Is America Overall Racist?

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A few thoughts on “Racism”

I’m wondering if these social justice warrior celebrity athletes on strike (for Jacob Blake) know there was a knife on the floorboard of his vehicle he was trying to get into? Do they care? The answer is, NO. Reports are saying he may have had the knife in his hand the whole time.

But facts don’t seem to matter to people who already have their hearts made up inside. We are a racist country in their eyes. They are the victims. Victims who ironically get worshiped whole making millions of dollars to play with a ball.

But I want to know why?

I remember pulling a man over for speeding and he happened to be black. He immediately started in on his color and the “reason” why he was pulled over. I showed the laser gun with his speed. It didn’t matter. I was “racist” in his eyes. He kept going off on why he believes I’m racist. Yelling, screaming, mad.

I finally said to him, “You know, we usually see people not as they are, but as we are.” He was stuck in thought. Very agitated he said, “What’s that supposed to mean?” I said it again. “We usually see people not as they are, but as we are.” I went on, “Usually people who go around calling people racists are in fact the ones who are racist!”

As soon as I said it, I wanted to bring back the words, and couldn’t believe it came out of my mouth. It was before body cameras, and I thought he would for sure make a complaint. In my 7 year career I never went to Internal Affairs because I never got into trouble; but this time as the words came out I thought I would be making my way into the office. I just called a black man racist at a traffic stop.

Instead of him asking for a supervisor, the man looked at me with so much anger in his face and said, “You’re damn right I’m racist!, I hate the white man!”….. I stopped …“Exactly!” I blurted out.. “That’s exactly what I thought!”

I wanted to cite him for the full amount over the speed limit so badly, because of what a jerk this man was, no, not because he was black, but because he was being a horrible person (along with speeding) but I didn’t. I gave him his license back and said something like, “Most of us got into this job to help people. I’m sorry you feel that way toward a person of a different color.”

As I looked at him before he drove off, I knew he knew that he had the problem, and not me. His bias was exposed, not mine. His problem has tainted his heart, not my heart. I was thankful I didn’t give him a ticket because I know he will always think twice about that experience.

America is not racist. America is the most diverse country in the world. We won the civil rights movement 50+ years ago. We worship talented black celebrities and athletes all day long. One of the richest people in the entire world is a black woman named Oprah Winfrey. A billionaire. How did she do it in such a racist country? We just elected the first black president of the US, not once, but twice. How did that happen if we are such a racist country? It did because we aren’t.

The ones pushing the narrative that America is racist, yes, are the racists themselves. In fact, they hate everyone. It’s darkness. Racism is darkness and hate; so we should just label it for what it is. Darkness and hate. Not racism. Usually people who are racist hate everything and everyone around them anyway. A man once told me in jest, “I’m not racist, I just hate everyone!” How telling that really is. It’s just darkness and hate.

Satan has been telling this lie from the beginning of time. He does this by entering into the hearts of those who believe they are victims. He pushes this victimhood mentality, usually by the media, to only cause more division and destruction. Satan followers are real spirits who can only enter into those who choose the darkness and takes possession. That’s why he’s winning these little battles right now. Because society is turning dark and cold toward one another. On both “sides”.

I believe the only answer is to not allow our hearts to turn cold and dark. When I watch a video of a group of black men going around and just beating up white kids for no reason, my heart hurts. I literally have to pray to soften my heart when I see it because I get so angry. But that’s truly the only type of real violence in seeing right now. And that’s justified?

When I watch actual injustice, for anyone or color, my heart hurts. And I will defend them to no end. But George Floyd’s death wasn’t because of racism. He had “deadly amounts” of fentanyl in his system. The DOJ just found out Jacob Blake did have a knife on the floorboard. Probably the same knife he may have used to rape the 14 yr old girl over and over. It wasn’t racist.

99% of cops are just trying to do their jobs with integrity. We must stop believing the lie they are racist. It’s not true.

We need more light America. And in order to have more light, we should all be standing up and speaking up about these issues, with love. Everywhere. That’s that only way darkness can be driven out. We can’t let fear take over. Faith (action) is the answer.

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Healing, Not Hatred – President Trump Tribute Video for George Floyd

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Meet the Hero who Shot the Bad Guy in the Face..

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Meet Jack Wilson, the man who slew the not-so-bright potential Goliath who entered a Texas church yesterday morning, and was subsequently shot in the face from about 15 yards, give or take. (update: Bad guy was a drum roll…. convicted felon who shouldn’t have been allowed to own a gun.)

Jack Wilson

But does the face really need to be talked about, and how far he was? The answer is absolutely yes to both. Why?

As a former law enforcement officer, these details matter. When we would do our quarterly trainings and qualifications, we would start out at the 25 yard mark. Officers could typically choose how to position their bodies to get these shots off. Most of us would choose to lay down because it was a lot easier to hit a headshot with stability. And that was still hard. It became easier to hit the target as the qualification came to an end, but anyone who shoots a handgun, knows. And shooting a handgun is a perishable skill. Personally, I would have went for center mass because of how hard a head shot is at that distance.

He clearly was the man for this particular job.

Reports are coming in that Jack Wilson was a firearms instructor; could there be anyone more qualified to stop such a threat? Probably not. Because a firearms instructor is usually more proficient with a handgun than most cops; this is what they do.

Further, I love how the MSM isn’t talking about the four other church goers who were locked and loaded as well.

I am very grateful for Jack Wilson and what he did yesterday. He not only saved dozens of lives, but showed America what’s supposed to happen when a mini- Goliath enters the scene. They are to be slain. And further, taught us that anyone in this country can be proficient with the God given right they have to carry a gun.

