-Caveat Lector-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999
Subj: Forfeiture as Enterprise
Forfeiture as Enterprise
by KAY LEE
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I want to introduce you to Nancy Wall, whose entire family
has been hit hard by the drug war. Like millions of
American citizens, she has been abused by bad laws and their
enforcers.
This lady, Nancy Wall, is one of the best/worst examples I
know of abuse of forfeiture laws. Her husband and son were
forced to plea bargain with no drugs in evidence. They are
serving 12 years each (I think they are in their seventh
year) on marijuana charges because the 'law' threatened to
put mom in jail for 20 years.
While the 15 or 20 law officers from the DEA on down were
ransacking their home at 6:00 AM, as usual on the word of a
friend turned snitch, they were dropping Nancy's jewelry in
their pocket. A plaque from her home still hangs in the
local DEA agent's office. Even after the bust they made her
deliver a television that was not in her house at the time
of the raid to the DEA office downtown, to go with the VCR
they took from her home.
They stole her house and put it up for sale. Her sister-
in-law bought it back for her, and that made the DEA so mad
they sent the IRS in. The IRS now has a $45,000 lien on her
home for 'unreported drug money.' Every once in awhile, they
still call her down to shake her upside down for spare
change.
During the arrest, the cops and agents pillaged and
plundered, screamed, threw Mr. and Mrs. Wall around and
pointed guns in their faces. Believe me, the arrest of non
violent people seems to be a training ground for bullies,
because the violence of the law is uncalled for.
They put a monitor on her ankle for six months, forced her
to serve five years probation, and she wouldn't dream of
doing any drug her doctor doesn't give her. They ripped off
her bank account containing severance pay from NASA, where
she had worked for 25-30 years. She had proof that the
money was not drug money, but they didn't care. They had
$$$$$ signs in their eyes.
The Walls are in their 60s, their son in his 40s. None have
ever crossed paths with the law before. Nancy, like I say,
had worked many years for NASA. Her husband, Jim, retired
from the military after a long and distinguished career, and
her son, Jeff, was middle class America. Nancy and Jim
have been married for 46 years and she's having a hard time
holding on. She put off extensive hip surgery for as long
as she could, hoping to wait till her family was home to
help her. Last fall she finally was forced to have the
surgery alone.
The day after they put the electronic monitor on her, she
went to NASA and the people she worked with were lined up to
hug her, some crying. The Walls were valuable assets to
friends, neighbors and co-workers. They were paying their
way, helping others, pursuing life, and now the whole family
is just a statistic.
All over America, people are loosing respect for those who
make the laws, as well as those who enforce them. The
excuse, "We're just doing our job" is an outright lie. Too
many of them are enjoying their jobs, relishing their jobs,
and making profits off the perversion of their jobs. Little
silver-haired Nancy, every time a cop passes, whispers
angrily, "I just hate those bastards." Can you blame her?
Before this happens to you, END PROHIBITION NOW!
http://www.zyworld.com/kay~lee/home.htm
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