Guilty Until Proven Innocent, The George Kelly Story, Updated 4/23/2024

 George Alan Kelly is an old guy who lives just north of the Mexico border on a ranch. 

Now you might wonder, why would anyone buy a ranch on the Mexican border? Well, Mr Kelly bought the ranch back in 1997 when we protected the border. It wasn't a free for all until President Biden and his illegal immigration handlers turned it into a drug running, human trafficking, do whatever you want, war zone. 

Perhaps Biden and friends should be charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration. 

At any rate, Mr. Kelly is eating lunch at his home and hears a single gunshot and sees a number of men, likely Mexican nationals, on his property armed with guns that he believes were AK 47s. He arms himself, fires a few warning shots in the air, and the trespassers eventually disburse. He calls police. The police come out, take the report and leave.

Hours later while searching his ranch, Mr. Kelly finds a dead body- shot thru the chest or back- depending on the entrance wound. He calls police again.

The deceased is a Mexican national who has been deported multiple times. Drug runner, maybe. Trespasser, obviously. Who shot him is anyone's guess but I'm betting it ain't George Kelly.

Mr. Kelly is arrested. His bond is set at 1 million dollars.

In America, you will hear this bullshit about being innocent until proven guilty. And for 25 years, every dangerous felon I ever locked up and wanted held in jail, got me the standard prosecutorial response. 

"Bail is only to guarantee the defendants appearance in court." Blah, blah, blah.

Now just where in the hell is Mr. Kelly going to flee to? Mexico? Is he going to drive down to Argentina? How about you just take his passport and let him go. George Kelly ain't going anywhere. He has no rap sheet or prior arrests that anyone knows of. 

His crime was reporting a dead man on his ranch. He would have been better off just burying the body.

The American shitshow rolls on. We'll know more on the 22nd when the prosecution has to lay out a case. They better have one.

Here's a link to the story: https://lawandcrime.com/crime/innocent-arizona-rancher-files-full-throated-defense-after-mexican-national-shot-dead-on-property/

Another one: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/philboas/2023/02/08/george-alan-kelly-arizona-border-could-become-political-powder-keg/69884911007/

Here's a link to Mr. Kelly's GiveSendGo account. I donated. https://www.givesendgo.com/G9T79

04/23/2024- Update

The sham trial has ended in a mistrial. In what has been described as a 7-1 vote for "not guilty" the judge in this case has declared a mistrial because of one holdout.

This case should never have been brought to trial.

The bullet that killed the victim was a rifle round that traveled through the body and is missing. So no forensics. Mr Kelly who alleges he shot in the air, several warning rounds, says he never fired directly at the victim.

Armed illegal aliens frequently travel through his property. At 75 years old, it is hard to imagine that George Kelly, on a ranch he has owned for 25 years, has suddenly decided to start shooting people.

In the west, we respect property rights. That includes no trespassing warnings.

God willing, George Kelly will not spend one more day in jail. Because the problem is the lost jail time and the costs of defending yourself. That punishment happens long before any trial.

Give to legal defense fund. GiveSendGo - George Alan Kelly Legal Defense Fund: The Leader in Freedom Fundraising.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/let-me-go-home-okay-mistrial-declared-arizona-rancher-accused-killing-illegal-immigrant

The Atheist's Song- The Sunday Collage

"Without God, all things become permissible."

-The Brothers Karamazov

Happy Easter to the three people who still read this thing once in awhile.

It is Easter eve. Easter is an important holiday in my family which always marked the arrival of spring. It also marked the one day you must absolutely attend church. Easter was for my mom. Always there was dinner afterwards.

Unfortunately, there are a significant amount of people that don't believe in God. I'm ok with that just as long as they don't ridicule or berate my beliefs. If folks cross that line, well things tend to get ugly and animated quickly. 

For many years I struggled with the concept of God. I read books, I talked to people, pastors, priests. I discovered that the Vatican had removed books from the Bible in the grand editing process that they employ.

And then, through a series of sobering events, I came to believe. It started in my 47th year. 

It began with forgiveness. How could a man, charged with some ridiculous crime, and while dying- ask God for forgiveness for the very people who were now inflicting injury on his body and killing him in the most painful way?

