Posted on 11/22/2004 5:15:41 AM PST by No Longer Free State
'Freeper' sued
President Bush's 60-million-vote re-election triumph might have helped Inside the Beltway readers forget those 36 days in late 2000, when it seemed that Al Gore's squads of lawyers might deprive Mr. Bush of his narrow victory in Florida. Providing moral support for Mr. Bush during the Florida recount nightmare were members of FreeRepublic.com.
The "Freepers," as they call themselves, staged pro-Bush demonstrations across the country, from Palm Beach County to Washington, D.C., — where their chants of "Get out of Cheney's house" reportedly were loud enough to rattle Mr. Gore's nerves inside the vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory.
Now, four years later, a Freeper says he is being bankrupted by a Democrat's lawsuit over a Dec. 2, 2000, protest in Connecticut.
"I am broke and thousands of dollars in debt," writes Jim Bancroft, who led a pro-Bush rally in front of the New Haven, Conn., home of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joe Lieberman.
At the 2000 rally, Mr. Bancroft explains, he intervened when the leader of a Democratic counterprotest rushed toward former state Sen. Tom Scott, who was speaking from the back of Mr. Bancroft's truck.
"I thought he was going to attack someone on the truck: either me or Tom," says Mr. Bancroft. He stopped the Democratic protester, who was then hustled away by police.
"Tom and I decided not to press charges for assault or trespass on my truck, and let him go. Nine months later, the man filed suit against me for assault. I am not joking — nine months later."
The result: Thousands of dollars in legal bills for Mr. Bancroft, who has been working temporary jobs since he was laid off during the telecommunications industry meltdown of 2001...
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FUNDRAISER:LAWSUIT: FREEPER SUED FOR ELECTION 2000 FREEP OF LIEBERMAN EVENT
Goodness, the Washington Times. Boy, I hope this helps.
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Just damn .....
What's needed is some pro-bono legal help. I should think a counter-suit might be the way to go.
Helping my wife with a ping to you all.
Yikes! I had no idea. Thanks for the link to the fundraiser thread.
Why wasn't this dismissed, initially? This has been going on 3-4 years? What about a counter suit for wrongful charges and monetary expenses?
Yoo Hoo, Ping Ping
If you use the link above to the original thread you'll get the whole story. There's been a fundraising drive going on for about a week now to help RaceBannon with this mess. Paypal link is on the original thread.
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Right now, we were offered a chance to sign mutual releases and let this go behind us.
While I am totally convinced of my innocence in this charge, this is the kind of thing that might make the Plaintiff dig in his heels and fight.
The issue is NOT whether I think I can win this, we have some tremendously damning evidence to present in trial, but the issue is whether I can afford to continue the fight.
The fund-raiser so far has allowed me to pay the lawyer back for fees incurred so far. I need to almost triple what I have collected to finish the fight, and then, repeat this for a countersuit to come to trial.
That is way to much money to ask people to help with...in fact, asking for what I got so far is too much.
It is too late, McCaslin wrote an accurate piece, and the word has gone out.
I am just concerned about unintended consequences that I cannot afford.
I tried a Paypal link in the original thread, and was directed to an unworking page. Do you have a working link, perchance?
pardon my ignorance, but what is bttt?
Check this out
I dont have much... but I sent you a little of what I do have. Good Luck to you.
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