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We need to become wolves again

Wolves are all around us. The Military (and Intelligence agencies), Law Enforcement, Cartels (and other criminals) and large private organizations are all fighting each other as well as preying on the civilian population. This is the game that they all play and everyone is a part of it whether they want to be or not and the stakes are high and are getting higher. Civilization or what people see as civilized society, is just a facade and its collapsing. We will soon be in a place where we have to watch over our own communities and not rely on third parties for that task. If you don’t have warriors around you, your not gonna make it through.

We must become once again a warrior race, something many of us haven’t in generations. And why can’t you? Because you never went to basic training? Nobody gave you a badge or a uniform? That is very much beside the point.

~ Clay Martin @wayofftheres

The majority of the world are sheep. The NPCs, the random characters from the city streets of GTA, the civilians who don’t even know the game is being played often times just out side their perceived world. The ones that don’t know the house down the street is drug house or that they just walked into a mob bar and disrespected the hostess. They either don’t under stand how dangerous the real world is because of their sheltering within “civilization” or they willfully ignore the game entirely. They outsource to and rely on a third party for their protection and security. Most of which have no intention of protecting them when the shit really hits the fan. The sheep will always be targeted, oftentimes victimized, and sometimes caught up in the crossfire as collateral damage resulting in their remaining time in the game much more difficult, or ending it entirely.

“Military, cops, cartels and prepared citizens are all in the game and if you are not you are the target”

~Ed Calderone @manifestoradiopodcast

Many of us have all been consumed by social media, tv, video games or one of the other forms of bread and circus for far to long and that needs to change. Many need to wake up to the fact that no one is coming to save you. If the police force was going to save you which is debatable at this point, See our article HERE, they are not going to now. Their staffing is in the toilet and the good ones are gone or leaving.

There are civilians that understand the game is being played and conduct them selves as such, by preparing the best they know how. Whether or not they are actively playing, they know the game is being played, they have evaluated their situation and judged what level of threat they face and understand that the could be thrust into the game at any moment. Though they typically focus too heavily on buying things when what they really need to do is….

Becoming wolves again

You have to be a sheepdog Ed watch out for the flock….Sheepdogs get eaten where I am from, you want to be a coyote or a wolf.

~Ed Calderone

While coyotes are sly like the fox, seen as the tricksters, and they will survive, they are never honored by warriors but are more respectable than most other metaphors, though they will never be top of the food chain. So what does that leave?…….. Wolves

Why not bears, tigers, lions or any of the many animals often associated with warriors? While some of them have warrior qualities, most of them still perform in the circus. Few of them have tribes or pack, and most of them have qualities that are left unexamined.

Bears are brutes but they are primarily scavengers and loners. All big cats except the lions are loners and are more likely to run than fight. Lions have a pride but the males sit around waiting for the females to do the hunting. Thats why the lioness is popular metaphor for female warriors.

Men with a taste or talent for violence who want to be “good guys” often refer to themselves as sheepdogs, sheepdogs have a deep love for and fights to protect sheep defined as as healthy productive citizens with no capacity for violence. From the wolves who have a capacity for violence but no empathy for their fellow citizens. What is a sheepdog if not a domesticated wolf  who as the result of his breeding training and conditioning does exactly what he is told. A sheep dog is a pet a sheepdog has a master his master owns him. The sheepdogs master is not the sheep. His master uses the sheepdog to control the sheep. Who are his assets with which he hill do as he pleases. One wonders if theses so called sheepdogs will ever wake up screaming knowing they aided in the slaughter of their charges or if they will simply block it out and move on barking the wolves are coming perhaps then a sheepdog isn’t such a noble thing to be after all.

~Jack Donovan @ph2t3r

That brings us back to the wolves

Why insult yourself or your tribe by associating them with domesticated pets. Why fight like a sheep dog when you can fight like a wolf. Men need to become the wolves of their tribes again. Our tribes need to raise wolf pups again, because the other wolves are all circling and moving in for the kill.

The empire likes to show wolves as evil, dangerous, violent, typically the villain characters of children’s stories targeting the weak and defenseless. However while wolves were feared they were also revered by the northern tribes.

You don’t see wolves performing in the circus. Wolves are the kings of the north. Wolves protect their own even from other wolves. They live in a pack, work in a pack and hunt as a pack. Up and hunting year round they don’t take a season long nap. They take care of their own including their elders. Being fierce predators no matter the sex there is not an animal in their kingdom that they cannot take down.

The men of tribes have always passed down the warrior skills to their sons. This is the natural way of things. Every man is a warrior for the tribe even though it was not their primary profession.

Professional armies are a more modern invention that sprouts up as people grow soft from the convince of civilization and grow farther and farther from having to survive on their own.

Becoming a wolf will be a journey, take it one step at a time, you just have to prioritize it. Get fit, take classes, learn the skills a little bit at a time in between your other responsibilities. We cover a wide range of info in our paid section Barbarian Tradecraft that will get you started and help guide you to the right topics, information, and experts to search out and learn from.

The longer you wait the more you will have to learn on the fly and the less likely you will be to succeed. Then start teaching your children. Sons and daughters. While they have rarely been the primary warriors there has always been shield maidens and female warriors throughout history. Your wife and daughters should know how to defend them selves and protect their families just as much as the fathers and sons, even if ideally it would be a last resort for them.

Will you become a wolf

There are groups out there that want no other end than your extermination or enslavement. The age old battle of good and evil is making its way back into the foreground for everyone and which side is which is not clear for most people. The facade of civilization is collapsing, and the realities of the world are making their way back into everyones lives. Those who do not want to become prey will need to become wolves. The first step is step is simple decide not to be the victim and become the wolf if you don’t…..

You will not survive here. You are not a wolf, and this is a land of wolves now.

~Alejandro – Sicario

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Barbarian War Bands

Your tribe needs a war band, your raiders. Back in the day empires and tribes would raid each other for resources, now your war band needs to do business. It is not uncommon for homesteaders to want to sell eggs, or vegetables, or other products that the homestead produces. While there is nothing wrong with this, you are not going to be able to sell enough to make ends meet in this day and age. It can certainly be part of your tribes income if you or some members wen the homesteading route, (which I think we all need to even if its only for producing your own food. Anything you can make your self frees up capital for other things.

But if you ignore the digital landscape and all the business opportunities that it can offer, your not setting your self up for success. There is so many different products and business models that you can set up online that require very little input once they get going that they can make money for you while you do other things. This is called passive income, and while its never truly passive, you can get money coming in from relatively low amounts of work allowing you to have other time to make more money in other ways.

When you have multiple people doing this you multiply the income streams and thus the potential income for your tribe. This is where the War band comes in

War band vs your brotherhood

While your brotherhood should be more exclusive, your war band need not be. There were shield maidens in the past and now there is women in business now. Your brothers can certainly be in your war band, and if they are business minded they should be but other members of your tribe can participate as well even the children. As long as they are in the tribe, and business minded, or even if they are not but they are bringing in significant income for the tribe. They can and should be in this group. They could be a lawyer but work for a firm instead of their own. It doesn’t mean they can’t be you or your tribes lawyer. Specialist such as this could and should be part of your tribes war band if you have have members like that. They might be able to contribute important information to your bands projects you other wise would have to go outside the tribe for. Think CPA’s, bookkeeping, tax professionals, lawyers, engineers etc.

