Yahoo News – by Jason SicklesThe celebrating began before the coroner could collect the bodies of Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, the Las Vegas patrol officers ambushed and executed while eating at a pizzeria last month.
“The good news is, there are two less police in the world,” read an entry on the Facebook page for CopBlock.org.
The post was visible for less than a day, but it attracted at least 6,300 likes and comments by the time the page’s administrators removed it.
Jerad Miller — who along with his wife, Amanda, gunned down the Vegas police officers before dying during a shootout with police — was one of Cop Block’s 780,000-plus Facebook fans.
The decentralized advocacy group says it disavows violence while spreading a belief that “badges don’t grant extra rights.”
But the Millers, described by investigators as anti-government extremists, had a deadly animosity for authority.
Officer Alyn Beck was remembered as a loyal husband and dedicated father to his three children. (AP)
“Bout time to start killing cops, eh?” Miller, 31, wrote in May when he shared a viral video of police brutality on Facebook. “Maybe if we can kill all these despotic goons they will turn on their masters and once again be public servants and we can end this madness.”
After a historic decline in the number of police officers fatally shot last year, 2014 has rebounded to previous levels. Beck and Soldo are among 28 U.S. officers shot and killed in the line of duty so far this year. The most recent death came Sunday, when rookie Jersey City, N.J., Officer Melvin Santiago was ambushed by a gunman who reportedly told people he was “going to be famous” for killing a cop.
Such shameless bravado — online and off — and an exploding right-wing movement are creating anxiety about attacks against police.
“There’s a deep concern that there has been a measurable increase in violence against police officers, especially with firearms,” said Rich Roberts, spokesman for the International Union of Police Associations. The anti-police movement “seems to feed off each other online,” he said.
The FBI has increased warnings about possible threats to law enforcement, multiple police sources told Yahoo News. The bureau declined to confirm any change.
This follows a 2009 Department of Homeland Security report that included a warning about domestic extremists using the Internet to recruit members, share tactics and raise hate to an all-time high.
Rich Stanek, who chairs the National Sheriffs’ Association Homeland Security Committee, said he proudly protects constitutional rights, but he worries social networking gives radicals such as Miller a false sense of recognition.
“They can post, blog and do so freely and anonymously without any accountability whatsoever,” said Stanek, sheriff of Hennepin County in Minnesota.
Escalating danger by anti-government extremists dominated a four-hour discussion on homeland security at last month’s National Sheriffs’ Association conference, said Stanek, who commands an 800-member department in Minneapolis.
“That’s the single greatest concern that faces our deputies today,” Stanek said.
Trent Nice, a former neighbor of Miller’s in Lafayette, Indiana, frequented his friend’s Facebook page.
“I shared a lot of his views, but would never do anything like that,” Nice told Yahoo News by email.
The week of the June 8 rampage, Nice gave an approving click to Miller’s Facebook manifesto predicting pending bloodshed and war.
Officer Igor Soldo and his wife, Andrea, would have celebrated their son’s first birthday on July 7. (AP)
“As far as me liking the post, if that’s what he intended when he posted it, then I severely misunderstood his post,” he wrote. “His heart was in the right place. His head wasn’t.”
Meanwhile police near Lafayette, where the Millers lived before moving to Las Vegas, are reportedly keeping an eye on the 765 movement, a new anti-police group on Facebook.
Sam Bradbury, a group member, was jailed in late June for posting a detailed Facebook messagethreatening to kill multiple authorities and destroy a courthouse “in a blaze of glory.” Arresting officers also recovered six bags of bomb-making material from the 22-year-old’s home.
Bradbury is being held on federal charges of using electronic communications to threaten injury to a person and destroy property with an incendiary device. According to an FBI affidavit, Bradbury ended his Facebook rant by writing “FREE SPEECH EXERCISE FOOLS” in parentheses. But a judge ruled he did not have to accept Bradbury’s First Amendment disclaimer and ordered him held without bail until an arraignment later this month.
