In another 2018 recording of Meade's comments on law enforcement and faith, he described his assignment with the U.S. Marshal's task force as "hunting people."
Meade told an audience of fellow Free Will Baptist Pastors at a conference in 2018 about his job looking for fugitives.
I hunt people," he said, garnering laughter. "Its a great job, I love it."
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Every now and then you have to actually use force, Meade said in the video, called Connecting with the Community."
We dont go around looking for it because we dont have to," he said. "Plenty of people out there will give you that opportunity ..."
He says that people say Jesus said to turn the other cheek, but he responds by telling them to read the Bible. He said Jesus isn't talking about physically getting slapped in the side of the face.
"There is release in our job that, righteously, we can actually have a use of force," Meade said.
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