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I've lived in Canon City my whole life. It makes me sick to think of where this country is headed. The solutions are in God's Word.
Abolish The Police, Police Abuse, Power Trip

Another Megalomaniac on Patrol

This guy was just videotaping (as he yelled several times at the end of the video). The problem was that there was a cop who desperately wants to control other people, and he has a gun, so he can do it.

The issue is whether the sidewalk was closed, and whether a non-videotaping pedestrian would have been harassed or told the sidewalk was closed. You can’t have the sidewalk closed to videotaping, but open to pedestrians. I saw no indication that the sidewalk was closed, or any indication of how far away someone could get. I would bet that a pedestrian could have walked down the sidewalk, and right past their operation, as the cars were passing by just a few feet away.

 

Abolish The Police, Abortion, Police Abuse, Power Trip

Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda

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I had a little debate on Facebook with someone who said they are a cop. I made the point to him that this article makes–that we know there are no good cops, because abortion goes on because evil cops are there to protect the butchering of babies.

He objected that I was falsely judging hundreds of thousands of cops across the country. So I proposed the following test to see who is a good cop and who isn’t. Do what Operation Rescue was doing in those days. Get a hundred or more Christians to block the doors to a baby murder facility, and if a majority of cops are good, the protesters will go unmolested by cops and abortion will come to an end in this country. If most cops are bad, they will arrest the protesters. Operation Rescue did that dozens of times across the country and only one cop showed himself to be a good cop by sitting down with the protesters (he was subsequently fired). All the other cops proved to be merely the muscle of the baby murder industry. We all know that the results would be no different today, 25 years later.

He, like so many others, knee jerked a reference to Romans 13, saying cops must blindly enforce the laws of the government. He mocked my test, sarcastically calling it the “gold standard”. Here is what I wish I would have said:

“This isn’t the gold standard; it is the rusty scrap metal standard. Cops are so morally perverted that they don’t realize that they ought to stop murder even if it means disobeying a politician or judge.

The gold standard would be something like refusing to enforce laws banning smoking on private property, or refusing to enforce collection of lodging taxes. But that is a pipe dream where those who flatter themselves by painting “to serve and protect” on their cars refuse to protect babies.”

Of course, where Christians have surrendered the field of battle to secularists, many Christians don’t even know what is just or unjust, or that God has an eternal standard that says lodging taxes are theft and stopping people from smoking on private property is a violation of private property, and that government has no place in that or the millions of other things they wrongly force themselves into.

If you find yourself not knowing how to determine what a just or unjust law is, for certain, I would recommend this book.

Abolish The Police, Police Abuse, Power Trip

Cops Making Up Laws

You only need to watch the first 30 seconds or so, the rest is unnecessary. At the end, a bank employee escorts the photographer out.

The cop just completely makes up the line about having to be informed of recording as the court case cited in the video points out. But such behavior has been documented on this website dozens of times. Cops routinely lie or are misinformed of the law.

But, I bet 99% of the time when that cop just makes something up, people do what he says, so he has little incentive to actually know the law–he thinks he is the law. He has a gun, and if you reject Christianity, the only foundation of law is: Might makes right.

 

Abolish The Police, Abortion, Police Abuse, Power Trip, Reject Socialism

Conservative Schizophrenia

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It’s all a political game to keep conservatives supporting police. This support is crucial for the implementation of the DC Democrats agenda. As long as the conservatives’ discontent is focused on something remote like Obama, and their support is rallied for the tyrants who live on their street – the cops – tyranny will advance. Straight from Stalin’s book of social order.

The lesson from the American War for Independence and from the Puritan Revolution in England is that liberty is defended when the people realize that it is the local henchmen who need a spanking – and worse. The liberals in Washington DC have learned this lesson well.. Conservatives are still clueless.

I’ve been saying this for a while now: It isn’t about right versus left. It’s about liberty versus tyranny. Conservatives ought to be all about liberty, but they have been duped into compromise. I listened to Rush Limbaugh all the time, and he was always talking about limited government and liberty, but then conservatives take positions that contradict those fundamental beliefs.

