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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:43 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Posted in my blog, May 03, 2007, some early hour of the morning.

I had court again today -- it's probably my 20th time there in my life. I've been there so many times I can't count. Nothing ever happens really -- it's always delayed to another date. For those who don't know me (most of you I would assume), let me give you a brief background on my legal difficulties. When you get to the end, you can see how they've now tampered with evidence in my felony case.

First off, I'm 21 years old and I've never been convicted of anything but a traffic offense. I've been arrested 3 times (all in the last year and a half). My first arrest was on my college campus -- Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois. I had been wearing a pro-gun jacket and an empty holster or gun carrying case on campus for about 2 weeks. I was running ICarry (www.ICarry.org) at the time -- so I was heavily involved in gun rights in Illinois. I wore the jacket (that said ICarry) and the empty holster/case in order to raise awareness of Illinois' PATHETIC SITUATION when it comes to outlawing self-defense and encouraging criminals to commit violent acts against disarmed victims. This went very well, as I had a number of students come up to me and start engaging conversations on the subject of concealed carry, gun rights, self-defense, and the "law." All was well Smile

During my second or third week of wearing this literally every day to school (I didn't go to school a single time without wearing it), I decided to talk to school administration about their policy against guns on campus. I wanted to warn them how dangerous it is to setup a "Gun Free Zone" where violent criminals could easily victimize lots of people without resistance. So I go in to make an appointment with the college president, and I am referred to take the matter up with a lower department first before going directly to the college pres. So I go to the public safety office (also the police station) and ask to speak with someone there. I'm still wearing my jacket and empty holster of course. I get there, wait for someone, and finally a cop shows up, I introduce myself, and we begin talking. Then another cop shows up, and I'm sandwiched between the two cops. They unlawfully search me without warrant or probable cause, see that I'm unarmed completely, and we continue talking. We take the discussion into another room, because the lobby was small as hell, and continue. The discussion moves to "why are you here, and how did you get here" type of deal -- which was straight-forward, but the officer wanted me to repeat it many times. He then told me to fill out a statement and sign it, which I declined since there was no reason for it, since I had done no wrong, and since I didn't know the legal implications.

So it comes time for my next class, which I had a test in, and I say I've gotta leave. The officer says, "you're not going anywhere -- we might be placing you under arrest." Indeed, they had been on the phone with the state attorney, with the college president, with the woman from whom I asked for the appointment with the pres, and god knows who else. They fabricated a "case" against me with the woman, and charged me with DISORDERLY CONDUCT because I supposedly knowingly alarmed this woman. What a crock of shit -- I've never alarmed anyone in my life. I had been on campus for those two weeks, and no one had reported me, no one had complained, no one had asked me to take of what I was wearing, none of my teachers said anything, etc. I was involved in symbolic and free PURE SPEECH on a college campus. But, since it was pro-gun, and Illinois is anti-gun and colleges are anti-gun, and the college people are anti-gun, I'm arrested and charged with a crime despite 1st Amendment guarantees!!!! My first arrest ever in my life! The charge was later dropped by the state attorney, after like 2 months. After 5 months, I got my jacket and empty case back (they were held as evidence). I've since sued their asses for all of this bullshit -- and believe me there is A LOT more bullshit involved. You got the short story.

My second arrest was in May last year. I was LAWFULLY transporting a firearm in the State of Illinois (even according to State of Illinois corporate laws!!!). The firearm was unloaded, and enclosed in a case (or other container, whatever you choose to call it) according to the law! I have a valid FOID (Firearms Owner Identification Card) as is required to merely own or possess a gun! I was 100% lawful -- I had studied the fricken law for 2 years and knew everything about it, all the cases, etc. But that's not good enough. I was first accosted by private security in a shopping mall (after being there 3+ hours shopping with girlfriend for mothers day gifts, eating at food court, etc). We were actually on our way out and looking for the damn entrance we came in. Once again, no one complained or anything. We just walked by security guards who saw my case and didn't like how it looked so they followed us. They stopped us 50ft or so after we passed them, and started questioning me about it. They asked if they could search, to which I said "No!" They said "why not" and I said "it's private." So they grabbed me and searched me anyways, found my unloaded gun, handcuffed me (what the heck are private security thugs doing with handcuffs to begin with?). They took me to the cops, and locked me in a small room for 2-3 hours. Then they harassed, man-handled, and searched my girlfriend FOR NO REASON.