We as Americans are the first responders. Never forget that.
Thank you, Jack. God bless you and the congregation who witnessed what they should have never witnessed in an American church.

Former LEO, Eric Moutsos

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Thin Blue Line Getting Thinner

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One thing I need to make clear is my love and admiration for the good men and women in blue who put their life on the line everyday.

I know telling some of my old police stories can seem to put police in a bad light at times. This is not ever my intent. It’s the broken political system I try to bring to light. I believe one of the biggest problems in LE today is not the regular line-officer who signed up to serve and protect, but mostly police leadership who are run by bad political leaders above them. Bad culture and pressure from the top down. And this is to say nothing about how many laws we have on the books.

Chiefs who are literally ordered (decision by decision) by mayors with a deep distain toward police, but still want the police budgets and protection it brings to the city. Mayors who have now become the police by running the police, then whip the officers when they enforce their type of policing. See the irony?

Mayors who badmouth guns, but yet hire officers from the agency personally protect them 24/7. Then, will quickly throw the officers under the bus if the officer needs to make a split second decision that may look bad on a two dimensional camera. See the irony?

It’s called having your cake and eating it, too. It doesn’t work. And the “leaders” of most PD’s buckle under the pressure (every single time) to keep their status and paycheck. That’s the truth. Most are not true leaders.

Just because there’s some things I believe need to change (like very limited government to begin with) doesn’t mean I’m at all anti-police. Limited government doesn’t mean no government. In fact, I’m pro-good policing. Yes, it’s possible. I have too many stories to count where I know I was there to save and protect life. Truly serving and protecting. There was nothing better. And just because I offer my ideas doesn’t mean I’m always right. I’m just one man with one opinion.

But to you who are truly anti-cop..

Who are you going to call when you or your family gets hit by a drunk driver?Who are you going to call when riots break out and the streets and your business windows are broken? Or when your nice pretty iphone or property gets stolen out of your hands? Or your identity gets taken? Who will you call if you or your family gets physically assaulted (or worse) and you want justice? Who? That’s right, you will call the police for help. And they will help. Even if you hate them.

The truth is we need the American Police Officer. I should say Peace Officers. We need the thin blue line in society. But more importantly we need The People to get engaged in the voting process to elect moral leaders in their cities and counties who are going to allow the police to truly serve and protect with discretion. Leaders who try and understand natural law and the proper role of government. Not leaders who try to grow more government with more police that they hate. That’s where true change can happen. With you and me.

To you who are currently serving in law enforcement and truly care about the people you serve and protect. Again, I love you and I back you. I’m sorry if some of my police stories put you in a bad light. Keep up the good work you do and stay safe.

 

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Religious Freedom isn’t Free

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Something happened in the Salt Lake Police Department that meant a lot to me this year. 3 of my friends sent me screenshots of the change. I had to read it twice to believe it. Has kinda made me emotional the last few hours. I wanted to write my thoughts.

The department changed a policy and will have new procedure and training on how to handle and treat people of faith who request a position change for a religious accommodation.

To this day many people still ask me why I didn’t bring a law suit on the city. I can’t always explain it, even to myself, other than I just didn’t feel right about it. Every time I prayed for guidance, litigation felt like a dark hole. However, every time I felt to tell my story publicly, instead instead of suing, I felt hope and light. I felt that by telling my story I could one day help someone who believes how I believe. Also for someone who believes something entirely different than I do. It goes all ways. That’s the First Amendment. The free exercise of religion.

When you litigate, the courts can silence you for years. And most of the time when you settle a case, silence is part of the deal. I know several of my officers friends from the SLCPD who are still in litigation with the city from over seven years ago and counting. And the harder each party fights, the more resistant each party gets on the issue. Nothing changes. And ultimately who really loses if you “win”? The tax payers and officers pay will suffer. Not the city. They will just take it from someone else. That’s the truth.

I usually don’t like to give any amount of credit to upper city administrators, because I overall don’t trust how they operate, and usually lack integrity once the going gets tough to do the right thing, but in this case yesterday, I give them credit. Thank you, Chief Brown and Chief Doubt, and whoever else made this change possible. They aren’t the ones who took my badge years ago, but they’ve done the right thing here. Some say “It’s too late” but to me, especially with this issue, it’s never too late.

M. J. Sobran once said that, “A religious conviction is now a second-class conviction, expected to step deferentially to the back of the secular bus, and not to get uppity about it.”

Well, my message is that we sometimes we need to get uppity about it. Sometimes annoyingly uppity if we have to. And yes, looking back we can always see how we could have gone about things differently. At least for me. Go about it more diplomatic; go about it without offending, or going about it without ruffling feathers, etc. But my point is that we need to go about it. We need to go about it to keep the freedom we still have. And with conviction. If we don’t go about it, we will lose it. I believe times are only going to get tougher with this particulate issue regarding religious liberty. We have to stand up when we are being forced down with fear and silence. Even if we lose our career.

Because at the end of the day if we can’t have religious liberty or some type of personal conviction, as Maxwell said, what matter of men and women are we to be anyway? There’s no more “Plymouth Rocks” for future pilgrims to flee to. This is it. And if we lose it in America, there’s nowhere else to go.

In this country we are all different and believe differently. That’s the beauty of how America was to be built. And sometimes that difference means disagreeing with each other. I believe you can still disagree with each other and love all at the same time. It’s possible.

Thanks again to everyone who has supported me and my family.

Love you all.

(Here’s the video news interview when I finally told my side of the story) I can’t believe it’s been over 4 years

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=33605041             <—- Story Here 

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