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Here is the link to his Facebook page;  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557591116821

It sounds like his qualification is based on already having 38 years of civil service. As we know, that is not always a good thing. He also seems to think improved PR is all that's needed to make the Sheriff's Office better. He does not mention a word about serving the People, nor about honoring and protecting our Rights.

So I have these questions for him. I'll be surprised to see him respond on this Forum, but will respect him if he creates dialog like Mike Cordell did when he ran against Hanks two election cycles ago.
1) will you join Sheriff Mack's CSPOA?
2) will you publicly comment on the May 2023 raid in Elk City that ended up covering a City block and violating the property rights of the residents, not to mention the 15 year old that was questioned without a parent or a member of CPS present?
3) Will you publicly comment on the County's use of Terry stops?
4) Will you continue to arrest visitors to the courthouse who refuse to give their names?
5) Will you publicly comment on Longton's unlawful use of cameras by city hall to surveil the general public along Kansas Ave?
6) Do you understand that you do not serve any Agency or the State government. You serve the people. We elect you, the taxpayers pay your freight. You work for us only. Please, if you cannot understand the role you would be playing, do not run for office.

Fast forward two-plus months and here is hoping a few of the Youtube lovers watched the 13th Judicial District pre-trial conference for Elk County's denial of Robert Walker's Rights protected by the First and Fourth Amendments (See Part One).

The outcome of the pre-trial conference was to delay the trial until July. Why? For some reason the Elk County DA has not shared Discovery with Walker's attorney since November 13th, nearly four months. Huh? Could it be the DA was hoping to hide something?

Among all that legal back and forth in the conference I hope you heard that Judge Ricke caught the DA lying three times!!

Here's lie #1: The judge wanted to know why the DA initially filed charges as a misdemeanor, then changed them to a felony two months later. The DA went into a legal BS rant for several minutes that did not answer the judge's question. The judge thanked the DA for the (un-necessary) legal lesson, and asked again what happened that the DA felt the need to change charges to a felony. The DA said Deputy Watts had injuries to his back when he was TAKEN TO THE GROUND by the defendant. When questioned by Robert's attorney, the DA just continued her storyline. Watts was never accosted by Robert. Robert had his hands cuffed behind him, how could he possibly tackle someone, much less a burley cop?

Here's lie #2: The DA said Deputy Bliss was off work for seven days because the defendant BENT HER ARM BACKWARDS AND POPPED HER ELBOW. Robert's lawyer asked how Robert could possibly have done that with his hands double cuffed behind his back. The DA didn't answer that, she kept rambling her storyline. Reader, tie your hands behind your back . . . there, now try to bend an adult's arm the wrong way until it pops. I don't think Robert is a contortionist, nor trained in aikido.

Here's lie #3: The judge asked the DA if she had anything further. She didn't. The judge asked Robert's attorney the same thing. He said there was still a motion to dismiss due to keeping the defendant in jail for six days instead of charging him and letting him bond out. The judge asked the DA to respond. She said the motion to dismiss had already come before the court and had been DENIED. The judge didn't see anywhere in his file where it had ever been decided. Robert's attorney agreed, and said that Judge Lee had stated last September he would defer the motion and let Judge Ricke rule on it. The DA re-insisted it had been denied.

Both judges and the Court record apparently agree the issue of dismissal has not been determined. So why is the DA persisting, albeit, there is a small chance a Court recorder erred, and the DA is the only one to catch that error. But Court proceedings are recorded by audio and video, and possibly still by hand, so a recording error is so unlikely . . . . the DA is ninety-nine point five percent wrong, IMO.

Why the judge didn't call the DA out for the lies I do not know. He should have. Hell, the outcome of this should be firing and disbarring the DA for knowingly lying to the Court. See the Canons of Professional Ethics of the American Bar Association for the consequences of an attorney willfully lying in Court (it differs from perjury). Why Judge Ricke gave her until the next pre-trial conference in July to show proof of the denial of the motion to dismiss I will never understand. Then again, the idea of giving the DA more rope to hang herself may be in play.

Is this how the Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office routinely operate in Elk County, or is this an exception? An initial arrest for no lawful reason? Elevation of charges based on lies of the deputies, and then lies from the DA right to the Court's face?