A rising tide lifts all ships

Pooling your resources with your tribe isn’t just for paying the bills, taking shifts in the garden or with the kids for schooling. Get your entrepreneurs together, brainstorm, come up with products, content idea, business ideas, figure out how you can help each others business and where you can collaborate.

Have extra eggs? Sell them, same goes for vegetables, or even ornamental plants your homestead might be growing. Let the kids work the stand instead of a lemonade stand. Or maybe you have a digital marketer, let him market your other businesses online. Or maybe you have content creators, Help them get content created or find ways that they can collaborate. Cross market each other products in each others store, digital or brick and mortar. This is how wealthy families got wealthy. They knew the whole family had to be participating and it couldn’t hurt them but only help them as a whole to help everyone get prospering. In your case your tribe might not be family exclusive but the concept is the same.

Precautions

Remember the overall goal of bettering your tribe, and don’t let it ruin your relationships. If something is not going to work let it go and move on to the next project. Offer opinions when asked and when its in your wheel house, but don;t try to tell others how to run their projects. Golden rule applies within your tribe. In fact its the only place that its still safe to abide by it.

Just like doing business with anyone outside the tribe, talk to an expert on structures, laws, regulations, taxes etc. and make sure everyone is on the same page when it come to goals and expectations. If you take care of this up front, it will save you lots of headaches later on. If they are both tribe members and in your war band it should be because you know them and they are hard workers and business minded. This is already two big hurtles that cause problems but that does not mean that there is not going to be head bumping. It is inevitable whether your working with friends family or strangers.

Its not that complicated

This can all be as simple as just knowing what everyone is doing so that you can refer people to them as the opportunity arrises or seeing if any tribe members need a job before hiring outside. Only in recent times has it been deemed immoral but society to help those you know when it comes to business or job opportunities and most cultures still will take care of their own before outsiders. As long as they are qualified and nothing is illegal then why would you hire someone you don’t know over some one you do or is vouched for by someone you know.

Now get out there and bring home that plunder for your tribe.

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Becoming a barbarian

Looking back I have been a barbarian from birth, at least in part. Up until my parents divorce I was home schooled and lived rurally, after that I had to start my journey through the system from the second grade on but I never truly fit it, though I was good at blending in. Never the outcast but never the popular kid, I was never big on having a bunch of sub par friends and the things that were important to the kids around me were never important to me. Now I realize that those of us that were in this position in school were naturally though unconsciously fighting the programming.

I didn’t care about dances, or school politics, events, or grades. What I wanted to learn was either dismissed as false, not taught in schools to begin with, or was systematically being removed from the curriculum. Zero tolerance for fighting was being rolled out and you were no longer allowed to defend your self. Cell phones were just becoming smart at the end of my high school career and people were still able to be social in person with out some digital interface. Things you sometimes don’t pay attention to or understand when your in them but click all at once later in life when your looking back on it. It was the pivot point for the education system the tail end of what could be considered a normal educational experience, at least compared to now.

Becoming a barbarian

This continued after high school, While everyone prioritized drinking and partying, or SATs and college, depending on the person, I prioritized fitness, and practical education. I went straight to EMT school and joined a fire department as a volunteer while I was getting a tattoo removed that was to low on my arm so that I could join the military. The rules kept changing and I ultimately just stayed at the fire department and went for law enforcement when I became the right age.

While I was at the Fire department the majority of the other guys at least cared about fitness but they were all still overly obsessed with sports and other trappings of the system that I couldn’t care less about. So just like high school I was never fully in the group. Just like school I always had a couple people I could call friends at any one time that did have some similar interests. Even then I knew a lot of people and could get along with most groups, but I was never really a part of any of them.

This was unique position to be in. Many feel comfortable talking to you or around you and forget to mind their tongue. They will talk shit or gossip like they would normally but you get to see all sides. A will talk to C behind B’s back and then talk shit about C to D. You get a front row seat to how fake and disloyal 99 percent of the population is. This is hard lesson learned at a young age but a valuable one as you get older.

Loyalty is a very rare commodity

This continued through my adult life and while most people would call that a loss, I do not. It is why it was made blatantly obvious to me that the “brotherhood” at my fire department was a bull shit. The same lesson and learned the same way that learned at the police department as well. Though the police department was worse. The fire department at least showed up with lip service when some one died or was killed. At the police department, there was a line of duty death shortly before I arrived. One detective was trying to do something nice for the kids that he left behind and the other officers couldn’t be bothered to help out with either their time or some money.

Most people classify people as friends that have no business being called that. They do this out of a superficial desire/need to be liked and included. I am not saying that I don’t have that need too though I am not going to change who I am at my core just to be part of some group. I would rather be on my own than around fake people.

Moving on

Once I Turned 21 I left the fire department, and never heard from any of them again. I went to police academy and got my biggest taste of pseudo brotherhood I had experienced. The whole class clicked and meshed extremely fast and it was a great year. I then graduated and moved across the country for a job. Never to hear from most of them again despite reaching out. Hence pseudo brotherhood, though there was two that did keep in touch and one I have mentioned before who is still in law enforcement. The other Like me is not. They are two of the few people I call friends.

My time in law enforcement was short

It was rough start from the jump, I showed up day one and no one that needed to know knew I was coming. They had no gear for me not training officer for me nothing. They didn’t know what version of the computer system I would end up using so I had to learn two of everything in a shortened amount of time. Before even getting assigned to a trainer.

My first field training officer was on the way out, over weight, sloppy, hadn’t upgraded his uniform in 10 years, of course I didn’t even have one yet at this point. He slept in the passenger seat more nights then he was awake and I ultimately didn’t learn anything. Then came phase two where I was supposed to know everything and didn’t as well as some of my academy training not meshing with the new department mainly arrest control (handcuffing techniques) yet no one was willing to teach me how their department Wanted it.

It was around this stage that my health problems cropped up and I was forced to resign. Though that would be a saving grace later. After the department tv shows, and multiple scandals hitting the department, I was glad to have dodged the bullet.

Healthcare

The end of my short law enforcement carrier was the mark of the beginning of learning about the health care system. I was told I had an auto immune disease that was causing issues that needed surgery. So I had the initial surgery, and then was told I needed to go to a specialist to fix auto immune issue before they could do the second surgery. The specialist told me I needed to have the second surgery before I could Fix the Immune issue.

This last 18 months back and forth when the second surgery was supposed to have been done no more than 3 months later. After which time I found my Functional MD who changed my diet for 6 months reversed the actual issue which was not the issue the hospitals said I had.

I went to a new hospital to get the second surgery done and their testing showed that I had none of the issues the original hospital said that I did. In fact I later learned the original hospital gave test prep advice that made the situation appear worse then It was on testing results. This was the point that I swore off the medical system, at least in respect to general health and minor illness/ injury. Major trauma is the only thing that the medical system seems to do well.

