The statistics are in, the science is "settled": what passes for a Justice System in this nation does not fit it's title, there is only a Star-Chamber1 left of what used to be the world's finest Justice System. Three-quarters of the sitting Judges in the USA have been appointed by Liberals and dispense only Liberal Politics, not actual justice and not according to the Constitution, either. It makes little difference to this Star Chamber system to elect, for four years, a "conservative" President. We would need at least thirty years of such Presidents to make a change and reversion to actual justice and Constitutional (strict construction) Justice.
The case I refer to today is that of Mike Strickland, an independent videographer who was filming at one of Lefty-Looney Portland's many commies-on-parade street functions, and a group of thugs, face-covered anarchists and Black Lives Matter hired goons (Soros payroll, maybe?), attempted to shut down his 1A rights by physical intimidation. This bandit gang was led by the same person who had previously assaulted Mr. Strickland and put him in the hospital, surgery required, and should have been charged with Assault Second for that event, but never was. They were carrying the usual Black Bloc weaponry, quarter-staffs disguised as protest signs. Strickland was armed, and he pulled his pistol and covered the advancing gang with it, video of him showing he never had his finger on the trigger. He was arrested and OVER-charged with Felony menacing violations, despite the obvious fact that he was not prepared to immediately fire on the gang. His case went to "Court", and he was convicted.
There are too many examples during proceedings to list. Violations of Rules of Evidence such as the "best evidence rule" - police officers who were prepared to testify that Strickland's display of his weapon did NOT rise to Menacing because he was faced with multiple assailants, some of whom had previously assaulted him, ALL of the video of the confrontation, and reasons of the District Attorney as to why his assailants were not charged with any crime. (Conspiracy, Menacing and Intimidation Second would have been highly appropriate for Mr. Kerensa et al). In fact, Kerensa's gang were made out to be saintly victims in the most grotesque twisting of the truth that THIS 25-year LEO has ever heard about in a Criminal Proceeding.
Facing 50 years on the "stacked" charges, Strickland was sentenced to "only" 40 days in jail. This is a sign that the Star Chamber Court now knows that the legal proceeding itself will face some serious scrutiny. Interestingly, the Judge also removed Strickland's First Amendment Right to publicly operate a camera and publish the resulting video. The Judge lacks that authority, which belongs ONLY to the Federal Court. Is the Judge trolling to have his case tossed so the Star Chamber can be buried? Keep this in mind.
The Strickland Case has just handed POTUS Trump his best chance at reforming the ultra-liberal, Constitution-ignoring "Courts" of the Left Coast.
It is IMPERATIVE that USAG Jeff Sessions order an immediate Civil Rights investigation, leading to Grand Jury indictments of State officials involved. I have no proof, but I suspect that the proceeding vs. Strickland was ordered at a higher level than the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office. My guess is that it was ordered in the Governor's Office. A USAG investigation can and should subpoena the communications records of Governor Brown and the Democratic Party of Oregon. The Mayor of Portland at the time, Mr. Charlie Hales, a rat-a-tat liberal, might also have been involved. I am fairly certain that orders from the Chief of Portland Police also went down the line telling street officers with knowledge of the anarchist/BLM gang to keep quiet about that group's previous intimidation activities so that that gang could be portrayed as "victims".
Here is my solution, which fits MY rule of never offering conflict except at the level that will accomplish the goal, but it also fits another of MY Rules, that of turning the enemy's weaknesses against the enemy. Conservatives need to now demand that USAG Sessions makes the Strickland case a priority for Civil Rights investigation. The BEST way to do that is via FORCING Oregon's Senior Senator Ron Wyden to make that request of USAG Sessions. The "Big Stick" which Oregon's conservatives MUST use is to get a Petition going, with a HIGH number of signatures on it, and present it to Wyden. If Wyden ignores that, the heat of him ignoring it will generate smoke, and where there's smoke, there's fire, and that fire will then consume the Looney Left Star Chamber system and maybe take Wyden with it.
This Can be done, it SHOULD be done, it MUST be done.
Thank you.
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1. From the Wiki: "In modern usage, legal or administrative bodies with strict, arbitrary rulings and secretive proceedings are sometimes called, metaphorically or poetically, star chambers. This is a pejorative term and intended to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the proceedings."