For years, I have written letters to my local paper in support of Medical marijuana and in opposition to more police hiring. I must have made them mad, because two months ago I had Narcotics detectives knock at my door and ask to enter my home. I refused their entry and they became angry.
A week later my home was raided at night by a SWAT group of about 10 Jack-booted thugs carrying shields, guns, etc. When I asked what the Bin Laden compound-style raid was for, they claimed to have found a few microscopic crumbs of marijuana in my trash can along with a piece of styrofoam. They claimed I was growing marijuana. In the first five minutes they saw there was no marijuana in my home and no grow lights, or Garden, This enraged them further. They ripped my house apart for 4 hours while my wife and I were handcuffed and my 8 year old daughter sat terrified. They called us “Motherfuckers” and other names, They let our cat out and it has not been seen since.
They filed false charges of “cultivation of marijuana” against both of us despite finding no plants or lights, “drug paraphernalia” because I owned a legal gardening magazine that made no mention of anything illegal, and felony “Tampering with evidence” because i “must have gotten rid” of the marijuana garden that never existed in the first place. After $6,000 in legal bills, charges were dropped against my wife, and charges against me were reduced to “possession of Marijuana” which gave me 6 months of probation and no jail time.
Since then, My activism has kicked into high gear. I have been donating to freedom-fighters like copblock, I am publishing a local newsletter opposing the police state, I have written many letters and complaints to the police, Congressman, Senator, Mayor, and whoever else I thought might make a difference. Their attack on me has created a life-long enemy, and I will do everything I can to oppose the police state until the day that I die. I will soon start a Lexington Kentucky Copblock group and set up a website. I am also writing a book that will reference groups such as Copblock and direct readers to your website as an example of Citizens-rights activism.
People who have never been abused by the police may not understand your anger, but I do. I feel your rage, and it is justified. Many Jews were quietly marched into the gas chambers. It was done with civility. The oppressors like for you to be quiet, obedient and tame. That makes it easier for them to drain your blood in the form of fines, fees, court costs, drug tests, mandatory meetings, court dates and the endless list of humiliation that they try to pile on to people who are trying to make a living during the worst economy in the last 70 years.
Our Government claims to be out of money and is cutting aid to the poor, heating assistance, school lunch programs, food stamps, and all other programs designed to help people. Meanwhile, they keep hiring layer upon layer of police agencies that are more redundant than a roll of toilet paper.
Stae police, Local police, FBI, DEA, ABC, Marshalls, Sherriffs, Bailiffs, Game Wardens, are only a few of the agencies that are used to control us. There are hundreds of others. Even a Fisheries Biologist has the power to pull you over for a traffic violation and arrest you. Not to mention the drug testing industry, meter maids, bounty hunters, social workers to take away your children, and hundreds of private “security” firms designed to monitor and control your every move.
In our city we have cameras mounted at every traffic intersection that can be used by police to monitor every move you make. The police State is here, my friends, and it is growing. Silence is taken as consent in our society, so we cannot afford to be silent. You must agitate to make change. Thats why I support Pittsburgh Copblock.
John
Response: John, Thank you so very much for your donation! In light of your generosity, I have sent you some of our custom business cards. I would also like to leave you with an open invitation to ask us to help you in creating your own site. I will bend over backwards to get you up and running. We have an extensive staff of highly trained monkeys who just love to do things like that.- Craig
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