Then came 2019

We all know what happened then, This was a defining time where I was thrown into becoming a barbarian. I was out cast by most of my so called family. Though I cannot look at it completely in a bad light. I showed who my true family was, I know understand the rest were only relatives. I found many of the “light bulb moment” books and individuals that have been game changers for me. This time shaped my current views of law enforcement, and did not help my views of the medical system. It revitalized my interest in homesteading and entrepreneurship out of a feeling of need and not just desire and It brought me back more fully to spirituality.

Though I currently find my self in a kind of purgatory. Stuck in progress waiting for things out side of my control to fall into place. My plans and path for the future are more refined and and inline then I think they have ever been. This is where you find this writing, at the calm before the storm. Hopefully you will come along for the ride and learn with me as we go.

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A Barbarian Brotherhood

When you hear brotherhood you might think Templars, Assassins creed, freemasons, fraternities, biker clubs, the fire departments, law enforcement or the military to name a few. Though I don’t believe that brotherhood is being fostered by the members or allowed anymore by the higher ups in most fire departments and law enforcement agencies or most of the military. The only exception might be special operations units to some degree, specifically 75th Rangers and units from the Marine corps based on talking to and listening to members of both.

Brotherhood is more than just having a male friend, or even a few of them. It is about having men in your life that care about each other and are willing to have each others back. Who you are willing to put before your self if the need arises. It requires a commitment, to show up, and put in work with or to help the men in your group.

Brotherhood also requires honor, in short, you and your brothers will have to figure out what honor means to you, what your code is and what constitutes fallowing it. This honor code should be one part of the set of rules that govern your brotherhood, following them is honorable, the more you follow the more honorable you are and if you break them you dishonor the group.

Brothers will need to know that the men beside you are going to have your back and are not going to turn and run, they also need to know the same about you. You will need to be able to count on them in times of crisis. In order to be successful you will want the other men to prove they are committed to theIr brothers.

Brotherhood begins as an alliance between men against all external forces. This oath be it formal or informal spoken or unspoken is the most sacred aspect of the brotherhood. The oath of brotherhood creates a voluntary kinship a sense of collective identity a foundation of trust. The oath of brotherhood is what holds everything together and without it or when it has been irreparable corrupted by conniving and betrayal the brotherhood will inevitably fall apart.

~ Jack Donovan

Now that we have recapped what brotherhood is a relationship sense from our last article https://modernbarbarian.substack.com/p/what-is-brotherhood lets talk about the structure of A brotherhood.

Building your brotherhood

Now I cannot tell you what will work and what doesn’t as This is still a work in progress for me, and in reality what works for me might not work for you. You might have a large pool of friends to start from already, while others may have to build from zero. Some groups will just grown naturally and other you will have to claw and fight to get them built and staying together for reasons that are to numerous to list.

What I can do is layout a basic strategy that I am currently trying to follow as well as some wisdom and philosophy from others and wish you the best.

The basic out line will in many ways will be the same As building a tribe. The only difference is that you would add a men only requirement for your brotherhood. I mention this first as well because if your starting from scratch, a brotherhood would be a an easier thing to build than a tribe if for no other reason than size. And once that brotherhood is built or coming together, by bringing the families together a tribe can naturally grow out of the brotherhood.

Standards

I have covered before that I have higher standards than most when it comes my relationships. As I think you should as well I understand that some wont. You could be looking for just a super tight group thats just a step above friends. That is fine, I would classify that as the lowend of brotherhood, and for some that just may be where you want to start and build on.

My thoughts on a brotherhood are more structured and on the high end. A group that fosters bonds and relationships closer to family than to friends. To that end some of whats to come may apply to you and  some may not, take what you like leave the rest. Grow your brotherhood how you and your brothers see fit. Some things may grow out of your group naturally and some may never come up.

You don’t need a formal group with tax documentation to be a brotherhood, you don’t need membership roster or president, or rank structures etc. you need face time and bonding. The rest can come later or will come naturally depending on how organized you want to get.

Whats important is that you start strengthening your in person relationships And help each other grow. Everything else is just gravy.

Create proximity

your friends on Facebook are going to be useless if a crisis strikes near you. Even if it only affects you such as a family member dying, your boys showing up in person are going to make a much bigger impact than some likes, and well wishes on Facebook.

Find men who are geographically close to you, or focus on your local friends you already have. If this is not an option consider moving to their location or them to yours. This can be amplified by moving into the same neighborhood or apartment building. Being close create familiarity and a shared Identity which will help create your us.

This can be done online but only to a point. The internet is great tool for finding people if you don’t have a group to start from and group chats are great for keeping every one in touch, but you NEED to do things together you need to build that trust.

Make a regular occasion to grab a couple beers, smoke some cigars, play poker. These are great for socializing and are a great start to get to know each other a bit or to throw in once in a while to unwind but you need to learn how each other operate. Go to the range, train together, take a martial arts class or seminar, go hunting, play paintball, go to the gym, something, anything that teaches you a skill or improves yourself and each other.

You need to get together in person. Other wise you can’t truly hold each other accountable. If you never see someone in person, you can hide the fact that you are not putting in the work and you can ignore more effectively any attempts to push you To keep going. Now to go to a darker place for a moment to drive the importance home, what happens if one of your brothers is suicidal?  How are you going to pull that gun out of their hand if you are not near by.

This is perhaps one of the most important aspects of a brotherhood. Too much time is spent online as it is for most people. We need to change that. There are many online “brotherhoods” and they are well meaning but despite what the public has been sold, you will never be able to substitute in person relationships with online relationships.

Mission

Your group needs to have a mission, goal or specified purpose. Something that the members work together to further the efforts of, or attempt to achieve. Such as combat effectiveness for the military units, or religious efforts for the religious orders. This could be simply self improvement, or building a grou homestead for your families.

Shared identity and view

Many factors come into play for this but they can come from a shared family background, shared profession, and shared or similar religious beliefs to name a few. In short because it should be fairly obvious, the members have to have similarities. Some foundation to build future bonds on. This is part of what makes your “us”.

Selection

Groups need a selection process. Whether its open enrollment and then they test the applicants, or they actively go out and recruit specific people. There would be a process of choosing the potential members so that they have the best chance of fitting into the group, culture or mission of the group.

If your goal is to get you all homesteads then someone who doesn’t want to move out of the city is not a good match. Not everyone will be. Being selective about your members will give your group the best chance of success. Not everyone wants to rise some people just want to stay where they are.

FNGs

Fucking new guys for those that don’t know, is a term for new members to a group. Coined in the military and it then filtered out to other groups as veterans left the military. They are the newbies, that don’t know the rules, or how to do their jobs yet. Most structured groups have these. They are the rookies, or probies, rushes, prospects and so one. They reference members who have passed selection and are now on a trial basis within the group, partial members you might say. Most groups can expel these members more easily than full members and they are not privy to all info or benefits of the brotherhood yet. Now they have to earn that full membership. Usually after a list of required tasks and a vote for approval by the current full members.

Codes

They are all going to have a code, or rules for how the members conduct themselves. This is how the members know when a member is being honorable or not. The FNGs have to now learn and abide by the code in order to be eligible to move up to full brother. Your codes are going to stem from your groups views, and its mission or goals.

