Governor Rell,
I’ve read the Hartford Courant story about you offering $500,000 to a Mr. Tillman for having been wrongly convicted. What about doing something about the cause of wrongful convictions and compensate all victims, not just one?
The Connecticut State Police have or had their “100 Club” where they would falsely arrest those that were not actually drunk for DUIs to make the “100 Club”. False arrests do lead to false imprisonment. If these officers are capable of that, they are capable of manufacturing evidence, suppressing evidence, committing perjury, and in further retaliating against their victims.
The New York State Police Internal Affairs gave the Connecticut State Police straight F’s for quality and honesty. Please click here for my post on Col. Davoren that is the new head of the Connecticut State Police. I asked Davoren why it was ok with him that citizens that want Civilian Oversight of Police should be arrested and targeted by police for false arrests and prison.
Davoren told me in a phone conversation that his number one job is to “Protect the Integrity of the System”, nothing about fairness and actually protecting and serving the public. So, should an old guard of retaliating against whistle blowers and accountability of officials be the head of an organization that should be law enforcement, not an armed street gang of thugs? For ethics and economic reasons should the old style shenanigans of the Connecticut State Police be ended?
Joe Courtney was recently sworn in as Congressman in Rockville Court in Connecticut. Attorney General Blumenthal had Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan and made the remark that he did not trust either that Judge or Judges behind his back. That is for good reason Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan has gotten way out of hand as he feels he is invisible to do as he please and might take sick pleasure in retaliating against those that go against him and his big, huge, purple, and swollen, ego.
Ritt Goldstein proposed Civilian Oversight of Police and Courts that act in the public’s best interest. He was so abused by Connecticut Police he fled to Sweden to seek political asylum.
I advocated the same thing and I was followed around by police, threatened, and ended up falsely arrested and put in prison based on Connecticut State Police perjury and abuse. Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan abused his discretion in even sitting on my case as I had been approaching legislators and others in removing Kaplan based on his bias in Small Claims and Civil Cases.
Should judges and police be able to fraudulently spend taxpayers money for retaliation and citizen abuse that hurts Connecticut’s reputation, economy, children, and families?
There is supposed to be separation of powers, but if practicing lawyers that are elected officials will kiss the butts of judges for later favors, where is justice, where is the public being represented, and where is separation of powers.
The Tillman is the right first step, what about looking into remedying my case and others by expunging bogus criminal records and compensating victims, why not legislate or enact laws where there is a separate forum to expunge records and compensate victims, the courts run by Justices like William J. Sullivan are a free for all of abuse, pissing on the US Constitution, and in legislating and abusing from the bench.
I was current on 3 mortgages and had a small business that I built over 2 decades. I can’t even get a job or an apartment in my name. Should I suffer the rest of my life because the Connecticut Courts aren’t fair and the police in Connecticut can ruin citizens on their “Enemies List” for fun?
Please consider having Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan impeached and prosecuted and in prosecuting Col. Davoren.
Thank you,
Steven G. Erickson
c/o Francis C. P. Knize: 50 Sunset Pass, Wilton, Ct. 06897 203 544 9603
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Thursday, February 8, 2007
Saturday, February 3, 2007
A suggested post emailed into me from PJ Snyder:
PJ's info:
Watchdog for Public Official Predators
houndin' the Cult of corruption, cowards & commies
www.watchdog4pop.blogspot.com
This is not fair or accurate coverage by the reporter here....because the real culprits behind the scene are NOT mentioned, and one of them is even a Commissioner on the panel for the disciplinary hearing...
the reporter knows this also.
Contact me for details...
PJ
[tel. snipped]
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http://www.courant.com/news/local/sr/hc-marshal0128.artjan28,0,7397694.story
Three State Marshals Face Hearings
Men Could Lose Their Licenses Over Civilians' Alleged Participation in Deadbeat Dad Sweep
By DAVE ALTIMARI
Courant Staff Writer
January 28 2007
Three state marshals are facing disciplinary hearings following an investigation into a sweep of suspected deadbeat dads in Waterbury last October in which two civilians participated.
The State Marshal Commission voted last week to refer charges against John Barbieri, Brian Hobart and Jon Gallup to a three-panel committee to hold a full hearing that could result in the men's losing their licenses or being fined.
