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The Tarnished History and Image of Police Departments
Long before there was a police force in America, there were sheriffs. The office of sheriff has its roots in 9th century England. According to the National Law Enforcement Museum, the early policing system was modeled after the English structure, which incorporated the watch, constables, and sheriffs (derived from the British term, “shire-reeves”) in a community-based police organization. The British system developed from “kin policing” dating back to about 900 A.D., in which law enforcement power was in the people’s hands, and they were responsible for their families or “kin.”) Early law enforcement was reactionary, rather than pre-emptive—the watch usually responded to criminal behavior only when requested by victims or witnesses.
Then called a “reeve,” what is now known as the Sheriff in America, was an individual originally selected by the serfs to be their informal social and governmental leader. The reeve soon became the Kings appointed representative to protect the King’s interest and act as mediator with people.
In the United States, approximately 98 percent of sheriffs are elected. Good, bad or mediocre, what sets the office of sheriff apart from the police force, is that the sheriff’s office is accountable to the citizens through the election process. Read the rest of this entry
Cyber-Extortionists-Beyond Cyber-Bullies
Those on Twitter may have noticed that there was an effort last week by cyber- extortionist, David Piercy, to have Word Press take down Blackbutterfly7. They have shown concern (thank you) and this is to inform everyone what took place.
David Piercy filed for a restraining order against another person, and threatened to add me to it unless I became familiar with the Word Press delete feature. Those here who read comments and those on Twitter know that I’ve never engaged that person. Although a long time ago I blacklisted his IP address using the Word Press option, he continues sending vile and racially derogatory comments to this blog.
Several weeks ago, he hacked/trespassed by submitting comments here through the California State University at Fresno’s network. Those comments did not go into moderation but posted directly to the public board. I deleted them, and blacklisted the IP address. Piercy then went on Twitter claiming that I deleted them because he proved me wrong about Lisa Bloom’s book. No – I deleted them because he trespassed. It’s not my position to ask or wonder why other bloggers allow him to come back and forth after banning him. As for me, once you come to my house throwing filth and calling me demeaning names, you’re not allowed back, PERIOD.
Divide and Conquer Played By Harassers
Sub-titled:
Working another agenda when all others have failed.
I don’t generally publicly acknowledge anything that the harassers post about me on other blogs. I do so now because an accusation involves another blogger.
Word Press provides insight for dispute resolution, stating:
“We think the right response to bad or offensive ideas is to speak out against them, not to censor them. Instead of asking us to suspend such a blog, please consider either responding in the blog’s comments or on a blog of your own, to set the record straight.”
This is to set the record straight.
To give some history, it might make sense to roll the clock back. When I decided that justice for Trayvon was important to me, I sought blogs that shared that interest. I looked for blogs that discussed evidence, stayed up-to-date with the release of discovery material, and the pre-trial proceedings. Since the dead cannot defend themselves, I avoided all blogs that denigrate Trayvon. By reading anti-Trayvon blogs, it didn’t take long to recognize the White Supremacists and sovereign citizenship ideologies that they project. That in fact, all if not most of them have stated in some form or another a parroting of what Juror B37 told her now former literary agent; that is, that she found George Zimmerman not guilty “… due to the manner in which he was charged.”
2 Million people signing a petition and millions of Whites, Blacks, Latinos, Native Americans and Asians, young, middle-age and old, coming together protesting the lack of investigation and that Zimmerman had not been arrested, was just too much for those who want to take this country back to the 1800’s. Read the rest of this entry