This is about the “street war” as opposed to the courtroom battles, but this does reference a few of the connected court issues.
In early July 2018, I came to D.C. for “the long haul.”
The first (nearly) two years were in Lafayette Square Park. As per my habit of picking up trash, trying to leave the area cleaner than when I arrived, I began picking up trash in the whole park. Eventually, Park Police arrested me out of Lafayette Park for “aggressive panhandling.” This involved me setting up, at that time, an empty peanut container with a donations sign attached to it.
Throughout the day, I would do as I continue to do; “Howdy.! Have a good day. Thank you.” I didn’t even mention the donations container unless someone asked about where I wanted it. I spent a day or two in jail before arraignment. I was released. I tried to get my property. I called for hours. I stopped by during the hours it was open to the public. When I got there, they said the “only two” people who could help were BOTH missing in action. Nowhere to be found.
For my second attempt to get my property, I called in advance to make certain someone would be there. I was assured they would. When I got there, they both seemed to be called away.
Fast forward to the May 22, 2024 arrest.
I spent two weeks in jail. I spent nearly two weeks trying to get help removing my stuff from Park Police property. The person helping was supposed to show up with a much larger vehicle, which did not happen.
This time those helping made calls before we left. The property officer was supposed to be there. The couple and I got to the automatic door that was locked. We stood around and pressed the call box and only got a recording of a number to call; but no response from inside. After several more minutes, all three of us went back to the car, sat for a while, then started backing out.
We then saw an officer exit the employee-only door at the other end of the building. He assured us that the property officer was there, and he got the officer’s attention through the clear glass walls and doors.
But the officer was reluctant to give out any property without specific types of ID. The jail ID did not seem good enough to get my property back, though they took the property without any type of ID.
I got one bag, and I made arrangements with these two helpers and at least one other person to get the remainder of my property, should I most likely be back in jail again for the same charges.
I was in jail for another three weeks. I got out, only to find that none of the three made any efforts to retrieve my property.
Then, I started making my own calls. I began calling Friday afternoon, after my release from jail and walk back to the McPherson area. Then, I called several more times the next week to find out what the problem was.
At the moment I have asked several help-the-homeless organizations to see if they would get the same response.
For a system that is supposed to turn out better members of society, this system is full of “mind game” officers. Dealing with any government personnel is like dealing with a 2-year-old on steroids. They say “You can take it all the way to the Supreme Court”, to which I add, if the person has enough time and money to get the case there; but only to learn that SCOTUS still lives and works according to tyranny and despotism.
Daniel Kingery owns and runs CleanHonestGov.Com; a website that teaches others, in a matter of hours, what it took him 25 years to discover about our government. If anyone wishes to debate or challenge any content within, please email Daniel Kingery at [email protected].
