Thanks for springing the MHD3 from Jones County Jail (with Allison Gibbs)
Here is Allison, on the Campaign for Liberty blog, in her own words on how she organized our release from a cage in Jones County, Mississippi:
Thursday morning I was heading to the airport to fly from DC to Atlanta then to Nashville, TN. I was going on a 6 day vacation (with a mix of outreach) to join the Motorhome Diaries crew aboard MARV, their RV, as a “fellow traveler”.
Upon my drive to BWI (in Baltimore, MD) I read a tweet from Jason Talley stating that Adam had been arrested in Jones Co. MS for video taping the police officer who pulled them over. I immediately called Jason to no avail . Simultaneously I received a tweet from Jil Wright, who I have met through Campaign for Liberty, residing in Jones Co, MS stating that she was on the case. We decided that due to the lack of communication with Jason- that chances were that all three had been arrested, and that some action was needed.
I flew into Atlanta in haste with worry for the guys all the while getting updates from Jil. We decided that I would change my flight from Nashville, Tn to Jackson, MS where she would pick me up, and we would figure out the next step from there. She had been in direct contact with the jail and was hesitant of me coming because the officers there had told her that due to the Department of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms (ATF) hold, none of the guys would be getting out within the week. I refused to accept this and decided to go down anyway. Throughout this endeavor I updated my tweets accordingly. I then boarded my flight into Jackson not knowing where I would stay.
I landed in Jackson around 4:30pm to have 15 voicemails, my phone constantly ringing, and confirmation from at least four individuals offering to purchase a hotel room for me (Thank you to Whitton for getting me a motel room for 2 nights!). So many concerned folks contacted me with support and inquiry, including the guys from freekeene.com who helped us get the word out to readers of their site.
I immediately began a venture to raise funds within the liberty movement for bail money. After tweeting about the options and contacting several bailbondsmen, it was expressed to me that we had to have cash to get any of them out, and that the only funding options would be Western Union. Me, freekeene.com, those on twitter, the Libertarian Party (both national and Mississippi chapter), Mississippi Center for Public Policy, Campaign for Liberty supporters, those in the Free State Project, and many many others spread the message and within two hours supporters from all over the country had raised $2580 to get the MHD guys bonded out!
Jil and I then spent the rest of the night clarifying the bonding amounts only to find that some of the charges had been dropped and that all three could be bailed out for under $1000. At 10 PM we freed the three of them (Pete and Adam coming out shirtless!) and Jil drove us to the Motel 8. Jason immediately insisted on taking a shower to cleanse himself of the pepperspray from his body.MARV would have to wait till the morning.
We awoke with the goal of finding the fourth that had been locked up- MARV. $500 later we were in MARV and on our way to Birmingham.
Since then, I have had time to reflect on everything and catch up on voicemails. I must say I was amazed at the outpouring of love and support from so many of you out there.
I want to thank those of you that gave for the bailout individually:
Jil Wright, Elisabeth McCaffrey, Stephen Thomas, Vince Richardson, Darryl Perry, Jim Davidson, Sarah Williams, Antonio Musuneci, Nikki Sullivan, Tarrin Lupo, Melissa Hayes, Peter Orvetti, Nicole Kardell, Isabel Santa
There are many more out there that gave support and great inspiration, and I really sincerely appreciate everything that you and this movement have given to me and the MHD guys.
I beleive that this event truly reasserted the fact that this movement may be diverse … but when our people are needing us- we come together. It moved me to see this unification. I can’t say how thankful I am to be apart of this family.. the Liberty movement. I know that Adam, Pete and Jason agree wholeheartedly!
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Pure shakedown. The Jonestown LEOs and courts must do this all the time to folks who don’t have any resources or group to back them up.
50.00….for what exactly? The policemans safety fund?
I think the governor ought to get involved. The police are not supposed to be highway bandits.
The real probable cause for pulling MARV over in the first place was a a young dude driving a motor home. According to drug warrior logic, that’s a sure fire sign that the RV is full of dope.
Maybe an FOIA in to Jones County’s asset forfeiture history would be a good thing.
Holy crap, it costed 4K to bail you guys out? To you guys get that money back? Or do the pigs get to keep it?
Allison is hot.
What? Somebody had to say it.
