Alert! Roger Barnett Threatened With Arrest

americanpatrol.com ^ | 11 October 2002 | The American Border Patrol

[Spiff]

Special Alert! Roger Barnett Threatened With Arrest

According to reliable sources, it is expected that the FBI will arrest Roger Barnett in the near future, possibly today. The charge will be kidnapping. Please watch this special video message. Click Here for Video

Roger Barnett is a Cochise County rancher who, the year alone, as apprehended and turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol over 2000 illegal border intruders.

He's been all over the papers and even in Time magazine and is consistently demonized by the leftist Reconquista types for protecting his property and turning the criminals over to the Border Patrol.

I know Roger Barnett - he is a good person - a great Republican - and a great American. The thought that our own government will arrest this man for non-violently protecting his own property is beyond alarming.

We need FReeper help in getting the word out about this and in, possibly, protecting Roger Barnett - or at least being there watching, video-taping when he is arrested. And then protesting like crazy once he is arrested.

This is intolerable! Instead of protecting our borders the Justice Department and the federal government is going after the guys that have to do it for themselves to protect their own property and livelihood.

Watch video and get involved. Please reply here if you want to help out with this situation. I'm going to get in touch with Roger Barnett and see if I can get an update on this situation and will keep everyone posted.

Don't sit and do nothing while a good American is persecuted for upholding the law. Let's roll.

[Boot Hill]

Spiff,

If the feds try to turn the transporting of illegal aliens, pursuant to a lawful "citizen's arrest", into an act of kidnapping, then you are probably covered by state law (state law will prevail here). Each state's code is slightly different, but I post the relevant California Penal Code provision below by way of an example of what's typical.

"A private person who has arrested another for the commission of a public offense must, without unnecessary delay, take the person arrested before a magistrate, or deliver him or her to a peace officer." -- California Penal Code §847 (in relevant part)

Notice that the arresting party is authorized to transport said prisoners. In fact, it would be impossible to make a citizen's arrest without such a provision.

If they want to play stupid harassment games and follow through on the kidnapping arrest, then turn it around on the SOB's and file a Title 42 Civil Rights action (42 USC §1981, et al.) against them. Then, you can sue not only the agents and superiors involved, in their official capacity, but you can also sue them in their private capacity. IOW, you can go after their homes, 401K's, cars, etc. and tie them up for years. That should get their attention and deliver the appropriate message.

Please include me in your ping list of persons to be kept updated on this issue.

Regards,

Boot Hill

[Spiff]

Links about Roger Barnett:

Barnett target of protest

[Washington Times] Border rancher fights to stem flood of aliens

Vigilante or Minuteman? Rancher goes high-tech to nab immigrants, smugglers

[USA Today] Armed rancher acts as one-man border

[AZ Daily Star] AZ RANCHER A VICTIM OF MASSIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

Rancher detains 27 illegal entrants

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

This would be political suicide for a Republican. Smells like the VLWC...set up a Republican just before elections. It's obviously working. If it is an FBI insider, it's propbably one of the Clinton, career Rats who leaked classified info to the NY Times and put our troops in danger and damaged the administration, or initially assumed the anthrax attacks came from a right-wing militia member. Calculating Rats playing to paranoid indes who then work to destroy Republicans. Diabolical, that.

[Regulator]

I've actually been waiting to hear this, ever since I read one of the EFE reports about Barnett, and they mentioned Fox obliquely referring to him.

But I agree that there are lot of people, especially those who are linked to Mexican crime families in Sonora, who would be working to get him gone, and they may have their hooks into the PHX office of the FBI. If that's true (why not? they've corrupted plenty of the Customs people at the border), it's terrifying. But believable.

[Regulator]

Yow. Now there's a real solution.

[calawah98]

Would you put me on your ping list as I would like to be informed on this? Thanks

[madfly]

Roger Barnett ping!

[madfly]

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[SAMWolf]

Ping

[spodefly]

I would turn out in person, but it might be too late for that coming from Atlanta ... what can I do from here? ($$/emails/calls, etc.)

Keep us informed on what happens ...

[PuNcH]

Is it a war on drugs or a war on the American people? Now what is the war on terrorism?

[MissAmericanPie]

This flies in the face of a citizens right to make an arrest, especially on his private property. Is the government going completely lawless and insane? Please keep us informed.

[Boot Hill]

Regulator,

In order for Roger Barnett to avail himself of the protections offered in state code for a citizen's arrest, it's not necessary for Roger to have even specifically informed the illegal aliens, at the time of their detention, that he was arresting them. The detention itself was a de facto arrest.

But Roger should be made aware that if he is arrested, that his house will probably be searched, pursuant to that arrest, and you can bet they will take his computer hard drive as possibly containing "evidence". His HD will contain all the names and addresses of everyone else involved with Roger in regards to protecting the border. It will also include information about what Roger and others are doing, have done are and planning to do. Even if the search is later tossed on 4th Amendment grounds and the HD returned, all that info will remain in the hands of the feds. Bad news. In fact, this may be what is really behind the arrest in the first place.

First, make a back up of all critical user data files on a CD-RW and put that someplace "very secure". Second, re-route the power and data cables for the hard drive through the side of the computer so that your HD is now outside your computer and in plain sight. Place a large hammer next to the HD. When they come through the door, administer several severe whacks to the HD. Replacement HD's can be had for $100. After they've left, reload the new HD with your program disks and then your CD-RW backup disk containing your user files and you're back in business. Pain in the neck? Yes, but better than the alternative.

The Army uses thermite pyrotechnics to accomplish the same thing, but wives get real fussy about the use of such devices inside the house. Go figure.

Regards,

Boot Hill

[norton]

Paranoid as I may be, this is a long stretch.
Bush is in no position to sanction an arrest of a citizen defending his property, his country, or his rights.

Fox and others, on his side and opposing him, might enjoy such a huge stumble.

The law does give a citizen the right to restrain and deliver a law breaker regardless of the law breaker's current status as protected alien species.

Until proven wrong, I'll stick with the view that this is bogus.

[norton]

PS:

"SPECIAL ALERT'

Reminds me too much of the 'get 'em while they last' pop-ups that drive me nuts on the internet.

[Thud]

ping

[EverOnward]

Please put me on your ping list

[BlazingArizona]

Is it going to take a meteor hitting Washington to get the federosaurus replaced by some lifeform with a larger brain?

[Regulator]

Gracious thanks. Forwarded to appropriate parties.

[Spiff]

Until proven wrong, I'll stick with the view that this is bogus.

Are you calling my friend a liar!?