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P olice Silence: Behind the Thin Blue Line
by Victor Paez Torres
Estilo Publishing Company; 1999
Victor Torres has written a thought-
provoking novel, which takes the readers
into deep, dark forbidden caves o f the
controversial police “Code o f Silence.”
The code ofsilence creatively calledCOPS
by the author, no doubt will add to this
controversy, with most police denying
that it exists; and victims o f this group
silence insisting that it does. Most novelists
have to immerse themselves into a subject
area before they can write about it in an
insightful and intelligent way. But in this
case, Vic tor was a police officer! He knows
where the skeletons are hidden and how
the “Code ofSilence” functions to present
and serve its members.
Although he writes about one police
agency, this agency is not much different
from others around the country comprised
predominately o f “white cops” who resist
the entry o f minorities and women. After
all, this is one o f the last places on earth
where a twenty-one year old high school
graduate can get an entry level job starting
at $40,000 to $50,000 per year.
Torres teaches that the Code not only
protects its mem bers from crim inal
prosecution when they have violated the
law, but the Code is often used to protect,
enhance and prom ote w hite m ales’
privilege and racism in police agencies.
Hence, being a Latino, African American,
Asian, or female cop, may significantly
increase one’s vulnerability and security
and not receive the benefits o f the Code.
Is that desirable? Does that limit your
p ro m o tio n s? D o y o u r valu es and
conscience permit you to do this? There
are the painful issues, which Torres
struggles in with COPS. For those non-
H isp a n ic w h ite cops w ho p ro te c t
themselves with the Code and have little
trust in the broader non-law enforcement
c o m m u n ity , th ey tend to iso la te
themselves and socialize together as was
graphically seen in the Sylvester Stallone
movie, Copland - another work o f fiction?
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Conspirators’ Hierarchy: The Story of the Committee of 300
no national boundaries, ABOVE
By Dr. John Coleman
THE
LA W S
OF
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COUNTRIES, one that controls
every aspect o f politics, religion,
America West Publishers; 1992
commerce and industry, banking,
C an you im ag in e an A LL insurance, mining, THE DRUG
POWERFUL GROUP, that knows TRADE, the petroleum industry, a
g r o u p
ANSW ER-
A B LE TO
NO ONE
but
its
members?
To the vast
majority o f
us, such a
g r o u p
w o u ld
appear to be
beyond the
re a lm s o f
possibilities
a n d
capabilities
o f any given
organization.
I f th at is
w h a t you
b e lie v e ,
then you are
in
the
m a jo rity .
T h e
conception
o f a secret,
elite group
1 )R . J o | I \ ( n i l M W
e x e rc is in g
c o n tro l o f
every aspect o f our lives is beyond
our comprehension. Americans are
prone to say, “It can’t happen here,
our Constitution forbids i t ”
That there IS SUCH A BODY,
called “THE COMMITTEE OF
HIERARCHY:
300,” is graphically told in this book.
W hen m ost people attem pt to
address our problems, they speak
or write about “THEY”; this book
tells precisely who “THEY” are,
(Please see C onspirators,page 8)
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