Think the papers will find it at all interesting to be reminded of the incumbent Governor's brutal past at the height of his reelection campaign? No, I didn't think so, either.
Don didn't ask me to do this, but they always, always need help with their legal bills. Financially, the last seven years have taken an inhuman toll on the both of them. If you care to help out, donations can be sent to:
The Adams Legal Defense Fund
P.O. Box 306,
Cheltenham, PA 19012
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There was I time on FreeRepublic when I didn't have to introduce the topic of Don Adams. Other than Whitewater, it was FreeRepublic's first cause celebre.
In as few words as I can bear to muster, this is what happened. On October 2, 1998, Don and his sister Teri were beaten by members of the Teamsters Union for the crime of protesting against Clinton in Philadelphia.
(I myself had been attacked by the same mob earlier in the day, and I witnessed the Adams incident. I reported the events on FreeRepublic. One famous result was that it prompted Jim Robinson to call for a march on Washington, DC, which drew around 4000 people on October 31, 1998, to demand Clinton's impeachment.)
The DA filed no charges, so Don and Teri Adams pursued private criminal complaints against two of the Teamsters (Kevin McNulty and Marc Nardone), along with Teamster Local 115 boss Johnny Morris. In response, the Teamsters filed charges against Don Adams. McNulty and Nardone copped a plea and got probation. Morris walked. Don Adams was subjected to the indignity of a trial, and was acquitted in July, 1999. Meanwhile, three other Teamsters were identified from video: Charlie Davis, Mark Hopkins, and Norma Bottomer. Don and Teri Adams filed another private criminal complaint, to which the defendants copped pleas and received probation.
In November of 1999, IBT President James Hoffa ordered that Teamsters Local 115 be placed into trusteeship, and that Johnny Morris be stripped of his powers, partly as a result of the Adams beating incident. Morris contested this bitterly until the end of his life.
The civil phase has been lurching along slowly since the end of the criminal phase.
Why you should care:
It is the business of Freepers to exercise our rights under the First Amendment. When we talk back to power, we have an expectation of being secure in our persons, in our property, and in our liberty. If Don and Teri Adams lose, none of these expectations are valid. It will mean that the men in power can silence us at will, without serious consequences. Five foot-soldiers of the totalitarians have received probation. That's something. But unfortunately Don and Teri have been made to pay a long series of terrible prices over the last five years, and much more lies ahead. I expect it to get worse for them before it gets better.
Would YOU be up to it?
Here is the Don Adams Page, back again in its full glory!
Civil Case:
Johnny Morris criminal case:
Davis, Hopkins, Bottomer criminal case:
McNulty and Nardone criminal case:
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They should have added:
His current residence is Hell.
Surely justice has been denied Don and Terry, but then it is Pennsylvania.
Thanks for the update!
I have told my 8-year-old about this case. Yes, he was born the summer before the attack occurred.
He asked me tonight why Rendell is not in prison.
I can't give him a good answer, except to say that there is insufficient evidence.
But I don't believe my response either.
Thanks for the important reminder.
The Party of free-speech strikes again. This might be a good time to try and get this story back to O'reilly since he's really been on rant against the antics from the Left. From the attacks on the Minutemen at Columbia to physical assaults on conservative speakers, the Left has embraced a level of violence that is becoming increasingly dangerous. I can only imagine how well the WOT might be going if the Left had as much contempt for terrorists as they do Republicans.
Thanks so much for this update. Goodness it's been a long time. I know I don't need to tell you that!
Bump.....
Best of luck to Don and Teri in court.
Cheers!
Thanks for keeping us updated Physicist. Thanks for the very important links kcvl.
Thanks for your perserverance Teri and Don.
The Adams' didn't qualify for minority status or this would've been cleared-up -- in their favor, undoubtably -- a long-long time ago & *the* film would've cinched it post haste.
As an old song once said, "In a land known for freedom, how can such a thing be fair..."
Yea, how.
"Think the papers will find it at all interesting to be reminded of the incumbent Governor's brutal past at the height of his reelection campaign?"
The Associated Quislings & like ilk (such as Reuters) wouldn't find this newsworthy at anytime, never-mind an election year.
Unfortunately the nation's information sources have been thoroughly infested with and bought & paid by the Liberal-Socialist left.
What they does get printed -- when not rabidly attacking the right "using any means necessary" -- is pure tabloid garbage & totally useless, including the weather.
Just the way it is.
The seeds of their own demise planted by their own hands.
Hence the coming wave of new fledgling news agencies such as PNI ("Physicist News Agency").
Born of a genuine need to know & the vacuum created by others voluntary corruption. ;^)
Good luck Terri & Don, "It ain't over 'till it's over."
...& it ain't over. ;^)
I've noted it before, but you and Don really were the inspiration for me to do this:
I wish there was a way to get the wheels of justice rolling faster. I couldn't believe it when Rendell became Governor.
He definitely has his thumb on the scale of justice.
Physicist, please add me to the ping list.
It is about time! I have run into those drunk union thugs at Freeper events in Los Angeles. NOT all union members are bad, I know that. But these guys are bussed in, dressed in matching shirts, with matching signs. They are loud and mean and drunk and they pick on women, too. We were at the debate between Bill Simon and Gray Davis. RonDog was there and some other Freepers. The Union thugs were in a group and they were loud. We found an invitation on the groud, that had been passed out to them, inviting them to come protest LOUDLY. Gray won the election, but was KICKED out of office later.
When I clicked on Part 2,3,4... I got this Error Message...
This article has been deleted.
bump for later
In any case a repost isn't that bad, and the thing that amazed me was that it's getting covered by WTAE TV this morning in Pittsburgh.
I'm trying to air it on the radio stations I work for this AM as well. They'll probably pass claiming it's just mud slinging politics from the Swann campaign, but I wrote the story and put it in the stack.
prisoner6
Yeah, I'm really gonna miss him. /s
Bump!
You will never have to remind me, I lived in New Jersey at the time and it was one of the sickest things I remember seeing on the news. I can't say I am the least bit sad that the scumbag Johnny Morris is rotting in Hell.