Sheriff, Police on High Alert After GOP Chair "Likes" Anti-Tyranny Article on Facebook
The article "When Should You Shoot A Cop” might be referred to as "the law enforcement literacy test". Those who will not read have no advantage over those who cannot read. "When Should You Shoot A Cop” was originally posted on the CopBlock.org website and Marlene Motley, who is a member of Kershaw County Patriots (KCP), reposted the link to KCP's Facebook page with the caveat: "Please, Read the article before you comment." It is a well known fact that the subject line may be all that some people will read unless that subject line grabs their attention.
Those who have read the article know that it is about resistance to tyranny. Author Larken Rose cited historical examples such as Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Hitler, and Pol Pot. The article has nothing to do with law enforcement who act in accordance with the American constitution.
If one were to throw a rock into a pen full of pigs, and one of them squealed, the one that squealed, would be the one that you had hit. Why would any law enforcement officer claim that this "shoe fits"?
George Washington said: "Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light." Oppression of expression is confession. If any result is to be expected from the tactics that have been used in this event, it will be that more people will read the article.
The righteous do not fear the truth.
Sheriff, Police on High Alert After GOP Chair "Likes" Anti-Tyranny Article on Facebook July 29, 2011
KERSHAW COUNTY, South Carolina — Sheriff Jim Matthews and Elgin Chief of Police, Harold Brown, have placed their officers on high alert after Kershaw County Republican Party Co-Chairman, Jeff Mattox, "Liked" an article on Facebook.com — a popular social-networking website.
Chief Brown said, "We take this very seriously.”
Camden Chief of Police, Joe Floyd, said that he would "reinforce" his officers' "training" and "provide a united front along with the sheriff and chief."
The article, entitled "When Should You Shoot A Cop,” is an opinion piece written by Larken Rose and made a reasoned argument for resisting state-sponsored tyranny when there is no other option left. Rose cited historical examples such as: "Stalin ... Lenin ... Chairman Mao ... Hitler ... Pol Pot, or any number of other tyrants in history."
"In an ideal world, cops would do nothing except protect people from thieves and attackers, in which case shooting a cop would never be justified," Rose said in the article.
"When Should You Shoot A Cop” was originally posted on the CopBlock.org website and Marlene Motley, who is a member of Kershaw County Patriots (KCP), reposted the link to KCP's Facebook page with the caveat: "Please, Read the article before you comment."
Mattox, who is also a member of KCP, came along afterwards and clicked the "Like" button that accompanies all posts on Facebook. Mattox did not leave a comment on the article, but later said in a telephone interview with the local Chronicle-Independent newspaper, "I support [Rose's] right to say what he's saying. He does have some good points. Although we don’t advocate shooting cops, it does create a discussion."
Mattox stated in an interview with WISTV 10 that he didn't even remember clicking the "Like" button on Rose's article.
Whether he remembers it or not, Mattox's act of "liking" the post on KCP's Facebook page — a page which Sheriff Matthews is apparently monitoring — caused Sheriff Matthews to be "irritated" and to characterize the post as "hateful" and "irresponsible," even though the article itself was not written by anyone associated with KCP and Sheriff Matthews did not ask any KCP members for their opinion of the article, or their rationale for posting it.
"If Matthews had a problem with the article he could have contacted me," said Motley, the KCP member who posted the CopBlock link. "I had thought about not posting, but felt the article made a valid point."
Rather than speak to any KCP members, Sheriff Matthews told his officers “that there is a group in this county that is reading stuff that says it’s OK to shoot a cop... That article does suggest that, at certain times, it’s OK to shoot a cop.”
Here's what Rose actually said about "certain times" in his article:
"To get a little perspective, try watching a documentary or two about some of the atrocities committed by [tyrannical] regimes... Pause the film when the jackboots are about to herd innocent people into cattle cars, or gun them down as they stand on the edge of a ditch, and THEN ask yourself the question, 'When should you shoot a cop?'"
"I was disappointed in the reaction to the article by law enforcement," said Motley. "Anyone who took the time to read the article would realize that, unless there was tyranny at the hands of law enforcement, the article was not advocating going about shooting police officers."