Who is capable of that? Nobody I know of.

And about the time that I was discovering Jesus was different than any man who ever walked this earth, I listened to a man who called this his true test of atheism.

Imagine being alone in the universe. The only molecule among trillions that managed to crawl out of the primordial swamp and become human. And when you die, nothing. Nihilism. Life was a waste of time. Imagine standing naked in front of a full-length mirror and stating, "Behold the greatest power in the universe." 

That is the atheist's song. It is a lonely and hopeless song. This is all there is. 

Today I am grateful and thankful. One day we will pass through this life and on to the next. That is the meaning of Easter.

First, We Abandoned Virtue- The Sunday Collage

This post was first published in September, 2014.

Sorry for the delay today. Late night, didn't get home until 2 a.m.

A couple of weeks ago, I was reading some interesting stuff about societies and how they eventually crumble and implode. More than a few people have postulated that the first things to go wanting are values, morals, and integrity. This was first proposed by Socrates and then expanded on by Plato as they spoke of virtue as moral excellence.

How are people supposed to understand the importance of virtue if your society doesn't teach it and your leaders don't possess it? Not only do we lack any type of "leadership by example" but when was the last time you actually heard anyone, anywhere, describe a President or a  Congressman as honest?  If all you ever see is this current day "dog eat dog mentality" from your leaders doesn't that become the standard? If you look outside politics, you see greedy corporate pirates such as the Koch Brothers, Gates, and Angelo Mozilo. If your Congressmen and women are allowed to accept bribes from lobbyists, trade equities on information they receive as they formulate laws that impact various publicly traded industries and corporations, give themselves giant raises, sweet lifetime retirement deals, and health packages outside of Obamacare- at what point does our culture accept that as the norm or worse yet, describe it as intelligent? I think they already have.

It gets worse I think. If people don't understand the importance of virtue, they begin to see it as unnecessary. They don't apologize for their lack of virtue because they don't see any reason to have it. So I think that type of moral decay has to be in place before societies crumble. When we collectively abandon civil ways of dealing with each other, abandon virtue, morals, and ethical behavior- we are ensuring our demise. It makes perfect sense. If people are setting the example, treating each other civilly, and always acting within the bounds of virtue and integrity- your society is at it's strongest. There is no moral erosion. In fact, I often think that this missing piece is the root of all of our problems. I see it everyday.

When I was a child, two things happened. My parents instilled a strong sense of right and wrong. Note that I had two parents. I was taught how to behave with virtue. That does not mean that I always behaved correctly- often as a child and a young adult, I did not. However, those were just my poor choices. Secondly,  children were taught civics in school and our teachers were very active and involved with this. This three pronged approach- two parents and our schools- taught us the importance of integrity, virtue, and ethical behavior.

This doesn't happen anymore. Schools quit teaching civics long ago. Two parents is an iffy proposition and chances are good that one or both parents have dismissed virtuous behavior as a waste of time anyway. Instead, they are busy working and accumulating "things."

Replacing virtuous behavior in our society is the idea that all we really need to do is comply with the legal minimums. What is barely legal is the only concern nowadays. Corporations and the pirates that run many of them, take every advantage possible. They pay the bare minimums. They routinely find ways to skirt having to pay overtime, health insurance and other benefits, and all they really care about is greed. If they can get away with something, they will. Acting responsibly and doing the right thing are no longer big concerns. Accumulating as much wealth as possible is their only concern. It is a sickness. Our political leaders lie with impunity. They engage in every greedy and self centered act just so long as they can get away with it. Some might be cash register honest- but I'm not convinced they have that much integrity. Take a look at some of these people, consider Darrell Issa. He is a former CEO and quite wealthy. He also has an unbelievable criminal history- most of which he has gotten away with- while now acting head of the Government Oversight and Reform Committee. You cannot make this stuff up.

And watching this dog and pony show, is a culture and society that hasn't had any real or moralistic leadership since JFK and some might even argue that. Nobody leads by example today and oddly, there are people who would argue that our current leadership is fine. Remember, you can't possibly know what you haven't been taught. It doesn't come by osmosis.

Could the slow erosion and demise of our society and culture occur because we abandoned virtue and ethical behavior for self-centered-ness and materialism? Could it be that simple?

