Posted on 01/07/2017 4:00:07 AM PST by Nextrush
Marcus Mumford, Ammon Bundy's lawyer who U.S. marshals tackled and stunnded with a Taser gun in federal court the day his client was acquitted, returned to the same courtroom Friday...
His attorney, Michael Levine, entered a not guilty plea on Mumford's behalf to charges of failing to comply with the lawful direction of a federal police office and impeding or disrupting official government duties...
maximum penalty for each offense is 30 days in custody and a $5,000 fine.
Mumford was arrested Oct. 27 shortly after the judge announced the jury's verdict..........
Deputy marshals tackled Mumford as he questioned the government's authority to continue to hold Bundy on federal charges pending in Nevada and demanded to see paperwork to back it up.
"What happened here is an unprecedented attack on the defense bar," Levine said.....
He called the use of stun gun and Mumford's arrest "outrageous"....
Oregon's federal public defender Lisa Hay, wearing a "FREE MARCUS MUMFORD" button on her blazer, other defense attorneys from the Bundy case and court staff crowded into the courtroom....
Hay said she came to show her support for a defense attorney who was "physically assaulted while advocating for his client in the courtroom and not in disobedience of any judicial order."
Judges can find attorneys or others in contempt of court, but Hay called it an "abuse of power" for defense lawyers to face physical force from marshals.....
Defense lawyer Matthew Schindler.... said he came to court Friday to support his friend....he also introduced himself to the federal prosecutor handling the case and volunteered to be interviewed because he said what the marshals wrote in the probable cause statement about what occurred was false.
"To the extent someone says Marcus Mumford took a fighting stance, they're lying. That's a fact," Schindler said.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
Use of tazers and stun guns must be reduced. When these weapons were introduced, they were very controversial. LE officials lied to the American people and promised they would only be used in situations that firearms would have been used previously. We were told they would not be used to inflict pain on people simply for disobeying an order. These weapons should never be used simply because someone is not cooperating. They should never be used to move someone along, to shut someone up or to punish someone for disobeying or being rude. They must only be used in self-defense or to subdue a suspect who is fighting with the police. Fighting means trying to strike or grab officers, not simply ignoring orders.
The deputy marshals who tackled Mumford should be fired by their employer, sued by their victim, and charged with criminal assault. Their violence was inexcusable.
Instead of producing the written detainer, the Marshalls jumped Mumford. They did not have their paper work.Its quite evident.
Actually, you typo’d “use into “sue” in your original post.
Hence, the lawsuit reply.
Thanks I understand. And appreciate you explanation.
I will proof more carefully, hard at times at work.
I work with the public enough to realize they have “issues” but the answer to their issues isn’t tazering them, no matter how rude they are. I don’t carry weapons and am not law enforcement, but I’m human and I can get disturbed by what I see out there.
The Good Book notes that one should return “evil” with “good”.
In a courtroom, the judge is in charge of ordering sanction, not law enforcement of any kind. The marshals crossed the line in that courtroom, pure and simple. The lawyer was arguing which is what lawyers do in courtrooms, last time I checked.
Got a picture? You just might have changed my tag line.
One “L” in “Marshals”, Candor.
and I can assure you, the criminal processing specialist in the office had the detainer.
If they had the detainer, itis not a matter of record. Why had the judge not taken notice of it? The judge did not remand Bundy into the custo0dy of the Marshals, they simoply grabbed him.
Was kity then that the prosecutor had not presented the detainer to the judge?
That’s why Mumford was objecting, as he was professionally required to do.The judge had no jurisdiction of record to remand Bundy into federal custody.
And Mumford should not have been arrested in court, there was no contempt finding, Bundy was not a fugitive, and Mumford was being an advocate.
Simply jack booted thugism in a venue where due process is the rule. And you can bet that the US Marshals will pay for it, personally if need be.False arrest, false imprisonment, kidnapping, violation of the Constitutional right of due process. Its easily a multi million dollar civil case.
And I can hardly wait to watch them pay.
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