Aware of the provocative nature of his title, "When Should You Shoot A Cop," Rose opened his article:
"That question, even without an answer, makes most 'law-abiding taxpayers' go into knee-jerk conniptions... In doing so, they also inadvertently demonstrate why so much of human history has been plagued by tyranny and oppression."
Speaking of "knee-jerk conniptions," the "Liking"-an-anti-tyranny-article controversy was strong enough to cause Kershaw County Republican Party Co-Chairman, Chris Oviatt, to ask Mattox to resign from the chairmanship position that they both share. And this despite the fact that Oviatt is also a member of the same patriot group, KCP, that sparked the alleged controversy in the first place.
When Mattox refused to resign voluntarily, Oviatt took matters into his own hands and began a move to eliminate Mattox's Co-Chairman position completely, even though GOP by laws do not appear to allow it.
"We've always encouraged our members and officers to have their opinions, but when you talk about doing harm to somebody, that is the line, because that doesn't represent values of the Republican Party," Oviatt said.
In a similar vein and without any evidence, Sheriff Matthews attempted to publicly conflate KCP with a murderous anti-government extremist group called the Sovereign Citizens, which is currently under investigation by the FBI:
“I don’t know if they’re aligned with the Sovereign Citizen movement,” said Sheriff Matthews when asked about the connection to KCP by the Chronicle-Independent. "I don’t know if they all have the same membership rolls, but they certainly seem to hang together.”
Mattox categorically denied any connection to Sovereign Citizens: "We’re not affiliated with them in any way.”
Sheriff Matthews also characterized KCP as "ultra right wing ... extremist" without explanation and "[wondered] what they are doing that they want to isolate themselves from any law enforcement intervention."
Sheriff Matthews ran for office on the Republican Party ticket and regularly attended Kershaw County Republican Party meetings until after his election. He then voluntarily isolated himself from the GOP meetings, because, according to him, KCP "hijacked the meetings."
Sheriff Matthews' Facebook profile page. He is a member of Kershaw County Patriots.
On April 7, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a document to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement entitled: "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment."
The document divides “rightwing terrorists” into two categories: “adherents that are primarily hate-oriented (based on hatred of particular religious, racial or ethnic groups), and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely."
DHS maintains a Fusion Center in South Carolina under the auspices of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division. One of the main purposes of fusion centers is to disseminate federally-generated intelligence materials to local agencies. In return, DHS collects massive amounts of information on ordinary citizens due to being allowed access to local databases.
Fusion centers have also been known to infiltrate local activist groups, as was the case with the Olympia Port Militarization Resistance, an antiwar group located in Washington state. Wikileaks.org released a document showing that domestic "Army Fusion Cells" coordinate with local law enforcement to collect information on local activists.
Sheriff Matthews' current law enforcement position, his federal Drug Enforcement Administration background, his "hateful" and "ultra right wing ... extremist" rhetoric and his monitoring of the Kershaw County Patriot group appear to be the "smoking guns" connecting him to the South Carolina Fusion Center and the types of operations that fusion centers are known to carry out against the American people?
Mattox released a statement on July 28, 2011 in which he called for the immediate resignation of Sheriff Matthews.
"Sheriff Jim Matthews has unfairly and illogically compared me to extremists and criminals. He has acted in such a manner as to portray me as a threat to the citizens of this county," said Mattox in his statement. "Sheriff Jim Matthews has abused his office and I am demanding now ... that he resign from the office of sheriff for his shameful and disgraceful efforts to destroy one solitary man on the most ridiculous pretense imaginable."
Mattox also called for the immediate resignations of Co-Chairman Oviatt and South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly for their complicity in attacking his character and for Connelly's silence on "the matter of the Lt. Governor."
"If they cannot arrest me," Mattox said, "then why do they expend so much effort to publicly malign me by using the power and prestige of their offices to, in the most outlandish and bizarre behavior I have ever witnessed, falsely accuse me of being a terrorist or worse?"