Seriously, I’m glad she was there and that everyone came together to help the guys out.
I see that I got the amount wrong in my previous comment. I kept reading and I see that the bail amount got reduced…
ps. I don’t know if you are aware of it or not, but you guys got a bit of support on the DP! Link here: http://www.dailypaul.com/node/93009
LOL.
Allision looks like she’s wondering, “what have I gotten myself into?”
Man, we were out of town on a job interview when we got hit with the news… doggonned police bullies! Haven’t they read the Constitution? I wish there was a way to teach them a lesson and file a massive complaint or law suit against them! Something to shove the message of Liberty home!
Rock on, guys!
Zeus you are spot on with that!
Thanks to the MHD 3, i don’t know if i could actually put myself in the position to be incarcerated.
Thanks for getting the report online, Jason. Glad you guys are out, at least.
They are not police, they are pirates. Do not ask to see their badge, ask to see their LETTER OF MARQUE.
Once everyone understands this they will understand why there is an Admiralty flag in the court.
If requested to present the LETTER OF MARQUE the attacking pirate refuses then he is committing an act of was.
Read US Constitution Article 1 section 8. We are the ONLY country that still allows them and can ONLY use them against our own people.
Oh dear.
I fervently hope that this is only scene one, act one in a long struggle to rid Jones County of predatory policing.
Nice of you to give us a shirtless shot ( :
No… your rights were not violated… all of ya’ll should have known better to be drinking and driving… i dont think you can do that anywhere in the US so don’t blame MISSISSIPPI for your screw ups…. and cops have the rights to up hold the law… and if yall wouldn’t have tried to be a smart ass and not tell them your name… then i bet you wouldn’t have been sitting in jail… Yes its a free state of Jones County so they can do whatever they like… whenever they like…. how ever they like.. It sucks cuz some of our cops are crooked… but thats something God hasto deal with
Jennifer:
Your comment is full of errors but I’ll tackle the first one – no one was drinking and driving. The driver (Pete) doesn’t even like beer although he was charged with possessing it.
Jason, you’re the one talking about how the government is fiction, but you let your friends bail you out?
Those who worked to get you out of jail certainly don’t treat the jail as a non-existent spoon, wouldn’t you agree?
http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_139110004.html
article in Laurel MS newspaper. also does’nt state that the driver (pete) gave ID and the tags checked out and that The police insisted on searching for drugs and did’nt find any….the real reason for the imprisonment.
The fact that a dog making a funny face is probable cause for a warrant in America, kind of says it all. I guess officer Doolittle (who said “Are you calling my dog a liar?”) has some special power to discern if his dog is smelling a baloney sandwich, some weed, or just cut a fart. Every day they drag a dog over to a car and say “OH! Look! he’s signaling” after which they are allowed to throw the Constitution in the trash.
Hey, I see that you guys are going to be on Freedom Watch!! Awesome.
Make sure to keep it radical. No “limited-statism” b.s. please, lol!
And looks like a few other zero-gov libertarians are going to be on: Lew Rockwell, Tom Woods, and Kane!
also they’ll be on this radio show.
http://www.supertalkms.com/shows/gallo.php
@Jennifer As Jason said, it was not a case of drinking and driving. Even drinking in a moving rv is legal (at least here) as long as it is no in the front cockpit area.
Where’s Allison’s shirtless pics?
Glad you guys are OK and looking forward to Freedom Watch tomorrow.
OMG!!! I listened to your story this morning on Paul Gallo. I’m all about standing up for our rights and such, but sometimes you have to pick your battles. People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing. Do you not understand just how suspicious you looked by refusing the request? Have you ever even stopped to consider the cop’s job? Let me ask you this – did he know what was in the RV? Did he know you? Did he know you were not up to no good? I think not!!! If only you could have the repsonsibility of walking up to an RV not knowing what is inside and have to discuss something with random people who, by the way, could have been people who are spun out, been up for 5-6 days, driving a mobile meth lab. You people who have no clue what kind of people are in the really real world kill me. Congratulations on your shit stirring. I hope you’re proud that you could have cost a man his job over your RIGHT to refuse showing an ID that from all accounts you had no reason not to show other than PROVING A POINT. Congratulations!!!
