Friday, December 05, 2014

David Codrea: Oathkeepers refuse to stand down



Members of Oath Keepers, a national group that includes current and retired military and law enforcement personnel, have rejected orders from St. Louis County Police to abandon posts on top of private businesses that invited their protection, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday. The order to stand down was issued under presumed authority of a county ordinance prohibiting unlicensed security personnel.

“Once we read the statute, we laughed at it,” local Oath Keepers leader Sam Andrews commented, explaining the ordinance applies to employed security personnel. “Then, the next night, we were there.”

The committed presence of Oath Keepers could renew confrontation dangers, as group founder Stewart Rhodes had earlier cited a report of members being targeted, presumably by a federal law enforcement sniper team. Per Rhodes, such teams had not communicated with local law enforcement, let alone coordinated activities with them.

Confirming the Post-Dispatch report is an update from Rhodes sent to members and supporters Wednesday, explaining that, contrary to some reports, the group did not abandon their posts. The alert also included a letter from an Oath Keepers attorney.

“As retired police officer and Missouri police academy instructor John Karriman said, we will not, and did not, stop protecting the buildings and people we had promised to protect,” Rhodes insisted. “We were there the very next night after being told to stop, and we have been there every night since. And we will continue to be there until calm is restored and we are no longer needed.”

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2 comments:

Wireless.Phil said...

I did a bit of looking.

Remember the LA riots, of course, we all do.

I sure no one guardung their or their friend or neighbors property had a license!

But I found this fro one of the sites complaining about the Oath Keepers.

"But in a statement, St. Louis County police say they are violating an ordinance that prohibits anyone from providing security without a license, regulations for security companies and their employees meant to maintain consistency and high standards"

http://www.ksdk.com/story/news/local/ferguson/2014/12/03/oath-keepers-return-to-ferguson-rooftops/19818805/

Wireless.Phil said...

It damn near a war zone and the law is worried about if security has a license or not?

Then let the damn place burn to the ground!