Arrest
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Black's Law Dictionary - Deluxe Ninth Edition says that an arrest is
a seizure or forcible restraint
So I guess because he ordered us to stop shooting
photos we were forcefully restrained and thus arrested.
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Rain also said that the Park Ranger threatened to
arrest us so I say we were arrested on the basis of that
which is:
were WERE arrested.
We were stopped from doing a legal activity,
threatened with detainment (aka call the cops), etc.
Public records law
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The question is when government bureaucrats refuse to
obey
Arizona's public record laws
what can be done about it?
The Arizona Public Records laws I am talking about here
is covered in
A.R.S 39 §121.
Well to be quite honest NOTHING.
Sadly Arizona's public records laws are toothless laws in
which there is absolutely no punishment, penalty or fine
for government bureaucrats who refuse to obey the laws.
You only recourse if a government bureaucrat refuses to
obey the law is to sue the government bureaucrat.
And the law doesn't even force them to pay your attorneys fees
if you win. The law says the court can, give you the fees you
spent on attorneys if you win, but the court doesn't have to give
you your attorneys fees.
Sadly Arizona Public Records laws were written to give us serfs
the illusion that we have the right to view public records.
Of course in reality we don't have any right to view the public records,
and if an elected official or appointed government bureaucrat refuses
to obey the public records laws there isn't anything you can do but
sue them.
There is a toothless agency that will investigate public record violations.
But they can't force elected officials or appointed bureaucrats to give
you the public records you requested.
All they can do is
- Determine that the agency violated the public records laws.
- Send a letter to the Arizona governor saying the agency violated
the public records laws.
Other then that the agency can't do squat.
If you want to bang your head against the wall and waste your time
getting this agency to do absolutely nothing to help you here is
their address.
Arizona Ombudsman-Citizens' Aide
3737 N. 7th Street, Suite 209
Phoenix AZ 85014
(602) 277-7292
(800)872-2879
(602) 277-7312 Fax
e-mail ombuds@azoca.gov
www.azleg.gov/ombudsman
www.azleg.gov/ombudsman/public_records.html
Why am I going to waste my time complaining to this
toothless government agency that the bureaucrats in
the city of Phoenix are refusing to honor my requests for
public records?
Well before I file a
lawsuit
suing them for civil rights violations and false arrest in Federal court
I would like to have all the laws that the city of
Phoenix has passed on this issue in front of me.
And I will file a complain with these folks to show that I made every
effort to get those laws.