To Samantha
Samantha. Clearly you are not on the same wavelength when it comes to liberty. First of all. No one is under any obligation to speak to any government agent. Further. It shows how tyrannical that the government has become when the population believes that not consenting to searches is suspicious activity.
I hope all these cops are sued and lose their jobs. Further they deserve to be jailed for caging the three of them. They are the victims. Not the thugs. Also, you refuse to address the issue of why they were pulled over. They claim it’s because they could not see the tag. They had no reason to pull them over and everything checked out after Pete gave them his papers. If you want to see a lecture describing the reasons why you should never consent to searches or answer questions you are free to check it out. Take care.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
Don’t talk to cops 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE
Don’t talk to cops 2
People who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.
That’s an interesting point Samantha. So you would agree that the officers had something to hide and that’s why they got upset at the stop being videotaped? After all, if the officers had nothing to hide they would have welcomed a video recording of the incident.
Don’t forget PC. They also deleted the video afterwards. Sounds like the activity of a guilty party. Or at least someone that feels guilty about something.
Hey samantha,
So we’re all guilty until we prove ourselves innocent now? If they refused to show ID why were’nt they charged for not having an ID….would it be that the driver showed his id, insurance and registration. The supreme court upholds the right of non drivers in an automobile to not show ID. I always love how people say that if you had nothing to hide you would of given up your constitutionally protected rights. Innocent people are convicted all the time thats why every lawyer worth anything tells their client to not talk to the cops.
Officers have cameras in their cars to video tape crap such as this. What exactly would the officers have to hide? The fact that they pulled over a few punks that have no respect? OOHH, hide that!!! As for proving ourselves innocent… It’s pretty darn easy to prove it when you are and are not trying to cause trouble or set an example. Like I said before, I will stand up for my rights, but I will choose my battles. Some things are just too petty to fight over, but I guess those who have only time on their hands can pick a fight with everyone who steps on their poor little baby toes. I’ve had my share of run-ins with law enforcement and I know that they do not always act in a proper manner, but showing an ID? You have got to have something better to fight for than that.
Officers have cameras in their cars to video tape crap such as this.
Tapes that often go missing or the camera wasn’t working. Again, if the officers aren’t doing anything wrong, what do they have to hide? If everything the officers were doing was above board they would have welcomed a videotaping of the stop. If the officers were conducting themselves professionally and within the bounds of the law the videotape would have shown so. According to your own standards I can only assume the officers were doing something wrong since they wanted to hide their activities.
The fact that they pulled over a few punks that have no respect?
They pulled over three law abiding citizens and proceeded to flout the law. Respect has to be earned. The entire incident should have ended when the officer ran the license of the driver and the tags and found everything to be in order. Instead the officer decided to escalate the situation. Luckily for him these “punks” were law abiding citizens. If these “punks” had been violent criminals that officer may have ended up dead.
As for proving ourselves innocent… It’s pretty darn easy to prove it when you are and are not trying to cause trouble or set an example.
You seem to be confused about how the law works in the US. People are not required to prove themselves innocent. Had the officers done their jobs properly we wouldn’t even be discussing this. Poor police work hurts all of us.
You have got to have something better to fight for than that.
The Supreme Court disagrees.
So far in this situation I see at least one officer that is incompetent and another that is dishonest. Normally this is not a huge issue since all professions have people that are incompetent and dishonest. However their judgment and characters comes into question the minute the officers decided to assault one of the “punks” and violate the civil rights of all three.
I’d suggest that the video recorder should be preserved as evidence and someone should see if they can retrieve what the police officers erased. If the camera uses solid state storage that shouldn’t be difficult. That video could be useful in a 1983 suit.
I’m not the one who is confused here. BTW, the statement about proving ourselves innocent came from the previous poster, not me. I was simply restating. It seems to me that they were confused as to what would happen by refusing to comply with law enforcement. Please tell me exactly what you expect to happen when you refuse to do what a law enforcement officer asks you to do. Do you honestly expect him to say, “Oh, yes sir. I’m sorry, sir. You are obviously doing nothing wrong”? Is that what you think should happen? If that were the case how many criminals would be running loose in our society? If you are doing nothing illegal, then why is it wrong to comply with the officer? There are many times when you do what is “right” even though you have the “right” not to. Again, I stand by the comment that if you have nothing to hide, you will hide nothing. I welcome police to come to my house and search it, stop me in my car and search it. I have nothing to hide. It makes no sense to refuse to comply unless you have a reason for them not to know who you are. It’s a petty argument.