I think so.

What remains to be seen is whether our culture picks itself up, recognizes what is wrong, and gets back on track with some moral excellence or whether we continue to circle the drain. It almost makes me sorry that I'm not going to be around to see how all of this ends. If we do manage to pick ourselves up- it certainly won't be at the behest of our current government "role models." In fact, it may very well occur without them. Let's hope so.

I Couldn't Attend the Funeral- But I Sent a Nice Letter of Approval

 I was lost and now I am found.

A month or so ago, I was messing around with my control panel and managed to lose everything on my computer before re-installing it.

This is what happens when you barely have enough know how to turn your computer on and then attempt to change all the settings.

Anyhow, what was lost is now found. After an ample amount of work and cursing.

In the comments, I saw an old friend ask if I was still around. To MM and my 3 other readers, yes, and while I have achieved a level of writer's block that has me wondering if I should have even bothered to restore the settings on my laptop- I am still here looking for new subject matter.

This morning I was perusing the old town's newspaper when I came across the obituary of a former colleague of mine. I am so used to feeling a sense of loss every time one of my old friends die- that I have never felt an opposite emotion. A bit of glee when an old enemy left this earthly coil.

Now I've never gone looking for enemies. Most of my life has been spent waiting for them to arrive. They just show up.

Now most of that I'm told, is my attitude. 

So about 25 years ago now, I am sitting in my office when one of the city's deputy clerks comes into my office. She is upset that kids are toilet papering her trees. She wants to know what to do.

Now at this stage in our relationship- I hardly know this gal. I see her around City Hall once in awhile. Because she is a fellow city worker, I tend to be more truthful and direct than I might be with a random member of the public.

I tell her she could get some cameras and offer some other suggestions, but I tell her most likely- we will not be able to catch these kids. They will hear or see our patrol cars and then run and hide.

She said nothing else, stood up and left. Little did I know that I had just created an enemy. No doubt, my fault. That is what I am always told.

So for the next four years, this gal did everything she could to heap misery on my life. Demanding receipts for inconsequential items listed on charge cards, telling coworkers I was an asshole, trying to get me in trouble or fired by the City Manager and the Mayor. All of it failed of course, but it damaged my reputation enough that it helped aid my early departure.

One day, this gal walked into my office and said she hated me. From the moment we met. I was dumbfounded by her. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill. She assured me, once again, that it was all my fault.

She was an east coast liberal. I was a conservative, western farm kid. We were probably doomed from the start.

So when I saw her obituary today, I had a different sort of feeling. I was kind of happy. It felt strange. I had dreaded seeing her at the old Chief's funeral this summer but as it turns out- she was fighting a cancer diagnosis of her own.

I often wonder if all that malignant hatred people have festering inside them can cause physical illness. 

Perhaps, her death, was my fault too.

The "Keeping Time" Has Arrived- The Sunday Collage

 Mrs. Elizabeth Powel asked Benjamin Franklin the question. What do we have, a republic or a monarchy? Franklin answered, "A republic if you can keep it."

Probably historically true. 

In a republic, the power to govern is held by the people or their elected representatives. By consent. We have checks and balances for those representatives, and we have a rule of law. That theory was meant to keep an oppressive government at bay. To keep them from acquiring too much power

In a democracy, the people directly make every decision. There are no representatives. Democracies often devolve into mob rule democracies. Like the one we have now.

A republic is meant to protect the minority from the oppression of the majority. A rule of law is what keeps it civil. A minority member's interests are protected. Until the mob takes over.

Now we can debate who, what, when, and how we have lost our republic. We can even debate whether we still have one or not. On paper, we might have a republic. In reality, we have a liberal majority that has taken over our communications, our healthcare, and is now targeting our representatives with a myriad of criminal charges.

In short, the minority is no longer protected from the oppression of the majority. The majority is setting about the task of eliminating it's enemies, imposing it's will, and intimidating people into "join up or suffer the consequences" decisions that mob families used to offer. Allowing millions to cross our border swells the majority ranks.

Indeed, we have arrived at the keeping time.

With 100% certainty, not one of us have lived through an American Revolution or Civil War. But there are a number of common threads that bind those two events.

