We are back Phil Williams Westside radio solid conservative
and just plain right yeah covering down on some
major ground across the northern half of the most
beautiful state in the nation this one Alabama saying
this show sends it signal like way on down
south of Birmingham and up north of Huntsville in
Tuscaloosa back to gas and parts of Georgia Tennessee
Mississippi all thrown in just for good measure so
by the way boomer you'll be happy to know
the lovely Charlene has texted in and said I
love Oregon's uniforms I miss Charlene that's awesome OK
so is my father and I will say I
will say when they when they do like those
like those metallic silver helmets with the feathered wings
on the side yeah it's pretty legit it is
pretty legit of course they also need to get smacked
down pretty hard for wear something like that on
the field but anyway still looks pretty legit it's
good yeah they're pretty general but can they fight
that's what I wanna know all right hey listen number
one triple dipper I'm calling this to common defense
so you've all heard the preamble to the constitution
and the preamble to the constitution is not the
law itself it's just it's it's the setting of
the stage if you will it's the it's what
clarifies what is known as the legislative intent in
this case was the founding fathers so the framers
of the constitute and we have that quite often
and things that we pass you know in in Montgomery
it starts off with findings or legislative intent and sometimes
even in court cases we will look to see
if a matter is gray you may say Your Honor
but we can look further we can tell that
the legislative tent was the statue should read as
this or the or the provision added to the
constitution should say this well I just like him
a tent matters like I said it's not the
original law but it's the intent it's the purpose
and the founding fathers chose for our US Constitution
to have a preamble that said we the people
of the United States in order to form a more
perfect union established justice ensure domestic tranquility provide for
the common defense promote the general welfare and secure
the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America
beautiful words and as I was thinking through some
things this morning getting ready for the show it
occurred to me that for the common defense I
mean people often think of what I just read
to you as well that's the constitution United States I
mean liberal mayor Randall Wood fan of Birmingham he
didn't have to worry about that because that's the constitution
of the United States really I don't think that's accurate
yeah but Phil I mean I live in in
the name of your small town I live in
Gadsden Alabama I live in rainbow city Alabama I
live in I live in Hoover I live in
pick your spot I live in you know Trinity
Alabama I live in wherever it doesn't matter the
code of Alabama says in section 11 – 40
3 A – 1 12 that the mayor and
councilman and officer and employees of every municipality shall
that's not a male as a shell before entering
upon the duties of their office take and subscribe
to the following oath affirmation to be filed and
then kept in the office to the clerk what
is this this is the law of the state
of Alabama that requires that every municipal official including
the mayor has to here's the quote " solemnly swear
or affirm that I am eligible for the office
of name it and will execute the duties of
same according to the best of my ability and
that I will support the constitutions and will obey
the laws of the United States in the state of
Alabama and then I will in all respects observe
the provisions of the audience of the city of
blank and will faithfully discharge the duties of the
office of blank all right why am I reading you
that because of the key provision there that I
will support the constitution plural meaning the state of
Alabama the constitution of the state of Alabama and
the constitution of the United States so when the mayor
of any municipality and I don't care what size
we're talking about says I hear by swear solemnly
swear or affirm that I will support the constitutions
you have to look back and then see what the
constitution say this is not just a formality this
is an oath of office this is a I
solemnly swear or affirm this is I will be
held accountable to this this is if you think
I'm doing a bad job here's your measuring stick
and the constitution of the United States that every single
municipal officer in the state of Alabama is required
to uphold or defend clearly provides for the common
defense well how does a mayor of a small
town provided for the common defense Phil they don't
have an army don't they don't they have a
police force don't they have a fire department don't
they have an oath of office and said they'll
provide for the common defense by the way which
will also ensure the domestic tranquility and promote the
general welfare don't you think that for in someway
in some capacity that the mayor of your town
if he's calling to defund the police if the
mayor of your town is advocating for not enforcing
the laws as to I don't know pick one
liberal mayor Randall Wood fan hey let's excuse everybody's
ever been arrested for marijuana it's still a breaking
