cannabisnews.com: Marijuana Activist: Police Persecuting Me Marijuana Activist: Police Persecuting Me Posted by CN Staff on November 16, 2002 at 22:04:49 PT By Loretta Nall Source: Crimson White I returned home from town Wednesday to find law enforcement officers swarming all over my property and inside my home. They claimed to have obtained the warrant via a phone-in tip that I was growing marijuana.I do not believe this to be the case. Until Wednesday, I had never been arrested for marijuana in any context. I am not growing marijuana and so there really is no one to tip them off. I do not have any enemies that I am aware of. No one ever really comes to my home other than family members. I feel I have been targeted because I founded the Alabama Marijuana Party. That is the only known association I have with marijuana. They have no other reason to suspect me. This is an infringement on my First Amendment right to free speech.In my home they found one stem and approximately three marijuana seeds. I had cleaned my home thoroughly before becoming a public activist and I know there was nothing here. They came inside my home while I was away, and as far as I am concerned, it could have been planted as a way to get back at me for two failed raids since September of this year.I was arrested and jailed until 1 a.m. Thursday. My husband was told to call the sheriff's office at 5 p.m. and that it was a misdemeanor charge and I would be allowed out on a signature bond. However, he called at 5 p.m. and was told it was a felony but that I wasn't there yet, when I actually was. He called back at 5:30 p.m. and was told it was a misdemeanor charge but that a property bond would be required to get me out.From the very beginning, they told me I would be released on a signature bond. I asked the booking officers if everyone in the jail knew that I could be released on a signature bond, and I was told yes and that any calls about me would be transferred directly to their desk. This did not happen.At 9 p.m. I was put into general population because I was told no one had called about getting me out. I was able to make one call. At 1 a.m. my husband finally got word via a friend that I could come home and all he had to do was sign for my release.They also confiscated my letter to the editor that was published in The Birmingham News on Nov. 7, my Cannabis Culture magazines and some activist brochures. They threw my photo albums around, sifted through the ashes of my deceased child and read some of my writings in various notebooks.One officer remarked, "All famous activists go to jail at least once." He said this before I said anything about being an activist, which corroborates my theory that they targeted me for my views and political affiliation.They forced me to take my children to a relative's home some 50 miles away until further notice. The Department of Human Resources was called and they interrogated my children unmercifully.My daughter was told she had pretty hair and asked who brushed it. She responded that I (mommy) did. She was then asked if it hurt. She was shocked and said, "No!" Then she was asked again four more times if it hurt until she said, "Well, sometimes."My son was asked if he ever saw me rolling or smoking anything other than regular tobacco cigarettes to which he replied, "No!" He was then asked if he got porn ads in his e-mail. He responded that he sometimes does, but that it wasn't our fault.He told them he signed up for a Yahoo account so he could get C-Toons on Cartoon Network, and Yahoo apparently sold his address to those yucky people who send him mail he doesn't want.What does brushing hair and porn ads in e-mail have to do with any of this?This must not be allowed to go on.Loretta Nall is a resident of Alexander City and founder of the Alabama Marijuana Party. Complete Title: Marijuana Activist: Police Persecuting Me for BeliefsSource: Crimson White, The (Edu, Univ of Alabama)Author: Loretta NallPublished: November 15, 2002Copyright: 2002 The Crimson WhiteContact: cwletters sa.ua.eduWebsite: http://www.cw.ua.edu/Alabama Marijuana Partyhttp://alabama.usmjparty.com/Going To Pot, And So What?http://mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n2067/a02.htmlCannabisNews - Cannabis Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/cannabis.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #10 posted by FoM on December 18, 2002 at 08:34:03 PT It had two http's in it Here is the correct link.http://victoriaexpress.ca/nall_defence.