The Bradbury arrest is similar to a spate of recent prosecutions “for alleged threats conveyed on new media, including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter,”according to a brief filed in a pending Supreme Court case. Free speech advocates want the court to clarify what constitutes a true threat in today’s digital world.
Mark Potok, an expert on extremism, said he believes it is rare for social media to inspire someone to kill.
“However, the kinds of people who are prone to those kinds of hatreds find validation and real community on the Internet,” said Potok, a senior researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Last week the SPLC issued a report warning law enforcement about the increasingly hostile anti-government movement, which it estimates has grown from 150 groups in 2008 to nearly 1,100 last year.
The economic crisis, proposed gun control, Barack Obama’s election, NSA spying and the militarization of police among other issues have spurred the resurgence, the watchdog organization said.
“There’s a hell of a lot of anger out there in certain corridors,” Potok told Yahoo News. “Jerad Miller was not the only one who saw police in the United States as Nazis.”
Miller found an approving audience for his conspiracy theories and political tirades online. Some Facebook posts were original, but he shared others from pages he frequented such as Patriot Nation, Taxation is Theft and Cop Block.
Cop Block co-founder Pete Eyre told Yahoo News the Facebook entry celebrating the Millers’ rampage wasn’t appropriate.
“There was blanket rejoicing over the deaths of two people and I don’t think that’s good in any situation,” Eyre said. “It didn’t fit Cop Block ideology. The site’s not an anti-police thing; it’s like a pro-personal empowerment site.”
Launched in 2010, Cop Block encourages the public to submit home videos, photos and stories of rogue officers for discussion.
Eyre said the Vegas entry was put up by a former volunteer who still had administrative access. The post and its removal provoked days of intense debate on the Cop Block Facebook page, which included the following comments:
“You don’t promote accountability; you promote anti-police, anti-government behavior by publicizing criminals and making them out to be heroes.”
“A cop died, opinions were stated… don’t think a cop wouldn’t be bragging about shooting you over some drinks with his cops buddies while he enjoys his 2 weeks paid vacation…”
By its own account, the 2011 blog post “WHEN SHOULD YOU SHOOT A COP” is one of Cop Block’s most read. A week before the Vegas slayings, a photo on Cop Block’s Facebook page portrayed a dead officer with the words: “This is what a good cop looks like.”
“Really? That’s the message we want to send?” asked Melissa, the wife of a Kansas police officer. “It makes my stomach turn.”
Melissa, who requested that her full name not be used for safety reasons, said she and other police spouses are frustrated by Facebook’s lack of action in response to their Cop Block complaints.
A post from Jerad Miller’s Facebook page four weeks before his deadly rampage. (Screenshot)
A Facebook spokesperson told Yahoo News in a statement: “People come to Facebook to share experiences of the world around them and on occasion this may result in the sharing of content that some may find upsetting. We encourage anyone who sees content that violates our community standards to report it to us.”
Photos promoting officer deaths posted as comments to Cop Block’s page on May 25 and June 1 were removed by Facebook after being contacted for this story.
“I understand the need for people to express their opinion, but I think there is a line that has to be watched,” Melissa said. “When does an opinion become a plan of action?”
Nice hadn’t seen Miller in a few years, but his Facebook connection earned him a visit from FBI agents after the Las Vegas murders.
“I told them if they wanted to investigate someone, go investigate Barack Obama,” he recalled. “They kinda just had a smirk on their faces when I said that, and said well we’re investigating this right now. I don’t know if (they) were trying to get background on him or find out if there are more crazies like him.”
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“They can post, blog and do so freely and anonymously without any accountability whatsoever,” said Stanek, sheriff of Hennepin County in Minnesota. So he wants the public accountable for posting their 1st. amendment right. I’m sure that by accountable he means visited, beat-up, and most likely dead. And yes the cops do brag about their beat-downs when they are their paid vacations.
“And yes the cops do brag about their beat-downs when they are their paid vacations.”
