The Wars: Chapter 5

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This is the fifth installment of my short story “The Wars”. If you haven’t already read Chapters 1 – 4 you can

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Also, there is a disclaimer that you can read there as well.

[Two days later dad and I started up again. I asked him to talk about maybe his favorite soapbox topic, police – then & now. This is the result. Oh boy!]

Son, you hit a nerve there, you sure did. You already now how I feel about all of it but I imagine you want it written by someone who lived it, not one of those fancy historians who have written the books according to their agenda and political persuasion. You asked for it, so here goes.

Like so much in corrupted governments, the same thing happened to peace officers as they were originally called. By the early 2020’s we had law enforcement officers NOT peace officers, and it showed. Yeah, not many people remember that originally they were called peace officers, then they became police officers, and then eventually they called themselves law enforcement officers. Let that sink in a minute and listen to what your gut tells you about that name change.

Before the end of them it was almost comical how their propaganda had worked its magic on the public. They [cops] had a tough job, a dangerous job, to protect and serve. All pure bullshit!

They are the ones that made their jobs tough by their swagger, arrogance, and disregard for basic Constitutional rights. Hell, basic human rights! And their job wasn’t that dangerous. If I remember right, back then it barely made the top 20 most dangerous jobs behind business managers and landscape people and even golf course workers. You pull out their traffic accidents and poor health like their alcoholism, drug additions, obesity, and steroid use they weren’t even in the top 100 most dangerous jobs.

As far as to protect and serve, that stopped back in the 1940’s or 50’s, if it ever did exist. Any student of real history can see the pictures of the 1950’s & 1960’s peaceful civil rights protests with those cops sicking dogs on young kids, beating senior citizens with those billy-clubs, and even shooting some for no reason whatsoever other than they dared to peacefully stand up for their rights. And those cops got away with it. The history of the 20th century police brutality is horrific when looking at actual facts and evidence.

I don’t remember the statistics exactly, you can look them up if you want to. It was something like 50+% of all murders went unsolved and 75% of all property crimes went unsolved. That is a total disaster, an epic fail by any measure or standard. But they sure could write traffic tickets! Law enforcement officers caused 100’s of billions of dollars of loss to the economy every single year.

They drove around in fancy shiny SUVs, pulling people over demanding IDs like we was Nazi Germany and they were the Gestapo. And it was perfectly legal for them to lie to people for whatever reasons they wanted. They could even trick people into giving up their rights like to remain silent or not be searched. And God forbid a SWAT team ever showed up, you were probably a dead man if you lived in the city or were black. There was simply no, or at least very little, accountability of cops, you were just at their mercy, and they had damn little of that.

Yeah, of course there were some good ones, I knew some, good men, damn good men. But they were far and few between. Funny, people would talk about bad cops were only a ‘few bad apples’. That was said only by stupid people or police propagandists. If there so many good cops, they why did they allow the bad cops to get away with their crap?

Now we know that there were a few good cops; and most cops had no problem pushing aside rights, liberties, and freedoms for their own purposes. Yeah, I said it, most cops were bad because they simply didn’t understand the law, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the difference between right and wrong. Most of them were trained to be part of their gang; thugs with badges.

But what takes the cake was federal law enforcement. That was a bunch of scum buckets right there. Let me put this into perspective, by the early 2020’s the total number of federal law enforcement made the 6th or 7th largest army in the world! Yeah, think about that for a minute, if federal law enforcement were its own army, it would be the 6th or 7th largest army in the entire world!!!

Why in the hell would the USA need such a large army of law enforcement? Think it through David, that is enough cops to occupy some entire countries. And they did, ours.

Now add this in, they were complete failures at their jobs. The DEA [Drug Enforcement Agency] didn’t make a dent in America’s drug HUGE problem. CBP [Customs and Border Patrol] not only couldn’t protect the borders, they aided the invasion of illegals that nearly destroyed our country. Then there was the ATF [Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms] that existed solely to destroy 2nd Amendment rights. Oh, then the DHS [Department of Homeland Security], oh yeah. That bunch of authoritarian clowns were to protect the homeland, bullshit! They were the ones that did the most damage, took away freedoms, persecuted decent folks, targeted patriots, and were the dark shadows destroying our republic. But nothing even came close to the FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigations] in depravity.

