Brandon Tatum at BLEXIT Greenville

and now without further ado please give. a warm welcome to former arizona police. officer and radio host. brandon tatum. [Music]. what's going on.

what's going on. it's so wonderful to be here i can't. believe. how many people are in this room. [Applause]. i can't believe how many patriots are in. this room. how many people who love this country. who love. god and who are going to stand for. what's right. [Applause]. it just gives me energy when i see it. all so.

what i want to talk about is two major. things i want to talk about policing. and i want to talk about the power of. the mind. policing in america the way. people are portraying police officers. today. is shameful the men and women. who put on that uniform who pin that. badge on. who walk away from their families their. aspirations and dreams in their personal. life. to support to die for.

perfect strangers should get a round of. applause. in my personal opinion there is no. greater sacrifice. than to die for people that you don't. know. and police officers do that every single. day i want to give you a quick story. about how i became a police officer. never thought about being a cop a day of.

my life. i was growing up i got arrested when i. was eight years old for smoking weed in. a vacant house. so my first experience with police. weren't that it wasn't that flavorful. in a good way but i got to a point in my. life where i need to make a positive. decision as a strong man. i had to support my child and i and i. applied for everything in the city of. tucson. and the police department that. application was one of them. never thought about it one night. i had a disagreement with my son's mom.

at the time. right i think we were arguing about like. an engagement ring or something like. that. the next morning i wake up i get a phone. call. from the tucson police department and i. will never forget i i picked up the. phone. they said it's tucson police department. and i'm like. she called the police on me. why would she do such a thing and then. they said hey mr tatum. you apply for the job and i'm like okay. yeah yeah whatever you need. whatever y'all need i'm down now but i.

knew nothing about policing. i only watched cops when i was young so. i knew nothing about what was going on. and i said i need to do a ride-along. so i pulled up on uh the officer his. name is sean payne i'll never forget. sean payne he's the greatest officer. i've ever met. i pulled up on him in my private vehicle. i said hey man i want to do a ride along. and he let me ride with him and it blew. my mind. we started from changing the flat tire. of an elderly lady. to going what we call code 3 licensed.

siren 70 miles per hour down the road. almost died twice. to save a kid who was currently trying. to commit suicide. when they kicked the front door in they. went in i was able to look around the. corner the kid was literally in the back. cutting his wrist. and sean payne saved his life. and i'll never forget that. [Applause]. and so after all this happened sean got. in the car we got back in the police car.

and i remember my heart was just racing. before we went to the call he was asking. about my family. and so when we got back in the car he. began to ask me about my family again. and. i couldn't even remember i had a family. i was like what are you talking about. i was completely mind blown that that. man. had did what he what i saw him do and at. that point in my life. it's the first time i ever saw a hero. a real hero now i played football my. whole life and i thought those guys were. great nothing against football players. and athletes.

but when i saw that man turn into a hero. and save lives. and he'd do it every single day it. impacted me. and i became a police officer. and contrary to what. some of these leftist lunatics will tell. you as a black man on a majority white. hispanic police department. i did everything on the police. department i was a field training. officer. i was a general instructor i was on the.

swat team. i was a spokesperson for the police. department that mean i represented the. police department. in front of the news representing our. values and different things that we had. to speak on. i did all of those things and i loved. every minute. of my service as a police officer and. today. i see a huge issue. with the way they're portraying the. actions. of the men in blue today i i think it's. a it's a tremendous. issue that i see because they perpetuate.

a complete lie this whole police. oppression police brutality it's a lie. it is a lie i'm gonna keep it 100. it's a lie do police officers. budget people yeah that's far few in. between. they're not out here just hunting black. folks down that's not happening. i'm not afraid of the police officer. when i leave my house cause i'm black. they're gonna pull me over for no reason. that's a lie. if i'm not committing crimes then i'm.

not gonna interact with police often at. all. and there's not gonna be a time where a. police dog's gonna go gun me down while. i'm sleeping in bed. that's not gonna happen they lied about. what happened to brianna taylor. they lied about what happened to jacob. blake. they fluffed the story and what happened. to george floyd they leave. out details that leave black people. afraid and terrified.

when they shouldn't be i tell young. people all the time. don't be afraid of the police won't you. become a police officer. won't you pick up an application put. down the protests and signs and all that. stuff. why don't you become a police officer so. you can patrol in your community. and you can be the difference that you. want to see. how is that too difficult. and i want to say this because it just. this is the story that's hot right now. and it just made it made my brain.

explode why in the world. is jacob blake's name on football. helmets. why are their names on the back of. jerseys. being flaunted as individuals who are. heroic. there is nothing heroic about assaulting. a woman fighting police officers. running trying to go to the front of the. car with a knife in your hand.

there's nothing heroic about that. and nobody wanna keep it real but i'm. gonna keep it real. there is no excuse to resist the rest. and i tell young people this all the. time i can't control what every police. officer does you can only train them so. much. what do you expect they're not god but. what you can do is you control. how you react to police officers when.

they pull you over. follow the law follow the rules. sometimes you may be pulled over for no. reason it mean it doesn't matter. but what what can what you can control. is what matters put your hands on the. steering wheel. be respectful you don't you it's not a. it's not a. a debate this is not curbside justice. you don't need to make a point right now. you need to you need to live through. this interaction. and it's not just reserved for black.

