Friday, January 6, 2012
crime Former Occupier Returns to Boise Federal Building in Cuffs
Posted by George Prentice on Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:10 AM
- Courtesy Ada County Sheriff's Office
- Charles Arthur Stark
Charles Stark returned to Boise's Federal Building this morning. But this time, he was in handcuffs and wearing an orange jumpsuit, courtesy of the Ada County Sheriff's Office.
Stark was arraigned today on a misdemeanor criminal charge of defacing federal property, in the wake of his last visit to the Federal Building on the night of Jan. 2. Stark was allegedly videotaped as he approached the building with a spray paint can. The complaint alleges that Stark painted "F.U. 1867," [referencing the National Defense Authorization Act] on the north, east and west windows of the Fort Street building, and "I'm not a terrorist" on the south windows.
Stark was picked up later that evening while he was the passenger in a vehicle whose driver was stopped for DUI. Stark was transported and booked into the Ada County Jail, where he remains, on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear for a previous charge of reckless driving.
Stark had been homeless up until his arrest, spending time at the River of Life mission for men and the Occupy Boise encampment outside of the old Ada County Courthouse. A year ago, he was employed at the Bogus Basin ski resort, according to Dick Rubin, Stark's attorney.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynne Lamprecht asked that Stark be held after he is released by Ada County, saying that he is a flight risk.
"The U.S. marshals have spoken with members of the Occupy Boise movement and they will not have him back," said Lamprecht. "They don't want to be associated with him."
But U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale released Stark to the custody of Ada County, where he still faces his outstanding traffic violation.
Stark pleaded not guilty to the federal charge and faces a court hearing in early March. If convicted, he faces up to a year behind bars, a $100,000 fine, a year of supervised probation and a $25 assessment.
"This is not the crime of the century," Rubin told Dale.
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Why am I thinking about Beavis and Butthead after reading this?
Glad Occupy Boise have publicly distanced themselves from this person and his behavior.
Obama has issued his NDAA Signing Statement. Here is mine:
Americans must not be distracted by Corporate Fascist Puppet Barack Obama saying "my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens" in his signing statement for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (H.R.1540). Presidential "signing statements" are political propaganda with no Constitutional basis. A President who breaches a signing statement covenant faces no more consequences than any other corrupt politician who renegs on a promise. By signing NDAA and attempting to give its unconstitutional provisions the force of law, Barack Hussein Obama became complicit with all of the bought-and-paid-for U.S. Senators and Representatives who voted for this bill, and along with them should be charged with Seditious Conspiracy under U.S. Code Title 18 Part I Chapter 115 Section 2384. Unless and until these vermin are arrested, charged and removed from office, I will no longer consider the government they infest to be legitimate. Nor will I respect any ruling to the contrary from a judicial system that grants rights of citizenship to corporate entities that treat settlements and penalties for criminal conduct as costs of doing business with no concerns about incarceration or execution to deter their illegal, immoral or unethical conduct.
No more Left. No more Right. Time to Unite. Stand and Fight!
IronBoltBruce via VVV PR ( http://vvvpr.com | @vvvpr )
Has the Boise Weekly done an article on the NDAA and the changes allowing indefinite detention of Americans? If not, please do. Putting this much focus on a bit of spray paint is a diversion from the real issue here, wasting good reporting space. No, this fellow doesn't have the freedom to deface government property, but please don't get lost in the minutia here or take this sort of petty crime as big news when the real crime of importance here is loss of more of our freedoms.
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