Yep, absolutely.
While at the gym in my weightlifting days, I used to listen to a Wake county sheriff’s deputy and a trooper brag to each other about their escapades.
It helped me push harder while lifting.
Ive gone and enrolled in Krav Maga training.. because there’s cops there and the instructor is one..
Inside info .. OPsec , and get to know what they know , maybe i’ll stand a chance on a blue line beat down? or at least have an idea what im up against
Stop being pieces of dung and we wont rejoice at your funerals a$$holes.
This is just Yahoo and the MSM trying to instigate more violence between the police and We the people so they can have an excuse to create more false flag shootings and continue to blame and discredit the patriots and to fuel a civil war.
It’s also being used to further try and promote the government censorship of the Internet. It has been proven that Yahoo censors comments anyways, and I’m one of the many people who are no longer allowed to post comments on their articles because they don’t like hearing the truth.
… CORRECTION …
“There’s a deep concern that there has been a measurable increase in violence BY police officers, especially with firearms, AGAINST INNOCENT CIVILIANS AND PETS”….
MANY more civilians (and Pets) have been murdered or maimed by cops than vice versa… where are THOSE numbers??
They go to the wrong house half the time and terrorize innocent SLEEPING people, adults, children, infants, dogs….. they destroy innocent homes and send the repair bill to the innocent victims!
They spend trillions of tax payer money in law suit settlements for ‘survivors’.
To fix the problem, police have to go back to serving the public, not abusing them.
Isn’t it time to start CARING for each other and STOP THE VIOLENCE.
“Isn’t it time to start CARING for each other and STOP THE VIOLENCE”
Yea, if they employed NORMAL people.
However, since they only employ psychopaths who will not stop until you are dead, then teaching them about caring is impossible, since they have no feelings of guilt or remorse. So, it’s either us or them.
Tell them to stop acting like the Mossad and maybe we’ll have more
respect for them. What do cops expect? Do they expect to be able
to treat Americans like were Palestinians in the West bank or something
forever? Guess what cops unlike those poor wretches were armed.
That’s lightweight stuff compared to what those same badge wearing Saturn worshiping asshole cops say on their websites. They claim they are going to teach us some respect, why I’m not sure. I don’t respect UN diplomatic immunity and I know where my jurisdiction starts and theirs ends. You ever seen this shit? They got Saturn right in the logo. http://www.policeone.com/
interesting comments section on that site. You can tell the ones that are 15+yrs on the job and the ones with 3-5yrs by their attitude.
I was shocked. I mean they really put it out there, don’t they?
Thanks for the site, Chris. I can now study more on how the enemy thinks and some of their tactics. Not that they have much brains to begin with.
Interesting site. Can use it for know your enemy.
See this article written by a cop:
Take careful notice to NUMBER 1, NUMBER 10 and NUMBER 14:
It shows you how much cops really do care about the people. Makes you want to beat the hell out of them right now.
“24 things cops know, but most people don’t
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Not all of these are strictly what the police know that private citizens don’t, but they’re close.
Many are things I wish I could have said, but would have been in big trouble for doing so.
1.) Even though you say differently, you probably don’t know your rights.
2.) If you leave your teenager in charge of the house while you go away for the weekend, he or she will probably do something you forbade them to do. If they decide to host a beer party, your house will be wrecked.
3.) You can’t talk your way out of a ticket. Lots of people talk themselves into one.
4.) Of course it went off. What did you expect would happen when you pulled the trigger?
5.) The electronics in your radar or laser detector work no faster than those in my radar or LIDAR gun. By the time the little red light goes on, I already have your speed.
6.) We know you had more than two beers.
7.) If you grew up with guns in the house, you probably knew how to get to them, even though your parents thought they had them hidden or locked away. Don’t think your kids are any less ingenious.
8.) Arguing with me here will not go well for you. Arguments are for courtrooms, where you can make any statements and ask me any questions you want. Out here, I win all the arguments.
