May 17, 2023
For National Police Week Keith discusses the “Thin Blue Line” in actual practice, the actual job of the police, and the fundamental difference between police and sheriff. Trigger warning – this is not a Back The Blue episode. Always remember the job of the police is to support and defend the government, keeping the people in check following the whims and agenda of the politicians. Police are government enforcers, with monopoly power on initiation of force, using the tools of guns and cages. Keith lives in South Florida where his encounters with cops in the last two years were thugs protecting the beach and the park from the people. The boys in blue were told to keep the parks and beach free, so they did so – free of people!
Links Referenced in the Show:
National Police Week
https://www.policeweek.org/
Move bombing by the Philadelphia Police
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing
Eric Garner chokehold death
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2014/dec/04/i-cant-breathe-eric-garner-chokehold-death-video
Breonna Taylor’s shooting death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Breonna_Taylor
MN Black Robe Regiment on Rochester Police
https://youtu.be/Sf1CKwN7q8M
Book “Rise of the Warrior Cop”
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=the+rise+of+the+warrior+cop&hvadid=580696234792&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9052702&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15891357424262782179&hvtargid=kwd-59601993757&hydadcr=22567_13493270&tag=googhydr-20&ref=pd_sl_3fyudi2c9k_e
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Hosted by Keith Bessette, Rebel Civics covers the principles of society and government, the ideas upon which America was founded, the history of the development of these principles, and current events in relation to them. Rebel (n): A person who is disobedient to unjust authority and stands up for fundamental principles, despite conventions and the opinions of others.
