Comments on Pro Libertate: Shielding the Executioner: Shaun Cowley, Paul Cassell, and the Murder of Danielle Willard

The claim that Miss Willard "hooked up with h...

2015-01-30T12:20:42.103-07:00

The claim that Miss Willard "hooked up with her dealer" is one I cannot independently verify, and one I won't report on the basis of an anonymous comment.

Both of the errors you mention widely reported in the local press. I've supplied the proper clarifications. Correcting Cowley's act of criminal homicide will prove a bit more difficult.

A few of your "facts" are incorrect. Fi...

2015-01-30T11:25:53.876-07:00

A few of your "facts" are incorrect. First, Danielle did not live in these apartments. She hooked up with her dealer around the corner and parked her car here to do her drugs. Second, it was not a police cruiser she hit. It was residents vehicle that she parked next to.

why would anyone lie, or even talk to the feds? ....

2014-09-02T13:35:06.089-06:00

why would anyone lie, or even talk to the feds?

... or to any law enforcement official, for that matter?

As with the Constitution itself, "Miranda" is useful primarily as a way of demonstrating the cynicism, hypocrisy, and predatory nature of those who presume to rule us. As you say above: One we understand that power is both the means and the end, everything done by our self-appointed rulers makes sense -- including the seemingly contradictory actions of Paul Cassell and people of his depraved ilk.

"Miranda" is invalid..." It does ...

2014-09-02T12:55:05.590-06:00

"Miranda" is invalid..."

It does not matter what the constitution says. TPTB say we are ruled by the constitution, as propaganda. TPTB claim that Miranda is a protection. It is not. I speak from personal experience. In 1980 I invoked Miranda as a defense against an incriminating statement to Customs Agents. The prosecution claimed Miranda was not violated because I was not yet under arrest, just suspicion, when questioned. In my case the lie I told was not important, it was trivial and of no consequence, but that did not matter. Any lie told to any federal agent is a felony. So why would anyone lie, or even talk to the feds? I talked because I did not know the law. I was not warned that answers not truthful, however trivial, or even if you consider the question an invasion of privacy, as I did, are felony offenses. To belabor the point, if a woman is stopped and asked her age, she must answer truthfully or not at all, otherwise she commits a felony. And the feds were not required to inform me that I could refuse to answer, but lying would be a felony.

The Appeals Court upheld the conviction, 2-1. The Supreme Court refused to hear the case, in spite of many cases where other Appeals Courts had ruled the opposite. One would think the confusion needed clarification, if justice was the goal. When you stop presuming justice is a goal, and expansion of power is the goal, contradictory or irrational decisions suddenly make sense.

I've never been a fan of the "incorporati...

2014-09-01T23:28:41.500-06:00

I've never been a fan of the "incorporation" theory, which was used to expand federal power in the guise of extending due process guarantees to individual defendants.

Miranda was a product of incorporation, which means that its origins were problematic, even if its impact could be considered favorable.

While there are problems with some aspects of the Exclusionary Rule, I think the requirement of a warning against self-incrimination is a sound precaution.

Cassell seems to think that a suspect should be considered guilty by virtue of being interrogated by the police -- unless the suspect is a law enforcement officer himself.

Miranda is invalid from the perspective of how the...

2014-09-01T22:33:38.596-06:00

Miranda is invalid from the perspective of how the constitution was written because the federalists swore up and down during ratification that no federal court would ever rule on a state law. Federal courts would only rule on federal laws. The Tom Woods liberty classroom has a great course explaining this by Kevin Gutzman and Brian mclonahan.

One can be against the Miranda Act and still be fo...

2014-09-01T13:00:23.936-06:00

One can be against the Miranda Act and still be for justice. Miranda was SCOTUS trying to avoid punishing authorities for violating rights. Instead it punishes the people by letting a criminal off. Why not convict by the evidence, however obtained, and then prosecute the officers for breaking the law, i.e., violating rights? Miranda lets both the officers and the suspects off, punishing only us, and obstructing justice. Miranda is a classic example of punishing a wrong (cops violating rights) with a second wrong (excluding evidence).