Over the years the FBI had built up their image to be these stalwart defenders of the weak and vulnerable, protectors of US citizens, and the enemy of criminals. Pure crap if there ever was!

It took years to finally expose the depths of their corruption and immorality. Don’t get me wrong, there was plenty of documentation in a bunch of books of exactly who these people really were. All you had to do was look at the first Director of the FBI, Hoover. From the very beginning of his working life in government and law enforcement this guy was an authoritarian. Hell, he would have been right at home in charge of the Gestapo, Hitler’s right-hand man. Well, when you think of it, he was; it was just the American version of it.

What started the real change exposing the FBI for who they really were was back in 2022 and 2023 when they started arresting senior citizens and pastor/preachers for praying and singing hymns at abortion factories. These pro-life folks were breaking no laws at all. They were just simply exercising their freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to peacefully assemble, and supporting the right to life of babies. But, oh no! There was no way that the DOJ [Department of Justice] was going to allow people to exercise their God-given rights that are guaranteed by the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights. Oh hell no! They [DOJ] simply would not tolerate people trying to protect unborn babies from being killed, murdered, butchered.

So the DOJ made up their own laws and policies, and then sent the FBI to teach these people a lesson and send a message to all Americans. That message? Rights, freedoms, and liberties don’t mean a damn thing in the United States any more! We, the government will do as we please. And if you don’t please us we will arrest you, imprison you, or simply kill you. And the FBI did all three, with glee, smiles, and arrogance that you can’t imagine unless you saw it back then.

There are plenty of videos of what they did. It shows the utter arrogance of the FBI SWAT teams and not just the complete disregard of basic human rights, but their absolute contempt of everyday people, US citizens. The FBI became the ultimate example of thugs with badges. And back then no one dared go up against them. Why? Because they had files on just about every American. And at the drop of a hat they could manufacture a case against anyone. Add to that endless amounts of money to fund whatever anti-American program they desired. And then add to that, their very own team of lawyers and judges to defend them if they ever needed it. It was a criminal organization if there ever was one!

I remember a man, and old guy, 70’s for sure, he was handicapped too. If I am not mistaken he couldn’t even get around without a walker and he was on oxygen as well. I think his name was Robertson or Robinson, something like that. He was short, really overweight as well, something like 300+ pounds, maybe more, I don’t remember. Well, he was home-bound and liked the Internet to connect with folks he otherwise physically couldn’t be around.

Now this guy was a Christian, a patriot, conservative, a prepper, well thought of and loved by family and neighbors, and a church going man. Everything the FBI despised. He also didn’t like the President at the time, JoeyP [the President at the time was referred to as a pervert due to his well-known habits of being a pervert and sexual predator].

Well, one day he made a statement online that the FBI made sound like he was planning on killing the President at an upcoming local rally. Remember, this guy couldn’t even walk on his own and couldn’t breath without an oxygen tank.

So the FBI decided to send a message, you must support and serve our perv President or pay the price. So they decided to raid this guy’s house. And of course dozens of FBI SWAT team guys show up armed to the teeth like they were going to war; they even brought along a military armored vehicle. So they set off flash bang grenades and used the armored vehicle to smash in the front of his house. They stormed into his house and yelled “gun.” He was dead a second later, shot dozens of times.

No video by any of the FBI storm troopers’ body cams, no pictures released of the gun, or the body. But they did lay him outside on the sidewalk immediately afterwards, uncovered, rotting in the sun, for all of the press and neighbors to see. It was disgusting. But it was also typical of the FBI.

After the fall of the DC government and all the FBI files were finally released online it was revealed that this guy was going to die that day, period. To read the emails and texts of the FBI and DOJ was sickening. To imagine that people, let alone protect and serve clowns, could have such black and evil hearts was almost too much for people to accept. But it was there for all to see, finally.

The good thing, none of these clowns, these thugs, these minions of evil exist any more. Their agencies are all gone, every last one of them. And for good reason, they were never authorized in the Constitution to begin with. Nope, not a single one of them. The Founding Fathers knew what would happen, tyranny, oppression, pure evil. And they were right!