People don't want to be ruled and told what to do, or how to live. Just like southern states didn't appreciate being told what to do- or else. Come to think of it, the American Indians didn't like it either.

That's what defines those moments. The colonists and the southern states were minority participants being oppressed by a majority that were telling them what to do and how to live. We know how they responded. In another day, I referred to the minority as "no" people.

The "no" people are getting pissed off. They are receiving no representation, no offers of compromise, no rule of law. Indeed, the government is simply setting about the task of eliminating the "no" people through taxation, criminal charges, suppression of free speech. Now they are going to try and erase the "no" people's representative and a few of his soldiers.

This drama is unfolding right before your eyes. It also comes with a deadline. The first Tuesday of November- a little over one year away.

Oh don't get me wrong. I don't think we are voting ourselves out of this mess. The oppressive majority has that covered.

Like erosion, our rights are whittled away, one by one over time until we have the cumulative mess we have now. The majority has no interest in leveling the playing field. They will destroy any protections. Indeed they are chipping away at that right now.

What remains to be seen is just how far the majority is willing to push their agenda but more importantly- is how the minority will respond. What will unfold in the national drama playing out right now will absolutely change the course of American history. This will be the year from hell. Make no mistake about it. Dramatic? Absolutely.

The keeping time is here.

 

The Killing of Craig Robertson- The Sunday Collage

"Anger is brief insanity." Mom attributed that quote to Hemingway. Having been on the receiving end of mom's wrath more than a few times, that phrase has always made sense.

Craig Robertson, age 75, died in Provo, Utah on August, 9, 2023. He was killed by an FBI tactical team for making threats. He was an Air Force veteran, welding inspector, and wood worker. He had been married twice and widowed twice. He had three children. 

He was not in the best of health and walked with a cane. He loved guns and was a member of the NRA. Robertson was no fan of the democratic party.

To be fair, Robertson had made several threats regarding Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, and Attorney General Merrick Garland, among others. These were descriptive threats wherein Robertson went into great detail about how he would accomplish the killings of those individuals. We must assume that he actually made those threats on social media, since he never got a chance to explain himself. Not that he would have. Many are listed here. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/who-was-craig-robertson-what-we-know-about-the-armed-trump-supporter-shot-dead-in-utah-fbi-raid/ar-AA1f2nRL

So Robertson owned many guns, talked with bluster, and even answered the front door holding an AR-15 rifle once after Provo P.D. knocked regarding an incident some time prior. This was an interesting complaint in which two men, in an unmarked van, trespassed onto Roberton's property to make some sort of cable repair. Robertson confronted them and was well within his rights. Apparently, no aggravated assault or other chargeable offense happened that day and Robertson was not arrested. Hmmm...one wonders who those guys really were.

It's an oddity, growing up on property in the west, frequented by hunters. If people are going to be on your property, then good conduct suggests that they stop by the house, get permission, or otherwise inform a homeowner of an easement or repair. Failing that common courtesy, you might indeed be met by an armed property owner.

That's the way it was and still is- in parts of Montana and Idaho.

So if a guy is making all of these terrible threats, is armed and not very cooperative, and the President  is arriving in Salt Lake City that day, a mere 60 miles away, what is the solution? 

Is there some interim solution for a person making threats that doesn't involve killing him? Yes. Of course there is.

That's the really bothersome part. Craig Robertson picked up guns and defended his property. Did the Provo Police and the FBI know that? Of course they did. So making a pre-dawn tactical entry onto Mr. Robertson's property meant that he would be awakened to the sound of "flash bang" grenades and immediately attempt to retrieve a gun to protect himself. Knowing all of that, the FBI could simply execute him because undoubtedly if he wasn't actually holding a gun as they entered- he would have one nearby. That was all quite predictable. That's why they used a tactical team and a dynamic entry.

It doesn't hurt that Merrick Garland was one of the people Robertson targeted with his threats. To be sure, the FBI was operating with impunity. Garland wouldn't lift a finger to investigate or charge the FBI with a preventable killing simply because Garland was one of the victims.

They dragged Robertson's body out to the street and covered it with a sheet on the sidewalk for a couple of hours. I am sure he was so thoroughly shot that calling an ambulance was a waste of time.

