Police Raids And Taxes
BY Herschel Smith
2 years, 10 months ago
Ammoland.
“As seen in the body-worn camera video released by Minneapolis Police, Mr. Locke appears to be sleeping on the couch during the execution of a no-knock warrant, “ stated Bryan Strawser, Chair, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. “He is awoken with a confusing array of commands coming from multiple officers who are pointing lights and firearms at him.”
“Mr. Locke did what many of us might do in the same confusing circumstances, he reached for a legal means of self-defense while he sought to understand what was happening, “ added Rob Doar, Senior VP, Governmental Affairs.
“The tragic circumstances of Mr. Locke’s death were completely avoidable, “ stated Doar. “It’s yet another example where a no-knock warrant has resulted in the death of an innocent person. In this case, as in others, the public should expect and receive full transparency and accountability from law enforcement agencies that serve and protect our local communities.”
“Amir Locke, a lawful gun owner, should still be alive, “ added Strawser. “Black men, like all citizens, have a right to keep and bear arms. Black men, like all citizens, have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure.”
The deceased wasn’t a suspect in any crime. Now he is dead.
No, I don’t want full transparency. No, there will never be full accountability for all of the thousands killed in police raids in America.
What I want is for this wicked practice to be outlawed. The men who perpetrate it aren’t heroes of the community. They are paid thugs doing the bidding of a police state.
There is some utopianism here, some tip of the hat to “we the government are here to help and make things better by fighting a war on drugs.”
I … DON’T … CARE … ABOUT … YOUR … WAR … ON … DRUGS. Nor do I support it. I don’t want you to conduct a war on anything.
There is also some tip of the hat to tax collection going on here. The FedGov gets taxes from the legal (and also addictive) narcotics sold by doctors/pharmacies. They just don’t get it when something natural is crafted by makers of liquor.
WILKES COUNTY, N.C. — A Wilkes County man pleaded guilty on Friday in Charlotte for distilling moonshine, according to The Charlotte Observer.
Clifton Ray Anderson Jr., 47, is from a farm community of Boomer and is the fifth person to plead guilty for a white-lightning distribution ring out of the county.
Anderson Jr. pled guilty to possession of an unregistered still and conspiracy to defraud the United States of excise taxes on distilled liquor.
Of his role in the ring, Anderson Jr. said “I’m the distiller. I’m the one who made it.” He said he was trying to help out the poor people in the community. He said many people struggle and don’t even receive food stamps in their county.
Anderson said he is a cattle farmer seven days a week and didn’t need the money, but did it as a service to others.
Prosecutors said Anderson leased a barn for $500 a month to produce more than 9,000 gallons of untaxed liquor from April 2018 to September 2020. He leased the barn from Gary Matthew Ray, 53, who has already pled guilty in the case.
Ray, along with Wilkesboro resident Roger Nance, 76, and Hamptonville resident Huie Kenneth Nicholson, 75, drove the moonshine to Virginia. They delivered it to James Patterson, 71, of Dinwiddie, Virginia to sell and distribute.
The ring cost the government over $100,000 in federal and state taxes. The conspiracy and illegal-still possession charges each carry a sentence of up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Did you catch the part in bold? That’s sort of like the street thief saying you cost him money by buttoning your pocket when you walked down the street.
And it doesn’t slip past me that the liquor tax began when George Washington found a way to pay the back wages of the soldiers after the war of independence. Congress failed him by not coming up with the money promised to the soldiers, and he found a way. But this set the worst precedent imaginable.
On February 8, 2022 at 7:12 am, Bill Buppert said:
…and those tax resisters in Pennsylvania during the Whiskey Rebellion should have unhorsed Washington, found the nearest stout oak and hanged him as compensation for his sponsorship of post-conflict London-in-a-box governance (the conspiracy in Philadelphia) after the divorce with the UK.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18135874-conspiracy-in-philadelphia
On February 8, 2022 at 7:28 am, Bill Buppert said:
Until all American police forces (19,000 departments from the local to Federal level) are disarmed, this will never stop.
But that is impossible because absent the coproach, no man can be lorded over by the state at any level. No politician could rob a single man of his liberty and sustenance without the police.
On February 8, 2022 at 8:22 am, Nosmo said:
I will not contest the malicious premise of using police to enforce tax collection by force or with lethal weaponry; it is something that should never be permitted.
At the very least, it shows the importance of securing doors against entry. The police had a key, but even “having a key” can be defeated by using additional methods to secure a door against entry. Had the key not worked for entry police would have had to force entry through destructive means, giving Mr Locke time to awaken, gain his wits and figure out what as happening.
As for the excuse that securing the door would have required a fellow occupant to awaken Mr. Locke to gain entry, losing some sleep would seem a rather small price to pay given the possibility of more severe consequences.
It should never be forgotten that police are Armed Government Agents; prepare accordingly.
On February 8, 2022 at 9:41 am, Bob in NC said:
There’s also this …OK, hit and run and DUI aside,there is no justification for this treatment, and these cops should be jailed. “Pain compliance” my ass.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/watch-elderly-army-vet-paralyzed-after-cops-handcuff-him-break-his-neck-during-traffic-stop/
On February 8, 2022 at 10:04 am, Paul B said:
I fully expect to need to use my skills in self defense against cops. It will not end well.
On February 8, 2022 at 5:12 pm, Echo Hotel said:
But these were the good apples in the barrel according to Peter over at BRM. That sonofabitch deserved to be shot by GOOD MEN for the “crime” of sleeping on his own couch. HOW DARE HE?!
I’m sick to death of the IKAGO bullshit.
On February 9, 2022 at 8:27 am, Daniel Smith said:
History is a good teacher in this situation. It shows the tenacity and stubbornness of American patriots. During prohibition, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina at night, you could see fires burning for miles. The more they take, the more we will continue to become evermore stubborn and non compliant. I welcome the day as I’m sure other veterans who remain silent, as I do, welcome the day when patriots of this broken country say “enough”.
On February 9, 2022 at 1:01 pm, Longbow said:
Well… I mean…. his crime was “Failure to grovel”. That alone can get you a death sentence. If he had just fallen face to the floor and rendered obeisance he might have lived.
And remember, these cops are PROUD of themselves.