June 22nd, 2009

Sheriff Leroy Baca advocates that he and all his 18,000 officers and staff uphold their OATH

Stella says: Sheriff Leroy Baca advocates that he and all his 18,000 officers and staff uphold their OATH

NOTE FROM STEWART:

Oath Keepers encourages grassroots activism to spread the Oath Keepers message. Below is an example of just such activism. Stella Oakman, on her own initiative, but with our full encouragement, formed up a California Meetup group called Oath Keepers SoCal and has been spreading the Oath Keepers message like wildfire in her area. Below, Stella shares her own testimonial on her oath, and also tells us about some very good news! Stella is a model for what an Oath Keeper activist should be like. – Stewart Rhodes

TESTIMONIAL OF STELLA OAKMAN:

When I first saw the Oath Keepers website just a day or two before Lexington Green, I knew I had finally found the group I was waiting for. Until people know what it means to put their lives on the line for what they believe in, they are unreliable in times of crisis. As a former Army Officer, Social Studies teacher, mom and business person who has lived overseas a number of times, I know the difference our Constitution makes. Without it, there is very little freedom.

When I formed

Oath Keepers SoCal on April 19, 2009, I was amazed to see so many civilians sign up to take the Oath with me. Even after reading to them Samuel Adams’ warning: “If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude more than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget you were our countrymen.”

All of the newcomers stayed to take the Oath pledging their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to one another. Some have said that they feel very strengthened by taking the Oath for the first time.

It is good to stand for something and there is nothing better to stand for than liberty. http://www.meetup.com/Oath-Keepers-SoCal/members/9367493/

-Stella Oakman

Brought to you by http://freepeopleontheland.wordpress.com, Sheriff Watch

baca_leroy-d-3 Yesterday representatives of the Oath Keepers SoCal attended a meeting with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office. As the Sheriff himself was traveling overseas for a few more weeks, they met with the Commander Tim Laing.

Their goal was to obtain their support of the Oath of Office every law enforcement officer takes in our country–”to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” The Sheriff had reviewed the national Oath Keepers website as well as the local chapters and believed he could support their mission. While final official approval must come again directly from the Sheriff, it would seem there is no reason to believe the meeting changed his support.

Commander Laing was surprised to hear that the group’s organizer was being told by several of the 30 Sheriff’s posts that Oath Keepers would be considered political and they couldn’t freely join. Thus the need to approach the Sheriff himself. The County Sheriff IS political–he/she is voted into office by WE THE PEOPLE of the county. The Sheriff KNOWS who he works for. Generally a County Sheriff frequently SEES the people in his county in his daily work and personal life. The Sheriff IS ACCOUNTABLE TO US because of this close contact.

But you can imagine the joy these Oath Keepers felt when they learned Sheriff Leroy Baca would advocate that he and all his 18,000 officers and staff uphold their own OATH! The Oath Keepers SoCal are proud to stand “Shoulder to Shoulder” with their Sheriff’s department. Sheriff Baca runs the largest Sheriff’s department in the entire world–dwarfing most in other states. This is a big victory for liberty and in support of our Constitution.

The County Sheriff has the authority to stand up to the State and Federal Governments and determine who can do anything inside his county. So don’t wait another minute to reach out to your Sheriff and determine his/her committment to their Oath of Office and their accountability to the welfare of their citizens. You just might be joyfully surprised!!

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4 Responses to “Sheriff Leroy Baca advocates that he and all his 18,000 officers and staff uphold their OATH”

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Anonymous Says:
August 17th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Dear Oath Keepers,

Thank you for the assurance that many of you will stand for the US Constitution. There are millions that are not aware that you are taking this stand. I consider myself a part of the US Constituional Militia according to the 2nd amendment. Mine and many other USCM have grave concerns for our country, families, constitution and freedoms. We have been continually marginalized by themedia, and organizations such as the SPLC.

We need your leadership, we know that there are many LEOs that will follow the anti-constituional orders and this is concerning in light of socio-economic conditions, chatter concerning martial law for forced vaccinations, etc. You have a large contingency of americans that will stand beside you in time of not just a national emergency but a constituional emergency which may place you in harms way without knowing that you have the support and admiration of the USCM.

How do we know who to trust, who will lead us, who will sound the alarm for us to stand by your side?

We are the complete opposite of the medias protrayal, and will stand for anyone rights and freedom, regardless of race, creed, sex, age, religion….

We want to stand guard along side of you, not wondering who to turn to when we recognize the tyranny that is about to over take this country.
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bruce dillon Says:
August 21st, 2009 at 5:39 pm
thank you sir.i serve my county for 30 years as a deputy.i,me proude to stand with you.
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Randall Covey Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 6:26 am
This post is very heartening. Thank you for it, and for the added impetus to meet with my own Sheriff, John Rutherford, JSO.

v/r,
Randall Covey
Oath Keeper
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Steve Says:
October 20th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Baca just proved himself to be a liar in his recent press conference about Prop 19.

Swearing to inforce federal laws against prop 19. Seems he is just another government shill.

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OATH KEEPERS: ORDERS WE WILL NOT OBEY

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1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people

3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as “unlawful enemy combatants” or to subject them to military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a “state of emergency” on a state.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to “keep the peace” or to “maintain control."

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

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Founder Stewart Rhodes

He is a former firearms instructor and former member of Rep. Ron Paul’s DC staff.

Stewart previously wrote the monthly Enemy at the Gates column for S.W.A.T. Magazine

Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004, where his paper “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status” won Yale’s Miller prize for best paper on the Bill of Rights. He assisted teaching U.S. military history at Yale, was a Yale Research Scholar, and is writing a book on the dangers of applying the laws of war to the American people.