Shawn Ryan Show
#146 Blake Cook - America's Scapegoats: The 365-Day Service That Never Stops
28 Nov 2024
Blake Cook is a former U.S. Army infantryman (11 Bravo) who deployed to Afghanistan in 2012, where his bravery and sacrifice earned him the Purple Heart. Following his military career, Blake shifted to law enforcement with the Fayetteville Police Department in North Carolina, dedicating most of his eight-year tenure to the SWAT team. There, he developed expertise in high-pressure tactical operations and emergency response. Now serving as the Director of Law Enforcement Operations and Lead Instructor at Blu Bearing Solutions, Blake focuses on training individuals to handle crises with confidence and precision. His teaching emphasizes preparedness and the cultivation of a "Protector Mindset," drawing from his extensive background to help others safeguard what matters most. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://helixsleep.com/srs https://shopify.com/srs https://bunkr.life - USE CODE "SRS" https://blackbuffalo.com https://ShawnLikesGold.com | 855-936-GOLD #goldcopartner Blake Cook Links: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blakecookactual Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/blakenicole.cook LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/blake-cook Blu Bearing: Website - https://blubearing.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blu_bearing Blu Bearing Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BluBearingSolutions Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BluBearingSolutions YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@BluBearingSolutions Blk & Blu Podcast: Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/45Ag3kHi8fcdNmSUDqqTQj?si=30d0f2ff99bb442a Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blkblupodcast Please leave us a review on Apple & Spotify Podcasts. Vigilance Elite/Shawn Ryan Links: Website | Patreon | TikTok | Instagram | Download Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Blake Cook, welcome to the show, man. Thanks for having me, Sean. It's an honor to be here. It's an honor to have you. Yeah, thank you. So we met through Kyle. Yep. Kyle Morgan. Awesome. One of my favorite guests ever on this show. Phenomenal human. And he is, man. He is. And he connected with us. And I know you guys are working together. Yep.
And I'm just really thankful that he made that connection because I've been looking forward to this interview since we spoke. Appreciate it. So welcome to the show. But so I want to do a, just a full blown life story with you. And I know you have a lot to say to the law enforcement community, especially.
2020.
Defund the police movement? Defund the police. After the George Floyd incident is when
It just spiraled downhill.
Man, that's, well, people are feeling it. People are seeing it. This is what happens when you shit on the cops. Crime is up nationwide. It's crazy. I mean, I see these videos in, where is it, San Francisco, where people are just looting. That's mind-blowing. They're looting people. the department stores, Apple store.
I mean, I've seen reels of them just walking in Apple stores and just... Jewelry stores, smashing glass, and then just leaving. It's crazy.
Somebody has to pay for that. Yeah, yeah. I would be infuriated if I was a owner of a store in one of those cities.
I mean, what do you even do as a cop? Honest question. What do you do as a law enforcement officer when that's happening? Because if you try to do anything, they're going to send you to jail for enforcing the law.
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