Despite Threats, Activists Inform Jurors

Far more polished than my video of Julian’s outreach. Then again my good quality footage was taken from me.

I love it! Even the police eventually came around and showed that they had at least a modicum of humor and human spirit. You guys are right, a couple of electro-shock torture incidents had probably been avoided by occupying over 15 cops for so long.

Can people imagine why big cities are so over run with crime when most the cops are just standing around harassing law abiding folks? That and the outright prohibition of self-defense in most municipalities…

Excellent video, it brought a smile to my soul!

Do you have a .pdf of the pamphlets?

And

http://libertyactivism.info/wiki/List_of_folded_leaflets_by_author#Fully_Informed_Jury_Association

Thanks.

LOL @ “Heisenberg Principle”. Quick thinking there!

They should have sued the cop who made the terrorist thread involving the camera. They should have also sued the cop who threatened to commit false arrest on trumped up “interference” charges.

Can we get more information about upcoming events? I’m particularly interested in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 26 event. I have a digital camera that can take videos.

I also have a question. In Florida, if the police ask for your name, are you required by law to give it? Does the 5th amendment apply? Is it legal to simply say, “I reserve my right not to answer any questions without my lawyer present.”?

First, let me say that you guys really kicked ass here. I love how you got the empty threats on video. When the police act as if there’s parity between you asking them their names, and them asking yours, remind them that you aren’t currently collecting taxpayer money, and that they are. Tell them that it’s your belief that tax-financed public servants are required to give their names, if they intend to take your money. Tell them that you will give them your name when they begin paying you, and after you take an oath to uphold the US Constitution.

Great job with the video! I love the empty threats on tape! Just shows what I’ve known all along: they usually back down and don’t violate individual rights if there are witnesses. (That was always the response I got. I’ve even handed out FIJA stuff inside courtrooms, in a interpersonal and polite way, not randomly “handing them out”. I would always strike up a conversation when I did this, often after having observed a traffic court until a recess was called. When the recess was called, I casually struck up a conversation with one or two of the people around me saying: I defeated my traffic court here last month with this information. Do any of you want to know more about what your rights are? —If there are stubbornly “no takers”, I gently mock them, “Ah, just here to give them your money then? OK.” and then leave. I also handed out http://marcstevens.net URL with the FIJA stuff. In the future, I will include http://www.jurorsforjustice.com as well.)

Optimizing Jury Rights Activism:

I strongly suggest that “Surviving Voir Dire” by Clay Conrad be included in the handouts. A strong jury rights message and willingness to follow through and not conform means absolutely nothing if the person simply gets themselves dismissed.

I also strongly suggest wearing suits where possible (conformists will be more cowed by an appearance of wealth –and fearful of your potential power–, since they have simple minds, and nonconformists won’t mind, because the message is more important to them).

These are just some things I’ve noticed. I in no way mean to diminish what you have done: having a set of balls is the first step, and you pass go and collect $200 in that respect.

Individual Freedom, Peace.

Again, I’m not trying to be nosy, or tell you how to run your civil disobedience.

It’s also good to not use any of the terms that the police use. You were wise to avoid admitting “protest”. Police often use terms in feigned ignorance, and then profess that they were using them legally, in reference to a new law that expands their powers.

For instance, in court after having arrested you, they might testify in court “He said he was a part of a protest, and during protests, we have a right to secure the building in case people start getting out of hand. Also, we noticed later, online that he is a self-professed anarchist, so we didn’t want any violence. Anarchists often support violent rebellion against the state, so maybe it’s good that we cuffed and stuffed him before he started his violence.”

“We’re just letting people that we meet on the street, in public, have a little free information that we think is valuable, about their rights to a proper, constitutional jury trial.”

“We simply disagree with some of the things that we believe have taken place inside this building.” (If he asks you what, then specifically mention relevant cases and anti-jury practices that have been upheld, so that they are required to give the transcript to your jury as evidence, if you are arrested. Make a compelling case. )

“We are simply documenting the waste of taxpayer money for a documentary we are creating.”

Also, be sure to quote them state legal precedent that upholds the First Amendment, since the courts have upheld the idea that they don’t need to know the law. If they are informed of the law, and they still arrest you, you dramatically strengthen their case, since you have put the onus on them to contact their superior to get to the bottom of it. If you shut up, are peaceful, and don’t interfere while they are doing this, you then dramatically strengthen your position, especially if you capture the entire procedure on tape (then, if he violates your rights anyway, the top chain of command violated your rights, and you can own them in court).

Often in escalation, a call to the superior results in the superior giving permission for you to be there, and even expanding where you can be. (This happened to me in Houston, TX in 2004, while I was putting Gary Nolan/Michael Badnarik/Aaron Russo on the ballot). The police chief there actually has read the constitution, and told his officers not to bother me! He clearly said to them over the radio “What he’s doing is lawful. He has a right to be there (response) …as long as he doesn’t stop people from getting on the trains, he’s fine, again, he has a right to be there.”

