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Title: Michigan Woman Jailed for Failing to Renew $10 Dog License On Time
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Reason
URL Source: http://reason.com/blog/2015/07/08/m ... oman-jailed-for-failing-to-ren
Published: Jul 9, 2015
Author: Nick Gillespie
Post Date: 2015-07-09 08:44:38 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 781
Comments: 15
Author's note: Jacob Sullum blogged this story first yesterday. To read his writeup, go here. Via IJ Review (and the Twitter feed of G60TimbersFan) comes this true tale of petty tyranny in the Great Lakes State: Her name is Becky Rehr. She may look like a mild-mannered, upstanding citizen. But in the eyes of the law enforcers in the State of Michigan, she is a fugitive outlaw who had to be brought to justice. Her hideous crime? Not renewing a $10 dog license.... Rehr’s license for her 11-year-old border collie/ springer mix Dexter was set to expire on May 28th. Disastrously for the Michigan mother, she missed the deadline. Her lax payment must have driven the bureaucrats at the county clerk’s office apoplectic, for when she appeared with proof of licensing – dated 26 days late – she wasn’t treated with a handshake and a smile. She was led out to be fingerprinted, get her mugshot taken, and be thrown in the county slammer. Rehr spent three hours in jail and released on a $100 bond. She'll appear in court next week, where she faces up to $100 in fines and 90 days in the slammer. Because. A. Dog. License. Expired. Which brings me to this: Here's a story from MLive.com: Nick Gillespie is the editor in chief of Reason.com and Reason TV and the co-author of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America, just out in paperback. Does anyone really wonder why attitudes toward government are in the shitter?
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
From another article: "Both Lawrence and Klein said a warrant isn't issued until the agency has given multiple warnings about an overdue license renewal, including letters, a notice posted on the dog owner's front door and typically a phone call." "Rehr admits she got those warnings." "I had every intention of taking care of it, but with the end of the school year and my job, it just totally got put on the back burner," said Rehr, who has two teenage daughters and a husband who travels on business." Wanna bet she'll find the time when the next renewal comes up?
I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a fully armed SWAT raid on her house if that happened again. And you would be cheering the police state as they killed her. Over a $10 license fee. You and the rest of your repulsive totalitarian ilk are pathetic. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much You bet your sweet bippy she will renew on time in the future. “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” doesn’t fit here, but “not Ignoring multiple warnings and notices to comply with the law” does. People can pick and choose which laws they want to ignore only for so long. She found out how long is too long. Good post, Deckard....thanks.
She paid the fine. It was late. She was jailed for not paying a $10 fee on time. Only complete fascists like you two pricks see nothing wrong with that. Keep cheering tyranny you submissive little sheep. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much I would strongly condemn that. How would they collect the money? "The county has 32,000 licensed dogs." 31,999 dog owners in Kalamazoo manage to renew their licenses on time, but this lazy-assed, excuse-ridden, whiney POS can't make the time, despite the numerous warnings. She's special, you see. We have to make accommodations just for her. Throw her sorry ass in jail.
Over a late $10 fee? You're pathetic. Why would I expect anything different from you and the other submissive slave. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much I will. I will forever cheer: "with liberty and justice for all." Cue the Duke...
After a long perp walk with the cuffs in front of her neighbors and friends.
You don't have the first clue about liberty, jagoff. Keep bleating little sheep. In a Cop Culture, the Bill of Rights Doesn’t Amount to Much Who the Hell is she to think and act like she is above the law....Oh, maybe she is your mother?
I do about law and order. But it all comes down to anarchism for you….it always does. If that is your view of the legal system then so be it. You have the right to do as you please regardless of the law, but only within your own mind. And you have the right to pay the consequences for ignoring or disobeying the law. God Bless America.
Ask and you shall receive. If the city didn’t have enough money from licenses fees and taxes to do preventative maintenance on the water supply pumps and her water was shut off; or if the city could not keep the sewer lines free because of not having enough money from licenses fees and taxes which caused her toilet to back up and overflow….then watch the ole biddy scream. Deckard, you anarchists live a miserable life….and I am glad that you do. “Life is Good” to me….and I live every moment of it, happily. You could too...
I agree. As punishment for trying to make everyone else look like fools for obeying the law and renewing their licenses. Like she's the only one with a "busy" schedule. "where she faces up to $100 in fines and 90 days in the slammer." Give her the choice -- $100 in fines, court costs and 90 days in the slammer ... or the perp walk.
You are such a benevolent soul, I never really noticed that in you before. This is not to say, that I find such a kindness of heart in you to be surprising. I agree with you...
And here you thought I only liked blowing up babies in cribs and shooting dogs. There is another side to misterwhite.
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: misterwhite, Deckard (#1)
Wanna bet she'll find the time when the next renewal comes up?
#4. To: Gatlin (#3)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#5. To: Deckard (#2)
"And you would be cheering the police state as they killed her."
#6. To: misterwhite (#5)
Throw her sorry ass in jail.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#7. To: Deckard (#4)
Keep cheering ...
#8. To: misterwhite (#5)
Throw her sorry ass in jail.
#9. To: Gatlin (#7)
I will. I will forever cheer: "with liberty and justice for all."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#10. To: Deckard (#9)
#11. To: Deckard (#9)
You don't have the first clue about...
#12. To: Deckard (#9)
Keep bleating ...
#13. To: Gatlin (#8)
(Edited)
"After a long perp walk with the cuffs in front of her neighbors and friends."
#14. To: misterwhite (#13)
(Edited)
Give her the choice -- $100 in fines, court costs and 90 days in the slammer ... or the perp walk.
#15. To: Gatlin (#14)
"This is not to say, that I find such a kindness of heart in you to be surprising."
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