Free Roger Pion

End the insane, unconstitutional "War on Drugs"

Write President Obama and Governor Shumlin and demand that Roger Pion be pardoned!!!!

  We urge you to write Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin and U.S. President Barack Obama and demand that they pardon Roger Pion for the victimless drug war crimes he was arrested for and the rampage he went on at the Orleans County police station protesting his arrest.

Write, call, fax or email Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin at:

Executive Office of Governor Peter Shumlin
109 State Street, Pavilion
Montpelier, VT 05609

Phone (802)828-3333
TTY (800)649-6825
Fax (802)828-3339

Write, call, fax or email President Barack Obama at:
President Barack Obama
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC
20500

Comments: (202)456-1111
Switchboard: (202)456-1414

 

It's time to end the insane, unconstitutional "War on Drugs"

  The American government's insane, illogical and unconstitutional "War on Drugs" has turned America into the worlds biggest police state and the America government now jails a higher percent of it's population then any other country in the world.

Many legal experts will tell you that the 10 Amendment makes all the Federal government's laws against drugs unconstitutional.

A perfect example of that is America's former "war on liquor" which was called the "Prohibition".

The U.S. Constitution does not give the Federal government the power to regulate or control liquor and so per the 10th Amendment, any Federal "war on liquor" was unconstitutional.

The American government knew that and passed the 18th Amendment which did give the Federal government the right to declare it's "war on booze", which most American know by the name of "The Prohibition".

The Prohibition, like the American "War on Drugs" was a dismal failure and was ended when the 21st Amendment was passed, which repealed the 18th Amendment.

The U.S. Constitution does not give the Federal government the power to regulate or control marijuana, cocaine, LSD, opium, heroin or any other drug and so per the 10th Amendment, any Federal "War on Drugs" is unconstitutional just like like any Federal government "War on Liquor" would have been unconstitutional before the 18th Amendment was passed.

And since no Constitutional amendment has been passed giving the Federal government the power to wage a "War on Drugs" all the currently Federal laws that declare a "War on Drugs" are unconstitutional.

Sadly the U.S. Supreme Court doesn't agree with this logic and has said that the "Interstate Commerce" clause in the Constitution gives Uncle Sam the power to wage his insane "War on Drugs".

If that is true we ask why didn't the Feds have to pass the 18th Amendment to declare their "War on Booze" which was called the "Prohibition"?

 

Drug war victim uses tractor to crush 7 cop cars

   
The tractor that freedom fighter Roger Pion of Vermont used to crush 7 Orleans County Police vehicles

Orleans County Police vehicles and cops cars that freedom fighter Roger Pion of Vermont crushed with his tractor

  King George wanted to execute George Washington and Thomas Jefferson for terrorist crimes. But the rest of the world thought they were heroes and a freedom fighters.

I'm sure the American government feels the same way about Roger Pion. But the rest of us know he is a freedom fighter against the government's insane, illogical and unconstitutional war on drugs.

According to this article Roger Pion was unhappy about being arrested for the victimless crime of marijuana possession, so he got even with the cops by using his tractor to crush 7 of their police vehicles.

Remember, just because something is legal doesn't make it morally right. And just because something is illegal doesn't make it morally wrong.

Source

August 3, 2012 8:37 AM

Roger Pion, Vt. man accused of crushing cop cars with farm tractor, due in court

(CBS/AP) NEWPORT, Vt. - Roger Pion, a Vermont man who authorities say was angry over an arrest and used his tractor to drive over seven police vehicles on Thursday, is expected in court today.

Freedom fighter Roger Pion of Vermont used his tractor to crush seven Orleans County  Sheriff's police vehicles According to police, Pion, 34, was on a big farm tractor, angry about his arrest for resisting arrest and marijuana possession last month, when he was rolling across their vehicles - five marked cruisers, one unmarked car and a transport van.

Orleans County sheriff's deputies working inside their building on Thursday didn't know what was happening until a neighbor called 911. They didn't hear the ruckus outside because their air conditioners were humming.

When police ran outside, the tractor was already down the driveway and out onto the road. Police said they couldn't pursue the man because their cars were crushed.

"We had nothing to pursue him with," said Chief Deputy Philip Brooks.