The cops got in a circle and looked at my "fanny-pack letter" which is a letter with the actual Illinois Compiled Statutes -- the law -- designed to inform officers of the law in order to avoid arrest, etc when lawfully carrying an unloaded firearm. The letter also can be used as evidence to dispute a claim by officers that they're acting on "good faith" of the law since the letter is used to show them exactly what the law says! So it was another big thing, and I was taken to county jail, strip-searched, and all of that bullshit. I got out after midnight. So, the law, the legislative debate on the law, and all of the court cases (this has gone to court before like 6-7 times or more) WHICH WE'VE WON 100%, are still not enough in Illinois. They arrest people just to scare others away from carrying a gun for personal protection -- since your protection is supposed to be left up to the state, and self-defense is outlawed! They charged me with a class A misdemeanor at first, and then later retracted that and upped it to a felony by getting a grand jury indictment (rubber-stamping)!!! So I've been charged with a felony the last year.

Nearly 12 months at it still hasn't been thrown the hell out of court. This case is frivolous to say the least -- it's completely without merit. I am furthermore a man who, in my adult life, has never threatened, harmed, defrauded, cheated, stolen from, or done anything else to anyone that could be considered a crime! Sure I did some stupid shit when I was younger, back in high school, but I outgrew that. I grew into a moral ma, and don't believe in coercing or violating the rights of others in any way! I simply am incapable of doing such a thing! I'm not 100% perfect, as I'm probably not as responsible as I should be -- I'm still living with my parents (although I want to move to New Hampshire as soon as possible -- so I'm hoping very much that these bullshit charges will be behind me this month (May) or early June at the latest). But despite my shortcomings -- which we all have -- I will not do something I know is wrong -- I would never victimize another by doing anything to anyone. Yet I am charged with a felony right now. I have threatened or hurt no one -- there is no victim -- yet I'm completely screwed in the court system now. I can't leave the state without permission, I can't buy a gun from an FFL dealer, nothing.

The judge in my case has been very fair and understanding so far. He comes across as a very level-headed guy, and as easy-going as a judge could ever be. He deals with some real winner cases all day long, and yet I've never seen him lose his cool or anything. He's extremely even-tempered. He also seems fair, and to what degree it's possible to tell from his position on the bench (hard to judge a judge unless you watch a lot of them often), he seems like a caring man. So he's thoughtful, understanding, and possibly even caring. I think one would be very hard-pressed to find a better judge. He's let me go out of state for vacation to Florida, a trip to New Hampshire, and just yesterday (May 2, 2007), gave me permission to go to D.C. later this month. The state has objected to every request I've made to leave the state -- since I'm such a threatening accused-felon -- and yet the judge has allowed it every time over the state's objection -- even doing so with a smile/laugh because (I'm assuming) he knew how absurd the state attorney was being. The judge has been great and has ruled for us on everything else too -- including yesterday when I requested to no longer have representation, because I don't like lawyers or the legal system, don't believe in being "represented" since I'm not a juivenile, mentally-incompetent, or ignorant. He was really cool about that as well.

We're just getting to the heart of the issue, though. We're beginning to argue my motions to dismiss the case. The first motion to dismiss basically says there is no crime charged, since I was in accordance with the law, doing exactly what the law says. It's very straight-forward. It's been decided in APPELLATE court even. The appellate court decision has the legislative debate from before they even passed the law allowing people to carry like this -- and the legislative debate shows they wanted people to be able to carry on the street as long as the gun is unloaded and in a container, by the holder of a valid FOID card. I need to make a website with all of this stuff. Anyhow, so we haven't completely argued the motions yet. My lawyer started arguing them last time, but we ran out of time and the judge wanted to SEE the evidence and my case before we continued discussing it (very sensible and reasonable). So this time, they brought out the evidence, and we were to continue arguing the motion. Because I decided to not have representation anymore, and henceforth appear in court in my proper person (in propria persona), we consumed a large amount of time for my lawyer to withdraw from the case, and the judge to make sure I knew what the heck I was doing with this decision. He made sure I understood the consequences, and even how impossible it is to win. He told me something like, "there have been a lot of pro se defendants, and they're all in jail now." He said they never win in trial. I said I understand and accept it.