I waited to hear any sort of press release. I looked for a Provo Police car in video footage. Nothing. But I did find this statement today from the FBI and clipped it. 

"The FBI takes all shooting incidents involving our agents or task force members seriously," the FBI said in a statement. "In accordance with FBI policy, the shooting incident is under review by the FBI's Inspection Division. As this is an ongoing matter, we have no further details to provide."

Forgive me for laughing. I call this, "we investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong." In my prior life the local Sheriff would do this. Investigate himself and conclude that his agency did nothing wrong. I should also note his father was an FBI agent. Perhaps that is where he learned that unbiased investigatory tactic.

All of this means this. Robertson was executed. That's the end of it. It will soon be predictably forgotten. The FBI knows that. So do the politicians. The Mayor. The local cops. Me.

As I prepared to write this, I must have read at least 15 different stories and accounts of this incident. The left leaning accounts paint Robertson as some crazy, gun toting, MAGA nut job. The right leaning versions of this story paint Robertson as a quiet, nice man who frequently helped people. Everyone seems to have an agenda today. So forget all of that noise. 

Craig Robertson was by all accounts, in poor health. He may have been depressed as well. But the real telling part of this incident are the threats Robertson made. Who descriptively and publicly states how they would envision and enjoy killing public officials? Who does that? 

Robertson was no different than half the country. He was pissed off about the hijacked election and the failure of anyone to properly investigate it. He was angry at the officials prosecuting former President Trump. There are millions of us like Craig Robertson. The only difference between Mr. Robertson and millions of us who agree with him- is that we can restrain ourselves from making public threats lest we find a tactical team lobbing flash bangs through the front window and ramming our front door.

It is clear to me that Mr. Robertson was angry and mentally ill to such an extent that he no longer had any restraint. Officers on crisis intervention teams could spot this a mile away. That's why we have crisis intervention. To find out what has changed in an individual and help them. They could have called family, his bishop, his friends and neighbors. Officers could have sat down with Craig, "You gotta quit doing this. How are you feeling?" Have you quit taking medications? Are you sleeping well? Intervene. Lure him out with friends and family. A protective custody arrest and examination while Joe was in town. 

One decent cop could have done this. I used to do it all the time and I come with references. I never killed anyone.

One crazy old war story for the road that ties this all together. 

Years ago, we had a giant of a guy that walked all over town carrying an axe. At 6'5", loud, and strong- Howard scared people to death. He would walk into banks, grocery stores, down city streets with a giant orange ax slung over his shoulder. He intimidated people. Carrying an ax is not illegal. One time I conducted a traffic stop on Howard and he jumped out of his vehicle and came running back towards my patrol car with that ax. Until he saw it was me. And then he started laughing uproariously. 

I was scared for Howard. Any other cop could have made a pretty decent case for having to shoot him in self-defense. As much as I grew to love Howard, I was scared for him, and I was always a bit wary. I never fully let my guard down.

You see over time; I understood Howard's depression. He was bi-polar. We talked a lot and I came to know him. Weekly. I began to understand that Howard was simply seeking attention. Howard had been ignored most of his life. People paid attention to him when he walked around with that ax. And when the shit hit the fan, as it often does with guys like Howard, I'd go visit Howard after he asked for me. Eventually Howard quit carrying that ax. We became friends. I looked Howard up a few years ago and found he had died, in his 50's, in Flagstaff, Arizona where he was from. I miss him.

The point is, Craig Robertson didn't need to be killed. I am sure his death will be ruled justified by whatever friendly body says so. The officers who shot him might even feel that it was necessary and justified. Sleep well, gentlemen.

On our patrol cars we had a phrase. Serve and protect. Who was protecting Craig Robertson on August 9? Who had the balls to square off v the FBI? Apparently nobody in Provo. On this car "To Serve and Protect" has gone missing.

There is a lesson here. You can't simply execute someone for running their mouth or soon we may all end up like Craig Robertson. Mr. Robertson, like Howard I think, was just angry and seeking some attention.

That's all it ever was. 

Update: On my "X" account, someone calling themselves "Karl Marx" posted what appears to be a copy of the affidavit used to get the Robertson arrest warrant.

