I was trying to pay a fine and was assaulted…
the POLICE BRUTALITY happened on 16may, but first here is some background:
my first court experience was 3 PARKING TICKETS in kent county
(grand rapids-61st district court) this was over the summer of 2011
each ticket was $20, and was doubled to 40$ each for failure to pay on time…
so a bill for 120was sent to me…
i wanted to fight it …and film it…
i filled out a 'media request form …was allowed by the judge to record audio but not video.
at that informal hearing… i fought and lost …since i was found 'responsible', court costs were charged to me as well 55$ each to bring up the demand to $285 (not a moving violation so no worries about my license being suspended)
i was told in order to appeal to the next level in court, i was told i had to give 100$ cash for them to 'hold onto'
…and it wpould be given back iIFi was found innocent.
A few weeks later i was sent a "request and writ for garnishment(income tax rufund/credit)"
…which is not a request but a demand for money …the 285 was raised to 297$ …
the paper states 'you are ordered to pay the amount intercepted under this writ as stated at the top of this form'
'on 31 October 2011, I was forced off the road by a man in a statist costume. (hudsonville-58th dist court)
I had a 5 min conversation with him about liberty and natural law then asked if i could go on my way since i had not hurt anyone or anything…
Tubergan said 'no' and took my papers back to his cop car
He came back after a few min and gave me a demand for money aka ticket
(wrote 71mph in remarks but wrote me up for 60in a 55)
within 48 hours, I called and had a phone conversation with Tubergan and was not able to convince him to reconsider his complaint (the ticket)
a hearing for the speeding ticket was scheduled for Dec 16 which i rescheduled for 16 January
the hearing went as well as could be expected… i was not heard and could not make any philosophical arguments…
again i was told to fight it at the next level, i would have to give up 100 $ cash … i did not pay the extortion money and a few weeks later got a notice that my
my permission to drive papers aka license was suspended as of 3 feb 2012
on 31 March 2012 i was walking out of a gas station with coffee and was asked by a female in a statist costume if i was 'mary'
We proceeded to have a half hour of conversation about liberty and she wrote me a 'DWLS'-driving while license suspended ticket.
on 24 April i went in for an arraignment on the DWLS
…and got threatened with CONTEMPT of court for saying 'this is bullshit'
the same day i met with a prosecuting attorney (Duckworth) who was not even willing to consider the problems in the current system,
told me to talk to my representative/legislature to change things
I called to find out what happens next/what to expect:
Hudsonville (Daldos?) told me that i can pay with creditcard or cash between the hrs of 9am-5pm mon-fri with exception of a lunch hour…
i also asked her about a jury trial and jury selection and how that works.
she gave me the date on her computer and said i just hadnt received the paper in the mail yet…
i asked about the money being demanded of me by hudsonville(145$) and asked if would it make a difference whether I pay that before or after meeting w/prosecuter… also asked if she ever thought deeply about the system she works for… i asked about why this money is being demanded of me when i had hurt no one and she was non-responsive.
i asked the woman "if i pay the 145 before the meeting on the 7th of june, will the points and money amount demanded be less?"
the lady on the phone said she can't give legal advice and told me 'you can BEG the prosecutor when you talk to him' …
Holland was called next … woman on the phone told me that after meeting w/prosecuter on 7 june at 11am, i can determine if i want to take it to a jury trial…she told me that i have the choice of taking it to a jury trial or not… if i do go with a jury trial, the jury selection starts the next morning at 9am)
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POLICE BRUTALITY -assault and kidnapping of a peaceful person
charges against the peaceful person:
disorderly person & PO assault/resisting/obstruction
Wednesday morning, 16 May, I took 145 in one dollar bills to:
Kenneth Post - District Judge / Cindy Daldos - Chief Clerk
—3100 Port Sheldon Road —Hudsonville, Michigan 49426
—Phone: (616) 662-3100
I intended to pay the money demanded of me and get 'clearance papers' (to bring to prosecutor on 7 june for DWLS)
i was called up to the counter by Clerk Karen Glockzin
my brother David had my camera and turned it on as i was giving my name to lady behind counter
we were approached by a uniformed man who approached us from behind/left as i faced the counter.
