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Indianapolis Is a Police State!!
Corrupt Indianapolis Should Not Host The Super Bowl!!

On Wednesday March 9, 2011 evening at about nine o’clock, Brandon Johnson was playing video games at his home. Little did he know that the police were plotting to kick in his door, put a gun to his mother’s head, take him and his two brothers to jail, and then tear up and burglarize his house.  The following gives an account of what occurred that evening: http://www.wthr.com/video?clipId=5648309&autostart=trueChannel13   You also must listen to this broadcast https://www.yousendit.com/download/eURDb3BITmE0b0N4dnc9PQ

The question is, for what?   According to the police, the reason for the police “visit” was to arrest Terrell, Brandon’s brother, for not showing up to court for a traffic violation.  http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-arrest-officers-serve-warrant-find-guns-and-drugs-arrest-brandon-johnson-20110309,0,6423541.story However, upon investigation we discovered that Terrell was not due in court until April 26, 2011. The photos below are the court issued documents for Terrell to appear in court.
             

The top image is for Terrell for the traffic ticket.   The bottom image is for the recent invasion into the home. As you can see the court date for the traffic ticket is April 26, 2011.   What was the real reason for the police’ s bombardment of the Johnson home?  We went next to an examination of the search warrant. 

Are y’all ready for this? The warrant is posted below:

As you can see, there is no reason provided for why the police were to enter the residence.  In the warrant, it states that the police can search the house presumably for Terrell Jackson, who is Brandon’s brother.   The warrant also states that the car, a white 1992 Pontiac, can also be searched and again, the target of the search presumably is for Terrell Jackson.

Indiana Code 35-33-5 states a search warrant must contain the information for what is being searched. It would follow that if a warrant does not contain the information for what is being the searched, then the search can be considered a witch hunt!!  In other words, without an explicit statement of what is being searched for, then how will the police determine the search to be over?  

Are they searching for kidney beans, jelly beans, or an empty spleen?   If the target for the search is not made explicit, which is required by law, then they the police, we’ll presume, can claim whatever they find.  Anything found will do.

The law does not give the police this level of authority. If the object of the search was Terrell, who was accosted almost immediately after the police invaded the house, then why didn’t the search stop once Terrell was found and handcuffed?   Also important:  how would they know they had Terrell since no description was given of him? What does Terrell look like?  So how do the police know they have the person that is the object of the warrant? The law says that a description of the person is mandatory in a warrant that authorizes the arrest of a person (I.C. 35-33-5.) The link to the law is below. Don’t believe me. Look for yourself.  http://www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title35/ar33/ch5.html We see how Brandon looks from the police beating. Are they trying to make him look like the picture below?

What judge would authorize and sign a warrant that is as deficient of the necessary legal facts as in this warrant? A Superior Court judge of the Marion County Criminal Division viewed this warrant and indicated he would have a problem signing it. He said he would have needed the affidavit to determine the probable cause.  When we asked for the affidavit from the juvenile court, neither court 11 nor the prosecutor would provide a copy. And the affidavit is public information!!!  By law the affidavit must be filed before the search warrant can be issued so all of the above mentioned ---- the judge, the juvenile court, and the prosecutor, must have a copy.

Does this delay in releasing the affidavit indicate that the affidavit did not exist, or is it being tampered with to reflect what went on after the fact? What judge would allow this type of behavior to pass as being legal? Ohhhhh!! Buckle up!!   We found more.

The person who signed this warrant is not a judge!!! The person who signed this warrant is H. Pat Murphy.   H. Pat Murphy is not a judge, he is a commissioner. According to the Marion County Criminal Division’s website issuing a search warrant is not the duty of a Commissioner. Here’s the link. http://www.indy.gov/eGov/Courts/Superior/Pages/APC.aspx.   Read for yourself. Don’t take my word. READ IT!! I am talking about the law here. This behavior being experience by Brandon and his brothers is all too typical of the American judicial system.  America feels it’s necessary to demonize black male youth and depict them as being dangerous people. Why??  An excellent source to read for answers is Kahlil Muhammad’s The Condemnation of Blackness (Oxford University Press, 2010). 

