Feds raid Texas political meeting; fingerprint and photograph all attendees, seize phones

Via Police State USA

“We had no idea what was going on. We knew of nothing that would warrant such an action.”

A Republic of Texas meeting filmed in 2013.  (Source: RT documentary / YouTube)

BRYAN, TX — Federal and local police forces raided a political meeting, taking unusual measures to document every attendee by taking fingerprints and photographs, and seizing every cell phone and all recording equipment in the meeting hall.

The raid took place on February 14, 2015, at VFW Post 4892 in Bryan, Texas. At 10:10 a.m., an “army of policing agencies with flashing emergency lights” showed up, shut down the meeting of “congenial and unimposing” Texans and forced them to hand over their private effects and biometric data.

MySanAntonio described the raid:

Minutes into the meeting a man among the onlookers stood and moved to open the hall door, letting in an armed and armored force of the Bryan Police Department, the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office, the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office, Agents of the Texas District Attorney, the Texas Rangers and the FBI.

In the end, at least 20 officers corralled, searched and fingerprinted all 60 meeting attendees, before seizing all cellphones and recording equipment in a Valentine’s Day 2015 raid on the Texas separatist group.

“We had no idea what was going on,” said John Jarnecke, president of the Republic of Texas. “We knew of nothing that would warrant such an action.”

The meeting was the monthly gathering of a group known as the Republic of Texas. Drawing participants from hundreds of miles away, the group shares a common vision of an independence Texan nation.

This group differentiates itself from others because it believes that the 19th century Republic of Texas was never legally dissolved, and the subsequent integration of Texan land into the USA was illegitimate. This is explained on the group’s Proclamation statement:

There is no need for the Republic of Texas to secede from the United States. We never “ceded” the land of Texas to them or to anyone else. A fraudulent color-of-law annexation agreement was foisted on elected officials in Texas, but no lawful treaty was ever ratified to allow the United States to take over our nation, which had already been established forever by international treaties. Those elected officials in Texas were never authorized to give up the sovereignty of the Republic of Texas.

For over a decade, a movement of Texans has carried on the tradition of the Republic of Texas, and even held elections to to fill its offices.

Rejecting the media’s “patently false” characterization of the group as a “militia,” the Republic’s website says that “the Republic of Texas is a self-determined people attempting to throw off the yoke of military occupation of Texas through peaceful and lawful process.”

Bob Wilson holds an elected position and described the group to RT: “In the early 2000s, a number of people got together and said, ‘You know what? If the land is still ours, and if there is a perpetual treaty that says we are a nation, lets just be a nation.’ And so they elected, but with a vote from the people, a President, Vice President, a Secretary of State, a Congress, Supreme Court justices — and all of those are still occupied and manned to this day. In fact, that government meets every month on the second Saturday of the month, and the people of Texas who are interested come to those meetings.”

Wilson currently sits as an elected Senator of the Republic of Texas.

“The purpose, the goal of the Republic of Texas,” Wilson explained, “is to restore and to preserve all the freedoms and all the sovereign rights that were won in 1836 at the Battle of San Jacinto, when that treaty was signed. In other words, we’re here to make sure that people get to exercise those rights, even though an overreaching federal government of the U.S. keeps trying to take away more and more of the rights and freedoms. We’re here to restore them and make sure that they’re preserved.”

RT ran a 26-minute documentary on the Republic of Texas in 2013. See it below:

The pretext of the raid was that two individuals from the group had reportedly sent out “simulated court documents” — summonses for a judge and a banker to appear before the Republic of Texas to discuss the matter of a foreclosure.

These “simulated documents” were rejected and the authorities decided to react with a “show of force” — twenty officers and an extremely broad search warrant.

“As if dangerous criminals, many of the Texian people — generally seniors of respected middle-class business, farming, broadcasting, engineering, scientific, health, veterans, and faith-based backgrounds — were one-by-one physically searched on their person and in their vehicles, fingerprinted, detained and then had their personal belongings and property searched and seized,” the Republic of Texas described on its website.

The website noted some of the belongings that were seized by police: “cell phones, iPads, laptops, business papers, Republic of Texas paperwork, coinage and other valuables.”