Dave was standing to my right
The costumed man ( George Deville #) told Dave to "gimme the camera"
I reached up and took the camera directly out of Dave's hand. I shut it off and put it away saying that it was my property and it would not be turned back on
Deville stayed standing on my left side …he asked why we were there…
I told him i was trying to stay safe by paying the 145 that was demanded of me by threat of force.
Clerk Karen Glockzin was there first then Cindy Daldos joined her at the desk.
I slid the stack of 145 ones through the window to the clerk(s)
Clerk Daldos started counting and right away asked 'can we take this' to the costumed man
I tried to express my feelings of fear and frustration to the clerks/cops
I expressed my need for maintaining control of my own property(my money)
My questions were not answered and i was constantly being interrupted.
( Deville, Stille, Ortega… then approached by Heaton )
I was told i had to leave or i'd be arrested …i asked 'for what' and was told 'trespassing'
I started walking toward the door- as i was walking, i was talking to the growing number of costumed gun carrying people
by the time i had my back to the lobby door, there were 4-6 of them… i was not moving fast enough or had paused to long to open the lobby door and the cop that was right in front of me(Randy Heaton #843) said ''last chance", then grabbed at my left arm
I pulled my arm into my chest and said "i dont consent to you touching me" as i backed into the lobby.
I was through the door into the lobby when i was put to the ground and being grabbed at … i was crawing on my belly …people from all angles were grabbing at me.
I felt so afraid. I was begging and pleading to "let me go, im leaving, stop hurting me."
I was pepper sprayed in the face(by Gress #441)and tazed(Nick Knott #554)
When my head and arm was outside and the rest of my body was on the floor inside the lobby, i was begging "please stop, please dont mace me again please dont taze me again"
I remember hearing my brother say:
'is this really fucking necessary?' c'mon, just let her go!'
I lifted my head up and saw through teared up eyes a hand with a can of pepper spray in my face and was screaming for them to …please dont & please stop…
i couldnt breath and was spitting and crying and my nose was dripping… by this time i was outside the building with my arms handcuffed behind my back and I was moving on my knees blindly.
my glasses were removed from my face
i remember an emt/ambulance …i remember having water poured on my face by him to rinse the mace off…
i couldnt get enough water into my mouth to swish and spit …i asked for a drink…
it seemed to take forever for them to get me some water to drink.
at one point a cop(Gress?) poured some on my face and was gonna pour more …i wanted to drink it …i tried drinking it …i was confused by the cop because he would stop pouring when i lifted my face to drink, he was pulling it away from my mouth and up out of my reach(i was on my knees with hands cuffed behind me) i kept telling him to tip it toward me, why do you keep moving it? …and was finally told by him that it was non-potable rinse for my face… and that water to drink wasnt there yet but was 'on the way' or 'someones getting that now'
still handcuffed behind my back, i was grabbed by my arms (Heaton and Gress) and pulled to my feet and brought toward a suv
i was then stood up and molested by fast-moving groping hands… i think it was the one female officer who was groping me …the hands moved over me roughly
…through the courderoy pants and cotton panties, i felt fingers in between my labia.
As i was molested, i was standing just out side the back door of cop suv …i remember choking on warm exhaust fumes and again having problems breathing. I dropped to my knees again, spitting and nose dripping and moving on my knees a few feet to get out of reach of breathing in the hot air.
(i was still mostly blind and really disoriented so possibly was the heat coming either off the engine or the exhaust…it was warm out and the engine was running)…
When i did get back into the cop suv, i was sitting on the edge of the seat, and i was spitting down toward the ground rather than inside the vehicle and was yelled at: 'dont spit at me again' …because my spittle apparently fell too close to his black booted feet.