Fighting, danger, and suffering

Most of these groups involve fighting, combat or danger of some kind. Now while this is not necessary, bonds forged over fighting and gander can be stronger than those not if for no other reasons that their is consequences if you fail your brothers. Now depending on how this is approached legality becomes an issue so don’t break any laws. However this can be added to your group simply by going to a martial arts school as a group, the more practical the style the better, and ideally one that spars regularly.

Many people love the movies where bonds are forged through tough times, such as war, disaster, a heist and being hunted by the police, take your pick depending on your preferred flavor of cinematic entertainment. This is due to the nature of hard times and suffering. It presents those opportunities for individuals to step up and really help there tribe, their brothers, or their family, or even the guy down the street. There is consequences for failure and the stakes are high. This is part of why I believe that First Responder organizations and the military used to have that brotherhood.

It goes back to the “they will cross the country for your funeral”. The higher the stakes or the greater the suffering, the more likely someone might step up. So what happens when you live in a decadent society where people pretend to care about everyone, making it impossible to care about anyone? You get most people living in a situation where they won’t experience true suffering, and won’t have the chance presented for them to step up in those major events or if they do its once in a life time.

So what do you do about it? Make yourself and your group suffer, do a 20 mile ruck march, go run a spartan race or a go ruck even, do something that strains you all as individuals and separately so that you can pull together to help each other finish, it won’t be anything close to what its like in combat, but its as close as you might get artificially.

Traditions

Brotherhoods are going to have symbols, rituals, traditions, inside jokes or routines. They all are going to have an oath of some kind. This all helps form their shared identity and sense of belonging to the group, especially for those that had fewer commonalities with the group to begin with. These are based on history of the group, their mission, former members especially those that were heros for their group and so on. This could be anything from swearing an oath to join the group, to holidays from the groups history, or routines for opening and closing meetings.

Your just playing around

Now I have often heard reluctance to starting a more formal brotherhood. This usually revolves around “your just making stuff up” “your larping” “your just playing games” etc. But really think about it, everything in this world was made up at some point. Every group we have talked about wasn’t created with the world, they didn’t discover biker clubs in some temple some where. Someone came along built it and gave it name. Some things grow organically out specific situation such as friend groups out of a class, or a religious order out of a specific mission from the church, but someone put a name to it, making it up. You might be building it from scratch for a specific mission or goal or you may just be putting a name to something thats already there formalizing it Either way get over your self if your having this thought and if you not don’t let the haters detract from what you are trying to do. They will be sitting at home alone watching Netflix while you have a group of brothers out there conquering.

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Barbarian law enforcement: Conclusion & thoughts on reform

Society as a whole has become so crooked and degenerate that good people in general are no where to be found at this point. At least from how I see it, Let alone good people that are capable of doing the job. This according to some forces law enforcement to lower standards to reach recruitment goals which then lowers the quality and even less good people want to be a part of it and the cycle spins down the shitter.

While this is the excuse they use, and it may be true to a point, I also think that people who would be good at law enforcement both don’t want to do the job, and are not typically hired by departments in the first place. The general problems are not the fault of the individual officers except maybe those in the command staff, but by joining and becoming part of that system and machine you make it your fault, especially if you know about it going in. Most jobs, law enforcement included want good little foot soldiers who follow orders and don’t make waves. People who they think are going to challenge things that they don’t want challenged are not going to make it through the hiring process, typically. You can get the hint based on the questions asked by oral boards and the entrance exams.

Also evident by the departments requirements for college. The requirement goes any where from 2-4 or more years of indoctrination typically and If they cared about anything other than the indoctrination they wouldn’t accept just any 4 year degree or any two year degree. Some do give preferences to certain degrees, but specific degrees are by no means a requirement for most places. The college degree just ensures that you have had 4 more years on obedience in the systems and most likely taken on enough debt that you will not risk loosing your job.

What are the solutions?

In short, It needs to be made that law enforcement answers to the citizens and not the state or the politicians in charge at the time. There needs to be personal reasonability on the cops when they do something wrong whether following orders or not and Laws need to be enforced in a way that errs on the side of individual liberty at all times.

Any solution is going to have two versions. The ideal one that works perfectly in the ideal world, and the real world realistic one that works with what you have at hand. The ideal solution might be a great long term goal keeping in mind the world is not ideal and never will be but the realistic solution is what you usually need to do, in order take the first steps towards it.

Many think the ideal solution is that law enforcement as we know it should be completely disbanded and a private option brought in to replace it. While there are some arguments to be made for privatization that have been proven in most sectors that it has been tried this will likely not be a palatable option for most people any time soon. Also to be fair it should be noted that private prisons have not been a shining example of what private law enforcement could be.

Now I am from the point of view that the problems in law enforcement are not fixable in their current state because its how the system is built. So I would be interested in some options of privatizing the justice system, however realistically the first steps are going to be taken within the system thats here.

Start right now and protect yourself

Learn the law. Criminal law, case law, and your rights then find a good lawyer that has a similar mindset, morals, and point of view as you. You need to train to defend your self in this arena just like you would nay other.

Goals to work for

Now as long as law enforcement serves the legislator/ the state and has no obligations to the citizens (Article here) it is nothing more than a political weapon to be utilized by the politicians against the people. The only possible exception is Sheriff Departments, but ONLY the ones where the Sheriff is elected because theoretically he answers to the people. This also implies that elections are un-corrupted and no campaign money has expectations on it but I am trying to be fair here.

The elected sheriff set up would be a great first start if you believe a state-esk solution is required and that no private sector option would work. Many would have to push for the disbandment of municipal police departments, and changes made to legislation already on the books, and possibly state and local constitutions.

Theoretically the results would be the legislator can make the laws, and the citizen bound sheriff’s department decides if they are appropriate to enforce or not precedent has somewhat been set on this as it is in regards to immigration and gun laws. Any way the legislator could punish the sheriff department themselves would have to be heavily reduced. No slashing their budgets, or firing authority etc. No way to force their hands into enforcing laws that should not be enforced. This would be easy locally at first as most sheriffs are a jurisdiction above the city and therefore the city cannot touch them however protections would need to be put in place at any county and state and federal level.

A responsibility now falls on the citizens as they have to be able to do some of those things in order to keep them in check themselves beyond just voting.

Cops = Citizens

One such option which really could and should be changed either way is that cops no longer get special treatment by the law. As long as cops are aloud to look at them selves as a separate class and no longer one of the citizens the problems will continue to get worse because they will never be effected by the laws they enforce. This was made glaringly visible during the pandemic as police unions would lobby and fight for their officers freedoms but not of the citizens.

No more exceptions, loopholes or extra protections. If something is illegal to posses they cannot posses it either with the only exception being collection of evidence. That means if certain equipment or tools or weapons are illegal then the cops don’t get them either. As well they need to be held to a higher standard to the same laws the civilians are. No more plea deals, or lighter sentences for crimes just because they are cops. The threat of being put in the cell next to those they arrest and for a longer sentence should be a reminder to not cross those lines.

