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David,
My closing comment is NOT an unwarranted or otherwise attack on Oath Keepers. I see it as a concerned reminder of a missed opportunity. I used to be an Oath Keeper until I became aware of the large numbers of LEO's who were joining. NEVER ONCE have I heard another LEO or Oath Keeper leader speak out about police domestic terrorism and abuse.
Next time you see CDR Gillie, you might ask why he VERY wisely addressed his remarks in his speech to exempt LEO's? You might also ask CDR Gillie about the duty a commisioned officer has when he or she witnesses another commissioned officer or NCO commiting a crime or engaged in unprofessional or unbecoming conduct. Being a retired military officer myself, I suspect CDR Gillie will tell you that he would have a DUTY to either make an "on the spot correction" or take some course of administrative action that may be anything from a verbal counseling to intiation of an Article 32 Investitgation.
Law Enforcement Officers as a professional group are loath and adamnant to criticize, discipline, or in any way take effective action to police and clean up their ranks nationwide. This has become a nationwide cancer.
I don't expect Oath Keepers to take up the "Holy Grail" against police domestic terrorism and abuse, BUT I DO expect some kind of public expression of their disapproval and affirmation that they do not support or allow in their ranks LEO's who violate their oath or engage in police domestic terrorism and abuse.
I realize that LEO's are human beings just like the rest of us and we ALL make mistakes. Just seems like the rest of us pay for our mistakes and the "ONLY ONES" get a free pass.
Those who insist upon "talking the talk" have a DUTY to "walk the walk."
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jan 12, 2010, 11:31:39 PM
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