A
blogger is praising a law enforcement officer who respectfully visits
with three open-carry protesters and his compliments are being joined by
dozens of commenters on the
Last Resistance website.
Philip Hodges posted online the video from a Michigan encounter between the officer and several
sign-carrying conservatives who were advocating for Second Amendment rights.
“You’ll never guess what happens when this sheriff confronts 3 open-carry protesters,” Hodges wrote.
“I am usually critical of police these days. But I’m not
‘anti-police.’ Just like I’m not anti-congressman or anti-senator or
even anti-president. But let’s face it. Most people today who occupy
those positions are corrupt individuals. They exert far more power than
their constitutional authority allows,” Hodges wrote.
He continued, “The Constitution was written to
restrain
them, because the Founding Fathers understood the temptations of power
that come with holding positions of authority. But we have spineless
politicians who are never satisfied with the ‘limited’ power they wield,
so representatives in all branches of local, state and federal
government are constantly reinterpreting the Constitution to accommodate
their lusts for more power, which in turn takes freedoms and liberties
away from the very people who put these ‘leaders’ in their positions.”
Hodges, however, noted there are a few good guys around yet.
“I have to say, this video completely took me off guard. Recently,
we’ve seen so many open-carry protesters (or just ordinary citizens
exercising their 2nd Amendment rights) met with paranoid, power-hungry
cops who end up arresting them for ‘disturbing the peace,’ or ‘resisting
arrest’ all because they carried a Glock on their hip or a rifle on
their shoulder.”
This video, however, “You have to see it to believe it.”
According to those to posted the unidentified officer, “This man is a hero.”
“We saw the … sheriff car pull up so we all took out our
camera-phones right away, anticipating trouble. This officer gets out of
his car, waves to us, and walks right over. He shakes all of our hands,
introduces himself, and states his purpose for walking over to us.
(Somebody got scared and called). He never asked us to disarm, never
threatened us, never asked for our names or identification. I think I
can speak for everyone in the group that it was an honor to meet this
man. This is what we need to see from police officers everywhere! ”
On the blog, dozens commented:
- “If all police officers presented themselves as this Dep. Sheriff
did, it would go far to restore the respect we USED TO have and show
toward our police.”
- “Good man! Good man!
- “This sheriff deserves a lot of praise for his understanding of the Constitution.”
- “I just wish all sheriffs had his knowledge and attitude.”
- “An absolutely great law officer, far and few between today…”
The officer explained, “You guys aren’t doing anything wrong. … You
got to look at this like this. If you have a can of gas in one hand and a
lighter in the other that’s going to scare some folks. That’s what a
gun’s going to do to a lot of uneducated…. A firearm to me was like a
hammer or a screwdriver.”
Added Hodges, “Here’s a tidbit from the ‘confrontation’ that I
thought was great, especially coming from a police officer. He asked the
group, ‘What is the only constitutionally recognized law enforcement
agency in the land?’ One of the open-carriers replied, ‘The sheriff’s
department.’ The Sheriff gave a thumbs-up ‘Hoorah’ and continued:
“‘Every other [agency] was created by statute. That’s the FBI, the
ATF, your local PDs, everything, DNR – statute, legislature, Congress
has created them. The Constitution [only calls for] sheriffs. When I got
into this line of work – because I was a young constitutionalist like
yourselves – I said I want to work for the sheriff. I could’ve gone
somewhere else and gotten a nice retirement package – the sheriff pays
me well, don’t get me wrong, I enjoy working for him – but, to me, it’s
very personal. I hold it in my heart, because it’s constitutional,’” the
officer said.
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