I just wanted to be able to speak. I KNOW THE LAW. I studied it full-time and ran an organization designed to change the law and also get the government to respect its own law. I just wanted to show the judge this. I really believe that if I get the chance to argue this motion to dismiss, it HAS TO BE DISMISSED. I don't see how the argument could not be conclusive in that I didn't break the law. I don't know how the judge could rule any other way, unless he's taking orders from above (as this is an important political case AND an important legal precedent case), is worried about his career, or simply doesn't have the courage to take responsibility for ruling according to the law, and would rather send it off to a jury to decide. So this is where it sits now. I want to go in there next time, argue my motion, give him all of the paperwork I've prepared (with page numbers, line numbers, highlights, etc). It's very ordered, very logical, and very good. This case is open and shut -- it's sooo damn easy!

Oh, I guess I forgot to mention what happened today. So they brought out the evidence for us to examine. My case, my lawful gun case, was TORN OPEN. It was sewn by a professional tailor in town -- a nice old gentleman whom I paid $20 for the work. The fabric he had sewn was TORN/RIPPED OPEN. The state attorney is making their case entirely on the grounds that my gun case was not a legal/lawful container. SOMEHOW, PERHAPS BY THE GOD OF CONVENIENCE AND COINCIDENCE, THE EVIDENCE WAS NICELY TORN APART IN A WAY THAT IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT IT'S NOT A LEGAL GUN CASE. It was never torn when I owned or possessed it. It wasn't torn when they took it away from me and arrested me. But now it's torn. How could that be? I don't think it takes much imagination to know what the hell happened! Your public servants are trying to turn a 21 year old model citizen of freedom into a FELON and are doing whatever they can do to do it!

So, I woke up at like quarter to 5 AM. I couldn't sleep. I was thinking of all this stuff. So I came on here and posted it. Pretty fucked up situation I'm in, isn't it? Pardon the language. I have no idea what will happen next. Now the prosecutor is trying to bring in an "expert witness" to testify that my case isn't legal. This is strictly a matter of law -- a matter of what the black and white text says -- and she wants to bring in some bozo? It's going to be a cop or something and he's going to say, "nope, taht's not a legal case." UHHHH COME ON. I actually know the motherfucker who WROTE the law quite literally. I know the legal draftsman for this law! He knows all the lawmakers. They want an expert witness, I'll bring him! I don't want any witnesses, I want the judge to decide according to what the laws says, and according to what the appellate court has said the law means! It's simple simple simple. My whole family is freaking out too because of everything, and especially now that I don't want a lawyer. They want me to bring my lawyer back in, which I think I will have to do if this thing is going to go to trial. I want it dismissed and I want to get on with my life now. But if the judge isn't going to throw it out, and I have to go to trial, I don't think I could defend myself properly in front of a jury. They could do all sorts of stuff, and I'd have a very hard time with it.

In the end, it's all a big game. These courts are legal anyways, the law isn't really the law -- just corporate policies. I'm not a corporation or under that shit. I'm simply a good man -- a good, FREE man on the land. I'm flesh and blood. I'm a man. I've done nothing to anyone. Why are they doing this? Why are they making it so my mom can't sleep or eat? Why are they making my dad get literally sick to his stomach. This shit's affecting me too, as much as any. This shit is affecting my relationship with my girlfriend and my family. This shit is huge. Do these people even realize it? They're so fucked in their heads with all of the conditioning and brainwashing they've faced their whole lives. I feel sorry for them, but how sorry can I feel? To what extent? They can see I'm a good man, that I've done no wrong. Yet they continue to do this? I don't know.

So I go back to court May 16th, and I hope the judge let's me argue my case finally, and decides fairly according to what the law says. I'm not even whipping out any supreme law here -- no theories, nothing. I'm showing the actual bullshit corporate law that they're charging me with. I'm showing that the charges against me are not a crime according to that statute! This is such a load of crap.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:49 pm Reply with quote Back to top

As an update to Arrest #2 (the gun in mall arrest):


The felony charge of Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons was dismissed with prejudice near the end of July. I think the judge dismissed it because of my presentations of the law. In May, I was allowed to submit my own evidence and argue my own motion -- that was what really won it for me.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:31 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Shaun: If you're going to be in court so much, you might consider going to law school.

