Note to Judges:
This morning I gave a ride to a friend to work whose vehicle was in the shop. If you want to falsely accuse me of Human Trafficking for driving my buddy for exposing your phony courtroom, I understand, but all I ask is to make a written report this time.
The Law Office of Kirk Freeman is thinking of selling t-shirts on our website. How about:
"I filed a Freedom of Information Act request on your phony courtroom and I got a phony report to the Sheriff."
Too busy? Maybe:
"Phony courtroom=phony police report"
"Free the Phony Courtroom 1"
Brrrrraaaap! No. You have to provide a relevant comparison. jpg's, gif's or video preferred.
What? Did Kirk get frosted tips and a manicure?
The Law Office of Kirk Freeman is thinking of selling t-shirts on our website. How about:
"I filed a Freedom of Information Act request on your phony courtroom and I got a phony report to the Sheriff."
Too busy? Maybe:
"Phony courtroom=phony police report"
"Free the Phony Courtroom 1"
In the "It Seems to Me " category . . .
Doesn't IC 35-44-2-2, "False Reporting or Informing", make this phony police report a crime? A Class B Misdemeanor at the very least? I'd argue it's a Class A Misdemeanor at the least as it interfered with the duties of the bailiffs. Depending on how the report was made, it could be stretched into a felony (emphasis on stretched).
Just a layman reading the IC who's wondering why the PD and/or Sheriff's office isn't investigating it to bring the slimy slug to justice.
John
[who also realizes you gotta pick your fights]
Generally false informing requires a false report of a crime or false statements in the course of the official investigation of a crime. Handgun in a courthouse is normally a civil ordinance violation or contempt action. Contempt might get you close, but I don't see the "crime" part here to trigger false informing.In the "It Seems to Me " category . . .
Doesn't IC 35-44-2-2, "False Reporting or Informing", make this phony police report a crime? A Class B Misdemeanor at the very least? I'd argue it's a Class A Misdemeanor at the least as it interfered with the duties of the bailiffs. Depending on how the report was made, it could be stretched into a felony (emphasis on stretched).
Just a layman reading the IC who's wondering why the PD and/or Sheriff's office isn't investigating it to bring the slimy slug to justice.
John
[who also realizes you gotta pick your fights]
Generally false informing requires a false report of a crime or false statements in the course of the official investigation of a crime. Handgun in a courthouse is normally a civil ordinance violation or contempt action. Contempt might get you close, but I don't see the "crime" part here to trigger false informing.
Deep breath, unwind shorts. Cease running around the conference table. Go back and read the post I was responding to. Then go back and read your original post which I will provide for you here with some helpful bold.Carrying a handgun is a crime in the State of Indiana, not a "civil ordinance violation". In fact I just happen to know that Carrying a Handgun without a License is a Class A misdemeanor, 0 to 365 days in jail and up to $5,000 in fines. A misdemeanor is a crime in the State of Indiana. Accusing someone falsely of a misdemeanor is a crime in Indiana. Moreover, and to the point, bearing false witness to the Sheriff of Tippecanoe County that an individual is carrying a handgun is a crime.
Intimidation is a crime. Criminal Confinement is a crime.
The System is busy covering this up. It does not need any additional help.
What's next? Drugs? Child porn? If she can make crap up about me, who is next?
One battle, a local skirmish.
What is far more important is the crap they pulled on me for discussing this APRA request/county policy with other attorneys. "Someone" (don't know who yet) told the Sheriff that I was carrying a gun into the courthouse to stop me from following up on this APRA/FOIA request. A Sheriff's deputy pulled me into a bathroom to ask if I was carrying a gun in the courthouse and then advised that I was "ranting" on Facebook about planning to carry a gun into the courthouse and the new office building. There was no such commentary on Facebook (plenty of commentary on appellate cases or legal stuff in the news but nothing about guns in the courthouse). This was done in retaliation for the APRA/FOIA request. The Sheriff's deputies refused to tell me who made the accusation. (In no way do I blame or hold the Sheriff's deputies for any wrongdoing. They are retired cops, brave and honorable men doing a retirement gig and I hold them not at fault for any issue here).
I filed at TR27 and am scheduled to have a hearing on depositions later this month. I have retained counsel for the depositions.
My APRA/FOIA was merely a skirmish. The real battle is to come. They won't get away with this. I don't scare.
Is the harassment ongoing as obviously as it was before, or are they getting smarter and sneakier about it?
Deep breath, unwind shorts. Cease running around the conference table. Go back and read the post I was responding to. Then go back and read your original post which I will provide for you here with some helpful bold.
To the extent you are accusing me of helping anyone cover anything up, go **** yourself.
Carrying a handgun is a crime no matter where one carries it in public. She reported a crime to the Sheriff of Tippecanoe County.
The "not a crime" was the first line of defense that the County tried to float. It didn't work as obviously the law states that carrying a handgun is a crime. They are on to new defenses.
Not accusing you of anything. I edited the post. No offense intended.
Thank you. I will edit mine.