Rebel of the Week: The Bartholomew Brothers, who were recently convicted after an anti-tax protest
April 11th, 2012
Our hats are off to the Bartholomew Brothers! Talk about rebels. Last year, these gentleman hung a giant banner up on the side of a highway proclaiming in large, bold letters: “TAXES = THEFT.” Not only that, they did it wearing V for Vendetta-style Guy Fawkes masks (which we are still giving away if anyone is interested)! Then the cops showed up…
In the full video of their encounter with the police, you can see that they are polite, respectful, and not threatening. They do politely refuse to tell the police their names when asked, which is their right. The police didn’t say they were under arrest or being investigated for a crime, so when they asked the Brothers Bartholomew for their names, the duo had no more a legal obligation to tell them than they would have an obligation to tell you or me if we approached them on the street, had a casual conversation, and asked them for their names.
Even though that’s the law, the cops apparently didn’t see it that way and filed charges against these fine patriots. Then a jury of their peers also didn’t see it that way and last week they actually convicted the Bartholomew Bros of “misdemeanor delaying a peace officer.” Seriously??? Just to be clear: Bartholomew Brothers = Rebels. Yuba County, California Police and Jurors? = NOT Rebels.
“Delaying a peace officer??” It’s not like these guys lied down in front of the officer’s patrol vehicle and refused to budge or cut in front of the police in line at the donut shop. Goodness gracious, if a police officer chooses of their own free will to stand around gaping like an idiot at a protest sign and asking these brothers questions about their political beliefs, no one is delaying the officer, but himself. Or else I missed the part where the Bart Brothers used mind control to force the cops to stand around like a bunch of rubes for a few minutes looking confused.
If I were the chief of police, I would fire these officers. After all, they have special police training, guns, radios, patrol cars, and the full force of the criminal (in)justice system on their side, and two crazy twenty-somethings wearing t-shirts and comic book super hero masks were actually able to “delay” the officers, who were no doubt on their way to stop some great unspeakable crime. They would have probably been able to save a life if it weren’t for those delaying kids and their mind control!
Bartholomew Brothers, we all know that these charges are bogus and we hope that if you choose to appeal them that justice will be served for you. You are definitely rebels, patriots, scholars, and gentleman, and your name is wicked cool. I hope this isn’t the last of your shenanigans that we hear about in the months to come!
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