Meanwhile, in a classic case of attacking the messengers instead of the message, Larken Rose's offer to defend his article goes unheeded:
"I would love to have a public discussion with the Sheriff who claims the article is 'irresponsible' and 'hateful.' Instead of suiting up for battle, maybe we can have a rational discussion, instead. I'd prefer an exchange of words to an exchange of bullets any day. So how about it, Mr. Sheriff?"
Kershaw County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Jim Matthews
803-425-1512
[email protected]
Elgin Police Department
Chief Harold Brown
803-438-9917
803-425-1512
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Camden City Police Department
Chief Joe Floyd
803-425-6035
LINKS:
Kershaw County Patriots Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/kcpatriots
Sheriff Jim Matthews Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/jmatthewspi
When Should You Shoot A Cop
http://www.copblock.org/5475/when-should-you-shoot-a-cop
Sheriff, chiefs warn officers after Web post
http://www.chronicle-independent.com/archives/7817
Politicos Attacked for ‘Liking’ CopBlock.org Post
http://www.copblock.org/6374/politicos-attacked-for-liking-copblock-org-post
S.C. Police on Alert After Political Activist "Liked" Article on Facebook
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/07/sc-police-on-alert-after-political.html#more
South Carolina GOP County Co-Chair ‘Likes’ Cop Killing on Facebook
http://wonkette.com/450012/south-carolina-gop-county-co-chair-likes-cop-killing-on-facebook#respond
The Cowards of Kershaw County
http://stuffedsuits.com/news/sc-politics/689-cowards-of-kershaw-county
GOP leader asked to resign after discussing "when to shoot a cop"
http://www.wistv.com/story/15152529/gop-leader-asked-to-resign-after-discussing-when-to-shoot-a-cop
Jeff Mattox Calls for Resignations of Kershaw Co. Sheriff, KCGOP & SCGOP Chairs
http://stuffedsuits.com/news/sc-politics/690-jeff-mattox-statement-press-release
Secret DHS Doc Predicts Violence in Response to New Gun Restrictions
http://www.infowars.com/secret-dhs-doc-predicts-violence-in-response-to-new-gun-restrictions
South Carolina Fusion Center (Component of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division)
http://www.sled.sc.gov/SCIICContact.aspx?MenuID=ContactInformation
Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment
http://www.scribd.com/doc/24840936/H-R-404-Rightwing-Extremism
Intelligence Fusion Centers
http://publicintelligence.net/intelligence-fusion-centers
Spying on anti-war protesters: US Army Concept of Operations for Police Intelligence Operations
http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Spying_on_anti-war_protesters:_US_Army_Concept_of_Operations_for_Police_Intelligence_Operations%2C_4_Mar_2009
Jeff Mattox Calls for Resignations of Kershaw Co. Sheriff, KCGOP & SCGOP Chairs
Police State Jobs Available for Psychopaths
http://americanistbookstore.com/books/proper-role-of-law-enforcement/
Do you remember when it was the people,
who were being arrested, who hid their faces?
Do you remember when you used to feel safer because police were present?
Watch our Police State with your own eyes.
This is where the term "police state" originates
California police use a Taser on an unarmed, legless man in a wheelchair?
Cell phone video shows highway patrol grabbing paramedic by the throat
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The Office of Intelligence and Analysis uses a broad brush to define dozens of supposedly extremist ideologies inside the United States, in a report called "Domestic Extremism Lexicon":
Read the entire document here:
http://www.constitution.org/abus/dhs/hsra-domestic-extremismlexicon_165213935473.pdf
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96916
Tax resistance extremists are people who "vehemently believe taxes violate their constitutional rights.
and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration”.
Full Dash Cam Video of Oklahoma Highway Patrol vs EMT
http://www.infowars.net:80/articles/may2009/280509Fight.htm
Who will protect us from our Protectors?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003KPDTVO?ie=UTF8&seller=A1AVPSERX4QF0E&sn=jperna12
The cover shows an ATF agent, in camouflage, and carrying an assault rifle. He is wearing sun glasses, and has a piece of tape over his badge number.
