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Raw milk advocate seized by armed bounty hunters driving vehicles with no plates

By Patrick   Follow   Fri, 27 Jul 2012, 6:30pm   1,091 views   13 comments
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James Stewart, the 65-year-old raw "milk man" and founder of Rawesome Foods, was assaulted near his home today by three armed men driving unmarked luxury vehicles with no license plates. Carrying firearms on their hips and dressed in gangster-style street clothes, Satanic T-shirt imagery and tattoos, they claimed to be making an "arrest" and verbally assaulted James, sprayed pepper spray in his face, then forced his head against a car and screamed, according to witnesses, "You better listen to me or you're gonna have a bad f*ckin' day!"

From http://www.naturalnews.com/036611_James_Stewart_Bounty_Hunters_Ventura_county.html

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1. mell Follow Befriend (5) 57 threads 1,327 comments Premium

   1   9:26pm Fri 27 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Thanks for posting this. Although there is more to the story (where he apparently "left" the legal system and didn't show up in court for his bailed bond) that made this arrest possible it shows how so not free citizens have become. GMO labeling is suppressed while raw milk advocates and companies find it increasingly diffcult to operate in compliance. People have to import fresh colostrum from overseas because the last supplier in CA has at least temporarily folded due to sanctions imposed by the food administration after a case of e coli - for which the products in question tested negative, but nonetheless - in like seven years that "could have been linked" to the consumption of their raw products. Literally sickening and showing that dems and reps are one and the same, the people need a true grassroots libertarian change to become free again.

2. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,191 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   2   10:19am Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   While I think everyone agrees on the need for safe food, there is something seriously wrong with being arrested by bounty hunters like that. I'd feel much better if the guy had been arrested by uniformed officers for jumping bail.

3. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

   3   10:38am Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   Food safety is solely the responsibility of the consumer. I am all for disclosure but what I eat is my business. Legalize pufferfish! I usually support state rights, but I hope the federal government will enact a law to protect us from unreasonable food legislation at the state level. States like California should not be allowed to ban foie gras.

4. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,191 threads 6,158 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA

   4   11:15am Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Should we legalize poisonous infant formula? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal Food safety is definitely one of the proper roles of government, IMHO.

5. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

   5   11:19am Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   If the milk formula says POISON on it. Why not?

6. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 766 threads 7,711 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   6   5:03pm Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   The use of bounty hunters by definition cannot exist in either a free society or a society of laws.

7. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

   7   5:16pm Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   I thought bounty hunters are only used for people who jumped bail. What is the legal basis of their actions here?

8. Dan8267 Follow Befriend (16) 766 threads 7,711 comments Boca Raton, FL Premium

   8   6:42pm Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   The whole purpose of bounty hunters is to let the state, through mercenaries, do what the law prevents the police from doing. There is no legitimate use for bounty hunters in a nation of laws. The arrest of bail jumpers should be done entirely by the police, not paid mercenaries who are answerable to no one. Their mere existence is indication that a nation does not follow its own laws.

9. bob2356 Follow Befriend 3 threads 2,498 comments

   9   8:38pm Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Dan8267 says The whole purpose of bounty hunters is to let the state, through mercenaries, do what the law prevents the police from doing. There is no legitimate use for bounty hunters in a nation of laws. The arrest of bail jumpers should be done entirely by the police, not paid mercenaries who are answerable to no one. Their mere existence is indication that a nation does not follow its own laws. Sorry to bust your bubble but bounty hunters work for bail bondsman not the state. The supreme court is cited on this in Taylor v. Taintor. Although it was obiter dictum the issue has not been challenged since so it is the law of the nation. James Stewart skipped bail twice and was detained by bail agents (aka bounty hunters) employed by the bail bondsman. Perfectly legal and has absolutely nothing to do with raw milk. I for one am very glad to have bounty hunters taking people off the street after they jump bail. The police are overworked arresting them in the first place.

10. Bap33 Follow Befriend (3) 12 threads 3,100 comments

    10   9:01pm Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   the bail system is no mystery to anyone involved. Don't certian rights get signed away when being asked to be released on bail?

11. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

    11   11:56pm Sat 28 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   So the episode has nothing to do with milk. Looks like the bail agents are within their rights then.

12. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    12   10:45am Mon 30 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   This guy got a raw deal! (had to be said!)

13. freak80 Follow Befriend (4) 52 threads 4,416 comments Corning, NY Premium

    13   10:46am Mon 30 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Protected   PockyClipsNow says This guy got a raw deal! (had to be said!) Don't cry over spilled milk.