Iraq Vet and Family Assault, Edinboro, PA……continued
Friends,
Officials may be uncertain, confused, bewildered in Edinboro, PA surrounding the assault on the Swartout family on April 22, 2008.
More than once I have wondered why there were no police present at the peace demonstration that day. Would this unfortunate act of violence been prevented? I would hope so. Be that as it may, a family standing up for America may be in the cross-hairs of a railroad action………..
It appears the Swartout’s received citations (or whatever they are called) in the mail today charging them with “harrassment” based on the physical altercation of April 22nd. The citation suggests there is an option to plead guilty, pay a fine of 231.00 each and be done with it. Nothing would please the Edinboro police Department, District Attorney (DA), or the peace thugs more than to have the Swartouts plead guilty. Based on my observation, this is bizarre and absurd…no guilty plea is a possiblity…fighting this tooth and nail in the courts is the only option. I suspect if the fine was only $2.00 that would be too much….Any requirement to acknowledge guilt for standing up for America, our troops, families while being assaulted for exercising a constitutional right is prepostureous.
It would appear reasonable for the DA to reflect what happened with regard to the Duke University case in North Carolina. Failure to consider all the evidence or allow distortion and fabrication to derail justice would surely bring the sledge hammer of the law on Edinboro officials, the city, and possibly other institutions.
Fox News Bill O’Reilly aired a short segment with Carrie Swartout on Tuesday and indicated he would be following the case. O’Reilly raised concern as to whether the DA in Edinboro was being objective and upfront with the case…O’Reilly sounded a cautious note with regard to the Edinboro DA and urged her to retain an lawyer. It was unfortunate the segment was so short, sandwiched between other news, that Carrie was not able to mention she was kicked in the head which resulted in a concussion, her son received a blow to the face, and husband received numerous abrasions from the attack…keep in mind the Swartout family took no aggressive action beyond a defensive posture.
There is some indication no one in Edinboro wants to take responsiblity for deciding who gets charged. Police seem to suggest the DA decides but so far there is no information that the DA has looked at the evidence. As noted by Bill O’Reilly during his report of the incident, the DA or his office would not respond to queries from Fox News.
Some who organized the peace protest have been encouraging followers to call child protective services, implying that parents who bring family members to an event to stand up for America, wave the flag, are somehow negligent. These are the tactics of the “anti-everything” crowd who have one goal…destruction, chaos, confusion, intimidation and violence…all demonstrated and more on April 22nd. There are also other acts of intimidation…night visits to the Swartout home by unknown individuals, vandalism of the family vehicle… What’s wrong with citing those that attack children, use intimidation etc.?
The goal of the peace thugs is to stop any countering of their protests…they want to shut down the freedom of speech guaranteed to the Swartout family. Jason Swartout spent nearly 10 years on active military duty, is now in the reserves/guard, and is a veteran having served in Iraq. He, personally stood in the gap in Iraq for those in Edinboro that would tear America down and what happens? He decides to stand on the street and lift up our troops and gets sucked into violence going to the aid of his 14 year old son who was under stress while taking a video of public displays associated with the peace group.
Dan Malone, Gathering of Eagles New York offers the following which includes detailed description of the April 22 assault using the Swartout video as well as video from a peace element source.
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Follow this link to my latest brief article on the assault on the Iraq War Veteran and his family with links to the original video of the event and newly released video from the ‘peace’ thugs’ perspective here:
http://newyork.gatheringofeagles.org/?p=119
Feel free to use the links to the videos and anything else you might want to copy from this or the prior two articles:
http://newyork.gatheringofeagles.org/?p=103
http://newyork.gatheringofeagles.org/?p=99
Thanks,
Dan
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There is no suggestion in my observations that violence is condoned, supported, or should be a tactic to answer the “peace thugs” in Edinboro, PA. Neither is there a suggestion that those that resist violence will be runover. My hope is the Swartout family will use legal means to deal with any charges from police or the DA and pursue civil action against those who attacked them or failed security. My hope also is that peaceful demonstrations supporting our nation, troops, families will continue in Edinboro and everywhere else in America that anti-America crowds gather.
There have been a number of patriots contact me and offer financial support to the Swartout family if it is needed…I add my personal offer also.
We can stand up to hateful acts against America or knuckle under…the Edinboro assault is no small issue…it reflects a cancer that is growing more destructive to America. Each time we make excuses for not challenging these “nut cases” we only encourage them on…..
We are fortunate to have courageous Americans like the Swartout family who think America is worth whatever it takes.
Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret.
www.eaglesup.us “Where there is no offense, there is no effect.”
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