Barbieri, who organized the Oct. 21 sweep, is facing three allegations, including using his powers to allow a civilian, Michael Brown, to participate in the sweep and then to sign vouchers and get paid for serving legal documents known as capiases.
Gallup is facing charges of carrying a gun on the sweep, even though he was not properly certified. Hobart, who was not involved in the October raid, is facing charges that he had previously served capiases with Brown and approved payments to him.
The commission voted unanimously that probable cause existed to refer the allegations to the commission's oversight committee, State Marshal Commission Chairman Dennis Kerrigan said.
"They will now get a full hearing in front of that committee," he said.
Brown was one of 14 applicants who had been approved to have a criminal and financial background check done - the final step before becoming a state marshal.
The commission has put his application on hold pending the outcome of the investigation.
The marshal commission started investigating after The Courant reported that two civilians, Michael Brown and Raymond Brown, had gone on the sweep.
The investigation, conducted by board member William Cote and legal counsel Betty Collins, included interviews with all five of the marshals involved in the sweep as well as both Browns. It concluded that neither Michael Brown nor Raymond Brown, who are related, was carrying a gun or marshal badge.
Raymond Brown has denied any wrongdoing and said he stayed in the car during the raids. He has said he went along to make sure the marshals got the right houses. He did not sign any capiases or participate in any arrests, the investigation found.
Michael Brown accompanied Barbieri on 13 cases and eventually signed vouchers to get paid $240 for each capias served. On 12 of the vouchers, Michael Brown signed as an "indifferent person" and on one voucher he signed as a state marshal.
Both Browns may have been wearing jackets with "State Marshals" written on them on the front and back, the commission's investigative report indicates.
Some of the marshals who participated said they saw Michael Brown in the holding area at the police station removing handcuffs from at least one of the suspected deadbeat dads, according to the report.
In his defense Michael Brown said he was accompanying Barbieri as an "administrative assistant" and at no time did anything illegal. Michael Brown did say he removed handcuffs from one man.
"I was at no time trying to identify myself as a state marshal," Michael Brown told investigators. "The purpose of my being with Marshal Barbieri is that I am very familiar with the people and the streets of Waterbury and therefore I can assist in making positive identifications."
Barbieri acknowledged that Michael Brown accompanied him to the door when he served the capiases. Barbieri, citing state statutes, said that Michael Brown was acting as his administrative assistant and also as an "indifferent person" and therefore was eligible to assist him.
Under state statutes an indifferent person can serve some legal papers, such as eviction notices.
But both the state attorney general's office and the judicial department, which authorizes payment for serving the civil processes in child support enforcement proceedings, have determined an indifferent person cannot serve capiases.
Since 2004, Michael Brown has been paid to serve legal papers on 134 suspected deadbeat dads, according to judicial branch records.
There are 24 more requests for payment that judicial officials have notified Brown will not be paid. Overall the state has paid him $25,720 since 2004, records show.
Brown is not the only person who has submitted requests for payment for serving such warrants under the designation of an indifferent person. In the past two years, the judicial branch has paid 111 bills submitted by indifferent persons, although the majority of them - 87 bills - belonged to Brown, records show.
Judicial officials have met with Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to discuss whether the state can seek restitution from Michael Brown for the money already paid to him.
They also are discussing their legal options if one or more of the suspected deadbeat dads rounded up by Michael Brown over the past three years takes legal action against the department on grounds that they were unlawfully jailed because they were served the papers illegally.
Contact Dave Altimari at daltimari@courant.com.
Copyright 2007, Hartford Courant
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Stephen Colbert's "So, You're Living in a Police State!":
Watchdog for Public Official Predators
houndin' the Cult of corruption, cowards & commies
www.watchdog4pop.blogspot.com
This is not fair or accurate coverage by the reporter here....because the real culprits behind the scene are NOT mentioned, and one of them is even a Commissioner on the panel for the disciplinary hearing...
the reporter knows this also.
Contact me for details...
PJ
[tel. snipped]
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http://www.courant.com/news/local/sr/hc-marshal0128.artjan28,0,7397694.story
Three State Marshals Face Hearings
Men Could Lose Their Licenses Over Civilians' Alleged Participation in Deadbeat Dad Sweep
By DAVE ALTIMARI
Courant Staff Writer
January 28 2007
Three state marshals are facing disciplinary hearings following an investigation into a sweep of suspected deadbeat dads in Waterbury last October in which two civilians participated.