Abolish Human Abortion is awesome. They’re saying things about abortion I’ve never heard before.  They want to end abortion completely, with no exceptions. That is the biblical position. Traditional pro-life people are about taking baby steps and implementing restrictions gradually. I think the AHA system is something that will end abortion eventually. It is what God will bless, because it’s biblical, but it is shocking the first time you hear them say they want to end the pro-life movement.

We should be doing the same thing with other political issues. Socialism is completely unbiblical. We should not be compromising on that issue, but who is working to end things like public school or Social Security? No one (at least no elected official) is discussing ending socialism.

That’s my reasoning behind this website and EndPublicSchool.com and AbolishThePolice.com. Someone has to say these things and change the conversation.

Abolish The Police, Police Abuse, Power Trip

Special Treatment for Cops’ Families?

This is a fascinating gold mine of police hypocrisy. An NYPD officer’s wife was given a speeding ticket by an MTA officer, which is the police force for the transit system. Feel free to check out the link, but I took the highlights (which are many), because I can’t help but think that this would be removed from their website as it is too embarrassing for them, but maybe the whole website is like this.

The comments from the site are in normal font. My comments are italicized.

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It’s important for me to get in touch with shield #2300 and ask him why he felt it necessary to say “I’m not even going to look at that” to my PBA card and proceed to write a speeding ticket on the Bronx River Parkway yesterday afternoon to my fukking WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’ll show him the courtesy he so sorely lacks by not posting his name on a public forum.

Any help would be appreciated. Please inbox me.

I will find you.

The PBA (Police Benevolence Association) card is a union card that they can give to their friends to receive special treatment from other cops. Obviously, this reveals a huge integrity issue in the whole system. This first comment is outrageous enough. There are dozens more.

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Guys who do that really think that they are NEVER going to retire.

But, when they least expect it, sometimes with WAY less than 20 years, they fall, trip, get stepped on, then go sick….but then the department doctor tells them, “Well, you’re finished….” At that time, they go into panic mode knowing their days of “authority” are over.

They then compensate by seeking the same “courtesy” that they themselves refused to extend, and are shocked…and demoralized…when it isn’t.

Even if you don’t run into him (not literally, of course), he’ll soon find out, “what goes around comes around.”

And I’m sure your post will be posted in at least one or two MTA locker rooms……

They must be used to receiving a lot of special treatment.

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MTA PD has no quota system. Your wife was an easy target most are pussies.

From what I’ve seen, most police forces have no quota for their hiring system. Almost all of them are ignorant of the law.

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MTA PD has its own Highway. I’ve met a few. Biggest tools in the box.

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Original Commenter:

We’re not talking a cousin’s cousin’s plumber, or the mailman with a PBA card, either. I give out exactly two per year. One to her, one to my uncle, who’s as good as a father to me. Siblings don’t have one, best friends don’t get one.

There are multiple metro north stations in my command. Like I said, I will find you.

 I find this more insulting than if the guy wrote me personally.

I’ve always felt that a cop’s immediate family: mom, dad, wife or husband, and children is more sacred and should be treated with more respect than the cop him or herself. Those are the people he turns to when the uniform is off.

I’ve escorted moms, dads, and kids on aided jobs to the hospital and just sat with them BSing until the cop was able to get there just so both he and they knew someone was there for them.

I’m beside myself.

 More discussion of special treatment. This is why the police are unbiblical and unconstitutional. They’re using taxpayer money to show favor to some over others.

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MTA is similar to the U.S. Govt it’s a criminal organization. Theft is from commuters every day and passed on through outrageous salaries and pensions.

Helloooooo? Look in the mirror, Mr. NYPD.

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Thats really disheartening  .   That c*cksucker     He should have said tell your husband I said to slow down and have a nice Thanksgiving.    Un schooled dickhead.    I always made a point t teach the youngsters to always give moms dads and wives a pass.  Please  WTF is wrong with this world.

