Pirate News producer John Lee is interviewed by Harry Grothjahn at WBCR 1470am in Alcoa, Tennessee. Discussion of the world-famous trials of the first person on planet Earth to be arrested for allegedly shooting a redlight/speed camera.
UPDATE 2011: All charges dismissed against Cliff Clark after having a massive stroke, but he would have won anyway
http://dragonaters.blogspot.com/2011/10/tn-court-of-appeals-and-hallerin-hill.html
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Charges Dismissed Against Accused Shooter of Redlight Camera
KNOXVILLE, TENN. -- On Friday, Clifford Clark got a phone call from his lawyer. That is usually not a good way to start a weekend. But attorney Ron Newcomb was in a celebratory mood. It sounded more like an office party.
Newcomb declared that charges were dismissed against Clark in the redlight camera shooting case. Judge Mary Beth Liebowitz had signed the Order herself.
The jury trial had been scheduled to start on August 10th.
Some might call this a technical knockout by the defense. Others might say the United States Constitution is the law that keeps Big Brother in check. And that's exactly what Judge Liebowitz enforced in her order, along with a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Arizona v. Gant.
"Even though these charges have been dismissed, I'm still going to grieve over this situation for awhile," Clark said. "It's quite a relief to have these charges dismissed. I hope that my exoneration will be as highly publicized as my arrest."
CC: I think it was the police. If that camera was shot, I can only believe it was the police who shot that camera.
JL: Why do you believe that?
CC: Every time a camera is damaged, the City of Knoxville pays the camera operators reimbursment for that damage. Which means destroying those cameras is profitable for the camera company itself. Another story in Washington, D.C. had the camera operators commissioning people to steal their cameras, so they could bill back the cost to the city as the leasee who is responsible for the cost of those cameras.
JL: Did you subpoena anybody who had evidence that a police officer had shot the cameras?
CC: Absolutely. I don't want to use his name on camera. But there was a witness, actually more than one witness, that has said publicly that deputies were responsible for other redlight cameras being shot. Of course, now the trial and charges have been dismissed. So at least for the moment we're not going to hear that testimony.
JL: You did subpoena one of those witnesses?
CC: Absolutely. The subpoena was issued for a witness who has said that a deputy had shot that camera, or had shot a redlight camera.
Order of Dismissal, State v. Clifford Clark, Docket # 90252, Knox County Criminal Court
http://www.wbir.com/pdf/08032009_clifford_clark_dismissal.pdf
Mr. Clark's website:
www.CliffSpeaks.com
John Lee is a freelance investigative journalist in Knoxville, Tennessee. Hi-Res video DVD and licensing available at 865-332-5715
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Cliff Clark has now had a massive stroke, while awaiting the other bogus trials that he would also win easily, since govt can never dismiss charges against innocent people for risk of lawsuits for false arrest and malicious prosecution. Beware hypertension spike by serotonin syndrome for correct use of prescription meds:
piratenews.org/cliff-stroke-continuance-trial-date150a.jpg
TV and radio crew threatened with arrest by judge in Clifford Clark trial:
archive.org/details/PirateNewsRadioShow9-11-09
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