The State Marshal Commission voted last week to refer charges against John Barbieri, Brian Hobart and Jon Gallup to a three-panel committee to hold a full hearing that could result in the men's losing their licenses or being fined.
Barbieri, who organized the Oct. 21 sweep, is facing three allegations, including using his powers to allow a civilian, Michael Brown, to participate in the sweep and then to sign vouchers and get paid for serving legal documents known as capiases.
Gallup is facing charges of carrying a gun on the sweep, even though he was not properly certified. Hobart, who was not involved in the October raid, is facing charges that he had previously served capiases with Brown and approved payments to him.
The commission voted unanimously that probable cause existed to refer the allegations to the commission's oversight committee, State Marshal Commission Chairman Dennis Kerrigan said.
"They will now get a full hearing in front of that committee," he said.
Brown was one of 14 applicants who had been approved to have a criminal and financial background check done - the final step before becoming a state marshal.
The commission has put his application on hold pending the outcome of the investigation.
The marshal commission started investigating after The Courant reported that two civilians, Michael Brown and Raymond Brown, had gone on the sweep.
The investigation, conducted by board member William Cote and legal counsel Betty Collins, included interviews with all five of the marshals involved in the sweep as well as both Browns. It concluded that neither Michael Brown nor Raymond Brown, who are related, was carrying a gun or marshal badge.
Raymond Brown has denied any wrongdoing and said he stayed in the car during the raids. He has said he went along to make sure the marshals got the right houses. He did not sign any capiases or participate in any arrests, the investigation found.
Michael Brown accompanied Barbieri on 13 cases and eventually signed vouchers to get paid $240 for each capias served. On 12 of the vouchers, Michael Brown signed as an "indifferent person" and on one voucher he signed as a state marshal.
Both Browns may have been wearing jackets with "State Marshals" written on them on the front and back, the commission's investigative report indicates.
Some of the marshals who participated said they saw Michael Brown in the holding area at the police station removing handcuffs from at least one of the suspected deadbeat dads, according to the report.
In his defense Michael Brown said he was accompanying Barbieri as an "administrative assistant" and at no time did anything illegal. Michael Brown did say he removed handcuffs from one man.
"I was at no time trying to identify myself as a state marshal," Michael Brown told investigators. "The purpose of my being with Marshal Barbieri is that I am very familiar with the people and the streets of Waterbury and therefore I can assist in making positive identifications."
Barbieri acknowledged that Michael Brown accompanied him to the door when he served the capiases. Barbieri, citing state statutes, said that Michael Brown was acting as his administrative assistant and also as an "indifferent person" and therefore was eligible to assist him.
Under state statutes an indifferent person can serve some legal papers, such as eviction notices.
But both the state attorney general's office and the judicial department, which authorizes payment for serving the civil processes in child support enforcement proceedings, have determined an indifferent person cannot serve capiases.
Since 2004, Michael Brown has been paid to serve legal papers on 134 suspected deadbeat dads, according to judicial branch records.
There are 24 more requests for payment that judicial officials have notified Brown will not be paid. Overall the state has paid him $25,720 since 2004, records show.
Brown is not the only person who has submitted requests for payment for serving such warrants under the designation of an indifferent person. In the past two years, the judicial branch has paid 111 bills submitted by indifferent persons, although the majority of them - 87 bills - belonged to Brown, records show.
Judicial officials have met with Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to discuss whether the state can seek restitution from Michael Brown for the money already paid to him.
They also are discussing their legal options if one or more of the suspected deadbeat dads rounded up by Michael Brown over the past three years takes legal action against the department on grounds that they were unlawfully jailed because they were served the papers illegally.
Contact Dave Altimari at daltimari@courant.com.
Copyright 2007, Hartford Courant
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Stephen Colbert's "So, You're Living in a Police State!":
Obvious Connecticut Judicial Misconduct
from connpost.com:
Son's DUI transfer raises inquiry
Case moved to father's court
DANIEL TEPFER dtepfer@ctpost.com
Article Last Updated: 02/03/2007 12:33:43 AM EST
BRIDGEPORT — Court officials are investigating how the drunken driving case of a judge's son was transferred to his father's court in Derby.
