Should the people have the right to assemble peaceably to support their candidates without fear of arrest? Why or why not?
Missouri Caucus Rigged Fraud, NO Camera's Allowed Ron Paul Mitt Romney Voters Election St
Eugene Dokes, the Chairman, started the meeting by immediately declaring there would be no video or audio recording allowed, and that if anyone refused to stop, they would be removed by police. The entire room of what has been reported as over 2,500 people began booing and demanding that recording be allowed. It was not just Ron Paul people. There are no rules that filming can not be done. In a caucus, the people make the rules.
Dokes then refused to commence the meeting until everyone stopped recording. The crowd makes multiple attempts to make a point of order, to move a meeting along properly, to address the situation, but Dokes refused to acknowledge the people. Dokes then left the podium, called the police.
The meeting was adjourned.
St. Charles co caucuses adjourned w/o delegates
The meeting was to re-adjourn once order was restored.
Once the meeting was adjourned, according to the Ron Paul supporter who was arrested, he states: "I explained very quickly that we needed to begin collecting a roster, as required, and what that meant. I was immediately approached by 4 or 5 police of unknown jurisdictions who made me step down from the chair and put me into handcuffs. When I asked what I was being arrested for, or if I was being arrested, I was told they would tell me later. Eventually I was booked for trespassing and released."
Brent Stafford, the Ron Paul supporter, Arrest at St. Charles Caucus
Effectively barred from participating, the Ron Paul contingent was eliminated.
The caucus was left with no committed delegates who will attend the national convention.
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A playlist of other videos
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0DB75548DAB89F66
Other angles, better audio, etc. --^
Brent Stafford on the day: http://www.dailypaul.com/221346/this-is-brent-stafford-from-missouri
http://content.newsinc.com/jpg/499/23599534/1927827.jpg
https://p.twimg.com/AoNET1PCQAAhI52.jpg
Will provide full source video of the entire beginning upon request, audio is bad, but understandable. There is no spin, there is no deception, three men threw out hundreds of delegates knowing that Ron Paul could've easily taken the majority. After agree'ing to split the delegates proportionally, Santorum's crew knew he would've come out with very few and Romney and Paul camps would've taken 40% 40% at least a piece - so they threw out all of the delegates and claimed that it was for the crowd's safety (and not their own).
************** CONTACT THE OTHER CANDIDATES ****************
Eugene Dokes (Temporary Chairman who refused cameras, bent rules, and refused to acknowledge calls for division & point of order)
http://edokes.com/
636-364-8683
He deleted his Facebook minutes after the incident
Picture with Rick Santorum: http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/427033_3051208231821_1011712256_3229...
Matt Ehlen (Santorum Chairman who usurped the position)
http://mattehlen.com/
No Contact Number
http://www.facebook.com/VoteEhlen
Brian Spencer (Teacher at Francis Howell North, where the caucus was held. He introduced new rules and introduced the temporary chair Eugene Dokes)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Citizens-for-Spencer/295922820455899
No Contact Number (un-confirmed, contact me if you have it)
No Official Website (un-confirmed, contact me if you have it, he seems very unorganized)
Brian announced less than a month ago he was running for house - and now he's in the mix of caucus bending. Obviously, he's doing some favors.
******************** CONTACT THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT *******************
St. Peters Police Department (Who arrested Brent for unknown reasons)
stppd@stpetersmo.net
636-278-2222
************ NEWS SPIN ************
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/police-intervene-arrest-ron-paul...
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-caucus-in-st-peters-...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hatfields-and-the-mccoys-cops-arrest-ron-paul...
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/disruption-closes-a-missouri-ca...
Cf. Chapter 18: caucus system
How Does A Caucus Work Anyway? (CBS News), 3:37
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