James Madison said: “It is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. We hold this prudent jealousy to be the first duty of citizens and one of the noblest characteristics of the late Revolution. The freemen of America did not wait till usurped power had strengthened itself by exercise and entangled the question in precedents. They saw all the consequences in the principle, and they avoided the consequences by denying the principle. We revere this lesson too much… to forget it.â€
Today I was able to have a small victory against the first experiment upon my liberties. The reason I fought this for four years was because of Madison’s statement.
After a four year battle I was exonerated today. Four years ago this month a Fascist Nevada Highway Patrol Officer arrested me for not having identification with me while driving a friend’s truck. The Cop took all of my identification and placed it randomly around the truck, tucking into seat crevices, the glove box and under the seat.
I was taken to the Clark County Detention center and booked. I was told I had to have a vaccination. I refused. I was questioned even though I demanded that I be allowed to remain silent and had demanded an Attorney. Because of my refusal I was hit twice in the privates and then placed in solitary confinement. I was informed by one of the officers that I was being punished for my religious beliefs.
My wife sent the bail money down but she was informed that I was being uncooperative so my paperwork would probably be lost unless I started being cooperative. My paperwork was lost. My wife was informed that my paperwork had been, for some reason, placed at the bottom of the stack although it should have been on the top. After about 36 hours in jail I was released.
Then off to the court system where I was never arraigned. I fought the Justices of the Peace because none of them had the required bond. The first judge recused herself. That battle took a year and the ruling was that although the justices of the peace did not have a bond there was no penalty statute. Naturally there was a penalty statute but Judge Bixler ignored it. Here is the statute:
NRS 4.030 Oath and bond of justice of the peace. Each justice of the peace elected or appointed in this State shall, before entering upon the duties of his office:
1. Take the oath prescribed by law.
2. Execute a bond to the State of Nevada, to be approved by the board of county commissioners and furnished at county expense, in the penal sum of not less than $10,000 or more than $50,000, as may be designated by the board of county commissioners. The bond must be conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and filed in the office of the county clerk.
Note that a bond must be secured. It never was so the Justices of the Peace had never taken office.
I was then sent to trial although I was never arraigned. An arraignment is a requirement:
NRS 174.015 Conduct of arraignment.
1. Arraignment shall be conducted in open court and shall consist of reading the indictment or information to the defendant or stating to him the substance of the charge and calling on him to plead thereto. He shall be given a copy of the indictment or information before he is called upon to plead.
2. In Justice Court, before the trial commences, the complaint must be distinctly read to the defendant before he is called upon to plead.
I was tried and convicted on two of four counts after the Nevada Highway Patrol officer committed perjury on the stand.
I appealed within the 10 day requirement but the Justice of the Peace never forwarded my appeal to the District Court as required by statute. 2 year later I received notification that my appeal would be heard. I was given notification that said I was to appear at 10 AM but no date was given. I had to call the judges secretary to get the date. I showed up and the DA made a motion to dismiss because, he claimed, I had filed for an appeal 2 years late. I was able to prove I had indeed filed 2 years earlier and the case moved forward. The DA then filed a motion to dismiss claiming that I had not secured a court date within 60, as required. The problem with that argument is that you cannot set a court date until the Justice of the Peace sends the appeal request to the District Court Clerk which had not been done for 2 years.
The judge told the DA that his motion to dismiss was denied but that he could make that same argument in his response to my appeal brief and set a schedule. I had to send in my brief by October 10th and the DA was to respond by November 7th.
The DA never responded to my timely brief. Then today he argued that he could have a brief in in a week. I argued that the government had not done its job and that I had followed all of the rules and that they had not. The judge agreed and dismissed all of the charges against me.
If everyone would just fight, even the smallest infractions by the government, this nation would not be a nation of people whose rights are trampled on at every turn by public servants. Some times the master, We the People, have to fight back against tyranny.
You can SOMETIMES find justice in the courts but it is very hard. But more people need to challenge corrupt judges, corrupt Cops and corrupt DA and their deputies. The liberty you save may be your own.
May God support you in all your battles with the Beast of governemnt tyranny that we are forced to face on a daily basis here in America today.
Congratulations Christopher! You are a champion of freedom. May you long be preserved to continue leading the fight against government tyranny.
it cut out a huge section from the middle of the story AGAIN
I’m sorry, it has something to do with those arrows I put in- I am posting it again- sans the arrows-
Thank you so much for posting this- I am in the very beginning stages of waging my own battle against Clark County, NV..