                   About a year or so into my retirement I pulled over for broken signal by NCPD rookie.  Showed him my shield and ID card, and he asked to see my License.  LOL  I laughed and said ” Absolutley not, I am a retired cop and I being respectful, you do not need to see anything else, “…….he nervously laughed and said to be careful.  We need to school this people early on.
                  This guy is either a complete dick or your wife was doing like 80.
This one really makes me mad. What would this guy do if I showed him an ID from my work and told him off when he asked for my driver’s license?

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take it to court,
demand discovery then an adjournment, then after he testifies demand to see his qualification certificate, the fcc lic. for unit, and the testing certification paperwork for the unit used to cloick the wife. whern he fails to produce demand a dissmissal

This seems like good advice for fighting a traffic ticket.

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That MTA cop is a tool, having said that whyindafuck does the MTA need a highway unit??? see this is the kinda bullsh*t that makes me wonder if the U.S. is creeping towards a Gestapo state the MTA is Trains and Buses NOT Highways and Cars. Can someone from the MTA explain that one to me or am I missing something?

Is  the U.S. creeping towards a Gestapo state? Absolutely. And here’s a news flash for this guy: The other guys aren’t the problem; he’s the problem. The NYPD is the problem. It wasn’t the MTA that choked Eric Garner to death for selling loose cigarettes.

And this is a good reminder for all of us to hold ourselves to the same standard we hold others. Don’t call the cops willy nilly, because it could be a death sentence for the person you’re calling on. Another example is condemning someone for taking Obamacare benefits while sending our kids to public school. How will anyone live by God’s law if the Christians won’t?

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They need a hwy unit to have the pension.
They had to show they do other than ride trains and hide and call the real police
When !!@# happens.

Summons isnt police work. Its a tool for doing police work.

Our hwy tools need to know that.

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I agree 110% if you don’t respect my immediate family then you don’t respect me or your chosen profession. They need to be put on blast for us and their coworkers to shame or defend.

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I have to give complements to a Young Officer by NY’s Bear Mountain Bridge, It was late, I was on Route 6 in a Hurry to get to NYC, at the Circle, I stopped Properly, and did see the Officers Cruiser at the Right Hand Side, as I entered the Circle, the lights to the Cruiser turned on, he proceeded to stop me, I immediately pulled over, as he approached I informed him I was retired from the NYPD, I handed him my retired ID, he glanced at it looked at me, most likely comparing Photo to my present appearance, handed it back, with a “Have a Nice Day” I replied Thank you with the added words, “have a safe tour”, and was back on my way to NYC.

This officer was young maybe early 20’s, but displayed the standards of Professionalism and Respect for both Active and Retired LEO’s, so, I commend him, and anyone who showed him what to do during such an Encounter.
As to this other Officer from the MTA, I surely hope one day someone related to him – happens to get stopped and receives the same Non-Courtesy he gave to the immediate family of a Retiree.
It’s as if they all have the entitlement mentality of a welfare queen.

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Different Breed of men now. Most are scared of their own shadow.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This is what I’ve been saying for a long time now. When I say it, cop worshipers gang up on me. What can they say when a cop says it? 

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Overpaid security guard with police status. why the F do they have or need ESU, and especially HIGHWAY UNIT!

Fake ass dept. Waste of funds.

They had to call in real cops to take over Penn Station.

Is he talking about MTA or NYPD, because from where I’m sitting, they’re all just a bunch of power-tripping losers. Since this nation has rejected God’s law, it is rule by force, and they are all just wearing costumes.

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I can’t wrap my mind around writing a fellow officers wife’s a ticket. Take solace that the officer probably lives a miserable life. We have a officer down here that was well know for writing officers tickets. He is now assigned to property room inventorying crow bars. I hope that punk officer gets his pay back soon.

Cops expect to not receive the treatment they dish out. Sickening!

Abolish The Police, Police Abuse, Power Trip

If You’re Not Breaking The Law, You Have Nothing To Worry About

There’s an old meme going around saying that if you don’t break the law, you don’t have to worry about getting beat up. Unfortunately that’s not true. The standing army of “law” enforcement routinely harass, beat, arrest and murder people who aren’t breaking the law.

