Tale of two cities - peaceful Hackensack vs. police state Manhattan

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"One medic beat my chest and throat in an effort to get me to talk. I said nothing and did not move." – Julian Heicklen. Read his full Progress Report at blog of bile.

In Hackensack, New Jersey, police ignored him since he was doing nothing wrong. In the heart of New York City law enforcement appeared immediately and ordered him to leave, even though he wasn't doing anything wrong there either.

Julian Heicklen's efforts to distribute freedom outreach literature have been well documented by Libertarian News Examiner. But while he has been harassed by police in some places (Philadelphia) and ignored in others (Hackensack) only New York law enforcement insists on treating him as a psycho.

In his "spare time," Julian Heicklen was luncheon
   speaker at the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania in March.
   "I will give talks and interviews anywhere in the continental
   US. There is no fee for this. I guarantee that the talk or
   interview is worth the price. If the date fits my travel
   schedule, there will be no charge for transportation or
   lodging. If I have to make a special trip, I will need travel
   and lodging expenses." (photo/Barry Dively)

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Recent Heicklen harassment:

• Pamphleteer heckled, arrested, un-arrested in NYC
  

• FIJA activists harassed, threatened in Philadelphia
  

• Libertarian activist sues DHL, FDNY, NYC hospitals for rights violations
  

• Libertarian activist abused by police, paramedics, hospital staff
  

When he appeared at the US District Courthouse on Monday to hand out flyers from the Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA) he was confronted by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) police (now known as "Heicklen Hecklers" – see Pamphleteer heckled, arrested, un-arrested in NYC) and threatened with arrest.

As he always does, Heicklen dropped to the pavement and went still and nonresponsive, refusing to participate in his own illegal arrest.

As they always do, the DHS officers confiscated his JURY INFO sign and pamphlets. Then they called paramedics who transported him to a hospital for psychiatric evaluation.

Contrast that experience with Hackensack, New Jersey, just four days earlier.

On April 15, Heicklen appeared outside the US Post Office in Hackensack as a one-man tax protester and began handing out "Million Dollar Bills." The bills look like Federal Reserve Notes on the front but states the Libertarian Party's opposition to the Income Tax on the back.

"I distributed about 100 million dollars in million dollar bills," Heicklen reported.

For over an hour people accepted the handouts, thanked him and conversed with him. "I did not hear one negative comment all day," he said.

"Across from me was police headquarters," Heicklen further observed. "The street was lined with police cars. I did not see a police officer all day. They had no interest in me."

When not distributing literature and getting arrested, Heicklen keeps busy with his federal criminal complaint against the DHS (mailed Monday) and filing appeals, complaints, petitions and presenting oral arguments in his civil cases.

Abuses against his civil rights won't stop, Heicklen tells his supporters, until others turn out in force to video, photograph, witness, and otherwise shine the light of publicity on the cops.

But back to that psychiatric hospital in Manhattan.

Says Heicklen, "I got up and walked out of the hospital at 1:25 pm without signing out."

Julian Heicklen needs volunteers to witness, photograph and video his outreach efforts. He encourages you to join his "Tyranny Fighters" by emailing him at jph13-at-psu-dot-edu, but be advised that the government may be intercepting his emails.