We Don't Need No Stinking Latches!
Posted on 01/15/2021 6:27:58 AM PST by george76
Atilis Gym co-owner Ian Smith has made a name for himself for standing up to New Jersey’s COVID-19 restrictions on businesses, despite Governor Phil Murphy’s repeated attempts to shut him down through citations, fines, arrests, having their business license stripped, and their doors locked and barricaded.
This week, Murphy escalated the fight.
“As of this morning, without warning, and without permission, and in the middle of litigation, Governor Murphy took it upon himself to empty our bank account entirely, to the tune of $165,000,” explained Smith on a video posted to social media.
He said it still wouldn’t stop him.
“We will continue to fight this fight because we know, based upon what is outlined in the Constitution, that when we get to the right courts and in front of a judge who respects the Constitution, we will win this case,” he continued. “And we will make sure that no governor, or no government official, will ever wield these powers ever again."
Smith then detailed the legal battles they’re fighting.
“We are now in our eighth-month of a very nasty, long and drawn out legal battle against Governor Philip Murphy and Judith Persichilli at the Health Department here in New Jersey,” he said. “We also have ongoing litigation against the eighty municipal and criminal charges against us; ongoing litigation in the case of the revocation of our business license without due process; and the unconstitutional health department shut-down that was placed upon us in the first place.”
The business faces a fine of $15,497.76 each day it stays open.
In December, Smith said the only time Murphy will be successful in stopping him is when he's dead.
Who writes the laws? There’s your answer.
This man is a true fighter, not just a keyboard warrior.
People have been shot dead for less. Just sayin.’
He announced last evening that he and his partner are converting all their assets to cash.
They should have done this months ago.
I see. So the banks willingly give the State details about your bank account and cooperate with the seizure.
In other words, the State has full access and control over your bank accounts and can take whatever it wants whenever it wants.
Americans don’t want to face the fact that fascism is already in place, and that the USA is following rapidly in the path of the chicoms.
The State has the power to kill you. Oh, it won’t do it overtly. It’ll just wipe you out and throw you onto the street, where you will die. If it wants to, it’ll prosecute you and execute you for some imaginary crime.
The illusion must end. This is no longer the land of the free. Thinking that it is is comforting, but false.
We Don't Need No Stinking Latches!
The guy’s business hasn’t charged any membership fees since last April. The bank account is used for fundraising to pay their bills while this sh!t is going on. I’d be surprised if they have a single employee left.
Just last night the guy was telling Tucker Carlson’s audience that he advises people to do business in cryptocurrencies. Good idea, but too late for him.
P.S. — I run my own business, and I ran an office of 60+ staff in the corporate world before that. I know a thing or two about everything you’ve listed there.
The SC is sitting this one out.
I’ll bet the bank probably would not have even let Smith withdraw all of his money in cash in one transaction.
And even if they did, he better not get caught with in his possession, because it can be legally confiscated pending an investigation to see if it is rightfully his.
Insane times.
The Constitution and Bill of Rights were a great idea while they lasted.
When we had the rule of law, the Eighth Amendment used to say: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
I’m old, just reminiscing about the days when America was free.
Governor Murphy took it upon himself to empty our bank account entirely, to the tune of $165,000,” explained Smith
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Governor Murphy could not be reached for comment, as he was on his way with his family to a all expense paid Tahitian week-long vacation.
It almost certainly isn't.
It does, however, serve as the model for how Kamala Harris and Stacy will not need to go door-to-door to confiscate weapons.
I’d have to dust off my Constitutional Law book, but isn’t that a “taking” by the state?
This cannot be legal.
Today’s left makes Nazi’s & Communists child’s play.
Another example of what happens when patriots stand up against Stalinazi Satanist tyranny.
With the insane banking laws all they need to do is claim the cash was drug or laundering money and seize it. Then he’d have absolutely no chance of getting it back.
Must understand Plato right is what is in the best interest of the strongest party. Until the shooting beings people just whine
This kind of tyranny is what causes people to start taking the law into their own hands.
We are are the same wavelength.. I was about to post the 8th Amd.
“If the gym owner kept his currency in the form of Bitcoin rather than in US dollars, he’d still have his money.”
Can a Bitcoin account be hacked and all the Bitcoins be stolen?
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