Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April17, 2012

Officer Ramon Perez is an Evangelical Christian from Texas. Bogota, New York Police Officer Regina Tasca identifies herself as a gay female. Both of them intervened in the line of duty to protect helpless citizens from criminal violence by other police officers. And both of them have been disciplined for doing so.

Several years ago, Officer Perez refused to carry out an unlawful order to use a taser against a non-violent elderly man. Perez was purged from the Austin PD, which concluded that his moral and religious views undermined his solidarity with the force.

Last year, Officer Tasca ? who had just completed a training module dealing with emotionally disturbed individuals ? was one of several officers responding to a call from a mother seeking help with her mentally ill son. Although the son was not a criminal suspect, officers threw him to the ground and punched him 22 times while the mother screamed for them to stop. Tasca, to her credit, physically intervened to stop the assault ? and was immediately suspended. She faces termination on April 18.

In our system, the rogue cops are peace officers who actually seek to protect the innocent against criminal violence ? including that inflicted by their own comrades.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.