nen ms e esashed n ode o conc he

defendan So s wha dd he Fondes say ao gncono and wha was hei nen Wel es ask hem

Thomas Jefferson:

Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm onlythose who are either cied or determined tocommt crimes, such aws make thigs worse for theassauted ad better for the assaiats. (1764)

(Todays saisics compeey sppo M Jeesons imelessinsgh.)

Samue Adams

The Constitutio shal never be construed to prevetthe peope of the United States who are peaceabecitizens from keepig their own arms

(M Adams clealy ndeesmaed he aiy of lnon andhs k o ws pain Engsh)

James Madison

The Constitution preserves the advatage of beingarmed The Federalist, #46)

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I wonde whos ghSame Adams andamesMadison, o Saah Bady and hales Shme)

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Richrd Heny Lee

A miit, when propery ormed, re in ct thepeope theseves nd incude men cpbe o

bering rms. (1788)

(o e econd Amendmen's alusion to te miltaactuay refers to e citzens mta and terefore te rigtof te people o keep and bear arms exss to ensure teperpeuy of te people'sma)

Rchrd Henry ee

To preserve iberty, itis essenti tht the whoe body o thepeope wys possessrms. . (787)

(ank you gentlemen,

ta pretty muc sums iup)

Anyone wo as taken a soemn oat o proec and defendte onstution s obviousy bound to abde by e econdAmendmen and e Founders' nen n wrng

Guns are power! n e ands of good people ey are

powerfuly good, and in te ands of crminals tey arepowerly ev zens ave te rigt to use guns for te exacsame reason at aw enforcemen uses emust n case we

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Buce fathe td h that eveybdy" de th tf th It hw yu et ahead lfe. Ye the mateam whee eveybdy" ca d ee ad excue The ltcalcecte f tday detey mateam. Vey ltte ea ad

mea chae ccu thee t ut kee lw dwhl.The tue det f mateam t what yu fal t wheyu le yu what tuly mtat

What have we de wth the tewadh haded t u bythe may wh have fuht nd died f meica Have we awedthe xecutve (aw efcemet bach f vemet t bectled by the elatve ad Judcal bache The

eaat f we wa teded t be a vtal at f tectfeedm. Yet the law efcemet cmmuty by t w adm de whateve the cut ad leatue tell t t d

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Woud he Founder have gone along wih he noion hat allaw o matte how oppreive o wrong they mgh be mul be enfored? Woud we have fough a Revoluonay Wa

and umately aheved independee if hey had?When legatue ad out fore u no the uandary o

hooing bewee ou oath o obeyg hei tatue aorde the hoie hould be lear and wf! We wil de wh the peope potet rght and libery, eep ou wodand et he oneuene follow When we enfoe law thawe now are wrog ut whom ae we proteting and ervng?

About thee ad a haf yea ago poe at a freedom ay Dever. ver 800 peope were n atedane. It wa a

wondefu meetig A oa heiff ateded a we a two othee oal pole oe Aewad we all noied umeoupoe uier around the aea learned aer hat they hadatualy been tang ou he freedom aly.

A we drove away from the meetng at appoxmatey4:30 n the afernoon noed that oe of the organizer ofhe meeg Roema had bee topped in her r by he polie here were evea op thee at leat fou o ve adRoemay ooed ute aed I topped neaby and wen toee if I oud hep he I wa warned to lea he aea o I wouldbe arreted for inerferng uiy my wfe puled me away

o I pobaby would have gone o ail tha day Intead, I movedabout 75 fee away fom the pole who wee nvetgating whyRoemary had aped a " on he ene pate to oo lie a 9

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The answer s smple: She was paranod and dd not want theops running her ense whie she attended the reedom ray.

Funny snt t That s exaty what the polie did oweverRosemary had orgotten to take the tape o beore she let themeetng.

The strange thing about this entre situation s they etRosemary go no tiket no arrest nothng! But John hadbeen to the raly aso and was walkng by when he notied athe ops and ommotion ohn never sad a word was standing

a good 50 eet rom the losest op and was wrting notes onhis hand. A emae oer waked over to hm and ordered himto get n hs ar and leave. He sad he ddn't have a ar So theoer ommanded John to start waking" With that ohnbegan walkng n pae and guess the oer wasn'tamused She arrested him on the spot and hauled him o toail

ohn was ater onvted or interering." However the opswoud never have known John was even there had it not beenor the emale oer approahing him t was the most unjustied rrest had ever seen. John had teraly done nothng yeta sworn oer haued hm to jail t was just too easy!

ater ed a ompant and spoke wth two or three o theemae oer's supervisors nudng a aptain They al

baked her up and tod me she was a good oer. What thatoer dd was tantamount to dnappng and her superors

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ppoed it Whoe ight were volated? Who o what wapotected?