I agree with Paul Gallo when he said they were trying to make a political statement and it backfired. The police officer decided to be a bigger Billy Bad-ass than the they were being. Again, what do you expect an officer to do when you refuse to comly? Why would you refuse unless you are doing something illegal (unless, like in this case, you just want to start something)?
As for the officers doing something wrong and erasing the tape, that could be so. They could know they acted wrongly and are trying to hide it. However, again, what do you expect to happen when you don’t comply with law enforcement?
My whole point is this was easily avoidable. There was a petty point to be made by someone looking to cause trouble.
One more thing – there are some things that sensible people do to make the lives of officers easier. Right, wrong, or indifferent. Complying with the officer even when you have the right not to here in MS isn’t relinquishing a right, it’s helping a man on his job. Do yall anything about helping others? And “respect has to be earned” – does a person who risks his life everytime he goes to work not deserve respect? A man who steps out a his car not knowing what he may be walking up to doesn’t deserve repect? I bet you’ll be one of the first people to say our soldiers deserve respect, but the man who, in essence, does the same thing without going overseas doesn’t deserve repsect.
Samantha: I will stand up for my rights, but I will choose my battles. Some things are just too petty to fight over
Me: Thanks for sharing your comments but at least for me personally, if we do stand idly by as our rights are usurped — even if they are “petty”, which I don’t agree with was the case here at all — then eventually we will be much less able to fight back when more egregious stuff happens.
If we allow an inch to be taken it will. To say that standing for our rights we could cost someone their job should not act as a disincentive for us or others who too stand for their rights to do so. Coupled with freedom is responsibility, and if the deputy in question or anyone else feels above the law, that they’re entitled to extra rights simply because they have a badge, then that’s not right. As Jefferson stated, “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”
Well, let’s see what happens when a criminal comes through your town driven legally by someone else gets pulled over and the “right” that you have worked so hard for is now upheld and there is nothing the law enforcement officer can do about this criminal. He is unable to ask for ID of the passenger, unable to positively identify this guy so he has to let him drive away. Now this guy (who would otherwise be in jail) comes and rapes, murders, robs your wife, daughter, mother, sister. Way to go!! Way to protect my rights!
That is my point. Pick your battles. If you are doing nothing wrong, why not prove who you are?
We, in MS, are strong enough to fight for our rights. We can stand against wrongs even if we let some small ones slide. Complying with law enforcement even when you have the “right” not to is not fear.
Just for a moment, think of someone besides yourself. Put yourself in the place of the officer. What would you think if you pulled over an out-of-state rv and they refused to fully comply (especially with something as simple as proving your identity)? Your first thought would be exactly who are you that you don’t want me to know? And I just have a feeling the feeling conversation was not:
LEO: Let me see your ID?
MHD: Well, sir, with all due respect it is my right not to show you that, therefore I will not.
Yeah, I’m sure the crew was just that repsectful.
Come on, what was the officer supposed to think?
Samantha,
Your hypothetical makes no sense at all. No one was looking for a dangerous criminal in this situation. There was no escaped criminal on the loose. Just an attempt by LEO to CREATE crime where there was none.
Obviously if police are on the lookout for an escaped convict or suspect they aren’t going to pull over every vehicle being driven legally and search and ID every person (and especially not do randoms or use irrelevant profiles) . Usually when you are looking for a suspect you have some description and idea of what you are looking for.
Also, a driver’s license is for driving. I am not aware of any license required to be a passenger in a motor vehicle or occupant of a home. There are ID laws in some states ( usually with the requirement that the person actually be suspected of a crime or witnessing a crime), but I don’t know of any papers I have to carry on my person to just exist as an American.
In this stop, the driver actually complied MORE than he needed to. He presented everything required and answered the questions asked. He showed a lot of respect to the LEOs. The LEOs are the disrespectful ones who assaulted innocent people and destroyed their property.
