Passing on from Mark Temple - BOLT of California B.O.L.T. Declares War Against Cops on Independence Day Rancho Cordova PD and Sacramento Sheriffs are First Target On Friday, July 4, 2014, Bikers of Lesser Tolerance (BOLT of California) began a systematic series law suits suit to keep police from using “illegal helmets” as a reason to write a citation. This aggressive move was intentionally initiated on Independence Day. The Class Action suit was filed in United States District Court, Sacramento Division of the Eastern District of California. BOLT is suing to get a Temporary Restraining Order, a Preliminary Injunction, Injunctive Relief, and for Damages. The damages claimed are from False Arrest; helmet tickets without probable cause (recall notice). Rancho Cordova Police Department, a Division of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department, writes more helmet tickets than any other PD in Sacramento County, and many other counties surrounding it. It was obvious to start the progression of law suits with the suit against Rancho Cordova PD. BOLT hopes for a Court Order telling Rancho Cordova to never write helmet tickets again. BOLT also wants to be involved with rewriting their policy so they are not able to violate motorcyclists with impunity, and to stop conducting harassing “Pretextual Stops” or, as it is sometimes called, “PROFILING,” using the helmet as an excuse. BOLT’s plan is to sue small jurisdictions first, such as our first victim – Sacramento Sheriff and Rancho Cordova PD. BOLT thinks they may be able to finish this law suit, and the next suit (likely the CHP), with relatively little more money, but support from biker magazines and blogs is needed, and this fight needs to stay at the front of riders minds; BOLT needs monetary donations. Donate to this Law Suit. The best way is to send a check or money order to BOLT’s address. Reply to this email, or email the webmaster at boltofca for this information. Checks can be made out to “Defend the 4th Amendment.” You can use the link on the boltofca website to contact BOLT. If you want to, and have a Wells Fargo bank nearby, the BOLT webmaster can give you the account number for deposit directly to the BOLT Trust account. If the stars align perfectly, we may only need approximately 8 to 10 thousand more dollars to completely destroy the ability for any PD to effectively enforce the helmet law anywhere in California. Many thanks are due to those of you who have already donated money to this cause. BOLT reminds us that Thomas Jefferson said, “Our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.” Fighting like this takes money, and BOLT appreciates each and every donation, large or small. BOLT wishes to thank the efforts and expertise of the Sacramento Attorneys in this law suit, Gary W. Gorski, and Daniel M. Karalash. BOLT members know they are clearly riders and friends, first. They are Freedom Fighters, which is why they became attorneys. In a world where attorneys are a dime a dozen, these two friends are worth their weight in gold. BOLT wishes to thank the riders who took the challenge to be named Plaintiffs with BOLT in this law suit – Noreen McNulty, Warren Pearl, Lyle Duvauchelle, Glenn Osborn, Jeff Rabe, David Zalitskiy, William Langhorne, Tom Bell, and Rob Balthorpe. The BOLT members who are also Plaintiffs are Mark Temple, John Dalke, and Lawrence Wolf Haven.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 03:08:52 +0000
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