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sitting on the back seat of suv, my left cuff was removed to take off my vest that had fallen down my arms.
While the left cuff was removed i asked for water and tissue to blow my nose and wipe my face…
i asked to be recuffed with my hands in front so i could sit up… they told me i had to have my arms behind me, no exceptions
'im being cooperative, please, i'm cooperating!'
but no, i was ordered to put my arm behind my back… which i did not do fast enough for him
my left wrist/arm was grabbed and the guy was on top of me trying to wrench my arm back behind me
…i was sitting side ways on the back bench seat in the suv with my feet on the seat and could not get my arm behind me because my left side and shoulder was pressed/leaning on the back of the seat… he had a tight grip on my arm and was trying to twist it around behind me from his position infront of me standing outside the vehicle as he was yelling at me to put it behind my back… (Heaton, Gress, Hanson)
i said: 'my arm doesnt bend that way, you're hurting me, let go of my arm and ill put it behind me.'
I was emotional and terrified and through out the time from when i was first grabbed
through when i was released from the straight jacket chair, i kept asking the people around me:
why are you doing this, i havnt hurt anyone, i havnt violated anyones rights
I asked what was going on and could not hear what the driver (Heaton) was saying.
During the rest of the ride i was silent and crying softly to myself…
It felt unreal and surreal and terrifying as i reflected on what had just happened.
:::::11 am ?
reaching the cage(filmore complex-ottowa county) i asked to just go along, i promised to cooperate…
but they put me in straitjacket chair anyway- tightly bound wrists and backpack straps forced me against the back of the chair and my legs were
wheeled into single person cage-
the female nurse ok ed how i was secured
(even thoughthe wrist restraint were supertight already …and got tighter as my wrists swelled from the cuffs and the trauma sustained when i was grabbed in the back of the cop suv
they felt through my hair and removed all the beads and they were talking about needing special tools to remove the jewelry and decided not to remove it and left me strapped in this restraint-chair
at that point i had not slept in over 20 hours …so for hours i sat strapped in this chair chair drifting in and out of consciousness
occasionally i would wake up startled awake by sudden loud noises(the door of this cage was next to a 'in and out double lock door' that had a fair amount of traffic
also woke crying from a bad dream …i felt very scared and confused… i felt hopeless and sad and very scared…
at one point i woke up crying and my fingers were tingly and one hand was numb…
i called for help…and the wrists were both loosened a little …but i was still left in the straight-jacket-chair
i realized my left foot was loose enough to lift it out of the restraint … i placed my toes on right knee and was able to wipe/itch my drippy nose with my left knee… i put my foot back through the loop…i did this twice before it was noticed by someone and i tried to quickly get my foot back through but the ankle belt had come undone …i told them i was just trying to wipe my nose, please let me out …they refastened my left leg strap and pulled the right one tighter 'just in case'
i was very subdued, i was weeping but not hysterical… there was no reason to keep me in that chair as long as they did
finally released from chair, into a cage… i asked for something to sit on, a chair, a cushion, something…
rinsed my face with water in the sink
asked for blanket
requested to check my blood sugars and take insulin
blood sugar check-
I was 'not allowed' to use the amount of insulin I required to counter the carbohydrates/sugars I was given…
I walked back to cage and given a brown paper bag labeled 'diabetic '
unhealthy food - all carbs except the 'bologna'
4piece bread
small orange
graham crackers
bag of pretzels
a nurse brought permission forms to get access to my V.A. medical records…he had me sign a paper
attempt at 'booking' mug shot… i slumped against the wall during the long pauses between when i was told to stand on the line and turn… i was confused by the long pauses and was not told to 'remain standing until ' was called un-coopertive and too emotional and put back in the single person cage
-back to single cage
-booking----- mug shot/prints
:::::::::::::approx 10pm
finally took long acting insulin -5hrs late…needle was bent because cop grabbed at my hand when i went to inject my insulin pen
moved to multiperson cage- was the 7th person in there
from the cage i called my mom
slept off and on
11am video arraignment with judge from cagehouse:
disorderly person=1000$
po assault/resisting/obstruction =3000$ …10%
=300$ ransom to get me out
i was released from cage aprox 330pm on thursday May 17
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______^^^^notes as of 28 may
holy crap!
