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Ep. 85: John Baeza on Being a Libertarian Cop and Ron Paul's Bodyguard

Ep. 85: John Baeza on Being a Libertarian Cop and Ron Paul's Bodyguard

FromCounterflow with Buck Johnson


Ep. 85: John Baeza on Being a Libertarian Cop and Ron Paul's Bodyguard

FromCounterflow with Buck Johnson

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Dec 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

My guest this week is John Baeza, and we discuss the three years he attempted to be a "libertarian cop". John is a retired member of the NYPD, where he was a detective who was assigned to the Manhattan Special Victims Squad. There he investigated and reviewed approximately 1,000 cases of rape, serial rape, sexual homicide, felony sexual assault, and child abuse cases. During his tenure there, he started realizing the pain and suffering caused by the war on drugs. He was reading libertarian books, and after that, there was no turning back for him. John became a libertarian. After his career with NYPD was over with, he became a Deputy down in Florida where he made a promise to himself: from that point on, he would be a libertarian cop. In this episode we talk about how that went for him and how it ended. John was also the head of security for the Ron Paul campaign! I, of course, had to ask him all about that as well. You can the article we discuss . You can find more of John's writings . You can now join the Libertarian Party with MY link! Click . Follow me on . Follow me on . Donate to the show . Audio Production by . Leave us a review and rating on iTunes! Thanks!
Released:
Dec 30, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Counterflow Podcast is a weekly show featuring discussions and interviews with people who are outside of and critical toward mainstream liberal and conservative politics. Counterflow challenges the conventional right/left binary and is concerned with the more important distinction of free vs unfree. The show features thinkers from all backgrounds, who do not fit into the narrow framework of fashionable opinion. The show addresses cultural and lifestyle issues as well as philosophy and politics. Host Buck Johnson (formerly of the Death To Tyrants Podcast) is a musician and firefighter and has always had an interest and drive to go one way while everyone else runs the other direction.