Put dramatic music to the above and the Elk County Courthouse plays like a soap opera. The residents and taxpayers of Elk County are being very poorly represented and served. Is the DA up for re-election this year? We need a new DA. The sheriff is up for re-election this year. We need a new sheriff. Come election time for those positions, remember this court case!!

[Facebook will be shutting our page down permanently within 24 hours.]

Here is the post from the SO's page -
[NOTE; Misspellings and grammatical errors are not mine!]

"Sheriff Walker would like to thank the Elk County community for their support. Elk County has a lot of great people in it.
However it looks like the Elk County Sheriff office Facebook page has been reported by a few that don't like our post, that don't like us doing our job, or has a different way they think it should be done. As a few on here that have been or are in Law Enforcement know the actual Laws and understand that you have information that cannot be put out to the public.
Facebook will be shutting our page down permanently within 24 hours. Yes, we will continue to work on the drug problems moving forward. There will be no more post from our Facebook page. Sheriff Walker said that if notifications need to go out to our community for an emergency situation, it will be sent over the new alert system the County has put in place.
Sheriff Walker said that if you would like to be added to the alert system you will need to contact the Elk County Emergency Management office.
Sherrif Walker invites anyone that has concerns or is having problems in their area, to contact the Elk County Sheriff's Office at 620-374-2108."

Well now, it sure sounds like the Sheriff is blaming a few County residents that do not care for the SO's performance for Facebook's action. Remember, this is an election year for the Sheriff. We'll probably never be told what triggered Facebook's action, but I can't imagine the complaints about the SO's job the last few days are a reason for Facebook to use.

Time to check how many County SO's in Kansas are not present on Facebook. What are the odds the Elk County SO is the only one? And the Sheriff's message seems to say he doesn't care, it's our loss, not the SO's.

The following seriously sarcastic facts and opinions are free speech protected by S11 of the Kansas Bill of Rights.

What does Enforcement do on a Monday night when the pro football season is over? How does it partee? I guess it holds a dance in one of our small towns. Last night's unannounced dance was cooperatively held by the Montgomery and Elk counties Sheriff's Departments, plus support by Wildlife and Parks in some capacity.

But first was a parade on Fifth Street. Not too many people lined the streets to applaud in awe, but it was filmed. It looked like this; armored SWAT rig, utility truck pulling a trailer full of para-military goodies, unmarked black cop car #1, Sheriff SUV, Sheriff truck #1, unmarked black cop car #2, pick-up possibly with wildlife and parks emblem, Sheriff truck #2, and unmarked SUV. They all pulled up at the intersection of Fifth and Douglas, and the party started. No bandstand, no music, only a few pictures, mostly just uniforms dancin' about, showing their muscle and their bellies. Not sure how many, but nine drivers and a few others announced themselves.

Why all the uniform power to bust three parole violators who are known to be unarmed and non-violent. Enforcement knows that about them. They are parolees, LEOs have extensive records about them, if they were violent or a threat they would not be on parole. Well, unless they were also illegal immigrants, but that's another issue.

Why the big parade and enforcement overkill? The S.O. says public safety was its big concern. I call BS on that political rhetoric. It makes the Elk County Sheriff sound like a Joe Biden. Last night's big show was a scare tactic, to reinforce that drug users must be a violent component of our society, and that we need LEOs to protect us. That is a bunch of misdirection.

You see, when LEOs use a big show of force, it makes a lot of red ink in their budget, and at the same time it allows them a rationale to ask for a budget increase for the next fiscal year. Get it? The dance was all PR, scaring us about druggies allows the LEOs to get more of our tax dollars. Just look at the County's Property Valuation the past two years alone. Governments create crime so they can raise armies of enforcement to fight crime, all so they can coerce tax dollars from us. That is the order of government. That is exactly what our Founders feared.

Such bru-ha-ha PR has a second purpose. This year is the re-election year for the Elk County Sheriff. He needs a few wins to offset some of the misdeeds in his department this past term. So we can look toward a few more of these dances before November. Same might be true of the Montgomery County Sheriff.

So the Longton Policemen's Ball was kind of a dance within a dance last night. How, you say? This way. Government at the highest levels, either brings drugs into this country, or trades arms and cash with drug gangs who do, or busts the small-time penny and dime dealers while looking the other way as the corporate and foreign country dealers move massive volumes of drugs. If you could see fingerprints on the Fentynal 'epidemic', you'd see CIA fingerprints.