Why is it we must be bashed with Mosaic laws and c...

2014-08-31T13:28:05.993-06:00

Why is it we must be bashed with Mosaic laws and commandments when we ourselves are not Israelites? Time to put some historical perspective in place. And, yes, it's high time to overthrow the regime currently lording over us filled with hypocrites of both Republican and Democratic stripes. They're both equally evil.

Lincoln is one of the main reasons that blogs like...

2014-08-30T15:19:56.867-06:00

Lincoln is one of the main reasons that blogs like Will's even exist. The destruction of the constitution and current police state can easily be traced back to Lincoln.

Yet again, someone invoking the constitution and e...

2014-08-30T02:49:13.144-06:00

Yet again, someone invoking the constitution and evil while quoting Lincoln?!?!?

Evil prospers in that good men do nothing. "...

2014-08-29T11:18:35.642-06:00

Evil prospers in that good men do nothing.

"The People-the people are the rightful masters of the legislature and the courts. Not to overthrow the Constitution but those men who pervert it."
Abraham Lincoln, 1859

In the Declaration it stated that when government becomes destructive to the rights of the People that it is "their right", "their duty" to throw off the yoke. Now whose right and duty is it???? Are you all spinless Political Welfare types and have to have your butts wiped??? You all every man of you know. But it is not me that looks into yuour hearts, it is God who wants justice not sacrifice.

When the prophet spoke to the congregation and said that the reason for the ills of the country were because, the people no longer followed the law, that taking strange wives-those who would not adopt the manners and customs of their new home and strangers perverting the law. Every man of then got up and went and did their business. The country then recovered.

Shall I paint pictures for you?????

Notwithstanding the story at hand, I believe there...

2014-08-29T08:16:12.927-06:00

Notwithstanding the story at hand, I believe there should be laws prohibiting cops who are fired because of documented criminal wrongdoing from EVER applying for a law enforcement job in anywhere. And, there should be a public data base on these bad cops. Also, given it is almost impossible to prosecute bad cops for ANYTHING, I'd submit if these SCOTUS rulings are any indication, I'd also submit, given a choice of getting illegally shot by a cop or shooting first is a no brainer....at least in my universe.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/27/opinion/how-the-supreme-court-protects-bad-cops.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1

This is another perfect example that we are headed...

2014-08-28T18:21:25.057-06:00

This is another perfect example that we are headed to hell on earth. Thats where its going to end up and the signs along the road to hell on earth are clear, we are headed in that direction.
Thats what its really all about, parasites using government as a weapon against decent hard working Americans families.
I had someone tell me a few days ago. Its like our country is being controlled by another country and its out to destroy us all. Its called, Government Gone Wild.
A government that lies to its people is not a government for the people. Period!

Did Ms. Willard have a father? If so, why is Cowl...

2014-08-28T07:15:09.663-06:00

Did Ms. Willard have a father? If so, why is Cowley still alive?

cassell is an authoritarian slug who does not beli...

2014-08-28T06:59:48.477-06:00

cassell is an authoritarian slug who does not believe in our republican form of govt, instead subscribing to vicious fascism, where the state (and its representatives) are always correct and we, the schmucks, are always wrong.

perhaps he should apply for a job with the N. Koreans, our friends in Kiev, etc. he would fit in quite well in a position in those places.

1st: In the 10th paragraph, 2nd sentence ". ....

2014-08-27T16:41:32.026-06:00

1st: In the 10th paragraph, 2nd sentence ". . . at the time Willard fired the shots . . . ": I believe you misname Willard as the shooter. FYI Will.
2nd: when Cassell yammers about jeopardizing the community by making coppers fearful of defending themselves, blah, blah . . . as a concealed weapons permit holder in UT, we better damn well be fearful of shooting if it is not as a result of fear of imminent grievous bodily harm or death. Otherwise we have blown the Rules of Engagement/Use Of Force Code and will be criminally liable. What makes this special badge-toting personage think he's above the laws of proper self defense . . . that's just a rhetorical question of course. Our self-described betters are always above the law as well as above us tax-cattle by virtue of their lofty legal pedestal, from which they preach their "higher standard" protocols.