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SOURCE: oregonfirearms.org

The WOU student who was falsely arrested and charged with possession of a firearm in a public building, had all his criminal charges dropped by the Polk County DA tonight.(02-10-2009)

The DA admitted no wrongdoing on his part, or on the part of the police who arrested Jeff Maxwell for a “crime” that does not exist.

In a statement released to OFF’s attorney, the DA said “I believe the Monmouth Police Department issued the citation in good faith and that there was an arguable violation. However, a careful reading of the statute and the facts led me to conclude the charge was not in the best interest of justice.”

“Not in the best interest of justice.” There was NO CRIME. But it gets worse. Much worse.

The college still got to “try” Jeff Maxwell. And they did tonight.

The tribunal that tried Marine veteran Jeffery Maxwell laughed after suspending him from Western Oregon University and sentencing him to:
The college still got to “try” Jeff Maxwell. And they did tonight. (02-10-2009)

The tribunal that tried Marine veteran Jeffery Maxwell laughed after suspending him from Western Oregon University and sentencing him to:

a “psychological evaluation stating he is not a threat to himself of others” and

a mandatory “ten page paper” ” with references, “citing, but not limited to:
1) the importance of following the law,even through civil disobedience.
2) the importance of accepting responsibility for one’s actions
3) and recognizing the impact possession of weapons on college campuses has on others.”

So, Maxwell has been told his lawful possession of a firearm on campus is evidence of mental illness and he must “confess his sins.” Welcome to the new Politburo. Maxwell may as well been judged by the Hitler youth for his “thought crimes.”

Jeffery Maxwell’s “jury” were four unnamed students and one staff member of WOU.

The “prosecutor” was Patrick Moser moserp@wou.edu “Acting Coordinator of Campus Judicial Affairs”

Maxwell asked to have his “trial” open to the public, which is his right, but was denied.

The tribunal was told repeatedly that they lacked the authority to impose a rule dealing with firearms. But the children who sat in judgment of the veteran were not interested in the law or the facts. They were only interested in attacking and embarrassing a man who had committed no crime but had chosen to exercise his right to protect himself and others.

The “trial” was a sham. No one present even seemed to know what the “charge” was. When confronted by the fact that the school has no authority to make rules about firearms, they said that was “not relevant.” Then they said they were not charging Maxwell with having a firearm. When asked what they WERE charging him with, they seemed to not know. They then said they were charging him with having a “knife and a rifle in his car.” When told they had no authority to make rules about guns in his car, they said THAT was not “relevant.”

OFF is committed to continuing Maxwell’s defense. We are shocked and disgusted by the treatment he received by the staff and the students of WOU,

We ask your continued support of our legal battle for Jeff Maxwell. We promised Jeff what he promised the men he served with. We will not leave him behind.

Moments before he was killed, Oscar Grant was punched in the face — but not by the BART officer who shot him.

The grainy video raises new questions about what role BART officers played in escalating the scene, which began when Grant was pulled off a San Fransisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority train on New Year’s Day. Six days letter, protests turned to riots in Oakland, Ca.

The officer who punched Grant in the face is the same officer who investigators say had his knee on Grant’s neck when the 22-year-old man was shot. Aside from Mehserle, no BART officers have been charged with wrongdoings.

“There’s no question in my mind that that’s vivid powerful evidence that he committed a vicious physical assualt, unprovoked on a citizen, for absolutely no reason,” said UC Hastings and Golden Gate law professor Peter Keane, who believes the officer should be fired and charged with assault. “That punch was totally unjustified… That officer is committing a crime.”

BART General Manager Dorothy Dugger has pledged to investigate the officer’s actions in the new video.

“I take this new allegation of police use of unreasonable force extremely seriously,” Dugger said in a prepared statement released Saturday night, KTVU.com reported. “I have directed (BART) Police Chief Gary Gee to conduct a rigorous internal affairs investigation into this officer’s actions.”

U.C. Berkeley law school professor Franklin Zimring said the district attorney must charge another BART officer with a crime. “If the district attorney is saying he’s not going to charge any officer except Mehserle in my opinion, he’s not doing his job,” Zimring says in the video below. “Police officers are not…immunized from the normal laws that govern when assault is criminal conduct.”

Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff would not comment on the possibility of charging a second BART police officer, KTVU.com reported.

Although unmentioned in the KTVU report, the video could potentially incriminate another BART officer. Since the female officer is shown in the video observing her colleague punching Grant, she would have been required to report what she saw to authorities.