Here’s just another example of a college kid who was filming police as they arrested someone and was beaten to the point of having broken bones in his face, spent the weekend in jail, yet was never charged. He’s settling for $100,000 from the Seattle PD, but that seems low to me. I know my facial bones are worth more than $100,000 to me.

Theonomy

Libertarianism

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“Libertarianism was a child of Christianity – specifically Reformed Christianity – and in motivation and structure belongs to Reformed Christianity. The attempt of secular libertarianism to exist outside its roots will naturally cause it to wither and die.”

Theonomy

I Love God’s Law!

Here’s a great conversation regarding how to handle Syrian refugees.

1st Question: “With today’s situation with ISIS, how does one distinguish true refugees from embedded terrorists? Is this something to be left in the Lord’s hands, or Is there some other response? I do realise that much/all of the aggression could be the Lord’s wrath towards America because we have forgotten Him.”
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Bojidar says, “It has to be like everything else: From the mouths of two or three witnesses. It strikes me how no one really thought of the obvious solution: The legitimate refugees themselves, running from ISIS, would be able to recognize if someone is a member of ISIS. It is this fact that makes me skeptical when people say that ISIS would infiltrate the refugees – it would be just as dangerous as Eichmann infiltrating modern Israel.”
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2nd Question: “How then would you determine between true and false witnesses? I would expect the ISIS thugs to support each other and to bear false witness against the real refugees. How do you correct for that?”
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Bojidar says, “Just like everything else: Compare testimonies and use deductive logic and/or direct revelation. There is no cookie-cutter approach to this problem, and that’s why God instituted the only legitimate function of civil government: the courts. (And prosecution, by logical extension.)

Solomon understood that this is the greatest challenge before a godly ruler, and specifically asked for wisdom to deal with it (1 Kings 3:6-15). And guess what, his most famous court case was exactly that: to judge whose testimony was true and whose false (vv. 16-28). The solution to that case shows that it takes direct AND SPECIFIC wisdom from God, and that there are no fixed approaches to that issue.

(Which is why I argue that unless we restore the Biblical view of the gifts of the Spirit, we won’t be able to present a Biblical alternative to the modern court system. There is a reason why judges are called “sons of God” in the Bible.)”
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Question 3: “In a nation that is clearly *very* far away from following God’s Law, where we don’t give a rip about two witnesses, where we don’t have judges like Solomon who seek God’s wisdom, etc., how are we to proceed?”

Martin Selbrede says, “Lev. 26:6 teaches that the sword shall not go through your land IF His commandments are kept. Period. To expect peace while voiding His Law is suicidal insanity. To substitute state action for keeping His Law is to compound the problem with idolatry, insuring a worse disaster.”
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Bojidar says, “Martin beat me to it.

We preach the solutions of the Law of God in every area. We don’t advocate for state action in one area because we have abandoned the Law in another.”
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Bojidar says, “the other side is not emphasizing a Biblical principle, it is arguing from a strictly anti-Biblical perspective:

“The civil government needs to do its duty and protect its people by not letting wolves enter in uninhibited.”

There is no such thing as government-enforced preventive “protection” in the Bible. This would mean that a person is declared a criminal before he has committed a crime, based on certain government criteria. Or even worse, that a whole group is declared criminal based on their nationality, until individuals in it they prove otherwise.

Having proof for specific individuals that they are members of a crime syndicate is one thing. Treating a whole group as possible criminals without proof is another. We do that, and we are opening the door for concentration camps for our own children.”
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Bojidar says, “Vetting people is not the same as closing the borders to refugees; just as protecting your family is not the same as shooting everyone who enters your backyard.”
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Question/Comment 4: “It seems reasonable that a magistrate wouldn’t be involved unless accusations were made.”
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Bojidar says, Correct.

The Bible doesn’t exclude private investigations, though. These are outside the Biblically-mandated authority of the civil government, and therefore the Law of God doesn’t regulate those – as long as, of course, the private investigators stay within the Law in their ethical behavior. So while a government executive policy of curtailing people’s liberty is out of question (and besides, it never really works), private action is allowed, and I should say, necessary.