Law Changes

No more laws to make their job easier. Its not the citizens job to give up their rights to make law enforcement easy. Citizens have inherent rights for a reason, other wise they would be called privileges.

No more victimless laws. If the only victim is the state, then its nots a crime its extortion.

No more qualified immunity, This should go for any government employee but cops specifically should know whether or not they are violating the rights of the people. And if they are suspected of it it should get sorted out in court like any other crime. If they are innocent or the case has no standing they should trust in the same system that they are sending people through to work it out.

No more plea deals. Plea deals as well as strategic lying on the side of the prosecutors, is used to force people through the system and not go to trial. Many innocent people have pled guilty on advice from lawyers to not “risk” trial. If there is not enough evidence to go to trial then the case should not be moving forward anyway.

Personal Responsibly

Cops need to be held personally responsible for their actions. In addition to no qualified immunity, No more shrugging any law suit responsibilities onto the department where the financial burden comes out of tax money. The citizens are essentially just getting a refund when they are abused in a way even the system cant justify.

Just like doctors and many other professions have to already, cops should have to carry their own insurance. When/if they commit so much wrong doing that their insurance is to expensive or they wont cover them any more then they have to figure it out or find a new profession.

Conclusion

Cops have been separated from the citizens through special privileges, and protections for too long and it only gets worse as time goes on. As long as the general population stays fat, lazy, and unaware of the threats in the real world we will always need designated protectors/peace keepers but when they don’t have to answer to the citizens they supposedly serve, they fall into becoming a tool of tyranny wielded by who ever is in charge. Used to harass and extort money out of the citizens to boost the governments budgets.

This is not all the options on the table, and the changes above would not totally “fix” law enforcement but I don’t believe you can totally fix law enforcement as we know it today but these steps would be a good step in the right direction. Shifting the scales back toward the individual for both freedom but also the responsibility that comes with it.

 

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Barbarians and law enforcement :So what cops only deal with criminals

Based on some of the examples I have shown through this series of ordinary people that that either did very little wrong or nothing, and still had their lives at best turned upside down, by law enforcement if not out right destroyed. You shouldn’t even be making this argument at this point. However lets forget even that those cases for a moment.

What if tomorrow you are a criminal?

According to lawyer Harvey A. Silverglate, author of Three Felonies a Day. There is so many laws just at the federal level that you, as an average American citizen commit three felonies a day. But lets say you are not average and you some how know the federal, state and municipal laws and regulations so well that you never make a mistake.

What if your city state or the federal government tomorrow decides that you are a criminal. Thats how passing new laws works. One day something is legal and the next its not. Something you do everyday that is legal could now not be.

They could instill a curfew, outlaw 100% of abortions, ban homeschooling, enforce federal marijuana laws, how about ownership of non electric vehicles, California already has done it with small engines. Maybe they ban alcohol again, Who knows it really could be anything and it doesn’t matter how trivial.

Don’t think its possible the government can label who ever they want a criminal with a stroke of the pen? Then why is that the favorite argument that both sides likes to use when the other tries to pass a law that they don’t agree with.

Now even worse, what if they are innocent and treated this way?

How many people in the news lately have you seen where the victims are ones getting arrested. Homeowners calling the police on squatters who then get arrested themselves. Store owners defending them selves or trying to stop shop lifters. People defending them selves against home invasions. They more and more wind up sitting in the cells next to the criminals who attacked them, if the criminals who attack them even have to stay in jail.

Then everyone always blames the legislator or the Government as a whole and they always jump right over the cops even though by definition are part of the government.

So ask your self would the legislators or government be able to do any of this with out their merry band of enforcers? Why do they not have any responsibility if they enforce things that unlawful, or unconstitutional? Why do they never have to answer to the citizens that they supposedly serve?

Now what about crimes where there are no victims?

Like Seat belt laws, If you break it who does it hurt? No one, other than yourself IF you get in an accident. (Personal responsibility) The only possible worthwhile justification I can see would be for passengers under 16/18/21 years old. What ever your jurisdiction considers an adult/legal driver such as children.

Helmet laws……Read seat belt laws

Tint Laws (Or really any vehicle modification law) What person dies because you darken your cars windows, are people dropping dead on the side walk as you pass by with tinted windows? How about lifts? Bigger tires? Body kits? How about fuel system chips? Air intakes? All are illegal in one jurisdiction or another and none them effect anyone. Not even the driver of the car so they cant even justify the for your own good argument.

The justification for any victimless crime is that it prevents something else from happening. Speed limits stop accidents, prostitution laws stop drug use and other crimes and so forth. but if that were the case then, cops would be unnecessary at this point no?

Prostitution is illegal in most jurisdictions so there must be no prostitution right? No one speeds or modifies their car? Surly everyone must drive with a seat belt right? Or is it possible that they knew a large portion of a population would continue the behaviors even though they are illegal and figured they could make money off it? punishment by fine = legal for fee as most victimless crimes are, but don’t think you might not get killed over it none the less.

Most victimless crimes stem from either misguided thoughts that they will stop the behavior or some other allegedly connected behavior, from one group trying to impose their world views on the rest of the population, or from the simple goal of fund generation (extortion).

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A barbarian’s issues with law enforcement : No longer innocent until proven guilty

People still believe that you are innocent until proven guilty. As it its written that might be the case, but with the court of public opinion and never changing data bases, that is no longer the case. Just the act of getting arrested and in many jurisdictions you are guilty for ever.

While not specifically a problem with cops they do not take this into account when they take any action towards a citizen such as an arrest. If you have a legitimate defense you may make it out of your initial appearance with a dismissal but the damage may have already been done. Just another example of the lack of responsibility and caring for the citizens that they supposedly serve.

Simply getting arrested even if not charged can and will ruin your life. At the time of your arrest police PR teams and media will blanket the airwaves with everything the first day and nothing you can release after that will ever take it back in order to undo for what they did.

Even if your case is dismissed early on and there is no charge or sentence on your record the arrest will always stay there. Even if you take it all the way to court and get an acquittal with record expunging the arrest will often stay on your record which will still cause many problems.

The Eddie Gallagher case is a great example of what damage can be done to your reputation simply by an arrest and a less than clean justice system. Though it did take place in the military justice system, the damage to his reputation and his families as well was far from contained to military life.

They enforce the law no mater what is is and follow orders even if it is not the law

They enforce the law no matter what it is, the will shrug off any question to the constitutionality of the law they are enforcing because their is no responsibility on their part, and will fallow the orders given to them because their paycheck depends on it. “Take it up with your legislator” will often be their response.

For instance much of what you are seeing at the southern border is being allowed by federal law enforcement just following orders. Much of the “bad cops” you saw during covid, tazing mothers in parks for not wearing masks and the like was all being done following orders. Even though there was no law on the books and only a decision by the mayor of the cities. This takes them out of even the role of law enforcement where at least some process was taken to passing the rules they enforce and into the realm of a tyrants gun thug.

“I have a family i got bills” is an often used justification as if no one else has bills or family. I wonder how their family would feel if they knew what they were doing in their name? When they enforce a law that infringes on rights, or follows an order to arrest people for going to church, or watching their kids soccer game with out a mask on, or surfing in the ocean alone?