of the law yeah but you know I just
don't agree with it that wasn't your oath of
officer that was not your oath of office and
oh by the way while we're just talking about
it how about you work on the murder rate
in your city well OK here's let's see which
one do I want I'll pick this one here's
a story from December of this past year pretty
lengthy piece done by al .com and the headline
is as homicide rise to historic levels Birmingham police
face of staffing crisis provide for the common defense
so it starts off by saying what makes a
20 year-old fresh out of high school sign up to be
a police officer in the city with a highest
number of homicides in Alabama well this one particular
kid thank you thankful for him he's now Officer Franklin
he's 20 years old sworn in right before the
article was written after graduating from the Birmingham police
Academy says the Birmingham police Academy graduation ceremony on
December 9 of last year revealed a glimpse of
a mostly hidden problem that there aren't enough new
officers joining the force in that particular class there
were only four new officers who graduated to join
one of the largest police forces in the state
of Alabama says while the new graduates were celebrated
and welcome to the police force police department the
size of the class raises some qualms about the
future of a force facing a staffing crisis as
a city approaches a possibility of setting a record
for the most homicide to Birmingham history provide for
the common defense so over recent years as Academy
classes are getting smaller from two dozen or more
graduates to single digits it's reached the point now
where the training staff of instructors often times out
numbers the trainees as the Birmingham Police Department shrinks by
attrition with as many is 30 to 60 officers
leaving each year they are not adequate numbers of
new police officers coming in to Take Their Pl.,
Birmingham Leeds Alabama cities in the number of killings
with more than 1 3 5 homicides last year
and more likely by the end of the year
threatening the cities record of 1 4 1 if
I'm not mistaken it did break the record this
is why the department has what city officials believe
is a sufficient budget adequate staffing remains a question
it's been difficult to find new officers and the
F O P which is the fraternal order police
as complained about working conditions now for officers who
were forced to cover more hours and more territory
with fewer badges on the street the blue line
is being stretched too thin they say in October
of last year the FOP released a statement to
the media saying the Birmingham 's police force only
has about 5 00 officers and fewer than 3
50 are available for patrol they have a budget
that allows for 1 0 9 1 employees of
which 7 20 would be sworn officers and any
given time there at half that or less since
the 20 20 black lives matter protest of the
George Floyd killing by Minneapolis police resulted in nationwide
calls for defunding the police and negative perception of
the police have been a challenge even longer though
noticeably since the shooting of Michael Brown in 20
14 yeah all of that stuff that culturally happens
where the police get blamed in mass despite the
fact that even if it was a problem it
was still one officer not all officers when you
when you sweep in you say let's defend the
police on the mayor cows down to it and
goes let me kneel with you please at the
steps of City Hall don't you see me I'm with
you how's that work out what it means is
you have chosen not to provide for the common
defense what you've chosen to do is sacrifice your
own you know virtue signaling opportunities as being better
than providing for the comment defense because I'm telling
you when a city official lines up to run
for office and then get sworn in in our
state and I guarantee if we look around we'll
find the same elsewhere in our state and all
around it's not just the president who swears an
O uphold defend the constitution it's the mayor of
your small town is required by section 11 4
3 A – 1 12 of the Alabama code
to swear or a firm they will support and
defend the constitution the same constitution that requires them
to provide for the common defense and the common
defense y'all is not just military action on fire
soil the common defense is a safe streets of
our communities a mayor 's ability to support and
defend the constitution comes down to his or her
level . Tell you what I've got several examples
of why this is a thing around the nation
but I'll see what we'll do will take a
break right now we'll take that break and come
back and I'm I'm in it y'all I'm in
it I mean just jump in there with me
if you want to but I am in it
for the common defense this is this is not
a small thing you should expect this if it's
not there you should go and ask for it
and you should remind them your oath of office
said that you would Phil Williams right side radio
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we are back Phil Williams right side radio solid
conservative and just plain right making common sense a
superpower every once in a while I look on the
screen and realize we are onto something here because