The reason police are so abusive is obviously because the courts don't punish them when they're charged. So the reform of the police starts with the reform of the courts.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:18 pm Reply with quote Back to top

The only law in place in this country is natural law, "God's law" or common law -- whatever you want to call it.

The millions upon millions of "statutes" are not law at all -- they are all private, copyrighted, corporate policies. So, I haven't seen any "law" school that tells it like it is. That's the problem with schools -- they teach BS. No thanks.

I would never take the bar or become a lawyer either. I just couldn't. As fascinating as it all is, and as lucrative as it is (getting many thousands of dollars from people who are suffering) -- no thanks. It's for slimeballs mostly. Anyone who can't see the system for what it really is -- completely backasswards, corrupt, phony, rigged, you-name-it, has a SERIOUS case of denial. So even your "good" attorneys are suffering from this. They've got the blinders on because they've dedicated their whole loves to studying this BS and making lots of money off it.

I want a simple life based on simple values. Common-sense for starters. Nothing in "law" reflects common-sense any longer unfortunately.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:33 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Now I see why lawyers have their own set of jokes about them. A judge and a jury should be all that is needed. what is there in common law that requires a lawyer in the first place?

I read somewhere that this whole lawyer thing started in Britain and is in fact british. Bar stands for British accreditation register, I think. Wasn't britain the reason why we were fighting in the first place? The King?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:08 pm Reply with quote Back to top

All lawyers (BAR members) are British esquires -- servants of the Crown. Whether they know it or not.

This is one of the ways the British took back this country (that is -- if they ever even let it go completely) after the war. They brought in the lawyers (24 of the 56 founding fathers were lawyers -- esquires of the Crown) and put them everywhere they could. Just like the Masons. Lawyers are masons too, even if they don't know it. The BAR is a masonic organization.

The treachery runs deep. It is openly visible in the court -- everyday. Look at what happened to the Browns. It has happened to many thousands upon thousands.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:37 pm Reply with quote Back to top

The BRITISH CROWN never let go of AMERICA...........and now because Americans allowed themselves to be hood winked by the evil Federal Reserve, we will have to stage another Revolution to complete our independence and ensure our freedoms.

Remember America "The Light of the World, the salt of the Earth," still exists in the hearts of true patriots. That is all we need to make this happen. The New World Order/Globalists with their dreams of Empire and dominaton over other people on this planet has got to be irradicated once and for all.

Peace is the naturall state of all human beings. Do not allow them to take control of your minds. Do not buy into their demonizing any people. If you do you are responsible for allowing them to manipulate you in the old divide and conquer way.

Make 9/11 the last false flag, black ops attack these criminat elites bastards ever perpetrate on any people on the planet Earth. Bring them to justice.

HOW DARE THESE IMMORAL, EVIL, INSANE FOOLS CONTINUE TO DO THESE EVIL DEEDS. HOW DARE WE ALLOW THESE FOOLS TO DO THIS TO US AND OUR FAMILIES! ARE WE REALLY ALL THAT COWARDLY?

DARE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!!!!


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 12:41 pm Reply with quote Back to top

So Shaun, you would rather pay $200-$300 per hour to a person you hardly know to defend you rather than have the ability to defend yourself. Think about it: YOU ARE INCAPABLE OF DEFENDING YOURSELF. You need to hire someone else, at great expense, to do it for you, never knowing whether he might betray you at some point.

You should be able to see a pattern by now. The Establishment has it in for you. They are not going to leave you alone. They will keep making accusations, and sooner or later they'll hang a felony on you, and then they'll own you. Off to jail, and if there is martial law, off to the work camps. You won't be able to purchase a gun or ammunition. And just wait until you have children and CPS comes along and says you're an unfit father.

Sooner or later your money will run out, and then there will be no expensive lawyer--just the public defender. Even if you win, you will not be able to sue because they'll exhaust you financially.

