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Grandmaster Flash Henry X° |
If you follow Masonic news you've undoubtedly already read about the
Masonic Fraternal Police Department.
Three unworthy craftsmen -- Rev. Tonette Hayes, Brandon Kiel and David Henry -- were arrested at the end of April for impersonating police officers. Until a day or two ago,
they still had a website up. No great loss -- it was light on info and most sections were password protected. (Which actually makes sense come to think about it). Briefly put, this group of would-be cops claims to have been set up in 1100 BC by the Knights Templar. Maybe they confused BC and AD....
Hey, there's already a
Templar drug cartel, so why not Templar police as well?
Trouble is, despite that one of the three "Templars" arrested in connection with this case is (and soon to be was, I imagine) an aide to the California state Attorney General (doh!), none of them, including "Chief" David Henry, have any legitimate law enforcement credentials. The police force, like some if not all of the lodges with which the arrested members claim to be affiliated, are not recognized by any duly-chartered Masonic bodies -- in Masonic jurisprudence they are considered "clandestine" .
It's a weird case. These guys walked around L.A. claiming to be cops and had acquired an impressive collection of weapons, uniforms, law enforcement-type vehicles....which is why I can't quite ken why members actually went around to various police stations and introduced themselves and their mission. "Call on us" they announced and left their calling cards, literally; the AG's aide used his card from the AG's office. I'll bet she's thrilled.
Masonry is quite popular among police officers in the US and the UK -- as well as the military -- and has had a long relationship with Scouting. From
an article about Masonry and Scouting I wrote many years ago:
Scouting itself, as conceived by Lord Baden-Powell, has some undeniable Masonic traits; after all, they are both linear systems of progression which use symbolically-charged rituals to instill in men certain lessons about moral, civic and religious duty.
Excluding the emphasis on religious duty, but not totally devoid of
ritual, I think these characteristics could describe police culture as
well. The ranks, the hierarchy, the insular culture and the sense of
civil duty, order and solidarity are shared by the Mason and the police
officer alike. Consider for example the
Fraternal Order of Police. One look at their emblem and the Masonic influence is clear: it contains
an eye quite like the
Eye of Providence, the
clasped hands of friendship and a
checkerboard. The
repetition of three medallions on the shield and the three towers of the castle that surmounts it
could be a nod to Masonic symbolism. The emblem itself, like those of police departments across the nation, is
a five-pointed star. In Masonry the star represents the five points of fellowship (see
Lone Star Republics) and the widely-used
Blazing Star
is is considered by some to be "one of the most
important symbols of Freemasonry." For one example see the FOP emblem side-by-side with that of the
Order of the Eastern Star.
The FOP is even organized into
lodges as opposed to chapters of a
union, explained as a result of the anti-union sentiment among the law enforcement establishment at the time of its founding in 1915. One can't go around assassinating labor leaders and strike-busting and call oneself a union now, can one? The FOP actually shares at least one set of values with Freemasonry. When the FOP went national in 1918 it constitution declared that "race, Creed or Color shall be no bar" to membership. The
Grand Lodge of the FOP (another masonic term) doesn't declare any Masonic affinities, but their slogan -- "Building on a proud tradition" -- may be a case of me making mucho ado about nada -- or it may be a nod to Masonic metaphor, e.g.
"building better men".
But these Masonic police are not only not police, they're not Masons either, at least Masons recognized by the Grand Lodge of California, Prince Hall or otherwise. They appear to be led by a guy calling himself Grandmaster Henry X, aka Chief Henry. Henry's title of "Grandmaster" is as dubious as his title of "Chief". But that's just for starters. His Google + profile has him being not only a Templar Police Chief but the head of the Illuminati, to boot!
Tagline
ILLUMINATI SUPREME SOVEREIGN GRANDMASTER HENRY 32°33°X°360° ABSOLUTE MOST ILLUMINATED SOVEREIGN GRAND BAPHOMET X° REX I AMΩ
Bragging rights
IN
2015 1/2 MILLION MEMBERS UNDER 1 ILLUMINATI JURISDICTION GRANDMASTER
HENRY 32°33°X°360° ILLUMINATI KNIGHTS OF CHRIST, ABSOLUTE SUPREME
SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER & MOST OBLIGATED GRANDMASTER HENRY
32°33°90°96°98°X°360°
Note all those crazy degrees. He's got the 32° and 33° of the Scottish Rite, the 90° may refer to the Rite of Misraïm. I wonder if the X is a reference to Malcolm X and the 360° to the Five Percenters? (Update 11 Aug.: I was notified in a comment that X° is an OTO degree, so this could be what Henry's referring to).
Hard to say. Henry may just be adding numbers to his name, but given the plethora of rites and practices both recognized and clandestine available, it's quite possible he actually did some of the degree work he claims to have done. A picture labelled "A very young Grandmaster Henry X°" shows hims in an all-black Lodge which may or may not be a recognized Prince Hall Lodge.
(Update 11 Aug.: Henry's Masonic mentor, Van Hibler, is or was the Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Prince of Peace Grand Lodge, identified as "bogus" by The Phylaxis Society, a Prince Hall research organization, itself international, well-respected, and most importantly, legitimate! I don't know if this photo is of a clandestine Lodge, but Henry's "Masonic family tree" is pretty suspect. See our follow-up for more details).
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| Is this a recognized or a clandestine Lodge? Is it really even Henry? |
Whatever the case, we're looking forward to seeing what develops. The last news dates from 6 May and as far as we know, the Chief has been in custody since this time.
For more about African-American Freemasonry:
Freemasonry and Black Nationalism
For more about fake police forces:
Monarchists and Mercenaries: Say hello to the American Police Force
For more about Henry X°, please see
Freemasonries: David Henry X°, Clandestinity and Recognition, a more detailed follow-up to this post.
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