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by Laura Maggi, The Times-Picayune

A 43-year-old woman died this week after she collapsed in the jail’s psychiatric unit while in restraints, a spokesman for the Orleans Parish criminal sheriff’s office said Friday.

Cayne Miceli was arrested Sunday afternoon on municipal charges at Tulane Medical Center, where she had been treated for severe asthma, according to records and interviews with friends. After she was discharged, Miceli caused a “disturbance” and bit a Tulane University police officer, according to municipal court records.

She was booked with battery of a police officer, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace.

Miceli’s unusual death led friends to question both the medical treatment she received at the hospital and her subsequent experience at the jail.

“She turned to a system that she felt she could trust and this is what happened, ” said Steve Picou, a friend.

The Orleans Parish coroner’s office has not ruled on what caused Miceli’s death, which was reported to the office by University Hospital on Tuesday, said John Gagliano, the chief investigator. Gagliano said the office is awaiting toxicology reports, which will not be available for three weeks.

Friends described Miceli as a vivacious and gregarious woman who suffered from severe asthma and battled emotional and mental troubles. On Sunday, she went to Tulane Medical Center because she was having trouble breathing, friends said.

Officials with Tulane confirmed that she was treated for a “clinical concern, ” which the hospital would not specify, then discharged. At some point after she was discharged, Miceli caused a scene and bit a university officer just outside the waiting room, said Kim Graham, vice president of nursing. As per policy, hospital officials called New Orleans police, she said. Read More
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A protest over the fatal shooting by a BART police officer of an unarmed black man mushroomed into several hours of violence Wednesday night as demonstrators smashed storefronts and cars, set several cars ablaze and blocked streets in downtown Oakland.The roving mob expressed fury at police and frustration over society’s racial injustice.

To see the video of Oakland Ca. Police Executing a unarmed Man in public by shooting him in the Back Click Here

Source: RawStory

This year, the Grinch is wearing blue instead of green.

On Christmas day, four Washington, D.C. police officers were caught on tape stealing from Toys for Tots, a charity organization that collects toys for poor children. The United States Marines led the group’s toy collection drive.

Yvonne Smith, the Washington, D.C. police department’s outreach coordinator, pleaded with the media for less focus on the crooked officers.

This “starts off Christmas on a sour note, puts distance between the community and the police, and worst of all, tarnishes the image of the Department during a time when we are trying to build strong relationships to foster trust that ultimately helps us solve crimes,” she wrote in an e-mail to D.C.-area media.

Smith added that officers with her department had never done anything like this before — both distributing, and stealing, the charitable toys.

“Please don’t let the Christmas story of the day be about an investigation of officers who make up .001 percent of the department,” she concluded. “Many many many more members made outstanding contributions during this holiday season to make a difference in the lives of families who are struggling.”

“Anytime we are involved in programs that have potential for abuse we ask for the assistance of our Internal Affairs to maintain the integrity of our department and our members,” said Police Chief Cathy Lanier. “In this case, I am sad to say that monitoring has uncovered some questionable behavior of a few of our members.”

No arrests have been made, but D.C. police say the officers have been placed on paid suspension pending the investigation’s conclusion. Chief Lainer has vowed to see the officers “prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

The Pentagon is muscling in everywhere. It’s time to stop the mission creep.

By Thomas A. Schweich

We no longer have a civilian-led government. It is hard for a lifelong Republican and son of a retired Air Force colonel to say this, but the most unnerving legacy of the Bush administration is the encroachment of the Department of Defense into a striking number of aspects of civilian government. Our Constitution is at risk. President-elect Barack Obama’s selections of James L. Jones, a retired four-star Marine general, to be his national security adviser and, it appears, retired Navy Adm. Dennis C. Blair to be his director of national intelligence… could pave the way for these respected military officers to reverse the current trend of Pentagon encroachment upon civilian government functions, or they could complete the silent military coup d’etat that has been steadily gaining ground below the radar screen of most Americans and the media. While serving the State Department in several senior capacities over the past four years, I witnessed firsthand the quiet, de facto military takeover of much of the U.S. government.

From the Rodney King riots to unannounced “training” exercises over American cities, the US military is being trained to turn the United States into a dictatorship.

