Gone but hardly forgotten

With great respect to the four fallen Oakland officers, San Mateo Co. Sheriffs are doing a fundraiser for the families of the Oakland four. Ben Hand SMCS and long time CFSJ family member is organizing. He gave me a shirt to wear as advertisement, but since I don't always see you at 5am, I figured that I'd post. The info about order and the pics of the shirts is to the left. The following is the meaning.

About Your Memorial T-shirt
The Front:
The helmet and swords represent the 300 Spartans who faced a much larger Persian army at Thermopylae in 480 BC. (Our great thanks to Brad H. at www.milspecmonkey.com for allowing us to use the Mil-Spec Monkey Spartan helmet and sword image.)

The words beneath the swords are pronounced, mo'lon la've, and they mean, "Come and get them." Legend has it that the leader of the 300 Spartans, King Leonidas, responded with these words when the Persian army asked that he and his Spartans lay down their weapons.

These things combined are meant to show how a brave and committed few can do so much for those they have sworn to protect.

The Back:
The wheel with wings is a symbol used to identify motorcycle officers across the country. Sergeant Dunakin and Officer Hege were both assigned to motors, an assignment we hear they both loved.

The Japanese calligraphy is the character for Samurai which means to serve. Sergeant Romans and Sergeant Sakai were both SWAT team members. Romans and Sakai used their unique martial skills to serve the citizens of Oakland as modern day Samurai.

(Thanks very much to Drew and Manny at www.westcoastdesignz.com for their help and hard work on producing these shirts.)

Wear your new shirt with pride and never forget our beloved Fallen Four.


Ben can't handle small orders, so let me know if you want one (or more) and I'll organize. They are no longer in the news, but their families still need our help.