Set Bad Phoenix Cops on Fire*

Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn wrote in 1967 that "You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power."

Solzhenitsyn, of course is the Russian born, Nobel prize winning author who was arrested in 1945 for comments he made, critical of Stalin, in a letter to a friend, and was sent to the Gulags. He claimed the comments originally were "only jokes" but Solzhenitsyn, after his ten year experience of incarceration, was rarely joking in his writing as he became the worlds foremost critic of communist totalitarianism in the world, a feared and greatly respected man who's very words effected soviet policy for decades. A fire was lit in a young Aleksandr when he was arrested on unjust censorship charges, and in the end, that fire burned Aleksandr far less than his conviction burned the state which sought to punish him, and which he eventually outlived.

This is the principle of blowback, which has gained prominence in recent years after a book of the same name was published. The basic idea, both from a personal and intelligence perspective, is that meddling unjustly in other people's affairs, to help your own interests, is gonna come back to bite you on the ass. Not only is it usually quasi-illegal, it is so, because, quite frankly, its a bad idea.

But still, some people haven't learned yet, so id like to ask you to help teach them a very important lesson.

As JD Tuccille writes in his Examiner column here:

Perhaps the best publicity a critic of the powers-that-be can ever get
for his cause is to be the target of over-the-top official retaliation. That
automatically validates what the critic is saying while at the same time
massively expanding the audience for his message. So, in an odd way, Jeff Pataky
owes a "thank you" to the Phoenix Police Department for raiding his home and
hauling away computers and other material related to a Website and blog he maintains that focus attention on misdeeds involving the Phoenix PD.

Read the first link for the full story, and when you are done, especially if you live in the Valley of the Sun (as I do) spread the word about both the web page and the blog, and why you dont think that criticisms of public officials (especially crooked ones) is justification for deprivation of property, liberty, or any other sort of harassment. The more traffic that can be sent to both the website, and the blog, the more apparent that retaliatory violation of the constitutional rights of those critical of a public official is not just illegal, immoral, reprehensible, and generally wrong, but that its going to directly result in a complete backfire of the intended suppression, and a large updraft of public awareness.

Again, the links to the blog, and the webpage.

badphoenixcops.com
badphoenixcops.blogspot.com

I expect to see your posts linking to them shortly.



*I am in no way advocating the the torching of police officers, but rather, supporting the publics interest in promoting and visiting a site that explains why others sometimes do.

Self Defense

(updated link) 05/29/08

Isnt just about using your hands, sometimes its about using your mind.

It also isnt just the criminals you have to defend yourself against.

I highly recommend every one of you watch the following video, it is geared more towards academia and professionals, but i think that only serves to reinforce the credibility of the ideas presented. this is not a fringe idea, this is not a hip hop "Stop Snitchin'" campaign, this is the facts.

http://youfailit.net/files/DontTalktoPolice(wmr).asf <---Video

There are thousands and thousands of laws on the book in every state of the union, and nearly as many felony laws in the massive library of laws we call the US Code. Any one of those many laws, even if not known to you (and there is no way anyone could know them all) can be used to deprive you of your Liberty. For example, are you aware that the 1981 amendment to the Lacey Act made it a felony to: "import, export, transport, buy, sell or receive fish, wildlife and plants taken or possessed in violation of federal, state, tribal, or foreign law or to transport fish or wildlife without a plainly marked package that clearly identifies the contents in accordance with the law".

So now, to remain certain you are not committing a felony, you have to not only know our laws, but the laws of every other country, even if those laws are not felony statutes. If you think this is far fetched, you would be mistaken, as there are numerous accounts of convictions under this act, almost all of which result in serious prison time. Even if the fish was a gift from your uncle, and is protected by local law in haiti where the fish originated... Now admitting that you received the fish, say as to explain that you couldn't have committed the crime because you were at your uncles at the time, and you have just confessed to a felony and to a jail-able offense.

Fact: Anything you say can be used against you, but nothing you can say can be used in your defense. If you call the officer in court and ask him to repeat some wonderful clearing piece of evidence, it will be dismissed as hearsay, but if he misshears you say you did commit a crime, that is admissable evidence, and it becomes your word against his.

Fact: If you are caught in even an innocent or mistaken lie, the legal standard is that all of your testimony is also coloured by perjury, and close enough to a confession to assist in obtaining a conviction against you.

Fact: If you make a statement, even true, and the state can obtain a witness to claim something other than your claim, the same standard is applied, and you might as well have confessed, even if you are telling the truth.

Fact: "Off the record". Its like a unicorn. Neither one exists.

Fact: Congress, consistently passes around 300 new laws a year.

Consider the following:

• In 2004, state and federal courts convicted a combined total of nearly 1,145,000 adults of felonies -- state courts convicted an estimated 1,079,000 adults and federal courts convicted 66,518 adults (accounting for 6% of the national total).
  
  
• In 2004, 70% of all felons convicted in state courts were sentenced to a period of confinement.
  
  
• Prison sentences in state courts averaged almost 5 years in 2004.
  
  
• The average sentence to local jail was 6 months. The average probation sentence was about 3 years.
  

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics Criminal Sentencing Statistics

Dont betray yourself.

Dont become a statistic in a country with the highest rate of imprisonment in the world.

Dont think you can talk your way out of it.

Dont think they wont use anything you say against you

Dont think someone has to defend your rights, other than you.

Dont talk to the police.

Its a right, be proud of it. and exercise it.

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." -- The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.

Please, defend yourself, before it is too late. Take the fifth.

If I've made any errors, please feel free correct me. Again, I'm not a lawyer, and i couldn't even begin to consider myself knowledgeable on the subject.

But, the guy in the video is both. Watch the video.

Semper Vigilans