I was on an elevated commuter train platform, in a crowd of people.

Contrast this with Chicago, where thugs arrested the more clueless of the petitioners (Mostly Ralph Nader petitioners –the ones who were not adept at going incognito, and didn’t know how to argue their case in the way I did above).

Just a few casual observations, take them for what they’re worth. (I’m not a licensed attorney, this is not state-condoned legal advice.)

When I’m talking with people about what Julian does I make sure not to use “protest” and rather inform them he is trying to distribute additional information on being a jurist. I only use “protest” to describe his actions after being cited for doing so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNXrGXBzQVw&feature=related
–If you like electronic music / Rave culture, might want to check this out. Squarepusher rave remixes by someone related to him… many versions of same song “Ceephax”. Well worth bringing to Joe Biden’s future gravesite, so you can dance on it properly.

Anyone second the motion for Joe Biden to win the ‘least valuable human being award’ of 2012? (That’ll give us a couple years to save up enough excrement to build an appropriate monument to honor the man who militarized the DEA against dance music. )

The new HTC Evo phone is 4G, and comes out this summer. the phone itself acts as a wireless hotspot for any 3 wireless laptops. It streams what appears to be higher quality video than the apple/ATT iphone 3g. It also does a lot more cool stuff than i can list here, because it comes with android, which is open source (but has an equal expectation of zero privacy — as if it needed to be mentioned…)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ANFR4zG44&feature=related
The Dicks – “Hate the Police”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kTjT-kMFwY&feature=related
Bad Brains -”Banned in D.C.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkIsf9LCiII
-Cop Shoot Cop “Surprise, Surprise” (the government lies)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rd_YsIGSyIs&feature=related
-Cop Shoot Cop -”If Tomorrow Ever Comes” (Change We Can Believe In!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JhppQwMMBI
-Cop Shoot Cop -”Got No Soul”

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+largest+street+gang+in+america&aq=0
“The Largest Street Gand in America”
–this documentary on the police state is old, but if you haven’t seen it yet, it might put things in perspective. Keep watching, it gets deeper into ideas as it goes…

And music from the only self-professed voluntaryist anarchist of everything I’ve posted: Paul Kantner!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboRijhWFDU
-Jefferson Airplane “Volunteers”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3-u6skLIls&feature=related
-Jefferson Airplane “We Can Be Together” (lyrics: we are forces of chaos and anarchy, everything they say we are, we are)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro08bILEvqc
NWA: “Fuck tha police” (classic rap)

I’m trying to bring more rap artists into the LP. I think the logical first would be cypress hill, since they don’t shirk away from the implications of their message like most rap artists do, (and most people do, in general).

I’m tired of the LP being a country club for disgruntled elderly Republicans with shriveled balls and no vision. …Y’know, we could be a lot bigger and scarier than we are.

What if all of our candidates got educated about jury rights and all made it their number one issue, proclaiming individual freedom NOW is the answer, while championing a realistic outreach strategy? It would make marijuana legalization irrelevant, because it would suddenly be nullified in great enough numbers to destroy the black market monopoly.

Counter-economics is the ultimate way that stubborn-stupid empires fall.

George: why don’t you guys put a weblink to say FIJA.org in case people have questions on the pamphlet and want to learn more?

Hello George,I was just given your link to this site and it does
my heart good to know there are other Patriots trying to get this awful mess cleaned up.I am an American Grand Jury
member and your site has been linked there.A letter has been posted to explain.Maybe some of the AGJ members may wish to join you .while they are resting. Lastly ,do you have
a P.O.Box ? as some of us refuse to use our C.C.s

To whom it may concern,
Whether or not you are aware of American Grand Juries work in ferreting out fraud and corruption in our system of government ,I thought it might be a
good time (and strictly F.Y.I ) for anyone interested in viewing “presentments” of Citizen Grand Juries who took out the time to see if our system of government is truly broken and in need of repair by the Citizens of our great country.
These presentments have been served (both Certified mail/return receipt requested and “process serve directly to courts) and over 400 legislators,Federal and State,Governors,Lt. Governors Senators,Congressmen,Attorney Generals ,Sheriffs and election officials
but apparently these representatives are above the law and The US Constitution and feel they like the status quo as is, so have simply refused to look or investigate.These raw (not notarized as in proper serve)
presentments can be found here ,should you care to have a look.The two different citizens grand juries are
Archive_Oct7_Presentments.pdf 552 K 274 Jury members unanimous vote
YES
Jan_18 Presentments.pdf 524 K 165 jury members unanimous vote YES
Located at link:

http://americangrandjury.org/public/super_jury/

The American Grand Jury website can be found here:

http://americangrandjury.org/

You guys are courageous. You didn’t let yourselves be baited or intimidated by those thugs with badges. It’s a painful reminder of my own cowardice in the face of the emerging police state.