“How is it that a supposedly free people can be subjected to intimidating, rough, and highly intrusive search and seizure when assembling lawfully and peaceably from all corners of the vast Country of Texas to educate those in attendance about the Historical 1836 Republic of Texas Constitution and celebrate a Nation wide Valentine’s Day and a fellow Texian’s 89th birthday?” the group wondered.

No arrests were made, and the matter remains under investigation.

The tactics used went well beyond what was necessary to address a few individuals over a matter of disputed paperwork. It is clear that full-blown raid was performed to intimidate and harass every member of the group.

The irony of the situation is that the thuggish tactics employed by the police and federal government actually validate the concerns of the members of the Republic of Texas and other Americans who would prefer independence from the United States federal government.

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BUCKHED
BUCKHED

More to come…..thanks to Net Neutrality what you say on Blogs will get you arrested.

Hollow man
Hollow man

Next thing you know they will be taken outside and shoot. Free my goat smelling ass.

flash
flash

thank gawd, we have da’ military perteting’ our freedums’..

flash
flash

cops should never be allowed to be in possession of any sort of firearm…not even a pellet rifle….sheesh.

Highway Patrol Error Results In Hellish Roadside Experience For Classic Car Owner
http://news.yahoo.com/highway-patrol-error-results-hellish-roadside-experience-classic-223419826.html

TE
TE

Anyone left that needs more proof that the banksters own our politicians, thus owning our military and LEOs? Bueller?

And, lastly, where, oh my god where, is the freaking onion?

It becomes increasingly difficult for me not to punch someone in the nose when they insist on presenting an argument about our freedoms and rights.

The rule of law is nothing but a dim memory, I doubt it truly ever existed in the way most of us think it did.

Legal trumps moral. Science, do-gooders and government trump God.

We are so screwed. Time to figure out how to survive mentally going forward. Up is down, moral is illegal, day is night, death is health, *sigh*

Stucky

Those VERY good folks from Texas apparently are unaware of something called … The War Of Northern Aggression.

What did they expect would eventually happen? That the FBI and other godforsaken 3-letter-agencies would show up with cookies and brownies saying “Fuck yea, folks. Go ahead and secede!” ??

How many died between 1861-1865? The next such attempt can result in tenfold that amount. This fukshit government will stop at nothing to preserve itself … including the murder of millions of Americans, if necessary.

At the end of the day secession, while intellectually pleasing to me, is ultimately nothing but Fools Gold. The Federalfuk Government will have a rallying point for the millions of sheeplefuk Americans to go ahead and kill their fellow Americans. Secession will only make the Fedfuk government even MORE powerful. Don’t kid yourself into thinking otherwise.

The best way to bring the Fedfuks down is from within and with extreme stealth. Never let them know who you are. You wanna be like the Vietcong … they smile and laugh with you during the day, and plunge a dagger through your heart at night. Constant, continuous, and relentless acts of civil disobedience whenever possible. Meld, meld, meld, attack, meld, meld, attack, … etc. Let The Borg believe you are one of them while retaining your constructive hatred of them. If a few million of us do this, they will lose because, ultimately, they are very very stupid drones.

Desertrat
Desertrat

We had some nutzoids do the “Republic of Texas” thing back maybe in 1996 or so, set up just outside of Fort Davis, Texas, in a Davis Mountain Resort ranchette. All this phony baloney theft-attempt with fake financial instruments, Texas illegally joined the US, yada, yada, yada. I fault the leaders of this latest effort, sucking in the naive and ignorant.

Similar to the “Montana Freemen” and other such idiot groups.

The leaders/organizers are just a bunch of scam scum. They play the same sort of word-games as Obama and his claque.

TE
TE

@DesertRat, so? What is your point?

Did they break any actual LAW, or just irritate a banker?

In a FREE country we have the right to be like minded nutjobs and gather. It is not the place of taxpayers to fund the decision on which like-minded nutjobs are legitimate and which are not unless actual HARM is occurring.

What passes for justification for government intervention now astounds me. I sometimes feel like I’m the only person in this country that does not want their help or guidance in ANY way, or level.

Courts and juries and law-type men existed long before the US government decided to become the end all, be all of that which is safe or right or wrong.

So did fire departments, schools and street maintenance/builders.

Us Vs. Them, and thanks to those that want government to be all powerful, winning. So it goes…

Rise Up
Rise Up

“Financial instruments” are sacred to the banks. Don’t fuck with banks. They are on the top of the food chain–way above government(s)–federal, state, and local. Armies and local police support the banksters.