people. it's for all of us we all get pulled. over by police. and as a former police officer it's no. one color or one race that i'm more. afraid of. and i'm not afraid of race in general. i'm afraid of a gun i'm afraid of you. killing me. it has nothing to do with your race and. when we. decide as a society to work on the. introspective portion. meaning working on yourself and how you. interact i think we'll have. better interactions with police officers.

i want to jump into another subject. honest along those same lines but. a gentleman i was debating with we were. at a church. it wasn't a debate it was a conversation. and the reason why we were able to have. a conversation and not necessarily the. debate. is because we understood one fundamental. principle. is that we're both children of god we. were children we are children of god.

first. that goes beyond politics that goes. beyond anything else so we were able to. have a dialogue and a conversation. one thing that bothered me that this man. said. and i have the utmost respect for him is. that he had mentioned. that he cannot wait to the day. where his child or grandchild he's a. black man. will have the same opportunities as the. white pastor's. grandchildren and and it bothered me a.

little bit as a christian. because i i'm questioning what god are. you serving. what what god are you who are you. reading about. because the last time i checked. there is no door a white man is going to. close. that god is already open for me i don't. believe in white privilege. i believe in christ's privilege.

and for the life of me i could not. understand how that pastor. could perceive things that way because. you become what you believe in your mind. if you're walking around every day and. you're perceiving you're going to have. negative interactions with. you're going to have negative. interactions if you're walking around. and you think everybody's after you the. white man is following me around and. everywhere i go and they just trying to. get me i got to work three or four times.

as hard as everybody else. that's what you're gonna get but if you. keep in your mind that i'm a powerful. child of god. meaning that the words that i speak will. be manifested. the things that i say the god that i. serve can manifest the things that i. want to happen. and if you believe that you will achieve. it. i do not waste a moment of my life. complaining and making excuses.

excuses will get you nowhere in life. nowhere. i spend my time dreaming. about accomplishing great things for. other people. and that's the difference serving. is where we build who we are service. if you want to be successful or the. things that you want to see happen you. need to serve another person in that. manner. for instance if you want to.

be prosperous when you when it comes to. money finances. then how about you give to other people. and help them become prosperous. that's how it will come back to you and. i just i really want us to. hone in on this is the the service. component. we need to serve more we need to have. the servant mentality more. our minds shouldn't be to argue or be.

upset with our brothers and sisters is. how can i love you and serve you. like christ would how do we do that. and once we start getting to that level. i think that we'll see a bit of a better. america. we'll see a better place and it makes me. happy to see everybody in here. of all races colors ages you name it. sitting here together listening to such. a good. um event and when i see that. i see an example of what america really.

looks like. this is america. [Music]. this is america. [Applause]. where we love one another we appreciate. one another. we can sit next to one another not. looking at color of your skin where you. came from where you're going. but that we are all children. [Music].

of the most high god. [Applause]. and it's it's really that simple it's. that simple. it's that simple i want to finish it. with this. and if anybody watch my youtube channel. i say i'm gonna finish and i'm about 30. 40 more minutes and i'm still talking. but i think we need to be active. in our pursuit of political things right.

this event is not about republican or. democrat i could care less. my the way i look at politics the way i. look at life everything. in in my life i look at it from this. from a spiritual. sense what would christ want me to do in. this arena. when you talk about crucial things like. abortion. gay marriage all that stuff that make. people all weird on the inside. you should be focusing on what what is.

god saying about this. and when i look at what god says about. who you who you should marry what. marriage really is. when i look at what god is saying about. giving life i believe that life starts. at conception not perception. [Music]. when you look at those things. that's where you should get your. political stance from. not these party lines and i find it very. mysterious.

when i see christians going on a side. that's counterproductive to christ. counterproductive to god. how in the world how in the world. are you christian and you see these. politicians out here. advocating for you to go to a clinic. and get rid of god's children every time. you get rid of a life. that's get belongs to god that's not.

yours. how do you support politicians like that. it is beyond me. when you see politicians that are more. concerned. with the same sex thing then they are. concerned. with the house of god we have a problem. nothing and there's nothing against if. you want to sleep with whoever you want. to sleep with that's something you ain't. got nothing to do with me that's between. you and god i didn't make the rules. that's him don't kill the messenger.

but at the end of the day i want to see. a person who's going to represent the. faith. i want to see somebody who's going to. say no church can stay open. because it's essential. [Applause]. i better stop before i start preaching. it's really that simple it's that simple. it's that simple if we.

actually produce what we believe. meaning that we stuck by the rudiments. of christ stuck by the rudiments of what. the bible says. there ain't no way in the world we won't. be a better country. there's no way we won't get along more. there's no way we can't create policies. to make everybody. you know and not make everybody happy. but be productive for each one of the. people that are sitting in this room. there's no way we can't do that so i'll. encourage you. because i don't know what what side of.

aisle you sit on and i don't even care. i will encourage you to think about. what christ would do how christ would. want you to behave. and i want you to do that and. i just want to finish by saying thank. you. thank you guys for coming out here thank. you for being here. you could have been anywhere else you. could have gone to any other event. which is probably hard to believe since. candice owens is here but you could have.

done. any other thing but you found yourself. dedicated committed. here to support the blexit movement so i. just want to say. thank you give yourselves a round of. applause god bless you. and the show will continue. [Music].

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