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'Nazi' police 'kidnap' woman at town hall
WND ^ | 7 6 2011 | Joe Kovacs

Posted on 07/07/2011 6:07:34 AM PDT by tutstar

A small town in Arizona is suddenly a YouTube sensation after a town-hall meeting devolved into a physical clash as a woman was forcibly removed from speaking during the public portion of the event.

Jennifer "Jade" Jones, 45, of Quartzsite, Ariz., was taken into custody by local police at the behest of Quartzsite councilmembers, over the objections of the mayor, who pleaded with officers not to remove the woman.

Read more: 'Nazi' police 'kidnap' woman at town hall http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=319501#ixzz1RQYThE6K

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: nazi; silencethesheep
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To: midcop402

> Whats next?

How about a tranquilizer gun or a rubber round to the trunk?

He wasn’t lunging at anyone.

He had no hostages.

He just wanted to be left alone.


41 posted on 07/07/2011 7:28:43 AM PDT by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Texas Fossil

That was then. This is now. While that was true in the past, now we have became too civilized for that. We are now being conditioned that we need “professionals” to make our decisions for us.The individual is no longer competent to hake their day-to day life decisions. We need “professional” juries, “Professional” police, “professional” rulers, to wit: politicians, “professional” firemen. The list goes on, even down to “professional rat killers.


42 posted on 07/07/2011 7:29:53 AM PDT by sport
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To: mad_as_he$$

OK, that explains it. But the mayor must have allowed the video to be shown.

I did notice the council chamber was pretty fancy for a town of under 4,000 population and the council was removed from the audience by a barrier. Wonder if it doubles as a courtroom? That is what it looked like.

Council Meetings are “public” meetings and most states have “open meeting” requirements to reduce the smoke filled backroom nonsense.


43 posted on 07/07/2011 7:30:03 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Lazamataz
Videorecording devices are everywhere these days.

Yes, you are correct. But does the public have access to the video's of the Council meeting. Are they part of the "open meeting' requirements?

44 posted on 07/07/2011 7:32:55 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: cripplecreek
My little town is virtually crime free and as a result, we're virtually police free.

send who ever made that decision up to my small town. i'm in charlotte, where we're about 1:20 cop to population ratio- this is also the city where eaton county sheriffs are stationed, and about 10 minutes from the state police post in dimondale. we don't need this kind of coverage where there's practically no crime outside alcohol related offenses.
45 posted on 07/07/2011 7:35:12 AM PDT by absolootezer0 (2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
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To: midcop402; Westbrook
IDK, but if was a loose wild bear they would of used a tranq on him. Bear lives, bipolar human dies.
46 posted on 07/07/2011 7:36:21 AM PDT by Jay Thomas (If not for my faith in Christ, I would despair.)
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To: AppyPappy
Yeah but the Nazis killed 6 million Jews and put people in concentration camps. These cops did not.

Only for lack of opportunity.

47 posted on 07/07/2011 7:37:08 AM PDT by Sloth (If a tax break counts as "spending" then every time I don't rob a bank should be a "deposit.")
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To: sport
The list goes on, even down to “professional rat killers.

Hmmm! Is that why small cities have SWAT teams and the U.S. Department of Education has their own SWAT team?

48 posted on 07/07/2011 7:37:58 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: DariusBane

How do we know this pscychotic/alcoholic/off-his-meds guy didn’t lunge at the cops? All we have here is one post from a sympathetic FReeper. In situations like this, I give the cops the benefit of the doubt. Some people give crazy alcoholics the benefit of the doubt. So be it.


49 posted on 07/07/2011 7:39:12 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Past Your Eyes
Cops are held to a higher standard and that translates to punishment for proven wrong doing as well. If a cop around here gets convicted of DWI, they are fired. Can you say the same for doctors, lawyers, bankers? No.

The thing around here is that you have certain freepers who post daily articles about alleged bad cops. So people think it's an epidemic. But you never read articles about the millions of positive daily interactions between cops and the public.

Like I said, medical negligence KILLS people on a daily basis, but we accept that because we are sure that docs are trying to do the right thing. We just don't give the same lee-way to police officers.

50 posted on 07/07/2011 7:43:43 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: Durus

Agree that council acted stupidly. Their egos were under attack, but that’s part of public service. Problem could have been resilved by recognizing all speakers for two minutes, then extending time as needed if the body so decides.

As far as sustaining a charge of kidnapping, that would not fly. False arrest possible, but generally, kidnapping occurs when a person, without lawful authority, physically asports (i.e., moves) another person without that other person’s consent, with the intent to use the abduction in connection with some other nefarious objective. Under the Model Penal Code (a set of exemplary criminal rules fashioned by the American Law Institute), kidnapping occurs when any person is unlawfully and non-consensually asported and held for certain purposes. These purposes include gaining a ransom or reward; facilitating the commission of a felony or a flight after the commission of a felony; terrorizing or inflicting bodily injury on the victim or a third person; and interfering with a governmental or political function.

Could not kidnapping because she was not being held for a
nefarious objective. False arrest as a civil matter is a possibility.


51 posted on 07/07/2011 7:48:45 AM PDT by MindBender26 (Forget AMEX. Remember your Glock 27: Never Leave Home Without It!)
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To: MindBender26
kidnapping occurs when a person, without lawful authority, physically asports (i.e., moves) another person without that other person’s consent, with the intent to use the abduction in connection with some other nefarious objective.

Hmmmm. That could be made to apply to a school bus.

52 posted on 07/07/2011 7:52:10 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: thefactor

No, you seldom read articles about the wonderful things all kinds of people do every day. How many “Aw sh*ts” does in take to ruin 100 “Attaboys”? Only one the last time I checked.


53 posted on 07/07/2011 7:53:54 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (NO MORE SECOND TERMS!!)
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To: tutstar
Is this a “city manager” style city government? That would explain why the mayor was ignored.

That form of city government tends away from citizen responsive government. You have a bureaucrat running things. Elected officials become impotent. Like this mayor.

54 posted on 07/07/2011 7:54:08 AM PDT by hfr ("Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;" Psalms 33:12)
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To: Jay Thomas

EXCELLENT POINT!!!


55 posted on 07/07/2011 7:55:25 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (NO MORE SECOND TERMS!!)
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To: absolootezer0

We have a county cop roll through town about once a week but that’s all he does is passes through.


56 posted on 07/07/2011 7:57:53 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: MindBender26

False arrest and Deprivation of civil Rights under color of law. Especially since the Mayor was sitting right there telling them to leave her alone.


57 posted on 07/07/2011 8:00:32 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (explosive bolts, ten thousand volts at a million miles an hour)
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To: thefactor

Are you one of those “shoot to kill” people rather than “shoot to disable” people?


58 posted on 07/07/2011 8:01:57 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (NO MORE SECOND TERMS!!)
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To: Past Your Eyes
Exactly right. It only takes one article a day around here for people to condemn the entire law enforcement community. If there's proven wrong doing, I'll be the first to string the cop up. But to use an overused phrase, a few bad apples do not spoil the bunch.

There are hundreds of thousands LEO's in the USA. Of course you're going to get some a-holes.

59 posted on 07/07/2011 8:04:00 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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To: midcop402

“So, a bipolar man with a knife is not dangerous? How would you have handled it. Taser didn’t work. Whats next?”

Shoot him in the leg and watch him drop that knife. Just keep your distance.


60 posted on 07/07/2011 8:06:29 AM PDT by bbernard
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