Case dismissed: A Detroit urban legend finally bites the dust

The rumored but never proven Kwame Kilpatrick-era Manoogian Mansion party featuring strippers & fist fights and supposedly leading to the murder of one of the strippers and which was then covered up by Kilpatrick and which led to an expensive lawsuit against the city of Detroit by the stripper's family is now finally over.

"U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen's decision to throw out a lawsuit", says Brian Dickerson @ the Detroit Free Press, "brought by the children of slain stripper Tamara (Strawberry) Greene will surely disappoint partisans of political intrigue and courtroom melodrama. But it's more than amply supported by the evidence -- or, more precisely, the dearth of relevant evidence -- [plaintiff's lawyer Norman] Yatooma and his clients were able to surface in their epic fishing expedition."

I think the thing that kept this whole pathetic circus act going for all these years is the fact that the Kwamster was such a sleazy character that the idea of of it all seemed entirely possible. These allegations actually needed to be debunked step-by-step and in detail because otherwise this thing would have gone on forever. Actually it will go on forever just like with other events like the 911 Truther movement, Air Force UFO cover-ups, or the JFK assassination amongst the conspiracy theorists and underground historians. They'll no doubt talk about the Manoogian party-murder-cover-up conspiracy by Kilpatrick forever but at least it'll be on their time and their dime and not the taxpayers. Time to move on.

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Living in the Age of Conspiracy Charges - Infoshop News (crimethinc)

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TSA airport screener whose small penis size was noted by his co-workers when he was accidentally scanned, beats the shit out of annoying co-worker who teased him about it with a steel baton - Miami Herald

Federal court official seeks to correct prosecutors' claims in Hutaree case - Detroit News

"Chief Pretrial Services Officer Alan Murray said in a court filing.
'Contrary to Mr. Waterstreet's belief, the court-ordered "home detention" does not allow unmonitored release the entire day,' Murray said in the affidavit. 'The Global Positioning Satellites System allows a defendant to be monitored, at all times.' "

While I think as the story implies that the Hutaree defendants will be convicted or plead-out to some NFA offenses of a technical nature (i.e., having illegally short barreled rifles and shotguns) they'll walk on the most serious and dramatic charges (e.g., sedition, terrorism, WMD, possession of explosives, conspiracy to murder) despite USDA Waterstreet's attempts to inflame and prejudice the public who are all potential jurors.

Sign of the times

If you are an anti-government activist it's important that you not shoot your mouth off to undercover federal agents even if you are just blowing smoke. Even if what you are saying is constitutionally protected political speech. But be that as it may, the US attorney's office in Detroit is making as much adverse information available as possible to the media in order to thoroughly poison the potential jury pool against the so-called Hutaree militia group. And as for any due process rights, well as some famous prosecutor once bragged that he could get a grand jury to "indict a ham sandwich" if he wanted to.
The trouble with this whole case is that the feds seem to have facilitated and encouraged these guys every step of the way. I just hope their lawyers make that fact clear to the jury that is gonna try this case, and that it helps. Angry talk isn't the same as terrorism.

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"He was a struggling Michigan resident. He could not keep a decent vehicle running," ... How do you get the money to buy four bombs?"

I was thinking the same kind of thoughts myself this morning while re-reading news accounts from Ann Arbor.com, Detroit News, WSJ, AP and some other sources about the Hutaree arrests. If you look at the picture of David Stone Sr. decked out in his tiger-stripe camouflage fatigues and spit-shined jump boots taking aim with his scoped AR it raises in me the same question Stone's brother raised in his Detroit News interview. How and where does he get the money for all this? Sure people use their income to buy what they want instead of what they truly need, but still... That AR rig he has in the picture goes for $2,500 (retail price, maybe slightly less used) and the spit-shined jump boots and the camo outfit are at least $200 more. And yet Stone lives in a dilapidated house trailer surrounded by junked appliances, old cars and stuff. And yet to re-quote his bro, "can't keep a decent vehicle running".

There's nothing wrong with these guys and Michigan people in general that a decent full employment economy wouldn't remedy rather quickly. Witch-hunts by the feds sparked by over heated private comments recorded by agent-provocateurs and other such stuff may be what Obama and his media allies need and want right now, but the real issue for people who care is to get people like Stone and company back to work at gainful employment.

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No bail for the Hutaree 8.

They get to languish in prison until their trial. See, the DA presented the magistrate with "disturbing information". WTF that would be wasn't disclosed. This procedure is more like a star-chamber proceeding than a judicial process in a civilized nation. Whether you think they're religious nuts or no, they deserve and are entitled to every ounce of protection that basic human decency and American law and tradition bestows on us all.

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Guns, ammo and food found in homes of Hutaree 8 defendants say prosecutors. OMG! You can always tell when the DA's and the cops are trying to poison the well against controversial defendants; they release photos of their guns and/or press releases of items (to include books, magazines, emails, and etc.) that tend to prejudice the public against them. An old, old trick. Shame on the feds for doing it too. It kind of makes me wonder why if their case is so strong they need to even do it all, eh?

And why we're at it can we get list of all the web browsing, emails, books, magazines DVDs, letters, cell phone calls, credit reports, Visa bills, and medicine cabinet contents of of all the prosecutors, federal agents, cops and all their paid snitches involved in this case released as well? Seems fair to me.

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The "Hutaree" Militia suspects finally named & charged - Ann Arbor.com

All nine of 'em. I am really gonna watch these people's trials closely, assuming that they even get one. Given the penalties involved, plea agreements are much more likely. And also for the life of me it still looks to me like this whole "conspiracy" is just a father and his two sons being set up by a pissed-off and scorned ex-wife along with a few hangers-on and family friends. These guys go out in the woods shoot their rifles and "train" and such and then talk shit over beers when it's over. But we'll see.