Cops have long been just another gang, some even joke about it. Their uniform is their colors, the only difference is they are sanctioned by the government.  They might swear an oath to the constitution but when it comes down to it they enforce what ever law is on the books and pass the buck with a bullshit justification, ” my job is to enforce the law not interpret it, if you don’t like take up with your representatives.” But if the legislature passes laws that are unjust and or unconstitutional, and the cops aren’t deciding if enforcing those laws is breaking their oath then who is?

The men of Reserve Police Battalion 101, were just following orders In Germany during WW2. They were the first ones to execute jewish people under hitlers regime.

See where just following orders can get you?

Check out this article for more information. https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/reserve-police-battalion-101

You cannot resist or you will be injured or killed

Both the citizens and cops alike love to throw out “just comply and you wont get hurt”. How many times have you seen that in the comments section of social media where the cops kill someone. Even in ones where the crime would never warrant the death penalty. Even when the person follows the commands the cop gives them and they still get Killed. How about when the cops go to the wrong house and kick the door in in the middle of the night. Should homeowner’s just comply with all home invasions on the off chance that its the cops kicking in your door?

Now does “do what we say and you wont get hurt” really sound like something that someone who supposed to be helping your community should be saying? No, that is something that hostage takers say when they are holding you at gun point. Are citizens hostages now?

Unfortunately many would argue yes, and have made some good points.

Cops target people unrelated to a suspects actions

Asset forfeiture is used in a variety of ways based on your jurisdiction, ranging from anti drug operations and seizing vehicles and properties used in the commission of those crimes or as a punishment for DUI where they seize and auction off the drivers vehicle if they are found to be driving under the influence. In some jurisdictions this is done without any hearings or representation to fight it.

Where this gets worse is when the cops target people unrelated to the crime, but connected to their suspect in an attempt to stick it to the suspect. Should cops target and confiscate the home of the mother of a drug dealer because a bill was paid for by said drug dealer? Does this stick it to the drug dealer? Does this improve the image of law enforcement in the public’s eyes? Or just ruin peoples life who are just trying to survive.

Asset forfeiture, while it may have been designed for a good purpose, (debatable) its puts the incentive on police departments to confiscate first and ask questions later,. Often selling off or transferring the property before the person can make any sort of legal defense.

For example this Utah veteran not only had his life savings taken, even after the cop said that nothing the veteran was doing was illegal and never being charged with a crime, They took his money, gave it to the DEA in return for a percentage of the cash, and left him and his kids in the desert With no money. https://reason.com/2021/12/01/watch-nevada-highway-patrol-officers-seize-a-veterans-life-savings-through-asset-forfeiture/

Cops have the “authority” to and will kill you to enforce any law

Or order they are given, no matter how small. If you don’t think so let me ask you this, what happens if you refuse to submit to them? At what point do the cops walk away and say “what they did is not that bad.” They don’t. Even if the crime is victimless.

They are allowed to raise their force to match and exceed yours until you submit or cant resist any more. This is called the use of force continuum, and it is how all the kinds of use of force are categorized and ranked in legal arguments and for use by law enforcement.

Any of these issues alone is bad but put al together is a catastrophe that makes cops look more like enforcers for a criminal organization than they do public servants. They can arrest you, with only questionable evidence to do so. They can ignore any alibi or defense that you may have even if those defenses are written into the laws as Justifiable defenses. This alone leaves a permanent record. Depending on the alleged crime, they can then possibly seize your assets and property, with no court proceedings, even if you are released with no charges, or you are found innocent later, you assets may be gone or you have to fight an additional court battle to have your property returned.

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A Barbarian’s Issues with Law Enforcement: No duty to protect or serve the citizens

When a cop fails or decides not to stop an incident, or protect a citizen he is often held as a bad cop, how ever he has no such obligation legally, or in his job description so he is simply doing his job.

The courts have ruled on multiple occasions that government personnel including cops have no legal duty or requirement to protect or rescue citizens. Warren v. District of Columbia, was a case heard in 1981 in the D.C. Court of Appeals that held that police have a general “public duty,” but that “no specific legal duty exists” except when there is a special relationship between an officer and an individual, such as a person in custody.

The U.S. Supreme Court also ruled that police have no specific obligation to protect. In the DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services case in 1989. SCOTUS ruled that a social services department had no duty to protect a young boy from his abusive father.

In the 2005 Castle Rock v. Gonzales case, a woman sued the police for failing to protect her from her husband after he violated a restraining order and abducted and killed their three children. Justices ruled the police had duty to do so.

And in a case that most probably remember from recent times. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that police could not be held liable for failing to protect students in the 2018 shooting that claimed 17 lives when deputies decided not to make entry into the school during an active shooter Incident at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Even more recently was the incident in Uvaldi Texas where not only did no cop make entry after receiving orders to stand down, they arrested parents who attempted to do so, and the one cop who did try to make entry, though its questionable if he would have even tried if his wife was not inside. The incident was ultimately ended we are told by a federal agent who disobeyed orders and went in.

This lack of duty, legal requirement, or incentives to protect the citizenry could be multiplied by not policing the areas they live in as they may have reduced or no loyalty to the community they work in. Going hand in hand with this lack of duty,

They have no obligation to check your alibi before arresting you

“use it as your defense” is the common excuse. Even and especially when the cops are so absurdly in the wrong that you cannot believe it. Such as a blind man getting arrested for carrying a concealed weapon…..His cane. > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/10/florida-police-arrest-legally-blind-man-cane-gun Not only did they not listen to his alibi even though they had his cane in possession, they doubled down on their wrong doing once the sergeant showed up and went thorough with his arrest.

Cops are trained to lie

Law enforcement can legally lie to you about the evidence they have against you. They can say they have witnesses when they don’t, they can say they have physical evidence when they don’t, They can tell you a search warrant is coming soon when it isn’t and they don’t have enough evidence to get a search warrant in the first place, all in an attempt to get you to confess or give up your rights to allow them to do whatever they want.

This is why innocent people confess to things that they didn’t do because they are scared of what could happen to them.

Nothing is off the record, but they might tell you that it is. Or that they are looking for someone else and just need you to tell them what happened so they can get on with looking for the other person.

Have you ever seen a police interview where the cop says, “we have no evidence you did the crime but we know you did it so confess”? No? Me either, they will always act as if they have mountains of evidence and that the trial is all but won and you better confess to get leniency. Now to a normal person that would be considered a lie.

A gray area, according to some people. is in report writing. There are keywords and phrases that are taught and used in report writing to justify situations, responses, and outcomes. Whether they are actually true or not. The most famous of which is “through my training and experience.” That little phrase can let you stop just about anyone you want In most jurisdictions. And even if it can’t then you can just wait until they do something minor like a traffic violation and use it as an excuse to stop them, or what they call a pretext stop.

Another famous one is “I feared for my life.” and while typically used in situations where it is true, by both civilians and cops, it is also been used to justify lethal force in situations that do not warrant it. One main one that has become a running joke online is the killing of dogs.