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On the other hand, when the La Raza crowd holds rallies and probably meetings similiar to the one referred to here, does any government-supported police swoop in and fingerprint them? Of course not!

http://www.mnforsustain.org/aztlan_aztlan_dream_to_retake_the_south_us.htm

“A radical Hispanic movement’s dream to retake the southwestern United States is becoming a reality with the aid of Mexican and U.S. policies, according to some immigration watchers.

A massive influx of illegal immigrants is “importing poverty” and growing an ethnic community with greater loyalty to Mexico than the U.S., maintains Glenn Spencer, president of Voices of Citizens Together a California-based non-profit group.

“Unless this is shut down within two years, I believe that it will be irreversible, and that it will most certainly lead to a breakup of the United States,” Spencer told WorldNetDaily. “I don’t think there is any doubt about it.”

A breakaway of U.S. states is a distinct possibility, according to prominent Chicano activist and University of California at Riverside professor Armando Navarro. In an interview with WorldNetDaily, Navarro would not answer directly whether he shared separatist aspirations, but said that if demographic and social trends continue, secession is inevitable.

“If in 50 years most of our people are subordinated, powerless, exploited and impoverished, then I will say to you that there are all kinds of possibilities for movements to develop like the ones that we’ve witnessed in the last few years all over the world, from Yugoslavia to Chechnya,” Navarro said.

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Rise Up
Rise Up

Admin, I was redirected to a wordpress page and instructed to enter a codeword before I could post my comment above-what’s that all about?

Rise Up
Rise Up

No problem…just wanted to make sure it was legit.

Overthecliff
Overthecliff

We are Without Rule of Law. Law only applies to situations chosen by the guys with the guns. Constitutional, moral and ethical debates mean nothing unless you can back the up. The pen is mightier than the sword is bullshit. Hating this does not make it less true.

Overthecliff
Overthecliff

TE,I think you hit on the answer. ” in a free country…” This is not a free country anymore.

Rick Caird
Rick Caird

The judge who signed that warrant and the DA who requested it should both be removed and arrested for a violation of civil rights.

BUCKHED
BUCKHED

Stucky said :

“The best way to bring the Fedfuks down is from within and with extreme stealth. Never let them know who you are. You wanna be like the Vietcong … they smile and laugh with you during the day, and plunge a dagger through your heart at night. Constant, continuous, and relentless acts of civil disobedience whenever possible. Meld, meld, meld, attack, meld, meld, attack, … etc. Let The Borg believe you are one of them while retaining your constructive hatred of them. If a few million of us do this, they will lose because, ultimately, they are very very stupid drones.”

Stuck that reminded me of the scene of Mugua in “The Last Of The Mohicans ” . Start the video at 7:00. I hope that many are like Mugua…they know they can’t fight the system now but in the future…when the time comes….well, one can dream .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zWMmUkkYes

TE
TE

@Rick, (welcome, btw) instead they will be re-appointed/re-elected, probably with a majority.

Sheep love believing that these people have our best interests at heart. It seems no number of innocent bodies, or wrongly destroyed lives can convince the democratic majority of any difference.

Re-elected by a landslide and re-appointed to increase that Golden Parachute Pension that they all get but we can’t afford for ourselves.

No wonder we are talked to with such disdain, allowing their special status and existence is kinda proof that we are idiot sheeple children that need to be led by our noses, pocketbooks and dicks.

dilligaf

WASHINGTON PARISH, La. — One of the worst days of Douglas Dendinger’s life began with him handing an envelope to a police officer.

In order to help out his family and earn a quick $50, Dendinger agreed to act as a process server, giving a brutality lawsuit filed by his nephew to Chad Cassard as the former Bogalusa police officer exited the Washington Parish Courthouse…….

http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/local/investigations/mike-perlstein/2015/02/26/charges-crumble-after-cell-phone-video-uncovered/24039559/

Stucky

Mugua reminds of of Jimmy (a character on a Seinfeld episode who referred to himself in 3rd person).

More seriously, “The Last Of The Mohicans ” is a FANTASTIC movie … I watch it once or twice a year. Nice clip … very appropriate … thanks for posting it.

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