Jury Rules to Deny 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech, Peaceably Assemble & Petition Gov.

Despite being legally authorized by the state of Oregon to earn her living as a paid signature gatherer, Laurie Grooman was not only denied her right to earn her living at the Happy Valley, Oregon 2012 Independence Day fireworks celebration, but she was humiliated, harassed, body searched, cuffed, finger printed and thrown into a Clackamas County jail cell to be detained with actual criminal inmates.

In 2015 a Federal Court jury incredibly decided that this police brutality was warranted and that our 1st Amendment rights to free speech, to peaceably assembly and to petition the government for redress of grievances were no longer valid. To add insult to injury the judge has ruled that Laurie Grooman, the aggrieved victim, in this travesty of justice is required to foot the legal bills of the Clackamas legal team that defeated her in court. 

This 4th of July assault was my friend, Laurie's final of 3 wrongful arrests by police for simply trying to do her job as a paid petitioner in 2012. The other two cases were dropped with the first Hillsboro case being settled out of court. Tragically, Laurie and her family will be forced to file for bankruptcy due to their inability to pay her oppressors' legal bills and her belief that it is morally reprehensible that she should be forced to pay such bills.

Soon we hope to have established a legal defense account that will allow you to make a donation in order to prevent her bankruptcy, but in the mean time please spread the news about the continued corruption in Oregon's legal system. Stay tuned to this blog posting for more updates.

Hippie Chick 1/2 Marathon Wrongful Arrest

Full Documentary of Police Harassment of Petitioners

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a government redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. Case Name: Grooman v. Christensen, et al Case Number: 3:13-cv-00519-HZ
Filer:	John Christensen
	Clackamas County
	Josh Hattan
WARNING: CASE CLOSED on 04/14/2015
Document Number:	117

Docket Text:
Declaration of Scott Ciecko in Support of Bill of Costs. Filed by John Christensen, Clackamas County, Josh Hattan. (Related document(s): Bill of Costs[116].) (Attachments: # (1) Exhibit 1-21) (Ciecko, Scott)