"The judicial branch did contact us, and the material they sent us we are reviewing and will take appropriate action on," said Mark Dupuis, spokesman for the Chief State's Attorney's Office.
On Dec. 11, Joseph H. Sylvester Jr., 49, of Meadow Street in Ansonia, was arrested by Bridgeport police and charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He is the son of Superior Court Judge Joseph Sylvester. The case was pending in the Superior Court at Golden Hill Street when, sometime this week, it was transferred to Derby Superior Court, where Sylvester has been the long-time presiding judge, judicial branch officials confirmed.
Chief Court Administrator William J. Lavery, in a written statement, said he learned Thursday afternoon about the transfer and had the case moved back "to Bridgeport Court where it belongs." Lavery said he then contacted the state's attorneys in Bridgeport and Milford and later Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane.
Judicial branch spokeswoman Melissa Farley said an investigation of the case transfer is under way. She would not comment on whether any action will be taken against the elder Sylvester.
Court sources said the case was transferred from Bridgeport to Derby at the request of a prosecutor in the Milford State's Attorney's Office, which oversees the prosecution of criminal cases in Derby.
"I have been made aware of this situation and it is being looked into," said Milford State's Attorney Kevin Lawlor.
Court officials said criminal cases are sometimes transferred from one jurisdiction to another if the defendant has other cases pending in the other jurisdiction. But a review of court records showed that Joseph H. Sylvester has no other pending cases.
Judge Joseph Sylvester, who was appointed to the Superior Court in 1978, was unavailable for comment Friday.
Son's DUI transfer raises inquiry
Case moved to father's court
DANIEL TEPFER dtepfer@ctpost.com
Article Last Updated: 02/03/2007 12:33:43 AM EST
BRIDGEPORT — Court officials are investigating how the drunken driving case of a judge's son was transferred to his father's court in Derby.
"The judicial branch did contact us, and the material they sent us we are reviewing and will take appropriate action on," said Mark Dupuis, spokesman for the Chief State's Attorney's Office.
On Dec. 11, Joseph H. Sylvester Jr., 49, of Meadow Street in Ansonia, was arrested by Bridgeport police and charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving. He is the son of Superior Court Judge Joseph Sylvester. The case was pending in the Superior Court at Golden Hill Street when, sometime this week, it was transferred to Derby Superior Court, where Sylvester has been the long-time presiding judge, judicial branch officials confirmed.
Chief Court Administrator William J. Lavery, in a written statement, said he learned Thursday afternoon about the transfer and had the case moved back "to Bridgeport Court where it belongs." Lavery said he then contacted the state's attorneys in Bridgeport and Milford and later Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane.
Judicial branch spokeswoman Melissa Farley said an investigation of the case transfer is under way. She would not comment on whether any action will be taken against the elder Sylvester.
Court sources said the case was transferred from Bridgeport to Derby at the request of a prosecutor in the Milford State's Attorney's Office, which oversees the prosecution of criminal cases in Derby.
"I have been made aware of this situation and it is being looked into," said Milford State's Attorney Kevin Lawlor.
Court officials said criminal cases are sometimes transferred from one jurisdiction to another if the defendant has other cases pending in the other jurisdiction. But a review of court records showed that Joseph H. Sylvester has no other pending cases.
Judge Joseph Sylvester, who was appointed to the Superior Court in 1978, was unavailable for comment Friday.
Friday, February 2, 2007
Judicial Impeachment
Justices pick apart laws passed by legislators and Justices aren't elected.
Justices should be able to be subpoenaed by legislators to appear to testify at legislative sessions in the Congress and US Senate, not just for impeachment proceedings. There should be similar laws for states to abolish Judicial Immunity. Judges aren't elected and wreck a Representative form of Government if they are immune from prosecution. Legislators should use their Judicial Impeachment powers far more often. We the People want our country back. Judges need to be "Americanized" in America. [click here for Francis Knize proposed Federal Bill, the state version, to remedy the problem]
Lawyers that are also elected officials skew the system. They are cheerleaders and are being paid under the wing of the Judicial Branch. There is supposed to separation of powers so it is Unconstitutional for practicing attorneys from also holding elected offices within the Legislative Branch. Practicing Attorneys know if they exercise their Free Speech rights and are critical of judges they can be disbarred, arrested, held in contempt of court, jailed, and maybe never work again. Ask former Connecticut Attorney James "Jim" Brewer about how he actually defended his clients against the wishes of corrupt Connecticut Judges and Prosecutors. He defended good cops against bad ones. Jim got barbecued "officially"
-Steven G. Erickson aka blogger Vikingas
My email: stevengerickson@yahoo.com
Note: if any of you have complaints regarding Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan of Rockville Superior Court, I would like to talk to you about joining me in an effort to proposition the legislative body in Connecticut to impeach Kaplan.
