Posted on 03/03/2012 1:36:05 PM PST by Altariel
Tim Shaw, a police chief in Temple, Ga., remembers well his run-in with a "sovereign citizen."
The individual, part of a movement that claims the laws of the land do not apply to them, started harassing him about a year ago, following a traffic stop by one of his officers.
The individual began sending a string of bizarre legal documents demanding more than $800,000. Shaw then received a set of driving directions -- from his harasser's house to his house, and to his parent's house in Florida.
"He was trying to extort over $800,000 out of me," Shaw said.
Thankfully for the chief, the suspect was foolish enough to threaten him. Shaw obtained a protective order, and the matter was resolved.
But the "sovereign citizens" movement has started to hassle other officials in the state and beyond. And one Georgia lawmaker is trying to change the law to address the problem.
State Rep. B.J. Pak is pushing a bill aimed directly at a favorite tactic of sovereign citizens -- filing false liens, similar to what happened to Shaw.
Pak's bill, which has passed out of committee, would call for up to 10 years imprisonment for filing such a false lien.
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My prediction: Leftist terrorists hoping to “affirm the Evil Right Wing Extremist group” meme. But we will see.
Will this also be applied to creditors or just our 'protectors'?
Somebody needs to write a law like this to protect active duty military from being targeted by the state of Kalifornia. They are notorious for filing liens against service members who have been stationed there ,without notifying them.
I foresee that this could be used by the very people he wishes to harass for all kinds of clever things.
Happened to my son.
Those poor polititcians just can’t stand the fact that our founding fathers gave “we the people” some protections against our out of control idiots...
Last I knew, Kalifornia was the only State that taxed part of a military retirment even if the person didn't live there. If the person served any time in the commie state, they figure that part of the retirement was earned there and therefore taxable by them. I'll bet that is why they file the liens - to collect taxes on our warior hero's retirments.
“offering tips on how to deal with pesky infringements by the state like traffic court.”
Yes like the perfectly legal right to request a jury trial for a traffic ticket. They have to allow it.
My fiancee’ was pulled over for no reason a few months ago. The cop kept trying his best to figure out something to ticket him for. He finally said well he could just give my fiancee’ a ticket for some BS thing and my fiancee’ told him to go ahead but he would be tied up in court for a few days because he would be demanding a jury trial. After a little back and forth on the issue the cop got back in his car and left.
Its already illegal to file a false lien. Now we need another law that puts you away for 10 years? Convicted murderers seldom serve that long.
There is a lot of stuff going on here in some of the small burgs and counties right now. A lot of tension between the police and the folks. Personally I think this sovereign citizen thing is an excuse.
Cool story!
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