Did I say anything about an escaped criminal? I said a criminal. That could also include ppl with warrants, ya know. I suppose those who have just gotten away are alright to be out there. I’m sure that the police where you live know what every person with warrants, etc. looks like. Only in MS do they not. Who said anything about a license to ride? THAT doesn’t make sense. Yet again I will beat this in the ground, I ask for someone to please tell me what exactly do you expect the officers to do when you refuse to comply with a request as simple as telling who you are? What are they supposed to think? The only rational explanation for you not wanting an officer to know who you are is if you have done/are doing something that you do not want him to know who you are? No one is addressing this point.
What we have here is an authority problem. Plain and simple. Don’t tell me what to do. I can do as I please because I have rights. Sounds like a little kid, “YOU CAN’T MAKE ME.”
A criminal can only be a criminal AFTER he commits a crime.
Samantha, I agree that what we have here is an authority problem. The law enforcement officers in this case overstepped their legal authority and violated the rights of innocent people. The officers then destroyed evidence to cover up their actions.
This may end up costing the tax payers of Jones County because a couple officers are on a power trip and/or incompetent. Perhaps by hitting the tax payers of Jones County in the pocketbook, the people will demand competent and law abiding law enforcement officers.
Oh wow Samantha you are not paying attention to the point at all and you are a making an argument based on hypothetical situations at this point. It comes off to me that you are offended that anyone would disagree with an officer because he is valiant based on the fact that he works in a dangerous job. However you are ignoring the fact that just because a person puts themself in danger to save lives, that doesn’t mean they should automatically be absolved when they do wrong. These guys weren’t committing any crime. So being pulled over was unnecessary in the first place and the officer was obviously abusing his position of power. These boys simply took the abuse away from him by impowering themselves with the law the same way he did to harass them. That is a horrible injustice on the officer’s part and I applaud them for sticking to their rights. The whole reason we have legal rights is to keep people in a position of power from abusing it. I am disgusted by shady officers and shady government officials. I have friends in law enforcement and I have friends who have been harassed by those in law enforcement so I am not biased either way. I simply understand that people are flawed..even officers and they do need to be put in their place. Law enforcement is a part of our government which is of the people for the people by the people and if we the people don’t stick up for our rights then no one will. Also it’s not right to violate the rights of criminals just because they are criminals..they are still citizens with rights. So I’m sorry that you feel that is permissable but it’s not. My brother made a mistake once and got a dui..he is (in your definition) a criminal. So now that he has his license back and served his time and served probation you are saying that it would be ok for the officer to violate his rights because he has committed a crime before and may hurt someone. But you don’t know that because you don’t know him and you can’t lock people up based on assumption. That’s rediculous. Anyway I’m sorry to hear this happened because no one likes to be locked up and I live in Nashville and was looking forward to touch base with my friend allison. Btw she is beautiful but she doesn’t deserve to be insulted with requests for her shirtless pic. That’s childish and disrespectful.
Samantha,
This is a complete Strawman argument.
Now, I understand the ways of the south (and yes, things work a little different down there) as I have lived in the south 25 years of my life (Alabama, GA, SC).
And I hope that you agree with me that folks down there (and in other places i am sure) like to take people at their word. My grandpa always told me you were as good as your word, and I would like to think as such. I want to beleive that people are looking out for one another (I am an altruist at heart).
But I can honestly say that your comment: “Just for a moment, think of someone besides yourself. Put yourself in the place of the officer.” Is slightly askew.
the police officer took each out of the vehicle so as to not get any potential ’surprises’- yes, makes sense because you never know- we could hyperbolize a situation in which, hmm, someone was making a “mobile meth lab”. Understandable for anyone in a risky job such as theirs. Ok, I will give you that. Note taken. Of which they complied without hesitation. (Sounds like a streak of altruism to me that they would respect the individual in that way).
These three gentlemen were then asked by the officers to present identification for the driver, the vehicles insurance, and the vehicles registration. Of which Pete complied.
Next, the officer ran their vehicle info to find it was clean- sounds like they could go, right? Sounds like they honestly represented that they had nothing to hide from the officer.
Even videotaping was ‘to keep everyone accountable’ and provided (before it was erased) an insight to their compliance.
But things changed once the second officer came and abruptly told Adam to stop videotaping, Adam hesitated, and was then told ‘well then your going to jail’.
