{"id":6220,"date":"2018-03-20T22:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T05:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsincerity.us\/?p=1235"},"modified":"2023-06-08T08:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T08:05:58","slug":"former-police-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kilde.org\/new-sincerity\/former-police-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Police Chief Challenges U.S. Government to Take on Homegrown Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6220\" class=\"elementor elementor-6220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fca53a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fca53a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f3e9365\" data-id=\"7f3e9365\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d923680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d923680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tBrandon Paudert was a police officer in Arkansas, and in 2010 he and his partner, Bill Evans, were gunned down by anti-government extremists during a <span class=\"text_exposed_show\">routine road stop. The murder was committed by members of the \u2018sovereign citizens\u2019 movement, Americans who believe they are \u2018exempt from the law\u2019. The scary part is that these people are unpredictable \u2013 some just refuse to pay their taxes, while others are ready to wage war on anyone who challenges them.<\/span>\n\nSomehow, even with unending chatter on jihadist terrorism, government talk on addressing these far-right groups is strangely quiet. When we take a closer look we find a survey of law enforcement professionals from 2015 that found American extremists as the greatest security threat, not radical Muslim jihadists. Hmm.\n\nBob wonders about the silence from the White House as he watches the video of his son\u2019s death. He knows this tragedy could\u2019ve been prevented, and he travels the country training law enforcement personnel in how to deal with the \u2018sovereign citizens\u2019 and keep us safe.\n<blockquote>\u201cI know the education works because I get letters from around the country from officers telling me it saved their lives.\u201d<\/blockquote>\nWhile this topic is dark and hard to think about, we believe it\u2019s was important to support Bob\u2019s resilience and passion for change. He\u2019s a law enforcement leader that has moved from grief to compassion&nbsp;and is working to create an America safe for all of us.\n\nRead the rest of Bob\u2019s story <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/2HeODN\">here<\/a>.\n\nH\/T <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kansascitystar\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=81580834093&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" data-hovercard-obj-id=\"81580834093\">The Kansas City Star<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/washingtonpost\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=6250307292&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" data-hovercard-obj-id=\"6250307292\">Washington Post<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPLCenter\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=170591064699&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" data-hovercard-obj-id=\"170591064699\">Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon Paudert was a police officer in Arkansas, and in 2010 he and his partner, Bill Evans, were gunned down by anti-government extremists during a routine road stop. 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