I know because I saw the results of Special Ops Groups (SOGs) bringing heroin out of the Golden Triangle when I was in Vietnam. And I saw fighter pilots empty drugs from their flight jumpsuits after landing. Heroin out of Laos was $60.00 an ounce, uncut, in rock form. It sold for $1000.00, uncut, on the streets of America's West Coast. That was much better than retirement income for thousands of officer and enlisted Lifers (and tax-free). Thai stick was $0.50 a stick in Thailand, and $5.00 a stick on the Navy and Air Force bases of the Philippines. 'Everyone' smoked it. At the time urine tests for drugs could not detect THC.

There is the root of what we call the Drug War. It starts at the highest level of government and spreads throughout all government, 'down' to our streets and our homes. Every rung of the ladder gets a pay-off, then the end user, the lowest rung on the ladder, gets busted. That is the cycle until all the wealth possible has been extracted. Even drug house operators get a pass. They are on a high-enough rung they get to plea out and become confidential informants, then they move into rural communities like Longton and become snitches. See, the drug dance doesn't start with someone smokin' a J in his or her living room, or shooting up harder drugs if they choose. They are harming no one, except, arguably, themselves. And self-harm is legal, it is personal choice.

All of you reading this self-harm yourselves every time you eat refined sugar. Now, I do have a problem with sales to minors (sales of lots of stuff beyond drugs) and of coercive use of drugs (and lots of other coercions, too). See, I have a problem with y'all spoon-feeding your high-chair kids Quaker products at the breakfast table. ALL Quaker products contain carcinogenic herbicide (glyphosate). I'd prefer you smoke that J, it is seriously less harmful to you, and to society. But most of you don't know about Quaker products because the government that has sworn to protect us and serve us, protects the Corporate State (Quaker) instead.

Do you begin to see the hypocritical nature of the dance within the dance, of the Corporate-State-Utopian America that prevails? Do you see that the Jackboot parade down Fifth Street last night is not a healthy thing? I hope so, because you are America's hope.

To paraphrase Jimmy, 'there must be someway out of here, for the hour is getting late'.

[As Our Earth Dances]

As Our Earth Dances

I sent this link to a few friends earlier in the week, one of them a sixteen year old 'in' an online high school.

 

Here is her response, "I don't believe in climate change. I believe the earth is changing it's dance moves...lol".

Although the 'lol' suggests her answer was light-weight, maybe even intending to be humorous, I think it is a very astute thought. I have posted once or twice about the subject of that link. To respond that the Earth is dancing draws a very wide swath of what life is about, in my opinion. I suggest everyone also watch the one-hour video that the narrator recommends.

The dance she alluded to is cyclic, and part of that cycle is warming and cooling just like a dance changes tempo with the music being played. Climate change is not a matter of belief or political position, it is part of the Earth's rhythm. We are about to cool off, not over heat, and it has nothing to do with man-made carbon, or cow farts.

Ninety-eight percent of the world lies to you and manipulates you. Ben, the narrator, does not. He reviews historical climate information along with recent findings from satellites and current research on physical aspects of the Earth, its magnet field, the sun, our solar system, and the galaxy. He is heavily read in astrophysics. But, if something is sketchy to him, he will tell you. If assumptions are erroneous, or passed off as factual, he will say so.

If you watch his recommended hour long presentation you'll find the Earth isn't dancing alone, it is dancing in concert with the galaxy. It is all coordinated and graceful from a cosmic perspective. The galaxy breathes deeply, slowly, and in rhythm. Every 12,000 years its breath (energy pulse) enters our solar system and changes the way the planets dress, what they breath, and how fast they turn. The galactic breath initiates those changes by altering and reorganizing the planets' energy fields. And they begin their own new dance, a new cycle.