The cort okayed oh' arret, he ofce' pevopported her ethical behavor ad the ate of theooado eglare provided the ammitio fo ti cop to do her ob" ' a wrapped p a ice little package,'t it? How roc i tha o he de of he car i whch heytapoed Joh it aid, To Protect ad Serve

What wold thee ofce have doe if they had bee dpached to a cal i 960whe a adacio Roa Pak eed

to i i her poper pace at the back of he b? She broke thelaw She wa cag a dibace She wa diodey Do yodty ofce, ad arre that lawbreaker

Wold i ot be appropriate fo a peace ocer to havetood by hi bave Ameica, pehap eve hake Roa'had, ad accompay her l e exed afey off the b

At tme he prevalece of govemeta abe ha had pofod eect o my pyche It' like wakig p oe day adreazg tha he America dream ha died Howeve, myfeelg of meacholy ted to compete otage ad dmay whe leared abot Ware ad Shley Back of Kaaty, Mo

Wrre ad Shirley re 7 d 66 year old, repecively. They

are ot ax poee o gh-wig kook" They are mddecla patiot law-abidig America I fact, they ae two ofthe mot hmble ad good hrta peope I have eve met

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In he ouse of an IRS audi he Blaks wee aken befoea fedeal jude who odeed hem o sin soe IRS papes The

papes wee essenialy dafed as Waen's and Shiey'sonfession o hain ommied ax faud. Knowin hey weeuiy of no suh hin hey esed o sin The jude old hemha if hey did no sin he woud pu he in pison

Waen and Shiley onfeed piaely fo a omen anden houh he had bee o ahead and sin in ode o keephis de wife ou of pison. Bu when Ms Bak asked he husbnd

he heafe quesion If ween' hee wha would youdo? he esponded I would no sin. Then wee nosinin! Ms Bak said y

So hey efused o sin and his ook of a jude odeedhe o pison Waen and Shiey Bak wee haued off oLeaenwoh Penieniay (yes eaenwoh!) in e ions hainsand handus They had nee omied a ime wee nee

haed wih a ime wee nee aesed nee had a ia andwee nee aained! The jude held an inquisiion and whenhe peasans esed his aious oe o sin a onfessionand e off easy he hew he in he duneon.

Waen and Shiey Bak anuished in Leaenwoh fo 366days and wee ony nally eeased afe a epoe onfonedhe jude

Should we blame he ude fo his aoious ime aainshe Baks? Yes bu I aso bame he ops who handuffed andhained he Blaks and ook hem o pison I bame he pison

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guards the boong oce ad he arden as el. What couldthey possiby say to ustfy he patcipaton in hs mosthenous crme aganst the Blacs excep maybe The judge todme to!

In New York The United States the Supreme ourt hed thatthe sate egsatues are no subject o federa drecion" InMkThe Unted States the Supreme out opined tha he federa goenmen may no issue drecties to he states or tother poiica subdisons" Wouldn it be nice f the staeso he poiica subdsions ere aare of his?

I ant t el undesood that I fuy appeciae the ime Ispent n la enforcement. I also appeciate he education andexample of pofessonalism receied n the Proo PoliceDepatment I do not belee he presen la enforcementsuaton n Amerca s the esut of a giat conspiacy bu ratherthat t s the esult of a gradua eoluion and deeioation of

aues and ideals My aues cerainy hae changed snce theday stated my poice caee That's hy am totay conincedtha Amecas polce can be eece and honorabe a the sametme.

We an protec and sere and still ite icets and maearress. We an and should sand for lbey and againsyanny We an andshoud stad agans fedea nerention

and manage ou on poice affas consitutonay andndependenty puttng prncipe before poltics and feedomahead of arogance.

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Excerpts om"Ballad of Shirley Allen by Dave Riddell

Then in came law enforcemen and hey said" Come wih us,An i proves ha your unsable if ou gh or ake a .

Protec and erve is wha each lawman swears ha he will o,B enforcing laws you now are wrong proec and serves ju who?

If you u folow orders wih no sense of righ or wrong

Then you're te one I'm singing o, I hope ou hear thi ongWe as each an who wears a badge to do wha he mu do,

Bu ask yourself his question, would you wan i done to you?

If you label as unsable all he ones who disaeeYou tae away heir righ of speaking ou and hining ee

If our founders were so labeled hen where would our counry be?You wouldn have your eedom or your precious libery


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Richard Mack, a graduate of he FBI NaionalAcademy has seved in a wide varey ofposiions over he course of his nealy weny

yea career in law enforcemen including patrolofcer undercover narcoics ofcer hostagenegoiator youth ocer school resource ocercommunicaions supervisor corporal frondesk sergean patrol sergean deecive sheriSearch and Rescue supervsor jai adminisraorand DARE insrucor.

Mack was named Eleced Oci of heYear by he Arizona-New Mexico Coaliion ofCounies in 1994, nd the NA aw Enforcemen

Ocer of he Year in 1995. He is he recipien

of he Gn Owners o America Defener of heSecond Aendmen Awd nd of e CicerAwad from he Fiears ndusy of America

Mack's 1994 lawsui challenging he BradyBi caapuled him to naional atention wihtelevision appeances on The Donahue ShowGood Morning America Crossre Nighlineand CNBC among ohers ad wih inervewson over 200 rado alk shows nationwideranging om G Gordon Liddy and MichaelReagan o Blanquia Cullum and Pa Buchannan.

Mack is a popular lecurer on consiutionalissues relaing o gun conrol law enforcemensates righs and he oah of oce.

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