right now the story on Fox on the screen
appear on the studio is the defund police movement
haunts Democrats as crime crisis rages across the nation
I'm just saying and a former NYPD Lieutenant is
on the air talking about that very thing just
just just tune in the right side you get
all the stuff man brands make a new in
the text lines Tim from Madison glad you're there
he says same as the oath you mentioned for
all elected persons we should remember it's also in
the naturalization oath of allegiance to the United States of America to
be a citizen as a citizen we're also responsible
to from Madison Kotex appreciate it thank you Tim
brand spanking new in the text lines also is
Morgan from Fort Myers Florida really Morgan glad you're on
the text line so this is Morgan from Fort Myers
Florida I moved from Portland Oregon 20 years ago
lifelong ducks fan Deion Sanders went to high school in
North Fort Myers I think puddles will be doing a
ton of push-ups this week as the ducks hand
prime the humbling he needs I love your show
ha ha ha ha ha ha nice well good on you Morgan
thanks so much for listening and I appreciate you
darling to stay there Morgan from Fort Myers Florida how
about that Steve from Huntsville says Colonel unfortunately Birmingham
was a lost cause I lived there for 30
years I now live in Huntsville couldn't be happier
it's a city with people all over the world
and we have good leadership Steve I am I
am with your brother I love Huntsville I've got
a lot of family they did a lot of my growing up there
but I did a lot of my growing up in Birmingham
also I am not gonna write the city off
it's we need to reclaim it is what I'm
saying and I know you feel the same way
I'm not saying you don't but anyway David from
Huntsville is giving me a link to something thank you
David I'll check it out he also he also
took an issue with me saying something about Alabama
in Auburn Auburn has an excuse and it's a
building year so I got him Alan Treadway he's
a good dude served in the Alabama steakhouse he
was retired deputy chief for the Birmingham PD and
you can you can count on Allen to bring
you know the legislation that the police officers are
looking for story here from May of this year
on CBS 4 2 it says that in Alabama
lawmaker is sending a message to local government with
a new bill if you defund the police you
risk being defunded set a new bill proposed to the
legislature would forbid local government from defining the police
without risking state funding for a variety of services
representative Alan Treadway who retired for law-enforcement following a
3 1 career your career with the Birmingham PD
is sponsoring the bill so I will tell you
this I don't think the bill passed and the
reason being is because you're gonna do a very
difficult position when Montgomery tells local communities how they
can budget all right now I know what he was
trying to do here and I agree with it
I agree with the cinema completely if you guys
are gonna screw around and defund your police because
of some social activist that showed up at your
city council and made you scared well then guess
what you don't need money from the state because
apparently you've got enough money but you can defund
your police don't come asking for things for us
and that's that's what he was trying to do
and of course he was taking all kinds of heat
for it but in it exempted small towns like
if you only had 20 or less officers it
was not gonna be you know on you but
but I look at that as the kind of
thing you gotta start getting people 's attention and
here's another thing by the way that just shows
that it's tough right now in Jefferson County so
a story on 18 19 news Charlene sent this
to me it came out yesterday says a deputy
who spoke to 18 19 news about crime in
Jefferson County says he was attacked by a relative
of a local judge and the deputy chief wow
and the story is pretty legit and it's pretty
awful he sustained some pretty serious injury so and
this particular guy had spoken to 18 19 news
about crime going on in the county and then
he wind up being the one who is attacked
his name is odd deputy Clint Bowden from the
Jefferson County sheriffs department and he had just recently
described a rising crime rate and dwindling deputy count
to 18 90 news for a story and then
this past weekend he got called out at 7:
30 AM to an area that's not as usual
over in the clay area and when he got
there there was a man who was throwing things
at cars and making a scene the man threatened
him charged at him when he approached it and
they said the suspect then tried to take his
gun away he had to tease the subject the
taser didn't have any effect the guy was obviously
on something the guy kept reaching for his bag
which it turns out was full of knives Biden
then called for Bowden and called her back up
he said this is him this is Deputy Bowden
saying when he heard the sirens , he just
bum rushed me it's hard to beat me in
my face and he tried to get my gun
but he couldn't get it cause I got a
retention holster but he was able to knock my
taser out of my hand and then he got the
magazine out of my gun two other deputies were injured
when they arrived on the scene to help with
