Sunday, October 27, 2013

Case o' The Week: Another "Black" Eye for ATF, but Conviction Survives.

US v. Black, Outrageous Gov't Conduct, and Stash Houses
“Massively involved in the manufacture of the crime, the ATF's actions constitute conduct disgraceful to the federal government. It is not a function of our government to entice into criminal activity unsuspecting people engaged in lawful conduct; not a function to invent a fiction in order to bait a trap for the innocent; not a function to collect conspirators to carry out a script written by the government. As the executive branch of our government has failed to disavow this conduct, it becomes the duty of the judicial branch to refuse to accept these actions as legitimate elements of a criminal case in a federal court.”
The good news? Judge Noonan, an experienced and respected Circuit Judge, correctly calls-out this ATF manufactured-crime scheme as a “disgrace.”
The bad news? He’s writing in dissent.

5 comments:

SWIFT said...

This evil, immoral, agency cannot be fixed with words and exposure. So long as they are anti-gun, they will have strong supporters in congress. With scum buckets like Charlie Shumer at their back, they do not care about black eyes. Buy more ammo, for sooner or later, the evil will be brought to a neighborhood near you. Only then, can real reforms begin.

Anonymous said...

This stems from the Muslim-like tenet that cops are empowered to LIE in furtherance of their "duties".
I often wonder if today's Americans stop to look at just how similar LEO is in modern times to how Islam itself has built in defenses.

Blue line? Yeah Muslims have that code too.
Anything to further and grow its power and influence? Yup the blue uniform code does that too. How about trusting anyone outside their ranks? Wowzers. And then there is that dhimmi status where the unconquerable pay the jizyah tax for "protected" status as second class citizens (known today as "pay to play politics and also less formally as endlessly writing tickets for the "crimes " of speeding or daring to seem a permission slip to exercise rights).

The agenda is opinion imposition on the micro level but there are more nefarious forces at work which use the socialist/communist/progressive mindset says mere tools(as muzzies used hitlers rank and file).

While "two Americas" IS the problem, and a war of liberation is indeed upon us, the reality is that the BULL of San Antonio - like the RHAMBULL of Chicago aren't the leaders - for they are only foot soldiers in the Islamic attempt at world domination. But but but but Rham is a Jew!!!! Yeah, some are traitors to their country AND their faith!

Pray that Americans open their eyes....

AJ said...

The entire reason for the existence of Federal cops; DEA, FBI, ATF, etc. is to bust people. To find fodder for the corporate prison and court systems and intimidate the masses by making an example.
Any pretense toward public safety is a bald-faced lie. I don't shed a single tear when a fed eats a bullet.

Paul X said...

"It is not a function of our government to entice into criminal activity unsuspecting people engaged in lawful conduct; not a function to invent a fiction in order to bait a trap for the innocent; not a function to collect conspirators to carry out a script written by the government."

Actually, those things ARE the function of governments. Real governments, not the pie-in-the-sky, fairy-tale ones they teach kids about in the government school civics classes.

Will Flatt said...

It sounds like Judge Noonan has removed himself from the list of those individuals for whom the day of settling accounts will arrive all too soon and without warning.

When we rebuild our Republic, we are going to need experienced judges who truly respect the Constitution enough to run their bench according to its' precepts, rather than try to subvert or circumvent it.