I second guess loading my dogs up in my vehicle every time I do it because of because of how chicken shit cops tend to be when it comes to dogs. I fear having my dog in the car and getting pulled over for even something minor. I don’t want them tazed and running out into traffic or getting killed trying to protect me because a power hungry officer tries to rough me up, because as we will cover in part 6 you are no longer innocent until proven guilty.

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A barbarian’s issues with law enforcement : SYSTEM DESIGN

This is the bread and butter, where the rubber meats the road. These are the issues with law enforcement that most people don’t see until they are pointed out to them, if they are not brainwashed enough to ignore them. The issues that cause real problems for the citizens as a whole. So lets get started.

Everyone on the states side is on the same side

Cops, prosecutors, judge, and public defenders all work for the same organization. This means the cop arresting you the prosecutor charging you and the judge that over sees the trial all answer to the same organization. In addition if you cannot afford a private attorney, your defender will also be a person who works for the same organization. As well your private attorney is governed by the bar association who ultimately is also under government regulation.

So how can you trust them to do anything but cover their own people when something wrong happens. If for no other reason than they need to maintain working relationships with the different sections of the organization, so they don’t want to prosecute cops or cops don’t want to arrest prosecutors, or judges throw out cases for them etc. When everyone works for the same organization there is not only a monopoly, but there is an unavoidable bias that the citizens have to take on faith wont be acted on.

Cops get special treatment

Laws are often written with exceptions for law enforcement. Special laws are also passed specifically for cops. If a law bans certain items such as knives or certain firearms, cops are always exempt. If they kill someones dog its not a crime and only civil issue. If someone kills a police dog its killing a police officer. If a cop roughs up someone even if they are not arrested its not an assault but if you shove or fight fight back against a cop its not only assault its assaulting a police officer, and if they kill someone “accidentally” its only an accident and again only a civil issue.

Cops always say they they are people too and want to remind everyone that they are individuals, but then have all these benefits and protections built up for them and given authority that citizens don’t have.

Cops getting hanged for doing the right thing

Now in defense of cops for a moment, The very few that are good, and do the right thing by the citizens, will usually get hung out to dry. Especially if it goes against an order even if the order was illegal or immoral. Greg Anderson is a prime example of this from recent history.

All the while the cops that allow them selves to get used to harass the citizens, are rewarded. This is because cops job is no longer to keep the peace but to enforce the law and follow orders. So when a kid has a lemonade stand, thats an unlicensed business That needs to be shut down. See link > https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/asa-baker-lemonade-stand-shut-down-police-permit-b2145610.html People will typically call this a bad cop.

And when you see the opposite in the same situation > https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-called-kids-lemonade-stand-sweetest-reaction/story?id=65265878 you get the “these are good cops.” When in reality they most likely went against the law in their jurisdiction by doing nothing even though this the right thing to do. Depending on their command staff or city council they could have been fired for that.

Incentives and operational priorities are skewed

Setting aside the constitutionality question of DUI check points and check points in general which is questionable according to some lawyers. Many states, local jurisdictions, and the feds have programs for law enforcement where they get bonuses for DUI arrests. More arrests = more money, so there is an incentive for them to potentially fabricate DUI arrests, especially when “Under the influence” in many states is not a set blood alcohol level but the officers opinion on your driving ability.

Which in terms of arresting impaired drivers is necessary, due to other substances that impair driving. This is why you can be given DUI for things other than alcohol. Here is one example of a cop allegedly intentionally arresting someone who is not DUI at a DUI checkpoint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA1NitQ5QNA

In a jurisdiction without dash cam or body cameras this is all the easier to pull off, but as many will attests body cameras have an uncanny ability to turn off when the cops do something questionable.

Outside of the cops realm, improper incentives also apply to the prosecutors whose entire performance is dependent on their successful prosecution count regardless of whether they are innocent or not. They have no incentive to drop charges if evidence comes out that the defendant is innocent as long as they still think they can win or get them to plead guilty.

No responsibility personally or departmentally

Starting at the department level there is very little if any responsibility for any of their actions whether necessary, intentional, accidental or otherwise. For instance, This incident in Colorado that started from a shoplifting call And ended with an uninvolved family without a home and no one to pay for the damages. https://www.denverpost.com/2019/10/30/swat-team-destroyed-greenwood-village-familys-home-police-dont-have-to-pay-for-damages/

The Homeowners insurer, did eventually pay the family a partial payment of $345,000 for the damage to the house was not close to enough to cover all the costs associated with the demolition, property losses or even the appraised cost of the $580,000 home.

The police also caused roughly $70k in damages to the neighbors house as well and offered $2,000 dollars in compensation when the homeowners insurer refused to pay anything. Sure seems like serving the public right? Over a shoplifting charge the police will do almost 3/4s of a million dollars in damages to unrelated peoples homes, to bring the person to “justice” and then leave the homeowners on the hook for the damages they caused. Of course the pendulum seems to have swung the other way on this one in most places and now they don’t arrest anyone for shoplifting period.

Now should the criminal be liable for damages too? Sure, but fiscally that will never payout in most cases. Unfortunately if a civil case is ever won in any situation involving cops its always the taxpayers ultimately footing the bill. So the cops never feel anything repercussions.

Personally

Now on the individual level, for the most cops are given the benefit of the doubt from the courts and a good amount of the public, when it comes to bad or flat out wrong decisions and I do get it. They do make split second decisions and that cannot be judged with 20/20 hindsight all the time, but there is plenty of examples just listed already where decisions they have made were not hard to see that they were wrong.

However even if they do, rarely will they be charged sentenced or fired even if they did commit wrong doing or criminal activity, often allowing them to resign and go to a different departments. This stops any questions from being raised about that individuals cases and whether they need to be reopened or questioned allowing the other records to stay in tact, when depending on the situation those cases should be reopened and looked at again if the officer is doing something wrong.

Look everybody makes mistakes I get hat but when cops make mistakes or commit wrong doing it usually results in tragedy rarely with any repercussions, no restitution, not even a demotion, or docked pay.

Take a look at just a hand full of incidents where SWAT teams raided the wrong house.

https://reason.com/2021/06/14/michigan-police-no-knock-raid-wrong-address-dunigan-colston-held-at-gunpoint/

https://www.foxnews.com/story/minneapolis-swat-team-raids-wrong-house

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-mayor-orders-probe-woman-alleges-police-raided-wrong-house-injure-rcna134062

This one the person was killed.

https://www.newsweek.com/robert-dotson-familys-furious-police-assassination-wrong-house-1796281

Check out

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/cop-watch/who-pays-the-price-for-botched-swat-team-raids-we-do

For further reading on this subject specifically.

Whether they were acting on bad info from a detective or they unknowingly went to the wrong house, Either way they are either lazy and not doing their own recon or confirmation, or they are flat out don’t care and are negligent. But if your going to do a no knock or any warrant service and shoot anyone who shoots at you or fights back you better be damn sure you are at the right house, and that you are not being intentionally or negligently mislead by who ever is requesting you do the warrant service.

Restitution

So they are doing something wrong? Take it up with the judge is always their response.

So what do you do? You take them to court.

You sue them, and if you win? guess what you paid for it.