That dance of change on Earth has already started with a loss of strength of our magnetic field, and drift of our poles, as the galaxy's breath is moving through. We would all do well to thoroughly understand what is coming. As that dance of change on Earth progresses, Earth will cool, then a pulse from the sun will destroy every bit of the electric world we depend on. To survive that we will need to live very much the way the Amish do today. That will be the human dance needed to carry on. Beyond that, the Earth's rotation on its axis will stop for a matter of hours before restarting, and the north and south poles will shift ninety degrees. Those changes will trigger massive 2000' foot high tsunami's and volcanoes around the world, followed by a sudden and deeper freeze, then a thaw and a renewal of the cycle. A new song will start for the Earth to dance to, just like a new song and dance started 12,000 years ago.

And that dance restarted 24,000, 36,000, 48,000, and 60,000 years before, that 'we' have proof of. The CIA had wind of this in the 1950s, and sent a team to the Arctic to drill through the ice and underlying sediments and rock. They found that before the arctic 'landmass' was frigid it grew tropical plants; before that lichens and other non-vascular plants that handle frigid conditions, then another layer of tropical plants, etc., like clockwork.

When will our current dance end in renewal? Ben's best estimate right now is the next twenty to forty-five years, the last I heard him speak about it. And he admits timelines are tough. But remember, the timelines we use are a human construct, and they do not perfectly match the Earth's rhythm. Look at 300 years out of 12,000 years, 300 of 12,000 is only 2.5%. Being that far off is like saying you'll be somewhere in an hour and you end up 90 seconds early or late. On Earth's time 300 years is a yawn, 20 to 45 years is a snap. A new dance step is upon us.

Watch the hour video, and the other ones Ben has. He substantiates why the hour is late, why the Earth's dance will change soon, and just how he has come to say twenty to forty-five years. But most of all, make plans for the new dance.

More positive changes coming from  NYSRPA v. Bruen.

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3297204273470-ban-on-guns-in-post-offices-is-unconstitutional-us-judge-rules?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=i3

Public spaces now open to lawful carry. Anyone want to walk into the the Elk Courthouse packing a few revolvers?

NYSRPA v. Bruen

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/did-loosening-gun-control-cause-nationwide-drop-homicides

On June 27th, 2023 Longton resident Robert Walker had an altercation with two Elk County Deputies at the Sheriff's Office (SO) in Howard. The link below goes to Robert's comments on the altercation that resulted in his arrest. Please read his Facebook post. And take a close look at the picture [labelled 6/27/23  12:33] of a handcuffed Robert being choked by Deputy Watts. Hold that image.

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02bmr1JrYwbn4Ly3fBtB5ubbqHXrWVFf4JZx8teuBJ5n7FwVPZQCMhKHfvbLjx3HV8l&id=100090454430771

Here is my brief take on it [I was not there]. The statements and opinions that follow are protected free speech.
That Tuesday, Robert went to the courthouse to buy tags for a vehicle and pay taxes. When he pushed the door buzzer he was asked his name. He knew it was unlawful to do so, so he refused. The County would not let him in, so he went to the SO, asked dispatch to see the sheriff, and was told the sheriff was out of the office. Before he could leave the premises Deputy Bliss arrived to arrest him. I'm unclear what law he had broken at that point, but he was arrested, handcuffed and taken for processing. Is officially complaining somehow illegal? While he was being processed loud words were exchanged, cuss words on Robert's part. When he stood up, or tried to, he was immediately approached and choked by Deputy Watts. That picture certainly looks like a choke to me. I'm not sure what law he had broken at this point, either.
Does the DA intend to defend the SO's actions by insisting that just standing up while handcuffed is deemed an aggressive move sufficient to raise the charges to a felony? Or did Deputy Watts have to claim he was injured by Robert for that to happen? Watts admitted scraping his hand. And Robert, still in handcuffs, is blamed for that 'injury'? Did Watts, twenty-five days later, deliberately add a back injury to his report to strengthen the felony charge? Is that how loose the SO and the DA are with the law?
Robert was held in the Chautauqua County jail for six days, from June 27th to July 3rd. He was initially charged with four misdemeanors; disorderly conduct, interference with law enforcement, and two counts of battery on law enforcement. Which one of those charges pertains to refusing to give his name at the door? Which charge started all this disregard for what we call Constitutional or Inalienable Rights?
I have little doubt Robert struggled and resisted being choked. Wouldn't you try to breathe? I would, and I would not call it disorderly conduct or interference with law enforcement, I would call it self defense at that point. After-all, a choke hold would be a threat to your or my life. That is why it is no longer taught or (supposedly) used by law enforcement any more. [Might the use of a choke hold by a deputy constitute battery?]
The DA offered him a deal to plead guilty to disorderly conduct and one battery charge. He declined because he hadn't touched anyone. On July 17th the DA said if Robert didn't accept the plea deal, she would up the charges to a felony. Robert refused the plea and the DA filed felony charges on September 27th after Watts had reported five days earlier that he 'hurt his back'. How can two misdemeanors become the equivalent of one felony because a defendant refuses a plea deal?

