Berry For Police State/Sheriff

It's that election time again. Every where I drive throughout Scott City, KS, I see signs Berry For Sheriff. Now I want to be clear. I do not know Bill Berry personally. I am concerned with the monopolistic police state growing and thinking that the citizens of Scott City are in some kind of constant danger and in desperate need of protection.

Recently, Bill Berry, the man running for sheriff was able to show off his K-9 at the local library. Apparently, these dogs are going to save us from drugs. Although we know factually, the war on drugs has only increased the number of drug related deaths, indoctrinating our children that they will save us from evil drug lords is all part of the world of Hollywood and the State.

As facts demonstrate, the police state is far more dangerous. Simply watch the recent PBS special on Prohibition to see the truly dangerous people. Remember that the first men who fired shots at those who wished to actually carry beer were the police/Federal agents. Perhaps re-watching the Untouchables might give some food for thought, but it is completely backwards. It was the Federal government that began the WAR on alcohol and now drugs.

The Police State has successfully managed to put itself in the position in the minds of many citizens as being our savior as can be seen in how Berry's childhood was affected by the State's self-perpetuating propaganda. As Bill Berry website states,

I recently found a grade school project that indicated an interest in being your sheriff even as a boy. Now it’s my time to come home to watch over a new generation until another young boy decides to follow his dream.

So it is his dream to watch over us. With the broad movement to militarize our police departments, my concern is about men who think we need to be "watched over". Perhaps he doesn't think watching us with Drones is a good thing (I'm willing to bet he does), but as one who works with the Department of Defense, I suspect he has no problem with Federal laws stealing out liberty (think Patriot Act). I also suspect he agrees with all of the Federal Laws which allow local/state police to steal private property, put people into boxes and/or kill people for "non-violent crimes".

It is men like Berry who seem to have no foundation for what liberty is based upon. They seem to be completely unaware that sheriffs are to secure private property rights as per the American Tradition, not trample all over them. But hey new ideologies is apparently where it is at!

Scott County has a unique opportunity that has not happened in modern history. We finally have the ability to benefit from a beginning of new and refreshing ideologies of law enforcement.

Most of the great work done by Scott City's finest is to make certain we all behave properly such as making certain we follow all of the driving laws. Of course it is interesting to watch the zealous drive around town at high rates of speed and running red lights making certain we behave properly.

Another great concern is the lack of patrolling.

An area of concern is the lack of protection provided to the stakeholders of our community by the lack of patrolling by the current sheriff’s office.

When elected, it is my goal to increase the amount of patrolling in our county. The citizens of Scott County should have police presence 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

No, Scott City doesn't need to militarize our police. We don't need K-9s saving us from drugs.

What we need is a sheriff, who simply recognizes that Americans do not need a police state to "watch over" us, that the police are not a separate class of people who may carry guns while the rest of us peons are subject to them. Americans are a self-governing people. Liberty requires private property rights, and the right to bear arms in self-protection even from police. Liberty requires that we do not empower the State to have power over people who do things with which we may not necessarily agree.

Berry wishes to centralize government, especially by increasing the monopoly of the police state. Let's continue the American Tradition by not following the "new ideologies".