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Freedom lost. More innocent victims imprisoned
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| FREEDOM LOST |
| More innocent victims in the War on Drugs |
| A NIRVANAnet(tm) Infodose written by Matt |
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Under the guise of the "war on drugs," innocent Americans are losing their
lives, liberty and Constitutional rights at an alarming rate. Under recently
instituted state and federal for- feiture laws, government agencies may seize
property if a judge (not a jury) determines that said property is associated
with drugs. Doesn't matter how. The government does not have to charge the
owner with a crime to take his property.
For example, a charter/instructor pilot was chartered to fly an individual
with a brief case from point A to B. When the airplane landed, it was
surrounded by federal and local officers. Turns out the passenger was a
suspected drug dealer, and his brief case was full of money. Since drug
dealers always carry lots of money in brief cases, the money was seized AND
SO WAS THE INNOCENT INSTRUCTOR'S AIRPLANE. The pilot had never met the
passenger before and had no idea what was in his brief case. He was never
charged with anything, but he is now bankrupt and his means of livelihood has
been STOLEN from him. This is but one example of similar incidents being
repeated at an ever increasing rate across this country, and it gets worse.
A reclusive multimillionaire refused to sell his 200-acre Malibu Canyon ranch
to the government as part of an expansion to an adjacent federal recreation
area. It wasn't long before 24 government agents stormed his home and shot
him dead when he attempted to investigate the commotion with a gun in his
hand. Their probable cause? An air surveillance expert reported seeing
marijuana plants growing in pots on his property, and his younger wife was
observed spending a lot of his inherited fortune. No drugs were found.
Question! Why were he and his wife under surveillance in the first place? Do
I think the raiding officers went there hoping to seize his property?
Absolutely. It's free and easy money for government agencies. Officers
participating in such confiscation receive a lot of "brownie points." Do I
think the raiding officers were part of the orchestrated plot? Probably not.
They were just doing what they like to do (kick butt), and were following
orders from higher up.
I was astounded when I first heard of property being confi- scated PRIOR to
and WITHOUT a trial by jury. A couple years ago, "Operation Zero Tolerance"
was my first hint of this tyrannical change in our government's behavior.
Here in San Diego, honest and law abiding fishing boat operators had their
vessels confi- scated because one of their crew had a marijuana cigarette.
The actual offenders were only fined $100 and given suspended sentences. But
the innocent fishing vessel owners' lives were disastrous disrupted. The
motive is clear for anyone to see. Confiscated property worth a lot of money.
What CAN YOU do about this? You can: 1) Wake up and pay attention to what is
going on regarding the elimination of your basic rights. 2) After you've
informed yourself, inform your friends. 3) Write your congressional
representatives regarding your concern about your lost and threatened
Constitutional rights.
What SHOULD YOU do about this? Depends on how important you consider the Bill
of Rights. Freedom is a lofty concept and a fragile reality. Once lost, it's
difficult to regain. You've already lost a Constitutional and inalienable
right and most of you weren't even aware of it. Ergo, it hasn't affected you
(or me) - at least not yet. And besides, freedom can sometimes be a difficult
responsibility to manage.
We're on the verge of losing more of our Constitutional rights. Most of you
don't care now, nor will you care after it happens. That's because ninety
percent of the world's population including U.S. citizens are sheep. Sheep do
just fine with or without freedom - most of the time, anyway. But every now
and then they do get slaughtered.
L.A. TIMES, MARCH 31, 1993
This is an update on the L.A. County Sheriff's deadly raid on 61 year-old
reclusive millionaire Donald P. Scott's scenic 200 acre Malibu Canyon ranch.
Mr. Scott had refused on several occasions to sell his property to the state.
He was then raided and shot to death when he responded to his wife's screams
with a gun in his hand. Mr. Scott, having just had eye surgery, could not see
very well, but started to lower his gun when officers at a distance
identified themselves and told him to drop the gun. It is at this time he was
shot.
Shortly after the shooting, Mr. Scott's attorney accused the assault team
(consisting of L.A. Sheriff's Deputies and Federal Drug Enforcement
Officers), of staging the raid simply to seize land that was otherwise
unavailable. The Sheriff's Department was, of course, indignant that anyone
could suggest such a thing.
A 5 month investigation by Ventura County Dist. Atty. Michael Bradbury has
just been completed. It is his findings that the raid WAS staged in order to
seize Scott's $5M ranch and there was NO LEGAL JUSTIFICATION for the raid.
His evidence includes a copy of the pre-raid briefing which contained local
area property value appraisals and the key finding that the Deputy securing
the search warrant used FALSE information to do so, then led the multi-agency
assault team to the isolated ranch in hopes of finding drugs.
It is my understanding that even with this evidence, the District Attorney is
reluctant to prosecute any of the assault team individually. Scott's widow
and attorney, on the other hand, are demanding that the officer who shot her
half-blind husband be tried for murder.
COMMENT: The common defense for shootings of this type consists of "the
officer's life was in danger." That seems to relieve the shooter of any
personal responsibility.
Unfortunately, with the various government assault teams more and more using
flash-bang tactics in the dead of the night, the death toll of INNOCENT
people will continue to rise, and no one will be held accountable.
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