the struggle bowed himself suffered a concussion sinus cavity
injuries and received over a dozen stitches for a
deep laceration on his forehead the doctor said they
thought I got hit by a pipe but I
told him no it was his fist his uncle
and his mother he said are being used as
weapons against the community what does he mean by
that he's apparently the son of deputy County or
Jefferson County judge Monica AG I don't know Judge
AG but judge AJ needs to answer for this
he is the son of Judge Monica AG and
he's the nephew of deputy chief David A G
wow Dixon had the people from Eagle Ridge subdivision
have been speaking publicly in city councils about this
guy who's been terrorizing their neighborhoods as the women
of the HOA are terrified they've had several complaints
over the last couple years he walks in the
neighborhood constantly parks in the street verbally and physically
threatened anyone but he's a daughter he's a son
of a judge and the nephew of a deputy
chief and ain't nobody did nothing if you're gonna
provide for the comment I guarantee you when that
judge and that deputy chief swore their oath of
office it included supporting and defending the constitution and
it did so to say and then that would
mean supporting the idea a providing for the common
defense you can't you can't let this kind of
thing go you've got an under underfunded sheriffs deputy
or sheriffs department deputy 's out by themselves 7:
30 in the morning interacting with a guy having to
call for backup and then it turns out that
the guy 's been doing it for on and
on and on and oh by the way maybe
other people who swore the same oath have been
given the guy a buy we're not the only
place in the world though take a look out
west suspect arrested an ambush killing of LA County
sheriffs deputy tragedy this past weekend as an LA
county sheriff deputy in a soft on crime environment
and a defund the police environment was sitting at
a red light when a guy walked up in
ambushed him in his car and killed him 30
years old he was an eight year veteran of
the force he left behind a fiancé and his
parents and his grandparents I'm telling you folks you're
gonna swear that oath you better remember it includes
things like promoting the common defense Bill Williams right
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love your show stay the course keep up the
good work thank you Cornelia I appreciate that very much
we have an amazing audience y'all are the reason
why we do what we do I'm I'm finishing
up this segment that I'm calling basically you know
looking at the constitution and calling at the common
defense and I want to reiterate in case you're
just tuning in that the preamble to the US
Constitution which specifies that the founders intended to provide
for the common defense that that preamble is a
part of the same constitution that every mayor and
city Council person and local official or officer is
required to swear and oath to support and defend meaning that
the mayor of your small town is required by
the oath that they swear or affirm according to
state law found in title 11 – 40 3
A – 1 12 that they will support the
constitutions meaning the state of Alabama and the US
constitution which requires them then to consider how they
might provide for the common defense and the municipal
level to me the common defense the general welfare
the domestic tranquility is about how well do you
police your streets and what do you do to
cartel crime when you've got situations like this bless
your heart this lady in Seattle I mean have
we have we lost I just feel like we've
lost some municipalities I don't wanna believe that for
a second I mean I want I want back
I want our country back I want all of
it I don't mean like I'm gonna hunker down
right here where I am preserve what I got
I mean I mean take it all back San Francisco
we want you back just I look I didn't
think you know Chicago we want you back parts
of Atlanta we want you back we do story
on Fox News dated yesterday headline says they were laughing
at woman was viciously beaten at a Seattle area
gas station over cash cigarettes and candy so the
cashier named Leah Johnston was viciously beaten during a
robbery at the Seattle Era gas station by young
male suspects who just laughed during the attack surveillance
video shows one suspect punching Johnson repeatedly in the
head and kneeing her in the stomach as five
other men ransacked the store they got away with
less than $100 in cash and handfuls of candy
and yet she wound up being beaten and left
on the floor her words kids don't seem to
fear anything anymore it's like there's no repercussions for
them the way they used to be and that's
the truth if you're gonna provide for the common
defense then you can't just keep well you know
they're just misunderstood we're gonna try to have some
community intervention staff great we're gonna defund the police
and put more of it into mental health well
put it in mental health for the victims of
the crimes about that well you know we're gonna
make sure that we we consider the equities of
policing in the meantime you've got the story here
from New York Post they did three weeks ago liberals turned
their back on the woke LA prosecutor George Gago
