Sheehan, Matthis, and Brower trial delayed
A couple of people have asked me what happened in the trial of Sheehan, Matthis and Elaine Brower last week. I’ll let the She-creature explain;
I had an early flight out of Sacramento this morning and on my way to the airport at 6am, I got a message from one of our lawyers that the trial was going to be continued because a judge couldn’t be found due to some “judge’s conference.” So, from Monday to Wednesday, a Judge Convention (golf games?) arose which necessitated the postponement of our trial? I would like to believe that’s true, but with all of the other harassment and outright lies put together, I logically doubt the integrity of the court system. Not to mention the officer at the Park Police station who practically admitted that I was being singled out for harassment when he said, “If you would stop protesting this stuff would stop happening to you.”
Not only all of the above, but I am calling for more protests in DC from July 4th to July 17th and I have a “stay away order” from the perimeter of the White House which includes the sidewalk in Lafayette Park that borders Pennsylvania Avenue. The order is in place until our trial-whenever that is going to be. This stay away order will seriously hamper and limit my right to free speech.
I call “Shenanigans” on the entire episode-the system knows that we are correct about the wars and they know that our civil rights have been violated. The system should be on trial-not we anti-war activists.
A nation built on lies seldom, if ever, wants to hear the truth.
UPDATE: THE “LEGAL” SYSTEM IN DC IS SAYING THAT WE PROBABLY CAN’T RESCHEDULE THE TRIAL (FOR AN INFRACTION) UNTIL AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE FINANCIALLY AND CONSTITUTIONALLY. SINCE I HAVE ALREADY LOST HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON AIR-FARE AND DAYS OUT OF MY LIFE THAT I WILL NEVER GET BACK, ETC FOR THIS TRIAL, I AM DEMANDING MY SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A SPEEDY TRIAL TO BE HELD WHEN I AM IN DC FOR SIZZLIN’ SUMMER PROTESTS IN JULY.
THEY WANT TO BREAK ME, BUT I WASN’T BROKEN WHEN THEY KILLED MY SON–WHAT DO THEY THINK THEY CAN DO TO ME NOW?
Actually, she’s pretty lucky. Her buddy, Hugo, has people in jail waiting for trial for years with no end in sight. But she just lost the cost of plane tickets, what’s the beef?
Thanks to freebirdnavybrat for the link.
Category: Antiwar crowd, General Whackos, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America
“This stay away order will seriously hamper and limit my right to free speech.”
Wrong. You are still free to say what you want, just not THERE.
“who practically admitted that I was being singled out for harassment when he said, “If you would stop protesting this stuff would stop happening to you.””
No, dearest–it’s like saying if you don’t stick your tongue in a lightsocket, the chances of your getting shocked go WAYYYYYYYY down. IOW, nobody is “singling you out”, you CHOOSE to put yourself out there. Capiche?
Right Sparky, if one continues to hit oneself in the head with a hammer, eventually the headache sets in. When you stop, the headache goes away.
But, I really do hope she goes to the courthouse, throws open the doors and demands her right to a speedy trial. I’d pay to watch that.
Actually, this stinks of a publicity whore just trying to get some more.
Reminds me of the runner’s joke–why are runners like people who hit themselves in the head with hammers? Because it feels so good when you stop…