#267 - Former Army Ranger and LEO Greg Anderson

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast

Black Rifle Coffee Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, host Mike Glover sits down with Greg Anderson. Greg is a former law enforcement officer with the Port of Seattle Police Department. His 8-minute Instagram video went viral, in which he called on fellow officers to consider the legality and constitutionality of enforcing strict pandemic measures and to respect citizens' constitutional rights. As a veteran of the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, Anderson emphasized the importance of upholding individual liberties and warned of potential consequences if rights were infringed upon. Despite initial support from his chain of command, Anderson faced termination after refusing orders to remove the video. He firmly stood by his convictions, believing that defending what is right is more important than personal consequences. Anderson aimed to bridge the gap between law enforcement and the public, advocating for responsible and lawful actions that would prevent conflicts between citizens and the authorities. Find Greg on IG: https://www.instagram.com/granderson33/ Check out his Endless Endeavor podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/endless-endeavor-with-greg-anderson/id1520461765 https://www.blackriflecoffee.com/

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0:41.8	You know, you have a profound journey and we haven't talked about that really in depth.
0:50.8	Let's talk a little bit about that.
0:52.2	Are we going back to 2020 or previous to that, the whole journey. We should go, I think we should go back at a minimum to range of retirement because that's where it started for you, right? Yeah. You know, I was, I grew up outside of Seattle, Washington, and a small farm town called Snohomish. And like a lot of kids in Snohomish I was into drinking
1:11.6	and fighting and just being wild and this was the late 90s it was it was still pretty
1:17.3	normal I think for young boys to behave like that and like we didn't get in trouble or get
1:22.5	arrested that was just life Friday Saturday night you'd go find a party in a
1:26.1	cornfield with a keg and get drunk
1:28.3	and fight each other. Yeah. And it was like, man, this is all coming to an end and all my friends
1:33.9	are going to college. And all I knew is that I fucking hated school. You know, I was like, why do I
1:39.2	want to continue to go down that path? And this was 1999, so it was pre-GWAT. And I was like, you know what,
1:46.5	I just want to go do something really hard. And I didn't know, you know, people talk about all
1:51.3	the time. It's like, did you have some calling to be a patriot and serve your country? Not really.
1:56.4	I was just like, I'm a lost kid. So why not go do something hard until I figure out who I am?
2:03.2	And for reasons that I still don't really understand to this day, I'm like, let's be a Navy SEAL or an Army Ranger.
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