and a smash and grab robbery sore so yeah
gas gone was like all the rage when he
got elected oh gas gone you know he supported
by George Soros he comes in he's a immediately
soft on crime but then you got a Nordstrom
department store we're 50 just basically 50 thugs ran in
it was like a flash mob 50 of them
ran in the door and plundered over $100,000 worth
of goods and ran back out knowing full well
they don't have to fairy consequences and the article goes
on to say oh and by the way it
points out here somebody who was calling him out
says since he took office it's been just the
opposite to a point where we feel like we
can't walk in our own neighborhoods anymore where is
the common defense I guarantee you he swore uphold
defend you know it I guarantee you that the
idea that he would support the constitution meaning the
common defense meant him to gas gone but it
says according to the latest figures released by the
LAPD there have been 8 5 6 7 burglary
cases logged so far this year compared to 7
5 00 over the same time in 20 2
1 it's a 13 % increase personal and other
thefts of increased by a whopping 4 2 %
during the same period since 20 2 1 how
about this article from Fox News also dated in February
of this year in the headline it was written
by representative Steve Scalise the headline headline says this is
what Democrats soft on crime insanity does to American
families it says public safety is a foundation of
any free society in the United States our families deserve
to live in safe communities without the constant fear
of violent crime and losses that's right because you
gotta provide for the common defense in our commitment
to America house Republicans place to hold criminals accountable
for their actions support our police departments uphold the
rule of law safety and security what the American
people expect and deserve so as a police are
to protect and defend municipal leaders we have a
right to expect and deserve from them that they
will provide for that common defense skies goes to
say growing concerns about public safety are not unfounded
crime is skyrocketing in major US cities nationwide because
Democrats of defended Police Department ended cash bail and allowed
violent criminals back on our streets to terrorize communities
with a slap on the wrist 15 US cities
he says including Atlanta Austin Saint Paul Birmingham saw
their homicide numbers break previous records homicides have gone
up 4 1 % in Chicago 4 5 %
in Philadelphia and get this since 20 19 homicides
are up 2 3 6 % in Portland Oregon
2 3 6 % increase there is no one there
providing for the common defense for the people of
Portland says in Washington DC just this year this is
talking about it really beginning of this year sexual
abuse is up 1 00 % motor vehicle theft is
up 1 11 % homicides of increased by 18
% it goes on to say this is especially
vital that we consider this as we face a
war against police officers last year nationwide 3 3
1 officers were shot in the line of duty
6 2 of whom died from their wounds we've
also seen a 3 2 % increase in police
officers killed by gunfire compared to 20 20 this
is unacceptable he says and it needs to end
yes it does and the only way it can
happen it's for folks like y'all to remind your
local officials that you expect and deserve that they
will support and defend the constitution which includes providing
for the common defense and that is not a
national military thing only that is your streets that
is your neighborhoods that is your ability to expect
that you have the opportunity to live in domestic
tranquility and have the promotion of the general welfare
because you have people elected to your local offices
who will provide for the common defense I'm adamant
on this and I'm I don't know if I
could be more adamant I'm just telling you this
is absolutely unacceptable that she will see people swear
this oath which is required by state law and
then decide they're gonna not enforce it you know
I saw we swear a firm that I will
support to the best of my ability the constitutions
of the United States and the state of Alabama but
I just don't feel like enforcing the laws against
marijuana I'm gonna provide a pardon for everybody on
that says liberal mayor Randall Woodfin I don't intend
to really do much except Neil down when the
BLM riders come to our front door and I'm
gonna defund the police and I'm gonna make sure
that we don't provide any incentives to help raise
up the next class of police officers and whereas
the natural nutrition is 30 to 60 officers a
year Birmingham you just had a graduate in class
with only four new officers in it that's an
unsustainable track and it's gotta get reversed because your
oath of office says you're gonna provide for the
common defense all right folks if that wasn't a 4
5 minute rant I don't know what was I'm
gonna go catch my breath we're taking a break
right now we'll come right back time to switch
gears we're gonna move to the next one word
benders how do they get away with this how
do they look at you know a storyline that
everybody can see it and then tell us the
emperor has on new clothes and we can tell
he's naked word benders y'all stay tuned we'll be
right back