Playing with fire

What's the law got cookin' for Thanksgiving?

Special Guest Opinion
by John Martinez

Pioneer Press
Fort Jones , California
November 21, 2007
Page E19, column 1
Phone 530-468-5355
email: pioneerp@sisqtel.net

I was rather amused, but now quite aroused but never confused about
constitutionally protected speech.  I consider my writings to be
nothing less than First Amendment expression - The highest privilege
granted in this great nation.

I find that I have quite the prestigious audience within the CHP
political machine and their friends who may try to once again
"silence the press."  I understand from what I hear on the street
that the CHP is quite upset and certainly does not like me
expressing those pesky little First Amendment Speech Rights.  Have we
not been through this before?

I can only wonder what is being cooked up in their kitchen.  I wonder
if they are preparing a broth like the one the California State DOJ,
the Siskiyou County Sheriff Department,  other local departments and
the Salmon River kingpins cooked up and was served nice and cold by
top California DOJ prosecutor Jo Graves to the Webster family, the
press and the public.  Hmmm...what do you suppose they have up their
sleeve?

Let's see.  The DOJ and the Sheriff Department flunkies already tried
to make me out to be "delusional" due to my claims that the Mexican
Mafia had operations in the county.  That probably won't work this
time. Hmmm...let's see.

Oh, maybe a rogue officer or two working with a few folk on the
"river" could "plant" some narcotics on me. That one didn't work
either.  Oh, you didn't know?  That was the grow above my
residence and I was supposed to be home and have a "scoped rifle"
that fit the description of the one that was allegedly pointed at a
Siskiyou County Sgt. Deputy.  You remember.  That was the grow where
the Sgt. Deputy acting like a John Wayne movie super hero flew
through the air discharging his shotgun as allegedly some Hispanic
was "panning" with a "scoped rifle."  Lots of them thar' darned
Mexicans out there with them thar' darned scoped deer rifles, didn't
you know Hal?

Deputy "Porky" missed the the imaginary character and had "Porky" hit
his mark, it would have been the first dead imaginary character this
world has ever seen.  Would have been a great news story though.  I
can read the headlines now, "Porky shoots cartoon character,
DA's Caped Crusader and Pappy Shoot a Citizen in the Head rule it a
clean shoot."  Shots fired, shot fired.

Seriously, that was the day I was supposed to die at the hands
of sworn law enforcement personnel and of course Pete Knoll's office
would have handled the investigation.  That's thar' our justice
system back har'  in these 'har woods, you know Hal.  Of course,
Sheriff Riggins has refused to give us the reports of that day.  Gee,
I wonder if we can't get the reports because a witness there that day
throws the entire story and time line into a state of potential false
reports, conspiracy and such and that wouldn't be good for a sheriff
that fears the feds coming in and opening up his keester like a
Thanksgiving turkey?  What 'ya spose them thar' feds might stuff'em
with, Hal?

Oh, yes.  Perhaps they will make me out to be a crazed gunman.  A
crazed right wing type of guy that thinks them thar' Indians down
thar' are maken' that thar' dope an' protected by them thar' darned
cops.  They tried that already as well.  Oh, you didn't know?  That
time it was a high ranking US Forest Service representative with
close ties to the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources that
pulled that one.  Karuk?  I have heard of this Tribe somewhere
before.  Fine Tribe, known for producing super hero cops that pull
little girls out school.   Who's yo daddy boy, you a real Indian by
blood or is yuz' somebody elses' boy, boy?

Maybe, just maybe, they'll get me coming out of a bar.  Maybe they'll
have someone follow me into a bar and make sure I'm good and drunk
and then have one of their officers nail me.  They already done did
that to a good friend of mine.  Too bad, don't have the resources for
bar hopping and don't drink and drive since I'm not a Sheriff's
deputy that shoots for the fun of killing.

A friend has cautioned me that maybe the CHP and some other agency
will simply pull me over and deposit a few baggies of goodies.

That's always possible when you speak the truth about an organization
that has the power to kill a citizen and have their friends at
justice investigate.  Hmmm...let's see.

See, I think they'll try something different this time.  I'm sure
they have a few pasty-faced, greasy and sharped-tooth attorneys
figuring out someway to deny me of my First Amendment speech rights.
Perhaps they'll even cook something up with another agency to thicken
the gravy.  I'm sure it will be tasty gravy and probably help fund my
new book.

If anyone out there can dream up how they may try to discredit me, my
ideas, deny me free speech, and/or generally "get me" please write
the Pioneer Press because I'm sure the Webster family would like to
know how the authorities will once again try to silence a member of
the free press.

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