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More Cops Gone Wild
Even More Reporters getting arrested filming cops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMP_F8aIt20
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Predator Cop ALLOWED To Stalk Citizens Of Seattle! SPD: "Nothing We Can Do"
Predator Cop ALLOWED To Stalk Citizens Of Seattle!
SPD: "Nothing We Can Do"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYhsrWIlZLQ&feature=feedu
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Sociopaths are taking command in all areas
This contains inappropriate language. Do not watch if this offends you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4-7BKrmH7c&feature=ytn%3Amptnews
Col. Ralph Peters - "Kill Em All".
How does a sociopath get to be a Colonel in the Army? He gets promoted by a sociopathic GENERAL Sociopaths are our leaders now, as they are in every dictatorship. Hail Caesar! How long will it be before have a coliseum for burning, crucifying, and feeding people to lions for amusement?
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Grandmother Tasered at Traffic Stop
http://www.myfoxaustin.com:80/dpp/news/local/052909_Grandmother_Tasered_at_Traffic_Stop
This was done by a CONSTABLE in Precinct 3 to a 72 year old woman during a TRAFFIC STOP because she didn't want to sign the ticket. Constable McCain approves it.
Read the story, http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/local/052909_Grandmother_Tasered_at_Traffic_Stop The constable who stopped her must be quite a MAN.
This has made Lew Rockwell: http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/027060.html#more
Call Constable McCain and tell him what you think of a wuss who feels compelled to use a taser against an old lady.
http://www.co.travis.tx.us/constables/3/default.asp
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First amendment is gone: Journalists arrested
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Story might be on local (Phoenix) late news tonight:
http://stevenandersonfamily.blogspot.com/
First they tortured him for refusing to answer questions. THEN they told him that he had the right to remain silent. How can there be a duty to answer questions if there is a right to remain silent?
Amendment IV - Search and seizure. http://usconstitution.net/const.html#Am4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Why is this happening?
Watch the "training" of your police, by your federal government:
Feds Slander Christians, founding fathers and homeschoolers as terrorists.
Federal government training seminar says founding fathers, Christians and homeschoolers are terrorists.
The lecturer identifies George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers as “terrorists”.
OUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!!!
Sit in on an actual FEMA Gestapo training class.
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If you get a message that says "address is not valid" then copy and paste the address into the address bar. Just like a carnival con-man this jackboot actually has a shill in the audience acting as his straight man:
IS THIS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO SUPPORT A STATE SOVEREIGNTY RESOLUTION IN YOUR STATE? Contact your state legislators!
Nineteen Eighty-four
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Ron Paul Campaign For Liberty worker detained at Missouri Airport
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Abusive Border Patrol Agents w/ Nun Chucks at NM Checkpoint
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=KFS7oZtE8Ks&feature=player_embedded
You will notice that one jack boot refers to the expectation that he will honor his oath to "support and defend the constitution" as "playing a little game." This is NOT "playing a little game." This is respecting the law, as law enforcement should.
OHP Trooper Charged With Assault
Profiling and Criminalizing Political Dissent
Profiling and Criminalizing Political Dissent
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Written by William F. Jasper
Adam Kokesh speech
Is it time?
Mass. Police Gets Grenade Launchers . Federal program donates surplus weapons
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Feds Slander Christians, founding fathers and homeschoolers as terrorists.
Nineteen Eighty-four
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Ron Paul Campaign For Liberty worker detained at Missouri Airport
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Abusive Border Patrol Agents w/ Nun Chucks at NM Checkpoint
http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=KFS7oZtE8Ks&feature=player_embedded
You will notice that one jack boot refers to the expectation that he will honor his oath to "support and defend the constitution" as "playing a little game." This is NOT "playing a little game." This is respecting the law, as law enforcement should.
Profiling and Criminalizing Political Dissent
(With embedded link to The New American)
Written by William F. Jasper
Profiling and Criminalizing Political Dissent |
Written by William F. Jasper |
Adam Kokesh speech
Is it time?
Mass. Police Gets Grenade Launchers . Federal program donates surplus weapons
Public Servants or The Largest Street Gang in America?
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