When Sheriff Walker was seeking signatures on a petition to run for office, he approached me to sign. The first thing he said was, "I know folks in Elk County like to be left alone, so that is my attention if I become Sheriff." Does it seem like the SO is NOT doing such a good job of that?
After his arrest and subsequent release from jail, Robert visited the courthouses in these counties; Montgomery, Wilson, Greenwood, Butler, Cowley, and Chautauqua. He encountered no questions and no problems entering any of those facilities, without showing ID, or giving his name. He was allowed to walk around those buildings without harassment. Apparently those counties understand the implications of the Fourth Amendment in our Bill of Rights.
Go to the State Attorney General's website and email the question of whether you need to identify yourself before entering a courthouse. You will get a written response similar to this; "You should not need to identify yourself upon entry, though you may be asked to step through a metal detector for screening." If that is the AG's opinion, shouldn't it also be the County DA's opinion? Shouldn't Elk County obey the same laws the State AG does?

Robert's trial is March 19th, in Howard. If you are concerned about the handling of his case by the Elk County SO and DA, I encourage you to attend the trial and lend your support to Robert.

But, trial date aside, the best outcome here for Robert, and for the taxpayer, is to have the County simply drop all charges. To strengthen that position, let me add that the County was the first party, and probably the only party, to break the law. It breaks the law every time it does not allow a person in the courthouse without identifying themselves. The Right to Privacy in the earlier post applies.
In addition, cussing is protected free speech as mentioned in the previous post. We have a Right to express our displeasure when the law is broken, especially when the people retained by the taxpayers to serve and protect us are the ones breaking the law. Cursing even seems warranted.

I honestly do not see where Robert broke any law. The County appears to be in the wrong in this case. Save the taxpayers a bundle of money, drop charges against Robert Walker. Let's support Robert Walker to make it so.

[Bearing Arms]

Inalienable means unable to be taken away from, or given away by, the possessor. Inalienable is interchangeable with unalienable. Some call these Rights God-given. Some call them Human Rights. I think of them as Birth Rights because they are inseparable from who we are, they are part of our consciousness that no government may legitimately abridge, abort, or deny. We have fought for these Rights since time immemorial, fought power hungry tribal leaders, then power hungry dynasties, then rabid religious zealots, and then rabid secular government monarchs and oligarchs.
Today, a Longton man is fighting the administrative and enforcement branches of Elk County government for his Rights [see Part Two]. The fight never ends, does it? Apparently the slogan 'Freedom is not Free' is correct. There are always controllers who want to coerce and demand obedience under the threat of incarceration or death. Where is that battle for freedom fought? Is it really in Ukraine, Israel or China as the President and Press propagandize? Or is it right here, in our backyard?

Our Republic and our State both have Bills of Rights written to remind governments those Rights are ours as individuals, and to guarantee their preservation from peeping government eyes, and prying government minds. In this post I just want to highlight a few of both importance and concern.

Bearing Arms
Protecting ourselves and defending our families, properties, and friends is vitally important in a free society. Arms ownership was one of the first things that Lenin banned in 1917, and that the Nazis banned as they conquered their neighboring countries. Now Biden wants to ban them in America. Here is what two Bills of Rights have to say about bearing arms.

United States Bill of Rights Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Kansas Bill of Rights Paragraph [4] Individual right to bear arms; armies.
A person has the right to keep and bear arms for the defense of self, family, home and state, for lawful hunting and recreational use, and for any other lawful purpose; but standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty, and shall not be tolerated, and the military shall be in strict subordination to the civil power. (History: Adopted by convention, July 29,1859; ratified by electors, Oct. 4, 1859; L. 1861, p.48; L. 2009, ch. 152, § 1; Nov. 2, 2010.)

