Below is an article that appeared on IndyMedia regarding my arrest in 2007.
The article has some inaccuracies (it was the Inglewood police for instance not
the L.A. police) and is not very complete but it does show one more attempt by
the U.S. government to censor and ban (and arrest) those who propose or discuss
things that the government does not want discussed.
Jim D.
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Original article is at http://la.indymedia.org/news/2007/02/193170.php Print
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Activist Jim DeMaegt Arrested
by Pachuco Friday, Feb. 09, 2007 at 7:31 PM
Activist Jim DeMaegt Arrested for Alleged Email Threat to Dubya
Jim DeMaegt, Activist
On January 3, 2007, Jim DeMaegt was visited by the Secret Service at his home
in Los Angeles. The Secret Service informed Jim that he was being investigated
for supposedly issuing death threats against President Bush based on an email
he had sent out. Although, the exact email in question is not known at this
time, Jim did send out an email entitled, "Internet Indictment of G. W. Bush
and Call for Hanging Until Dead at the Capitol Rotunda."
The email itself is void of an actual death threat and anyone that knows Jim
will tell you that he is incapable of hanging Bush in the Capitol Rotunda or
anywhere else for that matter. Jim's intent in the email is clearly his opinion
on the verdict rendered against Saddam Hussein for his crimes in Iraq.
In the course of the Secret Service's visit to Jim, he called the LA Police to
have witnesses to the search and seizure taking place and to have the Secret
Service removed from his property; the Secret Service planned to confiscate
Jim's PC and other belongings. In an ironic (though not surprising) twist of
events, the police arrested Jim for obstructing an officer of the law.
Jim is to be arraigned on March 5, 2007 - more details later.
Jim is a long time activist, having worked with Cesar Chavez and other unions
over the past 40 years or more.
In solidarity with Jim