This is fully consistent with our theonomic views: Self-government is the most fundamental government, and we need to push every government action in this direction, and only accept solutions at a higher institutional level when they are permitted by the Law of God, and when there is no other solution currently available.

This is also the practical judicial difference between CR and the modern covenanters. Modern covenanters think in terms of natural law: if there’s some power in the society, it should be used to the fullest extent possible on every issue, regardless of whether the Law of God gives permission for such institutional action. We think in terms of spheres of authority: power should be used only where specifically allowed, and only when all other options have failed.
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Question/Comment 5: It does seem somewhat irresponsible to me that we wouldn’t have some kind of proactive measures in place. Yes, the private sector could (and likely should) handle that, but I don’t see any volunteers, either with time/expertise an/or money.
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Bojidar says, “So, how well did proactive measures work so far?

The only thing they can be vetted for directly at the border is diseases. If there is information about specific ones who are criminals, or have been part of a criminal/terrorist organization, they should be arrested and tried, not deported.

Back in the 1990s, many people in Easter Europe thought that the private sector wouldn’t be able to move in and replace the government in supplying the market. We couldn’t see any volunteers, either with time/expertise or with money. We all thought that we would starve until private owners learn how to produce and supply the market – and organize operations.

The day after the government monopoly and price controls were repealed, the stores were full, at prices at about the same level as before. Gradually, more and more goods appeared, and the prices were lower and lower.

Actually, there have always been people with expertise. And money shouldn’t be a problem.

Abolish The Police, Capitalism, Christianity, Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God, Taxation

We Need New Tactics

I’m glad these people are doing something to stand against the lies that have been told about them. But, the problem isn’t the New York Times. They only started the problem. Their real problem is the state. The auditors are coming. The auditors probably don’t carry guns, but men with guns, employed by the state are just a phone call away.

  1. What is the biblical penalty for paying a worker less than minimum wage, assuming the worker agreed to work for that? There is no biblical penalty.
  2. What is the biblical penalty for paying a worker with cash, and not keeping adequate records? There is no biblical penalty.
  3. If a Christian government employee tries to impose a penalty for a “crime” that the Bible says is no crime, they should be placed under church discipline.

That is new tactic number 1. Churches need to place Christian government agents imposing unjust laws on people under church discipline.

New Tactic number 2: Refuse to purchase the bonds the state is requiring. We must obey God rather than men.

New Tactic number 3: These nail salon people have at least dozens of people willing to protest. The next step is for each nail salon to refuse to be audited, and to call on these protesters to block the doors if necessary. Hopefully other citizens who care about liberty will join them.

We no longer live in a capitalist or free country. The tactics we’ve employed thus far have not worked. Suing the government in government courts with tyrannical judges doesn’t work. We need new tactics. We need to sweat the small stuff. I care about the liberty of Chinese immigrants in New York who don’t speak a lick of English. I want liberty for them, and I will stand with them given the opportunity.

Abolish The Police

M&M Logic

Every day Christians on Facebook keep repeating this analogy: If you had a handful of M & Ms and you knew two of them were poisoned, what would you do?

Meaning, we should not give any Syrians refuge in this country, because we would be letting in a certain percentage of terrorists. Unfortunately, that analogy can be applied to any group of people to justify their abuse. Japanese-Americans were thrown into prison camps in World War II using M&M logic. Using M&M logic everyone would be in favor of abolishing the police, because we all agree that there are a certain percentage that are bad.

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Here’s what Bojidar had to say on that.

“Police commit many more crimes than Muslims in the US. If conservatives applied the same logic to police, we would have all cops banished from this country and police shut down forever as an institution. The fact that we see these memes applied only to politically weak groups and not to the real problem, the politically powerful standing army of police, undermines the conservative position and makes it laughable.

Inconsistency destroys credibility. If you are not willing to apply your logic across the board, don’t even bother.”