Here you see the local police, dressed up like Nazi thugs, lined up military fashion to join the war games. Across America our “peace officers” have transformed into “law enforcers.” Whereas the blue and white garbed friendly policeman of the past was someone you might call to help rescue your cat out of the tree or invite in for a cup of coffee, law-abiding Americans now dread a visit from the ski-masked, jackbooted thugs. Over and over again, the innocent are victimized by out-of-control police “forces” that repeatedly raid the wrong houses, violate the Fourth Amendment, stooping so low as to shoot family dogs. Think that the way the police in this picture look like the military is a coincidence? Think again. The move to militarize the police has been snowballing over recent years. Police now train like the military, dress like the military, use military weapons and call citizens “civilians”. And of course they have been working with the military, as they are prepared to turn America in to a Police State.

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com

California cops tasered a distraught son whose father was drowning after he and his brother complained that police were not doing enough to rescue their dad, while authorities prevented the two sons from making any kind of rescue effort themselves.

By Crossroad

On Monday Dec.1 a swat team with semi-automatic rifles entered the private home of the Stowers family in LaGrange Ohio, herded the family on to the couches in the living room, and kept guns trained on parents,children,infants and toddlers,for 9 hours.

By: Wendy McElroy

I have not been harping on the one aspect of America’s devolution into a police state that bothers me most: namely, the double standard by which a police officer can assault and even murder innocent people with legal impunity while the average Joe/Jane is crushed beneath a jackboot for the slightest perceived infraction. (BTW, I know some people think I should be more upset by other aspects…but that’s the chocolate v. vanilla debate.) What prompts me to write about the thugs who call themselves “peace officers” is my stumbling over four different stories in close succession.

Number 1: You won’t see this story in an episode of Cops!: A newlywed killed by police after he stepped outside his home to confront suspected burglars was shot in a case of mistaken identity, police said.

As I understand the article, the four kids suspected of burglary were eventually apprehended, questioned and not even arrested. In pursuit of the non-arrested (and presumably unarmed) kids, a 10-year-veteran of the police force — and, so, not a nervous or ‘cowboy’ newbie — considered the situation to constitute such a threat to public safety that he conducted a foot chase at night through a residential area with gun drawn, prepared to use deadly force. Which he did. For shooting an innocent, unarmed man twice through the chest, the officer in question has been placed on paid leave. What a great job! If I shot a man to death as part of my job as a writer, my ass would land and hard in a jail cell. This clown gets a paid vacation pending investigation by people who have a vested interest in finding the shooting to have been justified. I hope the woman he married the weekend before, who is expecting their first child, goes for justice rather than hush-money from the police department.

Number 2: WorldNetDaily reports: A Florida sheriff who trespassed and punched a driver in the face during a road-rage fight will not face criminal charges or lose his job – despite 13 citizen complaints filed against him in 12 years. The story: Jacksonville sheriff Sgt. Roderic Feacher claims Charles Rowe tried to run him off the road. (Sounds like someone passed him on the highway.) The off-duty Feacher pursued Rowe to his home and refused to leave the property when asked to do so. Rowe and a neighbor claim the officer began punching the man without provocation and choked him. However, the officer claims Rowe “belly-bumped” him, so he only threw one punch. According to the Florida Times Union, The State Attorney’s Office declined to file criminal charges, preferring to dock the thug 10-days pay.

Number 3: From the Atlanta Journal Constitution: A Texas man was arrested for letting girlfriend eat off his plate in a buffet restaurant. Dan Linscomb, 40, of Texas City, Texas, ate the buffet at the Iron Skillet restaurant in northwest Atlanta on Oct. 21. He admitted, an Atlanta police report said, that his girlfriend “ate a couple bites from his plate.” When he was charged for two $7 buffet meals, Linscomb refused to pay for one of them. He said that “there were no signs in the restaurant that said someone could not have some food off your plate,” the report said. The restaurant staff called police, who came to the restaurant on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and arrested Linscomb on a charge of theft of services. He was taken to Fulton County Jail.

Number 4: From WorldNetDaily: A Kansas resident is claiming he has been unfairly threatened by officers after he hand delivered a note to a police department administrator explaining why he will not vote for Obama He was charged with criminal trespass. Chapter 21, Section 3721(a) of Kansas law states criminal trespassing is when a “person enters or remains therein in defiance of an order not to enter or to leave such premises or property personally communicated to such person by the owner thereof or other authorized person.” But Garner said he was never aggressive, and he left Murphree’s property immediately. However, police still met him on his doorstep.

In other words, the police can beat and kill you (the average person) with legal impunity while you must walk on legal eggshells re: the most minor of civil infractions…which, arguably, may not arrestable offenses at all.
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