John Hutchison Raided At Gunpoint
By Canadian Police --
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Reporting
From Shreveport, Louisiana
UNITED
STATES
Word has been received this morning, Saturday, 18 March 2000, that John
Hutchison
has been
raided at gunpoint by Canadian Police.
John's apartment in New Westminster, British Columbia, was raided at 2
PM Friday,
17 March
2000, by gun-wielding police searching for firearms. An antique gun
collection
owned by
Hutchison was confiscated in its entireity.
According to Hutchison, a phone call was received at about 2 PM Friday,
stating that
it was
the police, and asking John to answer his door. Hutchison states
that there were
8 to 10
individuals pointing weapons at him, only two or three of whom were in
uniform.
The rest
were dressed in dark clothing.
Hutchison was handcuffed and placed on the outside steps while police searched
the
apartment.
No warrant was claimed or shown at any time. Police stated only that
there
had been
an anonymous complaint that firearms were being brought into the apartment.
Police also called in an "electrical inspector" to examine John's lab equipment.
This
is the
famous "Hutchison apparatus" with which John produces the renowned "Hutchison
Effect."
Additional individuals dressed in suits were brought in who took extensive
photographs
of the
Hutchison apparatus. Hutchison indicates that these persons had an
"official air"
about them,
and that they might be Government agents, especially given the confiscation
of the
original Hutchison lab, which took place while John was out of the country
in 1990.
None of
these persons showed any identification.
Those who have followed John's career of invention and innovation will
recall that his
first laboratory
was forcibly seized by the Canadian Government on 24 February 1990 by
the direct
order of former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The Government
has retained
the lab in spite of a court order by Judge Paris of the Supreme Court of
British
Columbia to return it.
A previous raid on John Hutchison's apartment involving his collection
of antique
firearms
occured in 1978, and processing took two years. The confiscated antiques
were
returned
at the order of Judge Cronin. These events occured under the administration
of
former
PM Pierre Trudeau. Former PM Joe Clark, who took over in the 1980s
following
the Trudeau
administration, wrote to Hutchison offering help and support.
The present raid follows close on the heels of a recent successful levitation
performed
11 October
1999 which was videotaped by John. The effect was achieved after
six days
worth of
attempts.
However, neighbors called local police to complain about Hutchison's experiment.
It
is unclear
whether something in their apartment levitated, although there is no other
way
known at
this time that they could have been aware of the levitation experiment
that was
in progress.
The neighbors in question live across the street from Hutchison.
The sound of approaching sirens was recorded on the video soundtrack of
Hutchison's
camcorder
during the experiment, and video of some emergency vehicles and personnel
was obtained.
Further updates on the situation will be posted promptly on this website.
Mark A.
Solis
Shreveport,
LA
USA
Webmaster
for John Hutchison
your_neighbor@geocities.com
