The Thin Blue Line

July 4, 2009

I've been working on this article for quite a while off and on. The focus has changed several times during this period, but I think recent events have clarified the final article.

We have often heard the term "The Thin Blue Line" used to describe the police officers of all levels. This line is very thin, according to FBI statistics from 2007 www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2007/police/index.html Table 76 there where 71,847 state police and in Table 77 there where 1,636,061 local, city and county police in the Several States. The total for all police at the local, city, county and state level is 1,707,908. According to Table 77 the population in the Several States was 285,866,466. I could not find numbers for federal police officers with the various agencies, but for sake of this let us say there are not quite as many as there are state police and use the number of 50,000. If we round those numbers up to account for expansion since 2007 we get 1.8 million police, actual sworn officers excluding "civilian employees" and a population of 286 million people in the Several States.

Now that we have those numbers, let us subtract the police numbers from the population numbers, we end up with 284.2 million People who are not police. That means that for every police officer out there there are 157.8 People. The Thin Blue Line is truly very, very thin.

Once upon a time in the Several States police were looked on with respect. These were the people we hired to protect and serve, to keep the average person safe, to break up fights, to investigate crimes and in general to keep the peace. We referred to these fine men as "Peace Officers". There have always been pockets of corruption and the odd officer who enjoyed abusing people and in general lording over the average citizen. These bad apples where always rooted out and fired or put on trial for their crimes. The focus of the Peace Officer was the peace in his neighborhood, everyone in his neighborhood knew Officer Murphy or Office Jones or Officer Baker and they knew they could rely on their neighborhood police officer to look out for them.

Today it is much different. Now the police officers are told that they are no longer servants of the People but that they are above the People. In fact, they are taught that the average person is their enemy. There is no discretion - an officer is there to generate tickets to provide income for the town, city, state, etc that he or she works for. In order to have discretion the officer would have to understand about the Constitution that he or she takes an oath to uphold and defend against all enemies foreign and domestic - by their very actions on a day to day basis it is apparent that these officers do not know the first thing about the Constitution... nor do they care.

We have near daily reports of police officers tasering the physically handicapped, the old and the infirm. Instead of resolving the situation by other means they use legalized torture to make the person comply. Police officers are told they are to be obeyed and that they may arrest anyone who doesn't immediately follow their demands.

What each and every person wearing a police uniform at any level, from local to federal, needs to know is that you have no more power than the average person. You also need to understand that you took an oath, and regardless of what you are told following orders is no defense - just ask German soldiers at the Nuremberg trials. You may consider the oath you took to be nothing more than a technicality to get the job but rest assured that the average person takes that oath a lot more seriously. That was an oath taken to us, and we hold your oath breaking to be the highest form of treason there is. You may be asking yourself why we hold your oath breaking to be the highest form of treason there is, the answer is simple - you are to protect the people you serve, the average person, from all enemies foreign and domestic and this includes politicians and agencies from all levels from local to federal. In the case of our sheriffs, you are the HIGHEST level of law enforcement in the county - you have the power to arrest every politician, judge, federal agent and indeed the President of the United States if they commit crimes within your county. Sheriffs have this power because the people granted them that power and elect them to their position, transferring some of the power and responsibility inherent in every person to the sheriff as their agent. The Constitution is not a document binding on the People, it is a document binding the government of representatives that were created by the People. In simplest terms, we created your jobs and as the creators of same we can remove those jobs.

Every police officer at every level must ask themselves why they are being told that the People are their enemy and why today they have more in common with the Nazi Gestapo or the SS, or Soviet police than the Peace Officer of America's past. Could it be that various levels of government have decided they want to rule over America like lords or tyrants as has been done many times throughout history? The way things are now it would appear that this is the case.

You may be asked to attack some of the People who are talking about things the government doesn't like. These will be average people who have decided that we must speak out and inform the People who may not notice where the government is heading or the path the Republic is on. You will likely be told that these folks are "anti-government militia members". Since the militia is made up of the body of the People there is no way that they can truly be anti-government as the "government" was formed to represent the People.

We have spoken with members of every level of police from local police to US Marshals, we have long known that the People have supporters in each agency, sheriffs and police department. In a recent conversation with a US Marshal we were told "you've got more people supporting you in the agency than you know". There are a lot of people in the agencies that are working with and supporting us. You can download the archive of the Freeman Radio show of Jun 29, 2009 where this talked about from http://freemanradio.com and hear it for yourself; the report starts about half way through the show.

When you are told that you are going to raid some person's house in the middle of the night because they have talked out against the "government" you have to ask yourself some questions. Is anyone on your raid team sympathetic to the People? Do you know with 100% certainty that no one has contacted the person to warn them? Do you know with 100% certainty that no one has contacted the local militia to warn them about this unconstitutional raid? What if members of the raid team are with the People and the militia and decide to help defend the person you are raiding? Would members of the raid team fire on you instead of the person being raided? What if this is the event that touches off the Second American Revolution?

The People are getting fed up with the actions of government and police at all levels. Record sales of guns, ammo and long term storage foods show that the people have come to the realization that the situation in American today is like the one we faced prior to the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution and that they must prepare for what is coming. Reports of what police, military and government officials are talking about seems to indicate that they see it as well.

Unless there is a drastic change by the government and a return to Constitutional government it would appear that we are on a collision course with the Second American Revolution. When this happens each and every police officer will have to make the choice to obey unconstitutional orders or uphold their oath. If you choose to uphold your oath then remove your uniform because once the Revolution starts anyone in a police uniform will be considered an armed supporter of the traitorous and unconstitutional government and will be shot like any other enemy combatant.

The People are sick and tired of the way they are being treated by their elected representatives and other employees such as government bureaucrats and police officers. You are either with us or against us, there is no middle ground. You are part of the People or you are the enemy of the People. Make your choice now before it is too late.