10-27-2024, 11:34 AM
Quote:https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-m...story.htmlQuote:The case against three people accused of operating the bogus Masonic Fraternal Police Department — a supposedly ancient force that claimed to work in 33 states and Mexico — partly collapsed on Monday when the charges against one defendant were dismissed and the organization’s so-called chief suddenly died.Earlier in the day, L. A. County Superior Court Judge Hayden Zacky had granted a motion to dismiss the charges against Brandon Kiel, a former community affairs staffer with the California Department of Justice whom authorities said had impersonated a police officer and misused his government-issued ID.
Hours after he appeared in a San Fernando courtroom, David Inkk Henry, the 47-year-old “grandmaster,” died of a pulmonary embolism at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, attorney Gary Casselman said.
So this was a thread on ATS, but didn't get any traction. That was odd to me, knowing the way folks pounce on the masonic stuff. As a mason, I find this both interesting and disturbing. If you do a google search, you find many articles about this, but everything seems to have just went away. No follow up, no other mention of it. Now a group of "masons" pretending to be some secret police force and descendants of the Knights Templar should raise some eyebrows.
As a mason, I can offer my perspective, but it's not worth much more than anyone else's based on the facts. This group was "Prince Hall" masons. A predominantly black organization, but recognized by the Grand Lodge of England, which is the governing body for all of regular freemasonry. The structure of masonry is state by state, with the rules generally accepted by all, and the UGLE (grand lodge of England) is like a main rules based group. The Scottish Rite is a sub group within freemasonry kind of like the Shriners. In the Scottish Rite, there are two jurisdictions in the US. Southern, and Northern. Both recognize each other, but the southern is obviously better. (shameless plug) When you join the Scottish Rite (in the us) you are a 32nd degree mason once you are initiated. From there, after serving for a certain number of years, you are eligible for the KCCH, which is a honor accompanied by a red hat, rather than a black one. (masons love them a hat) After you have been a KCCH, you can be tapped for the 33rd degree. (white hat) Not being a KCCH or a 33rd, I can't say what happens at that stage, but of the men I know who are, none have grown horns or hooves, so my assurance is limited.
The strange part of this isn't so much the group existed, or apparently no longer does, but more about the way this just went away. Almost as if there was a reason to hush this up. In the past ATS would have people who would dig into a story like this and find all kinds of threads to pull. I can only hope some of those minds are here, and someone might be interested enough to dig into this. I can offer any masonic knowledge I have, I will be as honest as I can be, as I have no reason to defend any of this. I'm here for the truth, not a foot rub, though I wouldn't turn one down.
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