9.) We really don’t care how many FOP, State Sheriffs Association or 11-99 Foundation stickers you buy for your car. If you deserve the ticket, you’re getting it.
10.) Yes, you do pay my salary. Today’s obligation can be calculated by the following formula:
((Amount you pay annually in state, county, or city taxes/365) x (Fraction of budget allocated for law enforcement))/(Number of employees in my organization)
11.) I’d be happy to give you a refund. Do you have change for a penny?
12.) Most able-bodied people really can do those tests while sober.
13.) You are not the first person to see a cop and say “Take him, he did it,” “I didn’t do it,” or to tell your kid, “If you don’t behave, that cop will put you in jail.” You probably aren’t even the first one to say that today. You have, however, caused me to mentally label you as a moron.
14.) The gun isn’t to protect you. It is to protect me.
15.) Your substance abuse problem is your business until it spills over into someone else’s life. Now, you are the problem.
16.) I don’t especially care what your race, religion, sexual preference, ethnicity, political affiliation or economic status is. I do have a bias against assholes.
17.) Can anyone here point out this person’s parents? He just asked me if I knew who his father was, and I don’t.
18.) Believe it or not, you really don’t drive better with a few drinks in you.
19.) Do unto others, but do it first.
20.) We are not armed, uniformed scribes. If someone has threatened, insulted, or otherwise vexed you in some non-criminal way and you want it put on record, write it down, take it to a notary public, and sign it in their presence. Poof, you have a record. If we could make one change to improve society, better parenting would be toward the top of the list.
21.) There probably are teenagers who can handle alcohol responsibly outside the direct supervision of an adult. We never run into them, though.
22.) Please press firmly, you are making four copies.
23.) You are in ______________. We don’t care how they do it in ___________.
24.) Yes, you very well may see me in court. I get paid overtime to be there, win or lose.”
http://www.policeone.com/police-jobs-and-careers/articles/6111266-24-things-cops-know-but-most-people-don-t
Did you read the round about logic where they proclaim they pay their own salaries with the taxes they pay?
I believe most jurisdictions require a cop to get a Surety Bond.
Sue the bondholder/bonding agent for any malfeasance perpetrated by the cop. If the cop can’t get bonded, they lose their job.
The cop has “immunity” when personally sued in his capacity as an LEO and in the rare case the suit is lost – – the taxpayers lose/pay for the thug’s activities. Suing the bond holder as an accessory to the malfeasance ensures the cop/criminal finds out what unemployment looks like since the bonding agent will drop the cop.
I’m not 100% certain of this but it is worthy of further study.
“Mark Potok, an expert on extremism…..”
All credibility of the source was gone with this statement.
The only anti-government people I know are politicians. They shit on the Constitution daily. The rule of law has ceased and the rule of man is in effect. The justice system has been replaced with the “just-us” system which doesn’t include “us” aka We the People.
They will reap what they have sown. They forget the law of nature trumps all other laws.
“They forget the law of nature trumps all other laws.”
So true Pb. So true.
As for the anti government part, Im pretty anti.
Nottoobitter:
“As for the anti government part, Im pretty anti.”
IF the government was run as specifically described in the Constitution, would you still consider yourself as anti?
I too am anti-corrupt, anti-criminal and anti-imperial government. I trust those who revere the Constitution AND the Declaration of Independence can say the same.
John Adams said: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
It’s long past time to hit the reset button. Doing so will not be pretty. The Liberty Tree has been left to rot for far too long. Jefferson told us the “manure” of this cherished tree – – blood. It appears we haven’t gotten to the point that we are willing to carry out our duty as described in the Declaration of Independence.
Those who eventually do engage in this fight to restore liberty will be met with fierce resistance from those they fight to free but who are too damn ignorant to realize they are slaves. The irony is quite bitter. It defies human logic to give your life for those who despise your cause because they are too ignorant to realize you do so to free them. Men of that mettle may still exist but there is currently no indication of such…and I include myself. I cast no stones that I am not willing to be cast at me.
