False reports, false arrest and false imprisonment
This entry was posted on 9/1/2007 7:26 AM and is filed under uncategorized.
I am puzzled why the Burney/Intermountain Station of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office allows itself to be used as the Elmore's private security force. Calls were made last year during a Band meeting stating that the Shadley Family was about to pull an armed robbery of the casino. When deputies arrive, they found our Elders sitting quietly, obviously not a threat to anyone. That is a false report and punishable under California state law. Some of us were ordered out of a Band meeting last year by deputies who flat out lied about the circumstances under which they could 'arrest' us. We are members of the Tribe and had specific permission to be in that meeting. There are probably a dozen other times when the Sheriff was called by members of the Elmore family reporting assaults and threats in Tribal meetings which were total lies. Why does the Sheriff's office allow this to continue and not begin issuing citations for false reports?
Now we have a 'citizen arrest' and an overnight stay in jail caused by one of the Elmore family's supporters. This sounds like a false arrest and false imprisonment. Since 2002, deputies can use their judgment about whether to accept someone into custody following a citizen's arrest. They certainly had discretion about whether to transport and book this person. I believe the person who was jailed has a very good case in State Court for a civil suit against the 'citizen' who called. There is no claim to Tribal sovereignty here. She also has a good case in Federal court for a suit based upon violating and depriving her of civil rights.
It is high time for these people who were voted out of office to leave and quit acting like a street gang, and it is high time for the local Sheriff's Office to begin acting like a Sheriff's Office and uphold their oath. And it is high time we began demanding that people be held accountable for their actions. Document, photograph, video tape and note witnesses in all your interactions with this group of thugs until they are gone from Tribal government!