Remember first or second grade when most of us learned to read and write, we read that Jack and Jill went up the hill . . . . Then we learned that Jack and Jill and Joe and Julia (and Spot) went up the hill . . . . Then we learned to replace 'and' with a comma, and discovered that Jack, Jill, Joe, and Julia went up the hill. That is how to read the US Second Amendment, take out the comma and insert 'and'. That Amendment speaks to two separate and equal issues, the militia and the right to keep (own) and bear (carry on our person) arms. One is not dependent on the other, nor subordinate to it.

More of us need to open carry, or conceal carry, arms, on a voluntary basis. And we need to do this in public places, especially in so-called gun-free zones where that gun-free status alone promotes mass shootings by emboldened psychopaths who correctly anticipate no armed resistance. Were we more routinely armed, we would have less crime, have less need for enforcement, and have less need of taxes to pay for enforcement. That sounds like a plus-plus-plus to me.

I am looking at Dying Longton's City Council members right here, right now, and saying, do two things. One, pass a Resolution supporting the second amendment (and Kansas' 4th 'article' in its Bill of Rights). In the resolution, reaffirm to Right to concealed or open carry, with or without a permit.

Two, step up to the plate and pass a charter ordinance, changing State legislative code so Longton allows concealed carry in ALL public spaces, including bars, cafes, markets, banks, schools, city offices, fairgrounds, etc. Then if a business owner doesn't want them in his or her business, he or she paints themselves as anti-gun and soft on crime. If individuals do not want concealed carry they are not forced to carry. If they do not want others to conceal carry, they may be the ones stealing Longton blind. Act on it, City Council. Do something besides authorize unlawful charitable donations to non-City organizations and functions. Do something meaningful.

This is also a shout out to the retired owner of the hardware store. Good old retirement, aka, the golden years, huh?! I have a bucket list item that is perfect for you between health spa and acupuncture visits (you're not alone in those). Open a private property gun club and shooting range. Arrange for instruction for boys and girls, starting about age eight. Teach gun safety, gun responsibility, gun handling, and marksmanship. Create a family environment. We need such a club in the area. Contrary to AOC and other noses-in-the-air, education and experience offset the proclaimed danger-to-our-kids mantra of the Left. I know you know this. And please open the business in or near Longton, this town, and this end of the County, need the business and the traffic. It might pioneer a bit of an economic recovery. And, as you well know, it is not something government would or should promote, it is up to private investment to accomplish. It would be positive PR for Elk County. There, I see more pluses.

Speaking Freely
How many thousands of immigrants risked weeks at sea in small sailing ships in the 1600s because their homeland was abridging their religion, their speech, and their privacy? Those Rights were fundamental to them, worth risking their lives crossing the Atlantic to have. Below is what the federal and state Bills of Rights say about speaking freely.

United States Bill of Rights First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Kansas Bill of Rights Paragraph [11] Liberty of press and speech; libel.
The liberty of the press shall be inviolate; and all persons may freely speak, write or publish their sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of such rights; and in all civil or criminal actions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear that the alleged libelous matter was published for justifiable ends, the accused party shall be acquitted. (History: Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, Oct. 4, 1859; L. 1861, p.48.)

Privacy
Those migrant ancestors of ours also risked their lives to be secure on their property and in their personal identity, secure from church or secular government's prying and confiscation. Below is what the federal and state Bills of Rights say about protecting our privacy.

United States Bill of Rights Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Kansas Bill of Rights Paragraph [15] Search and seizure.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons and property against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall be inviolate; and no warrant shall issue but on probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or property to be seized. (History: Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, Oct. 4, 1859; L. 1861, p.49.)

In practice Fourth Amendment prevents the government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. Needing to carry, show ID, or state your name without probable cause has been determined to be unreasonable. One must be under suspicion of having committed a crime before probable cause comes into play.

At the start of this post I said these Rights were both of importance and concern. I said of concern because a neighbor, Robert Walker, has his Rights of free speech and privacy being challenged by the Elk County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office. Part Two of Questioning Respect for Our Inalienable Rights will look at the events that led to his arrest, and the challenge he is undertaking to protect our Inalienable Rights. It is not just his fight, it is one ALL of us share with him.