ELIAN

[John Ross]

Hi,
Am I missing something?
The boy was KIDNAPPED from his legal guardian, by his other parent, who
unfortunately died, while taking him to a foreign country.
Instead of being returned to his FATHER, he is looked after by some
relatives, who until that time were strangers. They impeded his return
to his father.
Janet Reno, was correct in what she did, only it should have been
sooner.
But in holding off, she probably saved some bloodshed.
I hope none of you have a child kidnapped, and taken to a foreign
country, because your court system, has certainly set some strange
precedents, which will be used against you.
Are these Miami Cubans, the ones who left Cuba after the downfall of the
corrupt Batista? Who had been in cahoots with him?
Sorry to comment on your internal matter, but that is how I see it.
Regards,
John M. Ross

Bill Peterson wrote:
> 
> 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
> >