This is an arrest warrant affidavit. Not a search warrant affidavit. Note also that the FBI did nothing back in March on counts one and two. Where was the urgency then? Count 3 occurs just prior to the Presidents arrival. 

Complaint Against Craig Deleeuw Robertson - DocumentCloud

*Update. One week later in Henderson, Tennessee. An almost identical killing with the FBI's boilerplate statement. This one may be worse than Robertson.

https://truthpress.com/news/disabled-vet-killed-after-fbi-raid-on-tennessee-home/

*Update 2. Utah County now set to investigate whether killing Robertson was justified or not.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/fbi-shooting-of-utah-man-accused-of-threatening-biden-to-be-investigated-in-utah-county/ar-AA1fOMpN?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=269489ca884d4067abb839c9c35345cd&ei=13

The United States- The World's Biggest Banana Republic

 This week was one for the ages.

The Michigan State Police confirmed that hundreds of thousands of illegal ballots, a conspiracy in the swing states, was not only caught on video and investigated- Michigan did nothing and the FBI did nothing. This video amazingly coincides with the 3 a.m. miraculous election of Joe Biden in 2020 who was losing and then suddenly pulled a Presidency out of a hat.

Via the Gateway Pundit, you will likely not see this anywhere mainstream. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/now-we-have-proof-tgp-exclusive-massive-2020/

The Biden family was paid over 20 million dollars by Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstan nationals while Joe was the VP. Funny now that Biden and the democrats have been sponsoring the Ukrainian war with US tax dollars after receiving bribes in the millions. This while Obama was President. What did he know? 

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/foreigners-paid-more-than-20-million-to-biden-family-associates-bank-records-5453849

The J6 committee lost pertinent records regarding the "insurrection" staged on Jan 6 following the sham election of Joe Biden. Conservatives would have called this event a demonstration although the DC police did manage to murder un armed Ashli Babbitt which certainly takes the shine from a demonstration. The event likely would not have occurred in the first place if democrats hadn't managed to steal the election or if Nancy Pelosi would have agreed to provide National Guard protection for the event. Hint* she decided against it much like Hillary giving aid to Christopher Stevens.

https://beckernews.com/j6-committee-cover-up-house-dems-wiped-records-on-security-failures-scrubbed-communications-with-biden-white-house-51414/

The indictments for Donald Trump exercising free speech just keep coming. All in all it is a black liberal sweep. Every prosecutor is black (one judge) and they are all flaming liberals. Fani Willis' father was a member of the Black Panthers. She will undoubtedly file indictments for Trump soon. Talk about tilting the playing field and with that crooked Merrick Garland at the DOJ- it's not going to get any better.

Now Attorney General Letitia James; Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis; District Attorney Bragg; and Judge Tanya Chutkan; four Black people. What a coincidence!

Gosh I wonder which party had them all installed. Special thanks to George Soros, the Democrats, Mark Zuckerberg's stealth campaign contributions, and President Obama. The worst part about this week is that we are only half way through. 

Update. FBI swat team performs a tactical operation in Provo on a man who made threats to various officials including Joe Biden. This apparently warranted a no knock warrant and killing the 75 year old obese man with a cane. I saw no Provo PD at the scene. Just the dead guy on the sidewalk covered with a sheet. In my day, I'd probably have detailed two cops to go interview the guy. Dealing with mentally unstable people is something locals cops do every day. The FBI sorts it out another way.

Should the man have threatened to kill officials? Of course not. But killing people for bluster ain't exactly the due process we are guaranteed.

Kind of a Waco meets Ruby Ridge operation. https://nypost.com/2023/08/10/craig-robertson-cared-for-blind-son-before-being-shot-by-fbi-neighbors/

Breaking, Friday. Merrick Garland to FINALLY appoint special counsel to look into Hunter Biden. Fuck oh dear. It will be interesting to see what government, partisan, bootlicker he appoints.

Garland appointed David Weiss from Biden's home state of Delaware. This guy has already been investigating Hunter Biden for years and oddly, has found nothing.

Those 170 suspicious bank activity reports, shell companies, forensic accounting, several witnesses and co-conspirators, hell they even have the guy who made the bribes for Burisma- along with texts and phone calls.

I am glad the week is over.