Entire county board arrested following citizens arrest by 2 military veterans

[UglyGreed]

Clark County, Illinois — Sometimes citizens can be so frustrated with county board members they wish someone could just place them under arrest. Well, that is exactly what citizens in Clark County, Illinois did .

Illinois’ number one manufactured product is corruption. More than 95 percent of the Illinois legislature is safe in gerrymandered districts. The incumbent governor has three current federal investigations of his administration, but the Attorney General/state’s attorney class can’t find public vice anywhere.

Residents that voted in the recent election said they are hoping officials have learned from the past mistakes of others.

So what can the law abiding citizen do? The answer is coming from some regular guys in southern Illinois who decided to hold public officials accountable. They call themselves the “Watchdogs.”


http://www.ocalapost.com/entire-county-board-arrested-following-citizens-arrest-by-2-military-veterans/

[Control-Z]

1. So very interesting.

I hope to hear more about this.

[Scuba]

2. Let's hope this spreads. Big thanks to Allen and Kraft.

[OldRedneck]

3. Wall Street?

Anyone want to join me -- I'm headed for Wall Street with a truckload of handcuffs and I'm planning to arrest banksters -- Eric Holder won't do it, someone's gotta do it.

[RedCappedBandit]

6. The thugs will beat your ass

Wall street is swarming with cops

[vlyons]

18. Can you swing by Texas?

and put some cuffs on Jeb Hensarling? He's chair of the Finance Committee TX-05.

[Recursion]

4. This sounds tea-party/"sovereign citizen"-y...

I'm wary

[UglyGreed]

20. I can see your

point, but maybe, just maybe the threat is enough to bring the politicians in line and work for the people, not for the money. I'll take a wait and see approach.

[cali]

5. this has a totally wingnut flavor to it.

[RedCappedBandit]

7. It does

But I do find it pretty amusing

[ColesCountyDem]

8. ECWD are a group of Teabagger douchenozzles. n/t

[freshwest]

26. I believe it. This is their MO and they've been practicing at it.

Wondering what kind of corruption they are fighting?

Recognizing same sex marriage? Not deporting people with hispanic accents? Employing people they consider communist?

I could go on and one, but this sounds more like the far right than anything else.

[ColesCountyDem]

27. All of those things, and then some, sadly.

They sheriff mention in the article, Sheriff Parsley, is a 'constitutional sheriff' wing nut who says he will refuse to enforce any additional federal gun-control legislation and arrest any federal law-enforcement officer tries to enforce said laws. Most of the ECWD memebers are also members of various right wing, libertarian and/or 'hate groups'.

[freshwest]

32. Look, we got trolled. But MIRT must have removed that one or the others. I've been offline.

[ColesCountyDem]

33. So it would seem. Our MIRT folks are very good at what they do. n/t

[hlthe2b]

30. Seems from a quick perusal a fairly indiscriminate approach. Most of the "offenses" targeted seem

rather small and in total, seem to rise to harassment. This really gives me an uneasy sense that you all may be of the anti-government "sovereign" type--who tie government in strings and refuse to accept the validity of ANY governmental agency. I surely would hope that is not the case.

[Enthusiast]

9. Let this be an example.

Prosecute these fucks to the fullest extent of the law.

[sendero]

10. Need to replicate the "Watchdogs".

..... in about 10,000 more counties.

[Hoppy]

11. They should publish a citizen's advisory book.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. What is this Tea Bagger nonsense?

Illinois’ number one manufactured product is corruption.

Fuck you. No it isn't.

Illinois is one of the nation's manufacturing leaders, boasting annual value added productivity by manufacturing of over $107 billion in 2006. As of 2011, Illinois is ranked as the 4th most productive manufacturing state in the country, behind California, Texas, and Ohio.[93] About three-quarters of the state's manufacturers are located in the Northeastern Opportunity Return Region, with 38 percent of Illinois' approximately 18,900 manufacturing plants located in Cook County. As of 2006, the leading manufacturing industries in Illinois, based upon value-added, were chemical manufacturing ($18.3 billion), machinery manufacturing ($13.4 billion), food manufacturing ($12.9 billion), fabricated metal products ($11.5 billion), transportation equipment ($7.4 billion), plastics and rubber products ($7.0 billion), and computer and electronic products ($6.1 billion)

Oh, I get that they're just being "clever," but seriously, that is Tea Bagger code, (and usually has no small hint of racist bullshit to boot).

[Renew Deal]

17. 4 of 7 last Illinois governors convicted/imprisoned

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2581182

[LeftInTX]

24. Sounds like code for anti-Obama

[surrealAmerican]

13. Despite the extremely favorable spin these "watchdogs" are getting ...

... in this article, they sound more like they're harassing minor officials than holding them to account. This wasn't a county board, but a parks district board, and their only "crime" was voting not to allow public comment at one meeting.

[Renew Deal]

15. That vote was a mistake

Why should the pair have to teach govt officials how to do their jobs?

[Lurks Often]

16. Which is a Class C misdemeanor under Illinois law

according to the article

[Renew Deal]

14. Great story

Send Kraft and Allen to NY. There is work to be done.

[ffr]

19. Read to the end.

RE: Kirk Allen and John Kraft — two military veterans

In what was one of their most epic displays of political crime-fighting, which was captured on video, Allen and Kraft held the entire Clark County Park District Board under citizen’s arrest on May 13, 2014, for violating the Illinois Open Meetings Act, a Class C misdemeanor.

When asked if there would be public comment, one of the board members said, “I vote no.” Followed by five other board members.

<snip>
“It’s not that they should have. They’re mandated to,” -Sheriff- Parsley said. “The people need to have their voice. It’s not a dictatorship. It’s a democracy.”

The sheriff arrested six of the board members. The seventh board member was not arrested because he voted against the other members. As they were escorted out of the building, the crowd cheered.

The board had previously laughed at the watchdog group, calling them trouble makers; however, the Sheriff and the State Attorney’s Office didn’t see it that way.

Kraft said, “Every citizen, in every state, county, and city, should take note. Make sure their local government officials are working for the people, and not for themselves.”

Thought this was going the other way with teahadists arresting people at gunpoint, but it doesn't sound like it went down that way at all.

[UglyGreed]

21. IMO We have to be careful

that the new boss may be worse than the old boss and all that jazz. With the worship of the military from both sides of the aisle these days we could end up with someone from the military who might be a little too far right if get my drift.

[Capt. Obvious]

22. This is not something to celebrate

[UglyGreed]

23. I understand. Bad times can

cause bad people to grab power and we end up like Germany in the 30s. I know people don't like others to mention that but the sort of threat exist.

[ncjustice80]

25. Sounds teabaggerish tbh.

And how did he effect the"arrest"- hold the board at gun point?