Oath Keepers, Sheriff Mack, and the Constitutional Sheriffs And Peace Officers Association Back Sheriff In
Powerful 2nd Amendment Victory
This report is a synthesis of several reports from various sources, which I will note at bottom
It
could have become a Halloween curse, but instead it became a blessing
for freedom in America. The trial of Sheriff Nick Finch ended in a
victory for Sheriff Finch, CSPOA, Oath Keepers, and the people of
Liberty County, Florida on October 31, 2013, when a jury of six peers
gave a verdict of "Not Guilty" on behalf of Sheriff Finch.
First up, let's read the official report from CSPOA's Sheriff Mack, who personally went to Florida to attend the trial:
Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
Liberty in Liberty County!
On
October 31, 2013, Sheriff Nick Finch won his case at trial in Liberty
County, Florida. The charges were complete nonsense to begin with, and
the laughter in the courtroom was difficult to suppress as the
prosecution presented its flimsy, farcical case.
Sheriff Finch
was charged and arrested and booked into his own jail last June. Sheriff
Finch had done something nearly unheard of, yet noble and courageous.
He nullified the arrest of a law abiding citizen who had the audacity
of carrying a gun in his pocket. Sheriff Finch said "not on my watch."
So the State moved in, arrested the Sheriff and re-arrested the
citizen, Mr. Parish.
The end result was Finch was removed from
office and went to trial. Mr. Parish once again had the charges
dropped, but he was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service
and pay $200.
Let's
be very clear here: Neither man was guilty of anything! There were no
victims and no evidence that a crime had ever occurred. Today, a jury
consisting of six Liberty County citizens nullified the charges against
Sheriff Finch and told the State officials who brought this case to
trial that they were having none of their shenanigans. Sheriff Finch
was reinstated as Sheriff just 15 minutes later.
The Sheriff
nullified the arrest of an innocent man and the jury nullified the
arrest of another innocent man. Liberty won this Halloween day in
Liberty County and a tremendous example was laid before us all; do
what's right, keep your word, and have the courage to stand for the
little guy. As Sheriff Finch testified in court before a badgering
prosecutor who demeaned and assailed Sheriff Finch's dedication to his
oath and the Constitution, Sheriff Finch calmly and firmly told the
prosecutor and the court, "The Constitution has to count for
something."
Sheriff
Finch and his good wife are to admired for their courage and
commitment. I am proud to call them friends and proud that I had the
opportunity to witness for myself the humility and strength of these
good people as they stared adversity in the face and won! Now perhaps it
is for each of us to learn from this and realize that Liberty and the
Constitution only "count for something" if we make it so.
We
owe a special thanks to all those who contributed financially, called
or emailed to voice your support, or prayed in faith that truth would
prevail. It's encouraging to know that sometimes the good guys still
win.
In liberty,
Richard Mack
P.S.
What else can you do to help? Please spread the word by forwarding
this email to everyone you can, and please post links to cspoa.org
on your own web sites and social networking pages (facebook, etc.) We
desperately need to increase awareness if our message is to have a
widespread effect!
Now let's hear from the Bay County, Florida, chapter leader Joe Metsa, who stood to the forefront in this fight from day one:
(Quoting)
We have been in court all week. We have been looking at this all week.
The judge is on one side and it is not ours. The whole case is about
whiteout on a piece of paper. They have no case, their witnesses for
the prosecution committed perjury right on the stand and the judge did
nothing about it. There is a very clear case of corruption that is
going on in this case on the state level and county level.
They
targeted me because of what we stand for and were trying very hard and
finally did throw me out of the courtroom for doing nothing, I was
sitting there taking notes and people next to me were talking in two
instances and they targeted me! They have been watching me the whole
time I was up there. I was not feeling good today so I stayed home and I
was advised from an inside informant from the courthouse they are
using listening devices on us there. I was advised the best thing I
could do is stay home, that today they were going to try something to
arrest me. I decided I could do better by staying here - I can not
fight for this from jail. They are on the final deliberations today. We
will have a verdict this afternoon. As soon as I get the verdict I
will email it to you. They are going to call me as soon as it comes
down from the jurors. We have Oath Keeper members of my chapter there. I
feel that they have no case and this has been nothing but a circus
going on. We feel that he will be found not guilty.
As I was writing this the jury has made their decision. He is found not guilty on all charges!
Joe Metsa, Bay County Oath Keepers
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As a follow-up, Joe sent this to Oath Keepers national:
(Quoting) I would like to announce to everybody that Justice has prevailed.
Today
Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch was found not guilty of all charges
and was immediately reinstated, with back pay, by executive order by
Governor Rick Scott.
This
is a great day for Liberty and Freedom. This is a perfect example for
the rest of the Sheriff's in the state of Florida, and in the United
States, that the Constitution still has authority in this country, not
the feds, nor any other state agency that thinks they can take our
Sheriffs' authority away. We have worked very hard here at Bay County
Oath Keepers to pursue the authority that the sheriff has in his County.
They can not and will not prosecute any Sheriff here again for
standing for the Constitution of the United States of America and the
peoples' rights. I can almost guarantee that. The people have shown that
they are not going to put up with it. I would like to thank everybody
that was involved with us to make sure that Justice prevailed,
especially my members that stood by my side and made sure the job got
done. Thank you for your dedication.
I would like to thank our state President, Mike Austell, for all his guidance when I needed it. Sir you are the man.
I
would like to thank my teacher on this, who made me who I am, our
Northwest Florida Regional Director, Coy Surprise. Thank you Sir.
I
would like to thank my right hand man, Bobby Lago, brother and
comrade. You are the man and I am proud to have you stand at my side. We
stand as one, and you also taught me a lot.
I would like to thank Richard Mack of the CSPOA. Sir, thank you for all your help, you are a great man.
I would like to thank Stewart Rhodes and all of the board of directors for all your hard work on this.
This is what we Stand for, this is our job, and I think we all have done an awesome job!
Liberty has been restored in Liberty County and Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch is back in his Office.
UNA STAMUS
(end quote)
Photo
courtesy CLJ News: FROM LEFT: Sussex County, Delaware Sheriff Jeff
Christopher; Nick Finch, former Sheriff Richard Mack of Arizona, Bay
County Sheriff Frank McKeithen and Brad Rodgers, of Elkhart County
Indiana are shown at Saturday's fundraiser. (This was August 30, 2013,
coverage of the CSPOA / Oath Keepers fund-raiser organized by Sheriff
Mack. See link below.)
Sheriff Mack's Constitutional Sheriffs And Peace Officers Association: http://cspoa.org/
Alex Jones' InfoWars video:
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