Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:32:45 -0700 From: spooner@gbis.com (Rick Tompkins/Kathy Harrer) Subject: [lpaz-repost] Horiuchi "healing," government style To: lpaz-repost@yahoogroups.com
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>June 15, 2001
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>RUBY RIDGE: BILL OF RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT IS NOW THE ONLY "HEALING"
>
>A week after a federal appeals court miraculously ave the
>go-ahead for prosecution of Ruby Ridge sniper Lon Horiuchi on
>charges of involuntary manslaughter, hopes for justice have
>been dashed again - not by arrogant federal officials, but by
>the very people who just won that victory.
>
>As the *Chicago Tribune* reported June 15, 2001, Boundary
>County, Idaho, prosecutor Brett Benson decided not to press
>charges, claiming that the case against Horiuchi for the
>killing of Vicki Weaver would be "difficult to prove" in
>court (absurd, given the amount of documentation and
>testimony available).
>
>Unbelievably, Benson also announced, "It is our hope that this
>decision will begin the healing process that is so long overdue."
>
>Do we "heal" after crimes by letting criminals walk free? Would
>"healing" in the Oklahoma City bombing case have been achieved
>by letting Timothy McVeigh and other perpetrators walk free
>while survivors suffered? Does a woman "heal" from a rape because
>a prosecutor lets her attacker walk? Does a homeowner "heal" when
>he learns officials had the thief in their grasp and let him go?
>
>Does anyone, including Brett Benson, actually believe such cruel
>and callous nonsense?
>
>Certainly others involved in the case don't believe it. As the
>*Tribune* reported: "Attorney Stephen Yagman of Los Angeles, who
>was appointed by Benson's predecessor as special prosecutor in
>the case, was angered at Benson's decision.
>
>"'In order for me to agree to drop these charges, someone would
>have had to kill me first,' Yagman said from his Los Angeles
>office. 'It was done without consulting me, sneakily and behind
>my back.'"
>
>Yagman spoke with Randy Weaver who he described as "chagrined"
>but willing to stay the course to get justice. There appears to
>be only one hope left. Since Idaho has no statute of limitations
>on homicide, some future prosecutor with more integrity could
>yet re-file charges against Horiuchi.
>
>There is only one form of healing that will work now: Enforce
>the Bill of Rights. Return freedom to America, so that the
>powerful can no longer stomp at will on the liberties of ordinary
>men and women. Hold federal officials as accountable for their
>deeds as any other citizens. Stop regarding them as a privileged
>class, immune from the laws that bind the rest of us.
>
>Whatever the future holds for Lon Hoiruchi, strict and diligent
>Bill of Rights Enforcement is the only thing that can save the
>future of America.
>
>This summer, a new book by Claire Wolfe and Aaron Zelman will
>blow the lid off the coming American police state. *The State
>vs. the People* will show exactly what makes a country a police
>state. (It's not random acts of government brutality; it's a
>sophisticated system of government control with brutality as
>one lever of power.) The book will show why America is not yet
>a police state - but why it's almost certain to become one if
>we don't reverse direction SOON.
>
>In the meantime, despite the beauties of Boundary County, Idaho,
>we suggest you don't spend any of your vacation dollars there
>and that you tell county officials why. The responsibility for
>this decision wasn't Brett Benson's alone. His deed came as no
>surprise, since county voters elected him knowing he "had no
>enthusiasm" for bringing the FBI sniper to justice.
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION:
>Boundary County District Attorney's Office - 208-267-7545
>Brett Benson, Attorney at Law - 208-267-2095
>Boundary County Commissioners' Office - 208-267-7723
>Boundary County/Bonners Ferry Chamber of Commerce - 208-267-5922
>
>The Liberty Crew
>
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