They are a few months old… and I watched them when they first were posted but are worth sharing.
George Donnelly Trial Postponed to September 1, 2010, at 2:00 pm
FIJA Demonstration in Baltimore, MD on August 23, 2010
I arrived at the U. S. District Courthouse at 101 W. Lombard Street, in Baltimore, MD at 11:50 am. It was a hot and sunny day. I stood on federal property about one foot away from the public sidewalk and started distributing the American Jury Institute Pamphlet entitled “A Primer for Prospective Jurors” with my insert.
At 12:00 pm a police woman approached me and told me that I was OK where I was, but not to go to the courthouse door. She also asked if I planned further dates for distribution. I answered that we had no specific plans, but that we probably would return at a future date.
At 12:10 pm another police woman approached and took a pamphlet. Both women were private police under contract with the U. S. District Court.
At 12:17 pm the second woman returned and asked how long I had been doing this. I responded about one year. She asked for my name, but I refused to provide it. I asked for her name, but she also refused to provide it.
At 12:28 pm, the first police woman returned, accepted a pamphlet, and left.
Pedestrian traffic was light. I distributed about 25 pamphlets with my insert. At 1:10 pm I left for the day because of the low pedestrian traffic, it was very hot, I forgot my sunscreen, and my JURY INFO sign handle had broken. Excuses, excuses, excuses.
FIJA Demonstration in Alexandria, VA on August 24, 2010
I arrived at the U. S. District Courthouse at 401 Courthouse Square in Alexandria, VA at 7:59 am. It was a chilly and overcast day. The courthouse is set in a court, so that there is almost no pedestrian traffic except for people entering or leaving the courthouse. I stood on the sidewalk, which was federal property, in front of the entrance.
At 8:01 am a courthouse security officer told me that I had to move across the street. I declined his request. I asked his name, but he refused to give it to me. He left.
At 8:08 am another security officer took a pamphlet and read my flyer in my presence. Then he left. I was not approached by any officer for the rest of my stay.
I continued to distribute pamphlets with flyers unmolested. At 9:20 am a person exited the courthouse, identified himself as a defense attorney, and said: “good stuff.”
At 9:30 am I left. I had distributed about 50 flyers. Everyone who accepted entered the courthouse.
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Shortly before April 15th I was notified by the Internal Revenue Service that they were pretty sure I owed them some money. Not wanting to deal with violent consequences should I refuse to pay them off I did so. Some time later I received another letter indicating that they owed me a sum of around 60 cents but would only send it to me if I asked for it in writing. So I did… and asked for $1.00 extra to cover postage and handling.
Today I received a letter in response. It reads in part:
Dear Taxpayer:
Thank you for your correspondence received July 09, 2010.
We haven’t resolved this matter because we haven’t completed all the research necessary for a complete response. We will contact you again within 45 days to let you know what action we are taking. You don’t need to do anything further now on this matter.
So… they spent whatever presorted first-class mail costs… twice. Once to tell me they need me to ask for the sub $1 refund and then to say they are still thinking about it. Ignoring the cost of the person who had to read the letter I sent they will have spent more than the refund in postage.
Why the question in the post? Because I feel like I’m making fun of a mentally disabled person. It’s just too easy to show how bureaucratic and wasteful they are. Instead of just sending me a check for the 60ish cents they will have wasted at least several dollars of taxpayer’s money to eventually get it to me.
Hi Tyranny Fighters:
1. FIJA demonstration of 8–4-10
I arrived at the U. S. District Courthouse in Manhattan at 11:30 am. It was a warm and sunny day. At the outskirts of federal property I met Adam Mueller and Peter Eyre from Liberty on Tour. Also there were bile and Darren Wolfe. All four were there to videotape the proceedings.
After some preliminary discussion we moved to the courtyard of the District Courthouse at 11:45 am. I distributed the American Jury Institute pamphlet “True or False: Factual Information about Jury Service” along with my flyer. Peter Eyre (correction: Adam Mueller) also distributed some of these. Officers Sargent Sullivan and another Federal Service Marshall were there when we arrived. Altogether we distributed about 35 pamphlets.
At 12:06 pm, there were 3 police officers present. At 12:15 pm Sargeant Sullivan and officer Valentin approached me and asked me to move off federal property. I refused. Each of them grabbed one of my arms and took my Jury Info sign and remaining pamphlets. I was not placed under arrest nor given a citation. It was an undisguised assault and robbery. I fell to the ground. I lay still, did not move a muscle, nor utter a sound. None of the other of my four accomplices were forced off the property, and none were given citations. One police officer encouraged Darren to start rolling his camera when the action was about to start.
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