Aside from everything else that happened afterward (though it was egregious) what then, instigated what followed?
Had the guys not shown respect and the fact that they had nothing to hide?
I am not understanding your perspective that these guys were inviting the police to treat them as they did. Could you expound on that in terms that are less condescending and stick to a logical flow rather than a Strawman argument? In all sincerity?
I was with the guys the minute they were bailed out (thanks to everyone once again), and I know these guys.
Situations like this are easy to point a finger of blame blindly because they preach libertarian ideals.But that is what you are doing- ignoring the inclination to not consider them to be guilty before hearing the complete story. And I feel that is what the officers did as well, or rather the first one was respectful, they saw the guys as ‘potential criminals’.
And your argument is that, ‘well cops jobs are ones in which they have to anticipate criminals’ -> ‘if they dont they could get hurt or killed’ -> ‘anyone that gets pulled over, no matter what offense- should be seen or treated as a criminal’ -> ‘these guys were stopped’-> ‘they were stopped for expired tags’-> ‘therefore they should be treated as criminals’—- see the flawed logic in that argument?
The logic doesn’t flow well and proposes (incorrect I believe) that anyone and everyone stopped, no matter the offense, should be treated as a criminal.
I thought officers were here to protect ‘us’ or protect the constitution. you would agree with that Samantha, correct? How is the constitution being upheld in this situation?
I invite your response to better understand your position.
It looks like Pete did everything according to the law; he went by the book. The cops didn’t like it and decided to arrest everyone because they were on a power trip. Cops commonly do things like that.
In fact, in large cities and in any part of the South cops tend to be my abusive and power hungry then the rest of the nation. I say that as someone that lived in the South (several parts of TN, several parts of GA, and TX) for 26 years.
Samantha assumes that police are perfect angels, pure as the driven snow. They are PEOPLE. They can easily plant evidence and have done so before. You should never invite a cop to look in your domicile or car because it is way too easy for them to “find” something to arrest you for. You should also NEVER talk to a police officer, ask any attorney.
If the charges were dropped, why do you have to pay bail? I guess I don’t understand the bail system. I thought bail was suppose to ensure you show up for court or something like that.
There is no law requiring citizens to carry identification of any kind.
The Supreme Court has upheld “Stop and Identify Laws” which require one to ID themselves should the be suspected of a crime; HOWEVER, Mississippi has NO SUCH LAW!
Jason was ILLEGALLY arrested!
“I welcome police to come to my house and search it, stop me in my car and search it. I have nothing to hide.”
Samantha, just because one has “nothing to hide” does not give ANYONE the right to invade your property. There are many “legal” items in ones home of which he or she may choose to keep private.
Do you have children, Samantha? Would you want a strange man (police officer) to invade your child’s room and read through her diaries and snoop around in her clothes? How about sit outside her bedroom and watch her every move? Judging by what you’ve been saying…I’m starting to belive you would. I guess it wouldn’t matter though. After all…she has nothing to hide.
oh lord…. please remember that I am from MS. We get a bad rep because of people like Samantha. There are people here on your side!
Keep doing what youre doing guys, I think you have to have a certain IQ to realize slavery and alot of folks everywhere just dont measure up. Thanks for standing up for yourselves and being good liberty loving people.
Oh, yes. People like me who do anything that we have the right not to do make MS a horrible place. My grandmother always told me opinions are like ass holes, everybody has one and nobody wants to see anyone else’s. You don’t get me, I don’t get you. I agree to disagree with you. I’m sure you will go on saying how you won the argument and I just left bc I don’t have a leg to stand on, blah, blah, blah. Go ahead. I’m out.
I’m really proud of the response of fellow Jones County residents and other Mississippians elsewhere on the site. We have to stand up for ourselves!!
Samantha, you are obviously this cops hick wife. I have heard that this guy does this to many people, all people incidents with him i ask said the same thing. You know as well as i do, these guys grow up and get taught the “good ole boy” system. Well samantha im sorry but its 2009. And unfortunantly the Redneck mentality that swarms that place was eventually going to get called out by national media. Citizens will not allow the things to go on there like they do for much longer.. good luck sheriff
“Jason was illegally arrested” is a kid crying “he hit me for no reason!”