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #9 posted by greek_philosophizer on December 18, 2002 at 08:30:59 PT: link does not work for me ???????????????? Thats odd. When I click on the link for the Loretta Nall Legal Defense FundI get sent to this page http://www.w3.org/ Hmmmmmm. Kindest Regards, Poisoned_2181_days [ Post Comment ] Comment #8 posted by LorettaNall on November 19, 2002 at 13:11:11 PT: Please help First I would like to thank cannabisnews.com for keeping up with what is going on down south and giving me the press that I need.Second I would like to humble myself and beg all of you who are able to donate to my legal defense fund. The link will be included atthe bottom of this message. I retained an attorney today and the retainer fee alone was $2500. The hourly rate is $175. This battle is going to cost untold thousands of dollars which I do not have. Please send a dollar or a quarter or whatever you can spare to help me fight the nazi cracker law enforcement down south. If you do not wish to donate by credit card please email me for my mailing address.Your servant in the fight for FREEDOM, Loretta Nall Alabama Marijuana Party Loretta Nall Legal Defense Fund [ Post Comment ] Comment #7 posted by knox42897 on November 17, 2002 at 09:55:19 PT: busted Did anyone happen to catch COPS last night before AMW? The Nazi's set up a reverse sting operation. They would sell them Marijuana and then arrest them and confiscate their cars (more like stealing). This is wrong on so many levels. The way they treat people [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by FoM on November 17, 2002 at 08:53:09 PT The GCW Thank you for calling CNews home. That made my Sunday Morning. It is like a home here. I had a really nice talk with Richard on the phone last night and we talked about many different things and we are trying to work out a chat for CNews. It isn't real easy to do and it will take a little bit of work from Matt and observer but maybe not in the not to distant future we will have a chat that we can enjoy. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by John Tyler on November 17, 2002 at 08:37:14 PT Civics lessons not taught in school This is the part of high school civics that doesn't get mentioned in class. When you campaign for a cause that goes against the prevailing political establishment you will get trouble for you efforts at first, especially if you don't have a lot of wealth and/or power to protect you. The trouble you get is porportional to the amount of change you want. This is true for all social change that I have witnessed, be it the womens vote movement, Civil Rights movement, the Anti-War movement, and now the Anti-Drug War movement. These people are heros in the finest American tradition. They are doing what is right. They deserve out thanks. [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by Patrick on November 17, 2002 at 07:54:45 PT Outrageous! Nah, it's everyday And but another fine example or justification of what causes many to fear the anti's who control the enforcement corps with guns-n-cuffs and no conscience or compassion.Zig Heil to the Great State of Talibama. [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by The GCW on November 17, 2002 at 05:18:35 PT ALERT - ACTIVIST DOWN - 420 ALERT I was just coming home (how 'bout that FoM, this is HOME) to report this info and story, and FoM already is on top of it. So is DdC & knox42897."They also confiscated my letter to the editor that was published in The Birmingham News on Nov. 7,..." = Going To Pot, And So What? http://mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n2067/a02.htmlThe sequel is much bigger...From Al Capone to Al Qaeda.I do NOT trust police. Anyone who will cage a human for using a plant IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED! They fail the litmus test.Pity the urine suckers, in line with the thoughts of Christ God Our Father. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by knox42897 on November 17, 2002 at 03:22:37 PT: Disgusted All famous activists go to jail at least once.My friends I am really disgusted with the above statement. Its a sad reality that we do live in a police state. [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by DdC on November 16, 2002 at 22:39:59 PT Sheople Will Believe the Ganjawar is Fascism... When the last cattle cars pull out for the ovens..."They that start by burning books will end by burning men." (German) "Dort, wo man BŸcher verbrennt, verbrennt man am Ende auch Menschen." --Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), from his play Almansor (1821) "There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others." Harry Anslinger, U.S. Commissioner of Narcotics, testifying to Congress on why marijuana should be made illegal, 1937. (Marijuana Tax Act, signed Aug. 2, 1937; effective Oct. 1, 1937.) Although we are talkin Bama? They probably believe it... [ Post Comment ] Post Comment