“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I now hop off my soap box and go back to my reloading bench. Cu jacketed Pb in process.
I think its time to get the lead(Pb) out, and get this show on the road.
I have no interest in ‘living’ in this…’this’, what ever form of BS ‘this’ is. And, there is no government better elsewhere, so I might as well flag the dirt where I stand.
If the Republic is restored and the Constitution is upheld, I will then be able to judge that Constitutional Republic on its merits and deficiencies.
Its the best alternative I can see. But it will not be as most envision it currently.
Socrates said, “Wisdom begins with the definition of terms”
My ‘anti’ can only change with the re-defining of what ‘government’ means.
“They can post, blog and do so freely and anonymously without any accountability whatsoever,” said Stanek, sheriff of Hennepin County in Minnesota.”
Yes, that called “freedom of speech”, you Nazi a-hole, and if you ever took a good look at the constitution you swore to defend, it wouldn’t be such a shock. And if you ever took a good look at any newspaper, you’ll see them doing the same thing. I guess free speech should only be defended when it’s speech the cops (or Zionists) like.
Cops, like everyone else, will reap what they sow, and since they’re killing 500 innocent people per year (D.O.J. stats), the people have a lot of catching up to do.
“The good news is, there are two less police in the world,” read an entry on the Facebook page for CopBlock.org.”
The bad news is there’s still WAY too many of those murdering Bolshevik (most would say Nazis, but I disagree. The Nazis didn’t even come CLOSE to what those Zionist, Bolshevik jews perpetrated) scumbag pukes killing UNARMED nationals, as well as pets that pose NO threat.
Tick, tock…
tick, tock lol
In other words, NTB, time’s running out for those jackbooted thugs.
Police brutality against the people is the reason for the anger directed at them. All part of the plan I’m sure, to create the problem by using force then use force to solve the problem. Leading us to martial law and enslavement. Looks like the plan is working. Don’t kill the cops unless you have to in order to protect yourself or another from them. That is self defense, cops are no different than anyone else, if they try to kill you then you have the right to defend yourself. Walking into a cafe and shooting someone eating lunch is just murder, that makes you no better than the cops you hate so much. Cops are just a byproduct of the problem, if you want to solve the problem you have to follow the chain way up the ladder. Self defense is fine, but murder is not the answer.
Let us put it this way. The police have brought this on themselfs. When they beat you for speaking to them,harass you for trying to file a complaint against them, Threaten you at gun point for doing so, then play games with you for years and years. Do property damage, refuse to respond, make homosexual advances at you, try to run over you with there cars, And much much more! Till you have to flee for your life from there threats! You can not blame the good citizen for being happy you are dead! Fromer resident of Sang CO. IL. So it is there problem when they get shot! And no we don’t care! When they straiten out there problem as police then maybe we will start to care again.
We the People
Molon Labe
My small town just hired a guy who is the perfect example of someone who shouldn’t have a badge.
He has “hero complex” because he spent a few months over in the sandbox, most of which was spent doing nothing because after he got there his feet gave out.
He’s a staunch statist who thinks he’s got an inside track in politics because his dad is a 30 year policeman currently the head of DHS in the city (how he got his job).
He’s proven to be a manipulator and deceitful, cheating on his wife multiple times, even “accidentally” sending a video he made without his wife’s knowledge, of them having sex, to other women.
He’s failed at several business ventures, always blaming someone or something else for the failures.
He’s illiterate as hell.
He’s had several back and neck surgeries with rods and screws (how he passed the physical is beyond me) and abuses pain meds and alcohol.
He’s twitchy. His hands shake constantly and angers easily when someone speaks using words he doesn’t understand.
In short, he’s a dumb, blind order following, fart in a skillet that can’t hack it on Hus own, so he got daddy to get him a job with some authority and control.
I’m already on record that this will not end well and everyone around here who really knows him can’t believe he’s now a cop…a Barney Fife with less common sense and hero complex.