The individual cops who make the mistake rarely ever feel any judgement laid down because the department or city/county/state foots the bill thanks to qualified immunity for the officer themselves. So lets say they destroy someones life and even their courts cant justify it and you win a settlement. Where do the departments get their money? Taxes. So they just took the money that was forcibly taken from you and gave it back in a settlement. Their budget doesn’t change, The officers are not personally responsible, and the machine keeps on rolling.

While there is reason for qualified immunity, though I do not fully agree with them as the judge could ultimately throw out cases that were frivolous or hand no standing but they give a blanket immunity instead. So is there any incentive for them to dO right by the citizens? Not really and Part 5 will cover wHat makes this even worse.

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A Barbarians Issues with Law Enforcement: MISCONDUCT VS DESIGN

The problems with cops and law enforcement fall into two categories, misconduct and system design. Many people will see these problems and think they are bugs in the system when in realty a lot of them are actually features of the system’s design. They are just how the system is built to work.

Many people do not see these issues because they have never actually interacted with law enforcement, never actually given any of it much thought or worse refuse to look at these problems, I hope to change that part below.

Most people when they think of problems in/with law enforcement they think of misconduct. Excessive force, wrongful death or corruption to name a few, and while some incidents can be debated, by the letter of the law these incidents are actually fairly rare.

Now it can be argued that it’s because the government writes itself and cops legal exceptions and special privileges to prevent the legal infraction from happening in the firstplace and some make the argument its because most cops are good.

Problems of misconduct (SOMETIMES)

Excessive force/wrongful death

While this does happen, and more often than we want to think, true incidents of it are rarely covered by the media. The incidents covered by the media typically are cases that are justified force or that leave out extenuating circumstances that contributed to the death and are used to sow discontent when the cops are eventually acquitted in quart. The ones that are actually bad are swept under the rug in order to protect the department when ever possible.

This incident for example while the officer was fired did not receive weeks long coverage like others have in the past and in my opinion is is far worse than many use of force cases that have received non stop coverage. As well this incident raises the question of working extra duty in uniform but then acting as a cop which we cover later. https://nypost.com/2021/12/01/video-shows-arizona-cop-fatally-shooting-man-in-wheelchair/ Many will argue the “just follow orders and you wont get hurt” argument but we will touch on that later as well, but in short, what if you can’t?

Such as in Minneapolis during the riots, The police department special units were conducting bean bag round driveways on any one that was out after a certain hour. While they were supposed to be only targeting rioters, they targeted anyone on the street. What if you work nights, or need to protect your home or business when they are not? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/minneapolis-police-hunting-activists-body-cam-footage_n_615f4c56e4b02bd79fbccaf8

Side jobs, extra duty and moon lighting

In most jurisdictions and most departments they allow extra duty. Jobs that cops can take when they are not on shift for extra pay such as, security at sporting events, and personal protection details. Now for quick clarification, moon lighting I unauthorized side jobs and most departments have policies against this.

Now extra duty is typically put on as shifts by the police department and paid for by them such as major sporting events and conventions which makes sense because while they are private events by law, they are large public gatherings which makes them targets for attacks as well as other crime, though you do not want to pull people off normal shifts to cover them.

However in some instances the department is taking money from a company or organization to cover paying the officers to do that shift. They often have no requirement to NOT wear their uniform and often times request that they do and they often are acting as cops. Essentially the police department is selling enhanced police service to certain organizations or companies that can afford it. This is where these extra duty shifts become a problem. Like the Arizona case above,

Should departments be able to sell policing services to paying companies, or should the cops have to be in Walmart uniform and not act as police if they are working a security shift? Or should the whole practice of Extra duty for out side companies be discontinued?

Corruption

I list this here because corruption like you see in the movies is exceedingly rare. However cops just following orders that contribute to other peoples corruption is another story. I cannot find it now but there was a case of a mayor using the police department to clear out neighborhoods so that his real-estate buddies could buy up the houses. While the cops did not benefit from this they were at best party to it by their “i am just following orders” attitude and at worst willing participants. When I find the case Ill edit it here.

Genuine problems of misconduct

Lack of knowledge of the law

Watch enough incidents with cops and you will see many that don’t know the laws they are enforcing, and some that even just make things up as they go because they can say “its the law” and most people will fall in line. This particular cases started that way, but ends horribly.

This Disabled Veteran accused of panhandling, a victimless crime, and resulted in his service dog getting killed. https://taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-service-dog-tasered-died-arrest-police/

The disabled homeless veteran had his service dog killed by a car after it was unnecessarily tazed by a cop. The arrest went forceful when a cop would not accept the veterans government issued veterans ID. The dog then gets concerned and agitated (not aggressive) because his handler is freaking out as the dog is trained to do and then attempts to calm his handler down.

Now every state that I have trained and worked in says government issued ID, which VA would count as accepted identification, as well, cops can take a Name and Date of birth or social security number and check ID thoguh their PC or dispatch, as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FO_LN-mJHI

SIDE NOTE: 30 minutes in you will see the dogs behavior. If that behavior is threatening to you you should not be a cop. 5 minutes into your first day as a cop you are issued at least three fire arms, body armor, and a host of less lethal weapons because you are supposed to be going up against the worst criminals in your jurisdiction, if a dog scares you to the point that you cannot tell the difference between an aggressive dog and a scared or concerned dog, don’t be a cop.

This incident resulted in no firings to my knowledge and in fact accusations of harassment and coverup by the department against the Veteran. Also no nationwide coverage.

Criminal behavior/history or bad hiring

Law enforcement departments often have a reputation of bad hiring practices, and ignoring criminal behavior of its employees. This is also made worse when cops are allowed to resign instead of charges being filed because they can then go to a different department and get hired again because they have no criminal record, lazy background investigators at the new department or some departments only hire these people, because they no one with other options wants to work at their departments.

In this case a Colorado officer tazes an old man for complying with the order that he gave him. According to the old man he was tazed upwards of 60 times. https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-man-shocked-taser-files-federal-lawsuit-las/story?id=99022329 The officer had a record of not only previous incidents but criminal behavior.

According to court documents, the officer who was in a command position at the department, was subject to a domestic abuse case in June 2006. A case was filed against the officer that resulted in a temporary restraining order. In the state of Colorado restraining orders take away your right to own a firearm. Which means that he was no longer eligible to work as police officer. In addition

The officer also was subject to at least three misdemeanor cases, according to court documents, that range from harassment-obscene language/gesture and disorderly conduct-offensive gesture charges to disorderly conduct-fighting in public and menacing charges. All of these charges were dismissed.

According to court documents, the officer was also subject to a criminal case filed in 1997 where he was charged with the Class 5 felony of menacing use of a deadly weapon. Although that charge was dropped, the same 1997 case charged the offcier with disorderly conduct displaying a weapon, where the defendant entered a guilty plea.

In 1998, the officer was subject to another misdemeanor case for harassment in public, according to court documents, where he was found guilty after a court trial after pleading not guilty. He was sentenced to unsupervised probation

Should this person have been a cop to start with let alone continuing to be?

Part 4 of this series we begin down the road of the “problems” that are actually built into the system. This is where the disconnect happens in most peoples brains and where many of the good cop vs bad cop arguments come out of.

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