My boyfriend and I are from CA and are victims of police brutality,kidnapping, and torture by Las Vegas Metro Police and the Clark County Detention Center. I was recently visiting LV for the first time in my life- we were patrons at a casino when we witnessed metro police abusing this girl in the middle of the casino floor- throwing her onto the ground as she screamed “get them off me!” and seemed to offer no resistance. I was shocked and just watched in silence. My boyfriend said in a tone loud enough for them to hear – “they’re abusing that woman!”one of the officers looked at my boyfriend after he said this but continued to drag this woman away, out of sight. We continued to gamble in the casino for about 30 minutes more when the officers came up to us and demanded to see our ID and follow them into a back room. we complied fully, my boyfriend even asked if he could cash out his voucher from the slot machine and they yelled at him to “keep moving”. When we got in the back room we saw the girl (who was being tossed around earlier)tied at hands and feet to a chair along with a bunch more uniformed people standing around. They brought me and my partner to separate corners of the room. i kept asking why i was there and they wouldn’t say anything. Then I said, “Are we here because my boyfriend tried to be a good samaritan and stick up for this complete stranger?!” and pointed to the girl tied up in the corner of the room. When I pointed to the girl a group of them grabbed me forcefully by the arms as if I had a weapon or was trying to hurt someone and spun me around so my face was to the wall, back facing all of them, crushing my wrists together hard. (At this time they turned my boyfriend around and put him in handcuffs. When he asked them why they were handcuffing him one of the officers replied “we know the nature of the male” but my boyfriend did not resist and let them handcuff him) I pulled away for a moment because he was seriously hurting my wrist and one of them said “you’re resisting arrest” and I asked what for and told them to lighten their grip because they were really hurting my arm and in response one of them squeezed even tighter in their grip (!) to where he sprained my “carpal navicular bone” (my wrist) – I have hospital records, photos, to prove it) I flailed and kicked in reaction to the pain and then one of them said “that’s battery of an officer” and then I dont know how many of them grabbed me and started tossing me around- they grabbed me by my shirt, off the ground and threw me to the ground- I am a 5’4″ 113 lb female with no prior arrests, no history of violence or misconduct of any kind! I blacked out. I had bruises all over my body (have proof) They tied me by the hands and feet and dragged me to a patrol car where I waited for 30 minutes (meanwhile inside my boyfriend heard the rest of them say ((after searching all of our stuff and not finding anything)) “so what are we doing, trespassing?” they uncuffed my boyfriend only after he signed a paper accusing him of “trespassing” ((we were staying at a hotel and were paying customers (have proof)) and then told him I was arrested for “kicking an officer” and was told I was being taken to Clark County Detention Center. I was booked for “Battery of a Police Officer”, “Battery by a prisoner”, “resisting arrest”,and “obstruction”, although on all of the documents I have recieved since the charges are always slightly different (??) My boyfriend paid $4,400.00 in person, in cash immediately when he got there. He was told that if he did it this way (instead of him paying by card or only a %) that I would be released in 4-6 hours. I TOO, DENIED THIS “TURBERCULOSIS VACCINATION” THAT CLARK COUNTY DETENTION CENTER STAFF SAID WAS “STANDARD PROCEDURE”, it conflicts with my personal belief/religion and I was terrified and didn;t trust it! I talked to other inmates who said they didn;t have to take any shot at all. I WAS FORCED TO SIT IN THE SAME CHAIR IN THE CORNER OF THE PROCESSING ROOM FOR OVER 24 HOURS WEARING A MASK FOR REFUSAL OF TAKING THIS SHOT. I WAS DENIED WATER MANY TIMES SAYING I WOULD “INFECT THE FOUNTAIN”, THEY ALSO DENIED ME USE OF PHONE AND SOMETIMES EVEN BATHROOM!!! MY BOYFRIEND WAS ALSO TOLD WHEN HE KEPT SHOWING UP AT THE DETENTION CENTER ASKING WHY I HADN’T BEEN RELEASED YET THAT IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS “BEING DIFFICULT” IN REFUSING THIS “TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION”After sitting in this chair for about 26 hours (and being yelled at anytime I tried to even stretch my legs out in front of me or put my arms inside the short sleeved Tshirt they gave me to keep warm in the freezing cold room(they took away all of my warm clothes and gave me a skirt, flip flops and the t shirt)they moved me to a “biohazard” room which I was forced to disinfect by hand myself. A guard told me that the guy in there before me had some infection that had not yet been diagnosed.
I am still in shock that this happened and am trying to collect as much info as I can- similar stories and such. I am a little scared after reading this article and many others I have found on the net which all say that the CLark County Justice system is extremely corrupt. I have just sent recorded and certified affidavits accepting the oath of office on the cop and the judge. Can anyone help me?? Is there any way I could get your name or case # to possibly refer to it?? Does anyone know a criminal defense lawyer in Nevada who will actually stand up against the cops and casino$$ ??