Cry me a river, what makes you think everybody should or does obey laws? When a crook shoots you for not listening to him, do you cry “He had no right to shoot me” or do you wish you cooperated and walked away safely?
And don’t tell me “that would never happen if I was armed”, I didn’t see Jason shoot a policeman for harassing him, he got arrested and jailed like anybody would for being a smartass. Go tell people that the police broke the law, as if Jason obeys every single law in the book.
Don’t expect everybody to play nice, protect yourself, and some rights aren’t worth standing up for, don’t you have better things to do with your life?
Durchhaltevermögen? Charakterhaut? Nice tatoos.
Carlo, last time I checked, being a smart ass wasn’t a crime. Again, submitting to police bullying is not right, and they have a right to defend their rights! If you have the mentality of “submit so that you don’t have to pay the consequences” is more Nazi and Russian Gulag than American…
I must say to all of the members of mhd good job! i live in the state of mississippi and the junk you went through is the way it is here. i am glad that this is getting the exposure it deserves. i love it when someone from another state gets to see the truth about the hostility state. i just went through the fed court system for 1.5 years of this type police action and the only action taken after the suit. was setteled. the deputy was rewarded with a position as a contract agent for the us marshal service and not evan a sorry from the sheriff i have no record and was stopped and my car destroyed @10 to 15 times a month for this period of time. im 45 years old with long hair and disabeld and that must be a crime(they think) and im listed on forth ammendment .com like i am some kind of none compliant bum because i refused to have another of about 4 cars damaged not the the whole story of the fact that they setteled with me with a gag order on the amount witch i can say was cheep it was never about the money it was about being left alone FREEDOM WHAT A GREAT FEELING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS !!!!!!!!!! JEFF
Samantha, Honey, don’t worry, you’re young. You’ll grow up someday and when you do, you’ll see things differently. How precious our freedom is will become real to you.
Know this: The officer was looking for something to do; he must have been having a slow night. All he had to do was pull up behind the MHD vehicle (which he did) and, with his lights on their tag, run that tag. That is what most officers do even when they are with a partner: certainly if alone (if you don’t believe this, ask around). By running that tag, he would have found out all was well with that vehicle. He could have waved them on their way without ever having gotten out of his vehicle. But no, this officer had an agenda which could have been as petty as having a boring evening. And so, he set about accomplishing this unworthy agenda and got himself more than he bargained for: people who care about their rights. The officer put himself in harm’s way for all he knew. He was completely irresponsible checking out that vehicle in the manner in which he did it….that motorhome could have had twenty drug-crazed people in it! First, he should have run the tag and been done with it. Secondly, if he was bound and determined to have contact with whomever was in the vehicle, had he been a responsible law enforcement officer, he would have called for backup before he ever got out of the vehicle and while he was running the tag. Samantha, don’t waste any more time on this, honey. Wait until you grow up a little bit more so that when you get out there giving your opinion, you will at least be giving it out of maturity and some semblance of wisdom and knowledge. Just wait….be patient….the time will come when you can give opinion that is accurate and realistic. Don’t feel bad….we’ve all done said things that make no sense at one time or another but we just have to learn from it and move on. I have every confidence that one day your opinion will count for something….whether you agree with me or not doesn’t matter. It is just that from reading what you wrote here, it is easy to realize that you have not lived enough life to think with wisdom and maturity….but like I said, it’ll come.
Good job, MHD, keep up the good work. Don’t be concerned that some people cannot or won’t see that the officer created his own little situation with you all for whatever silly little reason he had. Too bad he bit off more than he could chew with you all. Go!
i live in jones county, ga. where its illegal to purchase alcohol on sunday. i recently was arrested under charges of rico act. these are very heavy charges. im no saint by anymeans but i didnt commit this crime. i never got a indictment or any notice of any court dates. the appointed attorney they gave me never called until 3 days before the court date and basically told me to get ready to go to jail when u appear for court. no motion of discovory no nothing. but before any court dates and the following sunday after i was bonded out, i went into a what they call a “ole county buddy buddy store” to purchase beer on sunday which is illegal and the same jones county officer who transported me to jail bagged my beer up! you mean to tell me that this has been going on for 20-30 yrs and the law enforcement doesnt know anything? u tell me who should be charged with rico act