Date: Thu Dec 30 15:11:51 1999
From: murphy@MYBLUEHEAVEN.COM (Phil Murphy)
Subject: Fascisti, CA - Population: YOU!
To: AZRKBA@asu.edu
Subject: Fresno Sheriffs Dept. screws up again, this time with me.....
O.K. here's my story,,, it started about 2:45pm 12-29-99. I was
attempting to do my civil duty, to turn in a couple of SKS's I had in
my possession to the Fresno Co. Sheriffs Dept., downtown. All
went well until I started to leave. At approx. 3:30pm I had just left
the Sheriff Dept's. front door with my 2 children, ages 5 & 7 with
vouchers in hand. 2 plain clothed officers came out the front doors
& yelled at me to wait a minute. I returned from the street to see
what they wanted. One of them, Rick, told me he needed to
discuss something with me inside & asked me to return, which I did,
trailing my babies behind me. We were led into an interrogation
room where a third plain clothed was waiting. The room was empty
except for 5 chairs & a table. Rick started by questioning me about
my views of the sitting Sheriff, Richard Pierce. I told him the same
as I tell everyone everywhere, " I think he's a pompous ASS" and
went on to reiterate my claim. After about 30 minutes of trying to
get on my good side, they finally advised me as to the real reason I
was asked back. Apparently, they said, some one had called the
"crime stoppers" hot line and made the claim I could be the one
who had broken into the Fresno P.D. bomb squad facility, and
stolen the explosives. After another 20 minutes of questioning, I
was asked if I would submit to a voluntary explosive walk through of
my home. My response was "HELL NO". I explained I had nothing
to hide, however I still refused to surrender my Constitutional right
to Privacy. I gave them several peoples phone numbers to call to
check my integrity, including one that was a former sheriff officer
who has since become one of my closet friends. Rick excused
himself to go "call some of the numbers" He never returned.
Another officer, Mike, kept saying he did not know what was
keeping them, but asked that I please wait. At 5:10pm, he finally said
"this is not right, you are not under arrest" you are free to go, and
walked me out.
As I started up the mountain to my home, I noticed a car tailing
me. I shrugged it off, but still kept an eye on it. As I turned off the
main 4 lane road to head down to my home, I noticed I was
suddenly being followed by 5 or 6 more cars. I pulled over only to
have 7 or 8 sheriff cars surround me with lights flashing, four were
unmarked mustangs, camaro's & new chevy P.U.'s. I exited my
truck only to have guns drawn on me and told to walk backwards to
their cars. My 5 year old daughter was following me totally
traumatized by what was going on. She & I were placed in one of the
patrol cars, my 7 year old son, who was sleeping in my truck, was
wakened and carried to me in the patrol car. Both children were
scared to death that we were all being arrested. We were driven to
my home, where the door had already been bashed in by flak
jacketed ninja hooded sheriffs officers already inside. My babies
were very concerned that our house had been entered. We sat in
the patrol car about 10 more minutes, the told we were to go in the
house and sit on the couch. Over the next 3 1\2 hours, we were
kept there. I was finally given a paper that stated I had been served
a search warrant. About 45 minutes before its conclusion, my
attorney arrived. He inquired about the warrant, and was told it had
been served. It never had been, specifically, I was told I would not
get a warrant until I requested it from the court. Bill started taking
pictures of the individuals that were infringing on my rights and
when he started to take picture of the cars, he was stopped and
told he would be arrested for interfering with a criminal
investigation. 10 minutes before they left, I was given a search
warrant, and told it's "not usually done this way" they had broke
protocol because of the attorney.
What they found..... 1 stolen handgun, the owner,,,, me,,, it was a
44 magnum I had reported stolen, which they had recovered 2
years ago and returned to me.
No other contraband was discovered, dozens of pictures were
taken, my house ransacked. No apologies given. My babies
traumatized beyond belief. My wife humiliated & traumatized. For
what,,, An anonymous tip...
It's time to wake up Amerika... Is your door next????
The good side,,, I'll be receiving some new doors on my house not
to mention entry tile that our wonderful sheriffs dept. managed to
break,, but what the heck,, it's only the taxpayers money... Also,,
when I finish with them in court,, I may be able to retire....
This will all be on my show Thursday, http://www.radiorebel.com/ the call
in number is 559-222-0900. It will be on live at 5:00pm Pacific time...
May God bless all of you...
Mike Golden
The Radio Rebel
http://www.radiorebel.com/
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