Newport city police caught up with Pion a short distance away on Thursday afternoon.

Pion now faces numerous charges including several counts of felony unlawful mischief and one count of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. He is being held at the Northern State Correctional Center in Newport on $15,000 bail and is expected to appear in court Friday.

Sheriff Kirk Martin estimated damage to the vehicles at more than $300,000; state police put it at more than $250,000. But no one suffered injuries.

"Nobody was hurt. That's the thing everybody's got to cherish," said Martin.

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Police: Farmer unhappy about arrest drives tractor over 7 sheriff's vehicles

8:43 PM, Aug 2, 2012

Written by Mike Donoghue Free Press Staff Writer

A farmer who was arrested last month expressed his displeasure Thursday afternoon in Newport by driving a heavy tractor over seven police vehicles owned by the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department, authorities said.

 
The tractor that freedom fighter Roger Pion of Vermont used to crush 7 Orleans County Police vehicles
 

Roger Pion, 34, was jailed for lack of $15,000 bail at the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport to await arraignment Friday morning on 11 charges.

Pion is facing seven counts of felony unlawful mischief and one misdemeanor count of unlawful mischief on suspicion of damaging the cars, State Police Detective Trooper Lyle Decker said.

Freedom fighter Roger Pion of Vermont used his tractor to crush seven Orleans County  Sheriff's police vehicles Decker said Pion also is facing charges of leaving the scene of an accident, grossly negligent operation and aggravated assault on Newport City police on allegations of trying to back the tractor into a city cruiser after fleeing the original scene.

“It’s more than half our fleet. We have 11 cars,” Chief Deputy Sheriff Phil Brooks told the Burlington Free Press. He said the cruisers were in three rows.

He said all the vehicles were insured. Brooks estimated that the cruisers averaged about $40,000 fully equipped. He said at least one cruiser had a laptop in it. Other equipment, such as radar, were in the vehicles when the tractor ran them over.

“It’s pretty much the biggest tractor you can get,” Newport City Police Chief Seth DiSanto said.

“It was a massive tractor. It has four 6-foot tandem wheels on the back. It was red. It must be at least a 15-ton tractor,” Newport Express Publisher Ken Wells said shortly after the incident. The tractor had slightly smaller tandem tires on the front.

The tractor was owned by the suspect’s parents, Armand and Linda Pion of Newport, police said.

Brooks said five of the damaged vehicles were fully marked red, white and black cruisers, and two were unmarked, including a transport van. He said an eighth car, belonging to the department bookkeeper, was pushed out of the way by the tractor in an effort to get at the cruisers. It had minor damage.

The incident happened at about 12:40 p.m. on U.S. 5, also known as the Derby Road, near the new office for the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department. The department had moved from downtown into the former Passumpsic Savings Bank last year.

It was unclear why Pion might have taken out his wrath on the Sheriff’s Department when he was arrested by a neighboring agency. Newport police arrested Pion on July 3 on charges of resisting arrest and possession of marijuana, said DiSanto, a former Shelburne police officer in his first week as Newport chief.

Pion was issued a citation in those cases ordering him to appear in Superior Court next Tuesday, DiSanto said. Pion also was jailed that night at the request of the Vermont Probation and Parole Office.

Brooks said he and a couple deputies were inside their office Thursday when a 911 call came in — and a car horn started going off in one of the crushed cruisers.

Brooks said he ran to a nearby service station where another cruiser was being worked on and jumped in to pursue the tractor, but soon learned that Newport City police had stopped the tractor about two miles away.

Brooks said Pion was turned over to the Vermont State Police, which began conducting an independent investigation.

Brooks said a fencing company was hired Thursday to encircle the damaged cruisers, which were impounded as part of the investigation. He said a deputy would be guarding them overnight until an insurance adjuster could arrive.

Brooks said Thursday evening that the Lamoille, Chittenden and Windsor County sheriffs’ departments had loaned or were sending cruisers to help the Orleans department through the crisis. Other departments had made offers, and Brooks said the daily work loads were being studied Thursday night.

He said he expects his department, which normally transports prisoners to and from court, is likely to defer to state police Friday for this case.

 


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