UNITED STATES ) ) versus ) CRIMINAL NUMBER 87-62 ) Judge Charles Richey WILLIAM THOMAS )
Respectfully submitted this 15th day of April, 1987.
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William Thomas, Defendant, Pro Se
1440 N Street NW, #410,
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 462-0757
tion to the content of his message, official dislike for Thomas', method of communication, and that various agents of the Government have publicly voiced the desire to disrupt or punish this defendant because of his expressive activities, and have publicly and unjustifiably defamed and misrepresented this defendant's socially beneficial symbolic behavior.
THE COURT (Judge William B. Bryant): "Let me ask you this. . . hasn't it been one of those things where he gets arrested today for doing 'X' conduct, and then he goes back out and he does 'X minus Y' conduct, right? And he gets arrested. And then he goes back out and does 'X minus Y minus Z.' In other words, wherever you folks draw the line, he wants to stay on that line, wherever you want to draw the line." (Judge Bryant USA v. Thomas CR 83-358, July 5, 1983, transcript p. 6-7.)
"Officer Haynes ... while he spoke with precision, and exactitude, and painstaking care, had selective memory ... and unable to remember even testimony that he clearly specifically had given in the court hours earlier, failed to remember making, on some occasions, earlier arrests of the defendants, contradicted representations of the manner in which he inventoried the property....
"Now, the Court's ruling today does not mean that ... it has ... become unnecessary ... to reach the several most significant constitutional questions that someday, someway, with perhaps other defendants, perhaps the same will be addressed.
"To continue with this trial would transform the trial from a prosecution into a persecution, and accordingly the respective motions for judgment of acquittal are as to each of the defendants granted." (USA v. Thomas, USDC 84-255, September 25, 1984 transcript at 1025).
the actions taken against him. There is no reason other than an intent to discriminate that can account for the Government's arbitrary and capricious enforcement against Thomas.
Respectfully submitted this 15th day April, 1987.
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William Thomas, Pro Se
1440 N Street NW, #410,
Washington, DC 20005
202) 462-3542
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