Member Submission: Statement prior to registration
Recently I attended the Safe and Just Michigan You Tube conference. I wrote a suggestion in the comments section calling on all Floridians to read a brief (10-15 second long) statement to the registering officer every time, immediately prior to registration.
I was asked by Judith Levine (a national advocate who was on the panel) to please present this idea for consideration.
I feel that this must be a national mandate. For, if we are silent, then we give our tacit consent.
Here is the text of the statement, which I am recommending:
” Before we begin, it is my duty to read the following short statement: I fully intend to comply with Florida (or whatever state) law and to provide you with all of the information that you demand during this interrogation. However, I am both a Florida and US citizen who currently is under no criminal sanction whatsoever. As a representative of the government, you have no right to any of my personal information. You are about to violate several of my rights under the United States constitution. And I object .”
Thank You.
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FAC Legal, can we run this by one of the lawyers for their impression?
Aside from the good feelings we get from asserting our rights, does this verbal assertion have the potential to result in more freedom for registrants? If so, how?
Sorry to play the cynic.
It probably does not and it’s not documented anywhere. One of the scholars from Michigan thought it was useful so we posted it.
On the other hand, it’s another seed to plant in people’s minds.
If anyone plans to do this at a registration office, you probably want to cite your state’s constitution in addition to the US Constitution as well. Some state constitutional protections supplement those found in the US Constitution.
And then we get slammed to the ground and handcuffed. Unless we million members do what’s currently being done then we wont get any positive response. As I see in the media, doing things the legal way dont seem to work as the fox news host said about current situation. I’m not condoning violence in any way, just saying
Copied to my phone, appreciate the info.
That surely would riffle a few feathers. I don’t know if the office staff could handle it. I would hate to be the instigator of a cardiac arrest by the nice lady about ready to ‘demand’ my information.
This will go over like a lead balloon…don’t piss off the cook before you eat…
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I think you make a good point on one hand. But on the other hand, a bully will continue to bully until someone stands up to them.
I think that we must (en bloc) stand up!!
(I don’t like to be bullied)