Who is the judge or who are the judges that are required by law to review this warrant that authorized this witch hunt? The warrant does not say. Again, I.C. 35-33-5 states a judge must sign and issue the search warrant. The I.C. also states the officer who applies for the right to search and seize some place or someone must sign the search warrant. No officer has signed the warrant!! This warrant being issued looks like a deal was made with H. Pat Murphy to do something he was not authorized to do. Or did they forge his name???  Are we looking at a case of fraud?!! This is a clear violation of the family’s fourth amendment right under the constitution. The fourth amendment gives a U.S. citizen the right not to be subjected to an unnecessary search or seizure. The search was clearly unnecessary and so was the seizure of the three boys. This is the behavior of people who enforce a police state.

You would think it could not get any worse than this. I am telling you to buckle up!! The ride is rough.

Two days before the police broke into the home and stole Bandon and his brothers --- sounds like slavery, doesn’t it? ---- the police had stopped Brandon’s mother, Shantay Chandler, for running a stop sign. They held her for an hour searching her vehicle and her purse. In the purse they found the 357 magnum. They also found her gun permit to carry the gun which is depicted below. And by the way, she was not issued a ticket.

                             This is the same gun that was confiscated from the house. No other gun was taken from the home except for a BB gun. The police went right to Shantay’s purse and got the gun. The warrant did indicate that the police were to look for a gun.   At best, the warrant stated that the police were to look for Terrell Jackson and a white 1992 Pontiac.   A person nor a car can hide in a purse. So why are the police looking in Ms. Chandler’s purse? To look in her purse is a clear violation of the spirit and the letter of Indiana code 35-33-5. Why would Indianapolis be a good place to host a Super Bowl??

According to the police, Brandon is charged with being in possession of a gun. Since this was the only gun found --- the one located in Ms. Chandler’s purse, we have evidence that the police are trying to make a case against Brandon when there is no case. Lord help us today.  

Recently I also learned that the only Latino officer at the scene approached Miketavious, Brandon’s other brother, and while putting him in the patty wagon offered him a deal if Miketavious would tell them where Brandon had a gun. The officer offered Miketavious money to buy a gun so it could be attributed to Brandon if there was no gun!!

Just how corrupt is this police department?? For that matter, how corrupt is the system? Let’s stay right here for a moment.

Prosecutor Terry Curry, whose office was very responsive to my inquiries, is a lawyer and knows the law. Surely his investigation determined the faultiness of the search warrant.  If the search warrant is faulty then everything that comes after the search warrant is faulty and not acceptable in a court of law. The law calls anything found after the faulty warrant as fruits of a poison tree. By law it can’t be used. With this warrant clearly being faulty why didn’t prosecutor Curry throw out all the charges against all three of these youth? It clearly would have been the right thing to do. Is Prosecutor Curry choosing to be a part of the corruption? Hold on!! I got another question.

Look at the first and second pages of the search warrant. Clearly Beth White, clerk of the court, has filed stamped this search warrant. I am sure Beth did not stamp the document herself, but her name is on a document that might be a forgery. She has people in the different courts that stamp her name on all court filings. Whoever stamped her name on this search warrant ought to be held accountable. 

I’m not through!!

The Juvenile Court should also know the search warrant is faulty. Why would the court continue to hold Brandon?   How far does this corruption go??  Mayor Greg Ballard, Public Safety Director Frank Straub, nor Police Chief Paul Ciescielski has stopped this travesty of justice. How can a corrupt city like this be awarded the opportunity to host a Super Bowl??

I wish I was through. But there is more.

Abdul Shabazz of WXNT 1430 AM radio has put it on Facebook that I have made threats to Pastor Harrison of Barnes United Methodist Church. Abdul, where were we when you heard me threaten Pastor Harrison?   Your attempts to circulate lies and innuendo will not silence me:  I will continue to shed light to the public on how this city is treating Brandon and his family.  I am calling on you to substantiate your writings. I have never threatened Pastor Harrison. I won’t threaten Pastor Harrison.

I will state my belief that he has compromised himself, the Christian ministry, and the Truth in order not to jeopardize the money he and Ten Point Coalition receives from Mayor Greg Ballard. Now if that is a threat, then so be it. It is truly unfortunate that a man who is supposed to be a custodian of the Truth would allow the truth to be compromised because of some money. Pastor Harrison’s stances are clearly a betrayal of the example of Jesus the Christ. The Bible is clear about the silver given to Judas to betray Christ. That silver caused Judas to hang himself.  It caused him to commit suicide!  Pastor Harrison, I pray that you quit playing with God. God is not happy. I pray that you hear God speaking through me. The Mayor’s approval and money are not worth your soul!! QUIT IT!! Just quit it! Give the money back and pick up the cloth. It is what God would have you do.

Thank you for reading AjabuSpeaks.