x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:17:58 -0500 thread-index: AdAiwjodIkGLQv37SrShTKEfFzBaCQ== Thread-Topic: Autistic man arrested, tasered, and kidnapped by police, no law broken From: To: Subject: Autistic man arrested, tasered, and kidnapped by police, no law broken Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:17:58 -0500 Message-ID: <4AE618BDF6364432AFF13BD93DE992D3@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Dec 2014 17:17:58.0995 (UTC) FILETIME=[3A3EFA30:01D022C2] CUSTOM Mr. Charles Clement 38737 Woodmont Dr. Sterling Heights MI 48310 charlie0824@gmail.com 7342239755 7342239755 PCOR Autistic man arrested, tasered, and kidnapped by police, no law broken To whom it way concern, On December 24th, in Greenville, South Carolina, Tario Anderson, a severely autistic man, was simply walking down the street. Because he refused contact with police officers he was assaulted, tasered, kidnapped, and charged with the crimes of "interfering with police work" and "resisting arrest". Mr. Anderson was exercising his natural right to travel freely and unencumbered. He chose not to exercise his right to free speech(1A). His person was searched and seized without a warrant, or probable cause(4A). He was deprived of his liberty without even a shred of due process(5A). "When they put their spotlight on him, he immediately put his head down, put his hands in his pockets and began to walk away from him," Officer Johnathan Bragg with Greenville Police said. "They then got out of the vehicle and approached him and ordered him to stop at which point he did flee from the officers and they pursued him." According to Officer Bragg's story there wasn't even reasonable suspicion that a crime had been committed. He was going for a walk on a public sidewalk. He was not obligated to stop and Identify himself. He was not obligated to answer your questions. He was not "subject" to the "orders" given by law enforcement officers. Since an aversion to bright lights being shined in one's eyes is a natural reflex, not to mention severe sensory overload for an Autistic person, it should have been expected. Use of the excuse that you "can't diagnose mental illness" is pure ignorance. The Bureau of Justice reported in 2006 that 24% of the 705,600 state prison inmates had suffered from recent symptoms of mental illness. That was 8 years ago. By now those numbers have probably risen. In 2014 the Centers for Disease Control published that 1 in 66 (1.5%) children are now born with autism. That number is rising rapidly. By now law enforcement officers nationwide should not only expect to encounter citizens with mental illness, they should be trained how to deal with it in a way that doesn't repeatedly end with the citizen being beaten, arrested, kidnapped, and sometimes killed. Your police department has exceeded its jurisdiction. Your officers have violated the God-given, Constitutionally protected, inalienable rights of a mentally handicapped man. Every officer involved in Mr. Anderson's detainment and arrest should be tried on charges of assault, battery, unlawful arrest, kidnapping, excessive use of force, and failing to uphold the oath-of-office found in the S.C. Const Art. III sec. 26: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am duly qualified, according to the Constitution of this State, to exercise the duties of the office to which I have been elected, (or appointed), and that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of this State and of the United States. So help me God." U.S. Const. Art. VI This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding. The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all execu- tive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution "The claim and exercise of a constitutional right cannot be converted into a crime." Miller v. US, 230 F 486, at 489. There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of this exercise of constitutional rights." Sherer v. Cullen, 481 F 946 "An illegal arrest is an assault and battery. The person so attempted to be restrained of his liberty has the same right to use force in defending himself as he would in repelling any other assault and battery." (State v. Robinson, 145 ME. 77, 72 ATL. 260).