BONIEK TRIAL
WHY
IT MATTERS TO YOU WHY YOU SHOULD CARE
June 2013
In
May of this year, Joel Boniek of Park County, Montana was convicted by a jury
of fleeing or eluding a peace officer, resisting arrest and obstructing a peace officer. This while Boniek was traveling on a private road, going to his home threatened by a grass
fire.
Boniek
was threatened with death by Trooper Sulages and Deputy Sheriff Hopkin, and
Hopkin said under oath that he would have shot/killed Boniek if he had driven
past Hopkin.
After
a trial full of irregularities, Prosecutor Carrick said in her closing
statement that people must be controlled by law enforcement officials and
public servants. She said if we are not controlled by government people, there
will be chaos and disorder, even criminality.
This
is insulting, demeaning, and illogical.
Every responsible man or woman should be outraged at this idiocy.
We
are not “safe” because we have police who come and take a report after a crime.
We live in peace because nearly all of us are peaceable people. Carrick
obviously does not recognize that society is self organizing. We don’t have food, housing, goods,
recreation, worship, business, charity and jobs because government makes the
people provide them. We have these
things because people naturally do these things in a free society. All the things government does can be
done by private initiative in a free society. In Park County, we have fire
protection because of VOLUNTEER fire crews. ANY power government has is
delegated to it by the people, to be used to protect our rights.
In the American system, government is
instituted to protect the rights of the people to order their lives as they see
fit. “To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.” Declaration of Independence.
Joel
Boniek was doing his natural,
God-given and Constitutionally protected duty to see to the protection of his
family, home and animals. He was
violently prevented from doing this by officers who ought to first protect and
serve the people. Carrick used
public resources to enforce this outrage, and the jury put its stamp of
approval on this action. Potential
jurors who knew the issues and did not agree with the government action were
excused.
So,
the message to all the people is, “You will be controlled by the government,
your duty and rights are irrelevant, and you may next be threatened with death
if an officer thinks you are defying his authority.” (In Montana, you can be arrested even if the arrest is
illegal! Makes you wonder what the legislature was smoking when they did this clever
move.) “If you are not part of the government, you are irresponsible and
incompetent.”
You
might rightly ask yourself, “What moral, ethical or philosophical system
justifies using violence or the threat of violence against a man who has not
harmed anyone?” This is not the way of Freedom or America.
The
crucial question is, do we want a government that controls our lives, or that
protects our natural and God given rights? The founders of America were clear
what they envisioned. Joel Boniek
agrees with the founders.
An
appeal of Boniek’s conviction has been started. He could use your help and encouragement if you value and
believe in the American system passed down to us. This is a matter of principle, and he is standing for your
freedom and self determination, as he stands for his. He could have made a deal with the government, and let the
situation continue to get worse.
But if freedom is taken in small steps or large, it goes away just as
surely.
Do you think that a
policeman should be free to shoot you as you go peacefully about your lawful
business, just because that policeman decides on a whim that he disapproves of
what you are doing?
Do you think that the judicial system should condone and
perpetrate the exclusion of God, the constitution, the credentials of public
servants (whether or not the public servant properly hold their offices), the
proper role of the jury in
American justice, and lack of due
process?
Do you think it is right to exclude from "Volunteer
Firefighters" the volunteer help of the homeowner whose property is
burning?
Do you think policemen should harass and attack people
in desperate situations instead of helping them?
BULLET POINTS – WHY IT MATTERS
·
The proper role of government is to secure our rights, not
control us. This is not the case
in Park County.
·
The official position of government and “peace” officers in Park
County is that the people are irresponsible and must be carefully supervised.
This ought to offend everybody.
·
Park County public servants, led by Fire Chief Dan Babcox, do
not respect our property rights.
This needs to stop.
·
Law officers threatened to shoot a peaceful man. Each one of us must now be afraid we
will be next.
·
These excesses will not become fewer, since they have been
validated. The trend must be reversed.
·
Officers in Park County are not tasked with serving and
protecting. They supervise and
control. They have become our
masters, rather than our servants.
·
The judicial process has become less just and right. The prosecutor asked that there be no
references to God, the constitution, oaths or bonds of public servants,
laws, fully informed juries, and
more. This is un-American.
·
Fires are fought by volunteer crews. The DNRC promotes landowner and fire crew cooperation. This is not the norm in Park
County. This needs to change.
Your help and support is requested and appreciated. If you have a word of encouragement or
support, let me hear from you. If
you can give support, thank you!
Sincerely,
Joel Boniek
c/o 41 BlackHawk Dr.
Livingston, Montana
406-220-1240
j.rhino@hotmail.com
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