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ARMED AND DANGEROUS
'State of emergency' in 'Nazi'-cop
town?
'They 've got their tactical gear on .. . I am very
concerned for my safety'
Posted: July 10, 2011
6 :45 pm Eastern
By Joe Kovacs
© 2011 WND
The Arizona town that's become a YouTube sensation
for its police department hauling away a woman
speaking at a town-hall meeting allegedly declared a
state of emergency this afternoon, leaving many local
residents in fear of what officers dressed in full riot
gear might do.
Jennifer "Jade" Jones, 45, the woman forcibly removed
by police from a recent public meeting in Quartzsite,
Ariz. , despite the vocal objections of the mayor, says
an illegal secret meeting was held today with the
public locked out of the building.
"About noon today, the town council, at the request of
the police chief, declared an official state of
emergency," Jones said online. "Please help!"
The Arizona Republic reported the emergency meeting
was held "to beef up security after receiving death
threats. "
Jones told WND there's actually no emergency of any
kind, as it's a peaceful Sunday with people attending
church; but in the wake of a WND report which
exposed allegations of wrongdoing by local
government officials, the town council and police
convened an unpublicized meeting to declare an
emergency for their own protection.
"Obviously it has put a fear into them, as they realize,
'Oh my God, everyone's looking at us now,'" she said.
"There's been no incident to warrant this. They did
this to protect themselves. The people are in danger."
She says local residents have no idea what may be
coming next.
"They 've got their tactical gear on, the police chief and
his sergeant," Jones said. "I don't know what that
means. I need to get the word out in case they come
here. I am very concerned for my safety. We 're two
hours from Phoenix, out in the middle of nowhere. A
lot of things can go wrong before someone gets here. "
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WND continues to seek comment from the Quartzsite
Police Department, but no one has responded to
confirm if a state of emergency has actually been
declared, and if so, precisely why.
According to Jones, police escorted Mayor Ed Foster to
today 's special meeting, but he refused to take part in
what he believed to be an illegal event.
While citizens were reportedly barred from entering
town hall, they put their ears up to windows to listen
in as the council went ahead with its session.
Jones says officials specifically mentioned the news
coverage of her removal, the YouTube video that has
gone viral and several citizens including herself in
making their declaration.
She says police made comments today such as, "We
feel that they are trying to incite a riot. We feel we
need to do this. "
"I have no idea what their intention is," Jones said . "I
called the FBI in Washington, D.C. , and the guy just
laughed at me and asked, 'Ma'am, how come I haven't
seen this on the news?'"
Jones explained the emergency declaration just
happened this afternoon, and that's when the FBI
representative told her not raise her voice and then
hung up.
As WND reported last week, the original incident took
place June 28 during the "call to the public" section of
the meeting , as Jones, a pet groomer who also
publishes the Desert Freedom Press, was addressing
matters of taxation and meeting protocol.
Some councilmembers interrupted Jones as she was
addressing the council and audience, ordering her to
relinquish the microphone.
"You may leave, or you may be escorted
out, " Councilman Joe Winslow warned
Jones.
Jones immediately told Winslow, "You can
leave or be escorted out as well. You are
out of order."
Then, as police Sgt. Fabiola Garcia
attempted to take the microphone away
from Jones, Mayor Foster came to the
defense of Jones and interjected, "Officer,
that woman has the floor. You're violating
my rules of order here. Sergeant, I have
control of the meeting."
Jones was able to speak for a few moments
more, but councilmembers insisted police move in and
subdue her.
"Do not resist the officer!" Police Chief Jeff Gilbert
instructed Jones, who responded, "I am not resisting!"
When Jones refused to give up the microphone,
officers forcibly removed her from the premises, and
cited her for disorderly conduct. Jones suffered a torn
ligament in her elbow during the scuffle, and was
transported to La Paz Regional Hospital.
Jones said she was never informed she was "under
arrest, " and so she' ll seek charges of kidnapping and
aggravated assault against the officers.
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"That's what I'll ask for. It'll be up to the state attorney
general, " she said . "I've never seen in my entire life
such a group of people with such contempt for the
law. "
Jones, who claims she' s been previously harassed by
police, says recently some officers – including Chief
Jeff Gilbert – have been acting more erratically and
dangerously, and says he even gave a speech
comparing outspoken citizens like herself to Jared
Loughner, the gunman who shot Arizona
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson on Jan. 8.
Just three days after the shooting that killed six people
and left 14 others injured including the
congresswoman, Gilbert quoted a comment published
in Jones' paper that read in part: "So Jeff and Q.P .D.,
the next time you piss off a patriot, think maybe, just
maybe they won't be as calm as I am. You think
nothing bad will ever happen to you because you are a
cop with a 10-cent badge and a gun? Don't be so
sure. ... As this economy gets worse and the people get
more desperate, remember that desperate people do
desperate things. And as people start to lose it, they
simply lose it. "
Gilbert then explained, "These words are warning
signs. The propaganda that's being spread about the
local government – these are warning signs. The
behavior, the outbursts, the actions that have been
taking place in some of these council meetings, they
are warning signs."
"'He's setting up to shoot us!' That's what we thought.
He's coming up with a pretense to pull a gun, " Jones
said . "Police are to protect and serve, not to harass
and intimidate. It has to stop. Someone's going to get
really hurt, not just a torn ligament."
When asked about the actions of the non-partisan
town council, Jones said, "I liken them to monkeys in
the zoo. They make a lot of noise and throw a lot of
feces around, but at the end of the day they're just
primates and don't deserve to be writing checks for [a
town of] about 3,800 people. They don't deserve to be
managing money. They don't act like they're at the top
of the food chain. It's embarrassing."
Mayor Foster, a retired Marine and former
engineer for Wrigley Chewing Gum, is
standing by Jones' account, and says the
town council and police department are
filled with corruption.
"He's just an insane person, that chief of
police, " the mayor said of Gilbert. "He's a
Nazi ... he's completely out of control. He
thinks he's running the town."
Mayor Foster said it's not just the police
chief, but also the town manager and tax
collector who are creating a terrifying
atmosphere.
"People in town are scared to death of
them, " he said. "It's just a clear pattern of harassment
and intimidation by this government. These people
have run this town like they owned it. It's got to be
fixed and I'm not going to quit until I see them in jail."
The mayor says the council has even precluded him
from examining the payroll. He believes he's
uncovered some possible financial wrongdoing
involving checks being paid to unknown personnel,
and he speculates the recipients could be
councilmembers themselves.
"They 're playing a sleight- of-hand with federal
money, " Foster said. "I've tried to get the FBI, the
governor and attorney general involved, and no one
has paid attention. But since this video, people are
asking , 'What's going on in Quartzsite?'"
The next regularly secheduled council meeting is
slated for this Tuesday night.
"It promises to be just as dynamic as they've been, "
Mayor Foster said.
its 1984 all over again. :\
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