Judges have more power to abuse more people and decide more financial issues than did Kings in Medieval times.
Kings have no oversight, and neither do modern judges in America. They can do as they please. We do not have a representative government in America if Judges are not accountable for their actions.
If a doctor cuts off the wrong leg on a patient he or she could face criminal and civil penalties.
If a citizens steals a candy bar from a candy store. It could technically land the citizen in jail.
Judge do the equivalent of cutting off massive amounts of legs, poking out eyes, and causing mass mayhem.
I would have rather had Rockville Superior Court Judge Jonathan Kaplan use a dirty saw and cut off my leg without anesthesia than to have what he did to me in retaliation for having him removed for bias in civil cases, for what I wrote in newspapers critical of police and the Connecticut Judiciary, for wanting to sue the Connecticut State Police for violating my civil rights, and for proposing legislation to elected officials such as fairness in the courts and Civilian Oversight of Police.
I ask Connecticut Governor Rell if she is part of the solution or part of the problem. Click Here for my email to her.
Should citizens that are victims of official corruption have their bogus criminal records expunged and should they be compensated? Click Here for more.
Justices should be able to be subpoenaed by legislators to appear to testify at legislative sessions in the Congress and US Senate, not just for impeachment proceedings. There should be similar laws for states to abolish Judicial Immunity. Judges aren't elected and wreck a Representative form of Government if they are immune from prosecution. Legislators should use their Judicial Impeachment powers far more often. We the People want our country back. Judges need to be "Americanized" in America. [click here for Francis Knize proposed Federal Bill, the state version, to remedy the problem]
Lawyers that are also elected officials skew the system. They are cheerleaders and are being paid under the wing of the Judicial Branch. There is supposed to separation of powers so it is Unconstitutional for practicing attorneys from also holding elected offices within the Legislative Branch. Practicing Attorneys know if they exercise their Free Speech rights and are critical of judges they can be disbarred, arrested, held in contempt of court, jailed, and maybe never work again. Ask former Connecticut Attorney James "Jim" Brewer about how he actually defended his clients against the wishes of corrupt Connecticut Judges and Prosecutors. He defended good cops against bad ones. Jim got barbecued "officially"
-Steven G. Erickson aka blogger Vikingas
My email: stevengerickson@yahoo.com
Note: if any of you have complaints regarding Judge Jonathan J. Kaplan of Rockville Superior Court, I would like to talk to you about joining me in an effort to proposition the legislative body in Connecticut to impeach Kaplan.
Judicial Abuse
Judges have more power to abuse more people and decide more financial issues than did Kings in Medieval times.
Kings have no oversight, and neither do modern judges in America. They can do as they please. We do not have a representative government in America if Judges are not accountable for their actions.
If a doctor cuts off the wrong leg on a patient he or she could face criminal and civil penalties.
If a citizens steals a candy bar from a candy store. It could technically land the citizen in jail.
Judge do the equivalent of cutting off massive amounts of legs, poking out eyes, and causing mass mayhem.
I would have rather had Rockville Superior Court Judge Jonathan Kaplan use a dirty saw and cut off my leg without anesthesia than to have what he did to me in retaliation for having him removed for bias in civil cases, for what I wrote in newspapers critical of police and the Connecticut Judiciary, for wanting to sue the Connecticut State Police for violating my civil rights, and for proposing legislation to elected officials such as fairness in the courts and Civilian Oversight of Police.
I ask Connecticut Governor Rell if she is part of the solution or part of the problem. Click Here for my email to her.
Should citizens that are victims of official corruption have their bogus criminal records expunged and should they be compensated? Click Here for more.
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