Thankfully at the final Constitutional Convention none of them were authorized and they were specifically prohibited from every being formed or created, or any federal law enforcement agency every again. The only exception was the US Marshal Service. They were authorized by the 30th or 31st Amendment, I don’t remember which. But their responsibility is very, very limited in scope, and their authority only extends to their specific job. Me, personally, I am glad to have the Marshall’s, good people from what I hear, respectful and diligent in staying within their job scope and within the bounds of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. And they do a good gob.

Come to think of it, I haven’t seen a Marshall in 10 or 15 years. No one does unless you are a federal criminal. Hell, you rarely see any peace officer any more unless they are investigating a crime. And that is as it should be, should have always been.

I guess that is the basic difference between the law enforcement officers of the early 21st century and the peace officers now. You just don’t see them hardly at all. Well no, the main difference is respect. Peace Officers are respected now for the job they do and the moral character they have. Gone are the thug days, gone is the swagger, the arrogance, and their military uniforms and gear that made them look like the military. They are members of the community who are appreciated now because they do their job, they solve crimes.

They can’t protect us from criminals, we know that now, we don’t want a police state the likes that the US had become in the old days. There are the county Sheriffs and community Marshals. And not many at that. There is usually only a few Deputies in a Sheriff’s department and they stay busy investigating crimes. Same with local Marshals. Both county Sheriffs and Marshals are elected by the residents of their communities. Both serve 3-year terms, both can be pretty easily impeached. Deputy Sheriffs and Deputy Marshals are hired. Prospective hires are recommended by either the Sheriff or Marshal. Then a citizen committee, similar to a jury pool, review the applicants and makes the final hire decisions.

Any complaint against peace officer goes directly to a citizen committee, again similar to a jury pool, who reviews the complaint along with the supervisors input. A decision is then given as to what action to take, or not to take any action. Any promotion is handled the same way, a supervisor makes a recommendation, and once again a citizen committee reviews the promotion recommendation and makes the final decision. Any department-wide pay raises goes to a vote with the 75/75 rule.

Departments that truly serve their communities well, solve crime, and don’t abuse their authority are well paid, well rewarded, well respected, and truly a welcomed sight where they live. Others, well, they don’t last long, one way or another. Even their quarterly personnel performance reviews are posted on-line for public viewing.

And gone are the days of legally authorized thug behavior of the old law enforcement officers. There is no longer any such thing as “qualified immunity” of any kind. Peace officers must operate within the law, Constitutional law. The only justification for shooting a civilian is self-defense just like anyone else. And there better be witnesses or clear evidence to that fact or their can be big trouble for the officer. But they all wear body cameras now so there is little doubt as to what takes place in such situations.

By 2023 law enforcement was completely out of control, plus a complete failure. There were so many violations of rights, liberties, and freedoms it defies belief. And why it was tolerated for so long is almost unimaginable in today’s world. The number of shootings of unarmed people was staggering back then. Then there was also the sheer brutality of officers. Officers were either ignorant of the law or they just disregarded it in some weird twist of justification. Popular bullshit back then was “officer safety” which was a complete and utter joke. It was just used for cops to abuse people and disregard people’s rights.

Strange now where officers don’t have to have any specialized training or special certifications. Those things proved to be all but worthless. There was talk originally about making them have 2-year degrees in law but that was quickly dismissed when it started to smell like nothing more than more lawyers. There are schools and academies but they aren’t required. Each department is responsible for their officers, and their leadership is responsible to their citizens. It took a while but it all sorted itself out within a couple of years, maybe 5 or so. There is still the occasional bad apple but they don’t last long and are dealt with accordingly.

All that being said, I think there were three major moves that made the real differences in crime; 1) revised Castle Doctrine, 2) clarification of the Self-Defense Doctrine, 3) The Militias Act.

The Castle Doctrine back then might be confused as being controversial, but it wasn’t at all. After it all started and everything became scarce, including food, society devolved into a strange anarchy to a great degree. Theft was common, violence almost as much, and lots of folks simply not being safe even in their own homes. As the states broke away from the old federal government they moved to stop the problems. Obviously there wasn’t enough of the old law enforcement, they mostly disappeared, and I can’t blame them for a whole host of reasons.

