Thank you for your article ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Goodale <rrg@nevada.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 2:14 PM Subject: Re: ELIAN > > Re: ELIAN > > A few factors to consider before we revert to the topic of pianos... > > 1. Reno is the attorney General NOT a federal judge. Order of seizure is > beyond her legal authority. > > 2. No federal court warrant was ever issued by any judge to turn over the > boy. > > 3. The protesters were of the "friendly" variety with no history of rioting, > show of weapons, or threats. Their activities were limited to slowing traffic > > around the airport and chanting disapproval. Their leaders vowed to > nonviolence demonstrations. > > 4. Serious and legitimate legal procedures were already underway to resolve > the situation thus further action was not warranted at the time. > > 5. Proper legal procedure would have been: > A. Obtain a court order for a warrant take custody of the boy. (A judge > had already denied such an order pending a hearing). Such an order is also > carried out by a knock at the door, NOT breaking it down. That type > of action involves a search warrant. > B. If the boy's relatives had refused to turn over the boy the next step > would have been to issue an arrest warrant, (via a judge), for the boy's > relatives > for contempt to cooperate with a court order. > C. The proper and ethical procedure would have been to take custody of the > boy during daylight hours via immigration agents dressed in business attire > accompanied by law enforcement officials. On the contrary agents > stormed the home during the night dressed in combat gear toting automatic > weapons and pepper spray. The exude was that they feared there > "might have been guns in the house". This contradicts the report that the FBI > issued > saying they had found no weapons in the home during two inspections > on Friday. The press was forcefully restrained from entering and taking > photographs of the seizure. The photographs publicly released exist > only because a reporter managed to jump through a window. This of course > was the LAST thing the Reno/Clinton administration wanted since it > illustrated the details of the raid. (How about that for a poster supporting > the second amendment). > D, The agent who grabbed the boy was reported as saying, "Don't worry, we > aren't going to take you back to Cuba". This does not appear to be the > intention of the Clinton administration, thus the brain washing > process begins. > > You may believe that Elian should be deported back to Cuba. You may believe > he should stay. Regardless of your opinion the actions taken were not only > improper but also illegal. You may recall similar procedures were used in > Waco. Reno is still under fire for that matter which is far from closed. Is > there a pattern here? These actions were the sole doing of Reno. No so > called "right wing conspiracy" excuses here. The American public has a habit > of forgetting events in a very short time and "forgiving" government officials > saying "oh, they just made a mistake, they really are good people most of the > time". If you believe that I have a piece of ocean front property in Arizona > I'd love to sell you. > > Flame me if you must but I have wonder... is there nothing wrong with what is > happening or do Americans simply not want to believe what is happening? The > constitution is being chipped away a little bit at a time and few stand back > to see how much of it is now missing. Perhaps on day the constitution will be > declared unconstitutional. > > > "This has been an editorial of the PTNA (Piano Technicians News Association). > We now return you to the pianos again". > > > Rob Goodale, RPT > Las Vegas, NV >
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