You're on a road leading down. Better take a step back and assess the big picture. Learning law--even if you disagree with it or think it's invalid--is like storing ammunition for a weapon. But it's magic ammunition that can be re-used indefinitely.
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I know a lot about law, actually. I've been studying it for years. Since no Constitutional de jure law is in place in this country (it's all corporate policy), and there are no courts of law (all military maritime admiralty courts), no jurisdiction (they try to own an artificial straw man they created for you), there's no purpose delving deeper into their web of lies and deceit. This is all I'm trying to say.

I can stand on my sovereignty -- for I have never gone into an agreement with them to give them power over me. I have never consented to being a part of their government. I do NOT consent and WILL NOT ever consent. At least not until a good form of government is created on this land (not likely to happen).

That's all I'm trying to explain to you. I will not be hiring lawyers anymore -- I had to this time because we were in a desperate situation. No more though. Lawyers aren't too smart at all.
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Ahmed wrote:
Shaun: If you're going to be in court so much, you might consider going to law school.

The reason police are so abusive is obviously because the courts don't punish them when they're charged. So the reform of the police starts with the reform of the courts.
That means we punish them when the time is right.

Punish them with prejudice They'll get a healthy dose and maybe learn from it!

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Yeah .............it called blinded by the light! Live by the sword die by the sword.

However the pen is much swifter than the sword!
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I had a remotely similar experience to Shaun's earlier this year where I live. I drove to the local library shortly after sunrise to take a walk. Shortly, a security guard in his pickup truck begins shadowing me from behind. I turned around and he said, "Can I help you?" I said "no, leave me alone". He ordered me off the property. I said, "Who are you?" He said he was Hughes security - that Hughes owned the property. I intended to tell him that a sidewalk at a public library is not private property. But he rolled up his window after telling me I faced arrest. I eventually left without incident, but two days later at a nearby park the same time of morning, four police cars surrounded me with some BS report of a man in a green truck masturbating (I drive a white Ford Focus). One cop had his hand on his gun while he talked with me. I don't want to come off as simply a provocateur.....but personally....I see the day coming, and very soon, when I am going to have a major problem with these pieces of shit. Don't take this as an endorsement for every provocative or poorly-considered act on your part, but still --- there IS a time and a place. Exclamation
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That reminds me of a man arrested in Illinois a few years back.

He was a cyclist, riding through a park. Cops came up to him, ordered him off the bike, harassed him, and searched him. He was LAWFULLY carrying a firearm at the time. It was unloaded, zipped in a case, zipped in his backpack. He had a FOID card (required to merely possess a gun in Illinois).

He was arrested and charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (a felony). I faced this same charge. The charge was eventually dropped, and he sued the STATE ATTORNEY for malicious prosecution. He won $50,000 in a settlement.

When they brought him to court the first time, they tried to make him look like a sicko. They said he was flashing people in the park (completely BS), that he was a sex offender, etc etc etc -- they made like look like a pervert. Why? Because he was a law-abiding gun owner. Gun owners aren't looked on highly by government operatives in Illinois.

He had to come up with $25,000 for bond just to get out of jail. Needless to say, he spent a few nights in there.

The cops could never prove that anyone called or reported a "flasher." in the park. They could never prove ANY reason for stopping this man, searching him, or arresting him.


Despite numerous arrests of law-abiding gun owners in Illinois, like this man, states attorneys keep prosecuting. They prosecuted me for over a year. I beat them -- the charges were dismissed with prejudice. I had an honest judge -- a good judge (becoming rarer and rarer all the time). The state attorney here has appealed this dismissal. They filed a motion to reconsider, and we slam-dunked them again with the bar-none BEST gun carrying decision in Illinois EVER. They still didn't learn their lesson and filed an appeal. I will now beat them on the apellate level and it will provide over 1.5 million law-abiding gun owners with UNMISTAKABLE "case law" so they can carry their guns. Then I'll sue the bastards for malicious prosecution and beat them there too.

I also got charged with "carrying a concealed weapon" up in Wisconsin. Once again there are no grounds, no law was broken, no legal search was conducted, nothing.

They just do whatever they want, and they feverishly PUNISH law-abiding gun owners.
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