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NullTuples

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17. People are often surprised when cops turn out to be Oath Keepers, but...

Thu Sep 8, 2022, 12:57 PM

Sep 2022

a member of the Board of Oath Keepers went on to found the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association. It's essentially Oath Keepers but just for cops, but with the same agenda, bigotry and so on.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/10/oath-keepers-texas-richard-mack-profile-sheriff/

Seditious, white supremacist, bigoted cops are a massive problem in the USA but it's so incredibly difficult to get anyone to care. Perhaps it's because the system of law enforcement is mostly built on trust, the assumption that our cops won't be bad people. But in many, many places there simply is no accountability for sheriffs or police departments. Maybe people just don't want to admit the problem exists because there is very little that can actually be done to stop it outside of state legislatures + governors rewriting the status of law enforcement in each state.

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We have a big problem up here in DFW. [View all] flying_wahini Sep 2022 OP

I hope to God Beto will take care of that problem! BComplex Sep 2022 #1

I was so shocked to see on Real Clear Politics that Beto is running behind. BUT I have Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #3

Not getting my hopes up about ga, FL, or TX. Nt childfreebychoice Sep 2022 #9

Stacey Abrams markodochartaigh Sep 2022 #14

Beto definitely has an uphill battle. Lonestarblue Sep 2022 #15

precisely. The silent majority w show up en masse for Beto. i truly believe it. The women of this onetexan Sep 2022 #20

I'm surprised that there weren't more. rubbersole Sep 2022 #2

I don't think you can fire somebody for belonging to an organization. Turbineguy Sep 2022 #4

Looked up how The Southern Poverty Law Center classified them KS Toronado Sep 2022 #21

That's pretty horrifying. It is also horrifying in how it points to the size of the organization. Scrivener7 Sep 2022 #5

Yeah, but Texas is a huge state, right? Ligyron Sep 2022 #16

But that means there are several hundred in every major city in Texas. flying_wahini Sep 2022 #31

The full list of members was 38.000 soldierant Sep 2022 #30

Can't say I'm surprised nt CanonRay Sep 2022 #6

I thought Florida would be right there with Texas. I'd love to know where we sit! Native Sep 2022 #7

Here is a link to check: slumcamper Sep 2022 #8

Wow, I thought it would be significantly worse! Thanks for the link. Native Sep 2022 #10

This is awful. Tough road ahead.. nt ramen Sep 2022 #12

excellent link, source NJCher Sep 2022 #27

We should Traildogbob Sep 2022 #11

How can they call themselves oath keepers???? Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #13

They're just selective about which "oaths" matter and which don't... Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #22

It's a misnomer. I prefer my natural food friends, the "Oat Eaters". Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #29

I call them the Oaf keepers. flying_wahini Sep 2022 #32

Ha! Good one! Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #34

Oaf Qweefers concretebluetwo Sep 2022 #37

Well they certainly aren't keeping their oath to the Constitution. Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #36

People are often surprised when cops turn out to be Oath Keepers, but... NullTuples Sep 2022 #17

How can anyone be surprised by this revelation, it's Texas, isn't it? Cozmo Sep 2022 #18

They say, "what are you going to do about it?" Bobstandard Sep 2022 #19

A lot of overlap between these guys and Sovereign Citizens, I presume... Wounded Bear Sep 2022 #23

Defense attorneys will look up the names of arresting officers to see if they're on that list. sop Sep 2022 #24

Firefighters too. Active and retired. czarjak Sep 2022 #25

Can't fire elected officials, which include sheriffs; and they can't fire a vet. A vet is a vet. ancianita Sep 2022 #26

If they are involved in an organization that threatened to overthrow our government then flying_wahini Sep 2022 #33

That's not the issue of the OP. It's about their membership. "If" is always a hypothetical which ancianita Sep 2022 #35

We need new domestic terrorism legislation to replace the Patriot Act pecosbob Sep 2022 #28

The texass Christofascists want a white America. The Jungle 1 Sep 2022 #38

The scary numbers are not being reported. DJ Porkchop Sep 2022 #39