The Castle Doctrine was simple, you could defend your home, including your land around it, from any criminal activity with whatever force was necessary. Yup, as you well know now that means you can kill any criminal committing a crime on your property, regardless of the crime. Mostly people only took it to the lethal extreme when it came to theft and assaults. But it worked, lot’s of criminals died within a year or so. Unfortunately, some people just trying to eat were killed as well.

One of the good things that did come out of it was charity. People started to care more about their neighbors when it came to hunger and starving. Neighbors, communities, and congregations started to do much more, virtually whatever they could, to make sure other families didn’t starve, especially those with kids.

But man-o-man, if you were a criminal, an evil doer, and tried to steal, assault, or kill on someone’s property, you ended up dead. And good riddance, should have been that way all along!

The Self-Defense Doctrine was just as simple, you could defend yourself with whatever force you needed to, including lethal force. Same applied to your family or any other person in imminent danger. Most folks always wore at least one gun on them, many carried a rifle during the worst of it. A lot of bullies and criminals got put in the ground during those years. But let me tell you, it better be pretty clear that is was self-defense or you were looking at murder charges.

The whole militia thing was another god-send! It is hard to imagine that in this country, the United States of America, militias were once vilified and virtually outlawed. But that was the old federal government law enforcement thing. The feds just saw militias as a threat to their authoritarian plans so they just eliminated them as source of competition. But, America was founded by militias during the early days of the American Revolution. And, the 2nd Amendment was there to keep militias strong and viable to prevent a federal government from becoming authoritarian and imposing tyranny and oppression upon US citizens.

The Militias Act was passed to ensure that militias were once again the backbone of local communities and states, and, most importantly, a check & balance to federal power. And it sure does work!

Militias are now formed at the local level, usually in communities or at least on the county level. There are differences in how well organized and trained they are, as well as their arms. For the most part they are pretty effective small unit fighting forces. Essentially all militia units within a county come under a county leader, usually a Major. Groups of counties, mostly geographic in nature, come under the leadership of a Colonel. And those units come under the direction of the State Guard, a General. At the state level there is a small command company to support the General.

All militia members are authorized to own any weapon a 2020’s military member would normally carry. That would include a carbine, full-auto or semi-auto, and a pistol. Machine guns, such as the M249, M240, M14, M2, are kept in unit’s armory. Same thing for the Mk19, M203 grenade launchers and the M67 grenades. All larger crew served weapons are kept at the county level in their armory.

No one knows for absolute certainty but it is estimated that there are 10 million members of militias around the country; even quite a few in the compact states. Not only do foreign countries know it would be futile to invade America, criminals know that militias can be brought into action by local peace officers. See, it was also added that each militia member was also able to be authorized as a peace officer when called upon in an official capacity. America is back to the old posse days, and it’s never been safer for the most part.

Is there still crime? Yes. Are there still criminals? Obviously. But I am telling you, it is a lot better now than it was 25 or 30 years ago!!! One more thing, convicted criminals don’t last long. If I get this right, they get an automatic technical review of their case/conviction within 10 days of a guilty verdict and sentencing. If they appeal their conviction, the appeal has to be made within 48 hours. Their appeal mus be granted, or not, within 24-hours of that. If a retrial is granted it takes place within 60 days. That verdict is final other than an appeal to a state supreme court. There are damn few of them. There is no appeal to the federal supreme court anymore for criminal cases. People aren’t brought to trial unless it is pretty clear they did it. The ole innocent until proven guilty thing taken to heart.

Convicted criminals who are sentenced to death are usually dead with 10 days of their case, appeals, or retrials. There is no more spending 20 or more years on “death row”, that is just insanity. Justice is now served in a timely manner as outlined in the Constitution. Yeah, there are mistakes from time to time and a few innocents have been wrongfully put to death; very, very few. But woe unto those that caused that, they become criminals themselves.

Bottom line, it’s all about being a good person now. Follow the law, be good to others, and being held responsible for your actions.

It’s getting late David I want to stop for the night, I’m not feeling all that great. And besides, I want some of your wife’s fried chicken before its all gone with that pack of hoodlums you call kids!

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