Whoo… if I thought it would do any good, I'd suggest filing criminal charges.
My heart goes out to ya.
thanks for your response… i am a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing…i know that the bills WERE legal tender even with the writing on them and Deville was incorrect in telling the clerk not to accept them. I could not relay that information before being cutoff repeatedly by several different people and ganged up on and herded toward the door…
…i will hopefully be able to see/hear the lobby tapes this week… plus after meeting with the lawyer and seeing/hearing the tapes ill know a bit more as far as whether i want to fire him and represent myself or not… ugh…so feckin frustrating! … i want to hold those individuals accountable for how i was treated… BUT …before i think about that too much, i hafta worry what they are gonna do to me…
links to the videos
video files from court cameras:
assault on mary in hudsonville: video 1 of 3- clerk window
assault on mary in hudsonville: video 1 of 3- clerk window
assault on mary in hudsonville: video 2of 3-hallcam
assault on mary in hudsonville: video 2of 3-hallcam
assault on mary in hudsonville: video 3 of 3
assault on mary in hudsonville: video 3 of 3
video from my camera
assault on mary in hudsonville : video from my camera
Wow. Just wow. What a shame the video from your camera is so short. The other views are horrible, and you can't hear what they're saying. That makes it their word against yours. At least the third view makes it pretty clear they were hemming you in, but you still can't hear what's going on.
That's why you need to have your camera going the whole time, even if it's just audio. A suggestion: Next time you have an encounter with a costumed person who tells you to turn off the camera, pretend to shut it off, and slip it into a pocket. Better yet, go in recording like that, never mention there's a camera, just record every interaction.
All I can really say to this is, you must be seriously bad-ass, if they needed 6 people to take you down. 
Cops… they're just thugs in fancy costumes. There's no honor behind the badge. "To serve and protect." Yeah, the only thing they're protecting is the government and its monopoly on violence.
Mary,
It's just awful what you went through. Maybe you should have paid the parking tickets when you received them in the first place. Your experiences were not worth it. DO NOT fire your attorney!!! This would be even a bigger mistake!!! He should be able to get rid of all your peripheral charges outside your parking tickets with the prosecutor. without a jury trial. If you insist on a jury trial, get all the news media you can to cover the trial. Please take whatever advice your attorney gives you and go with it, so you can choose to fight another day. You'll be in my prayers. Good luck!
Pat
I'm new to this site, and met Mary online. After reading the thread here about recording the police, it's still a little unclear when you can record. According to the discussion, the police cannot take your camera away without a warrant, but, you might need permission to record at the payment window. Mary was recording her interaction with the clerk, and she didn't seem to mind. However, the thug certainly did, because the first words out of his mouth were "give me your camera". My first question is what business was it of his? Since the clerk had no problem with it, what's the problem? It is a public place, and I saw no notice that you can't record (but I'd bet they have a sign up by now…). And, I have to ask why the thug didn't first try to tell Mary that she couldn't record, instead of ordering her to give him her camera. From his first "order", it appears he was being nothing but a thug with a badge. I'm thinking that if I were on the jury, and especially after running into lying law enforcement in the past, the prosecutor would have a big uphill battle to prove to me that Mary was guilty of anything. Although the footage from the court building cameras isn't the best, I saw nothing that warranted them tazing and macing her.
On a separate note, I have maintained for a while now that you are not innocent until proven guilty, you are guilty until you can come up with enough money to prove you are innocent or, in cases such as OJ Simpson, have enough money to get good enough lawyers to get you out of almost anything (and, in his case, to get him out of it).