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HowTo For Reporting Harrassment & Intimidation
This is the temporary home for the "HowTo" on Reporting Harrassment & Intimidation tactics used by the Co$. (When it is moved, it will be broken up better).
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Responding to C&D Letters – tl;dr:
YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO YOUR C&D LETTERS. A response is both an offensive and and a defensive move. Should you be called into court to defend against whatever they may throw at you, the judge also needs to see that you took what was said seriously as a threat.
Even in legal defense “make every block a strike, and every strike a block.” Your response should let them know that you will report any suspicious actions and that if baseless actions are taken against you, you will respond using all the power the law has to offer you.
Regarding Accepting & Delivery of C&D Letters:
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT hand delivered or certified mailed C&D letters. Furthermore, you have the right to refuse to take them and DEMAND IDENTIFICATION from any person attempting to give them to you. DO THIS (even though it may feel weird). WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. Though you probably should accept them, because when they are handing you one of those letters, they are handing you a weapon to use against them.
PROTIP: Let EVERYONE you deal with know what you are doing and that you may receive a C&D letter and/or people may be attempting to gain your personal information (this includes family (extended and more), friends, neighbors, co-workers, doctors, pharmacists, attorneys, dog groomers, computer technicians --- basically anyone you either deal with on a regular basis and/or provides you services).
Let these people know not to give out your information and to demand identification from anyone attempting to gain your information, then to contact you. Similarly, let them know that they should demand identification from anyone attempting to hand deliver something for you through them. Your HR person at work, or your guidance office (or even the legal affairs office) at your school may be a surprisingly good ally if you let them know what’s happening, and may have resources to back you that you hadn’t counted on!
NOW FOR THE WALL OF TEXT!
READ IT!
THERE IS SAUCE, AND IT IS DELICIOUS!
C&D/Harrassment/Dox’ing How To
If you have received a C&D Letter, threats, have been harassed or your personal information has been distributed and you believe it to have been distributed with the intent to intimidate or threaten you, follow these steps to report and document:
I. The Two Most Important Things To Do Are…
ONE: DO respond & report the incident; There is a presumption of innocence in a court of law, but NOT disputing an allegation is not the best foot to start off on.
TWO: DO NOT STOP what you are doing* Not only are you well within your rights to be participating in the legal and peaceful raids, flashraids, and flyerings, these are Constitutionally protected activities. If anything, we have bent over backwards to accommodate law enforcement. This is where six months of not ordering pizzas will pay off.
II. File Reports With The Following Agencies/Organizations
Many of these places will let you file a report online. Filing a report online does not mean you consider the report to be lesser or greater; legally, a report is a report.)
In all cases, let them know you feel you are being threatened and want to report it for documentation purposes.
- Local authorities – Local agencies will vary widely (GOOGLE, do you use it?)
Local Police Departments in all areas of effect
It may be that you protest in one county/area but live in another. File reports with both areas.
District Attorney’s offices in all areas of effect
You will likely not file a report with them, but write them a letter!
Let them know what is going on. Give them a “heads up” so if you
are ever facing their staff in court, they will know who you are and
what the background is.
Local Government
Again, write them. Let them know what’s going on.
- State authorities – State laws and agencies will vary
Your State’s Police: Google your state + police and file with them too!
Your State’s Attorney General’s Office
Your State’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention
Your State may have a specific agency for harassment and/or intimidation
- Federal authorities/related agencies
Office of the Inspector General: http://www.oig.hhs.gov/hotline.html (this is their hotline and contact information)
Let them know you feel your own information may be used against you, as some people’s have been when Fair Gamed. This is
particularly true in this day and age of identity theft.
United States Department of Justice – Criminal Division: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/links/contact.html
Let them know you feel your constitutional rights may be being
threatened, and how.
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Find your local office here: http://www.aclu.org/affiliates/
Let them know your rights may be being violated.
FBI (Yes, this time the partyvan is your friend!)
File a CIVIL RIGHTS complaint and/or report
You can file a report (“crime tip”) online here: https://tips.fbi.gov/ and you should, each and every time you feel threatened
You can find your local office by going here: http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm
Let the FBI know that you are reporting based upon Title 18 of the
United States Constitution, Section 241: Conspiracy Against Rights & also would like to report any other harassment or other
threats against you.
I can hear you now. You’re saying things like:
“So where is this going?” “Is there a point?” “WTF is Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241??”
COURTESY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
AND
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights
This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).
It further makes it unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another with the intent to prevent or hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any rights so secured.
SEE THE SAUCE ON THE NEXT PAGE!
IT IS DELICIOUS, AS PROMISED!
FROM: http://tinyurl.com/6dps5d
-CITE-
18 USC Sec. 241 01/03/2007
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 13 - CIVIL RIGHTS
-HEAD-
Sec. 241. Conspiracy against rights
-STATUTE-
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same;
or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured -
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
This is a big deal!
What they are doing is a FEDERAL FELONY!
One might even say that the Co$ has created a class of people that can respond in unison, with legal effect, and without being an “organization!”
Yes, one person fighting this has a tough job, but you’re not alone – they have made sure of that. Now I’m reminding you that we’re not lawyer, but 50, or 100, or how ever many people who have had these letters sent and care to respond, reporting and making it quite clear they are willing to communicate with each other and co-ordinate in response to these abuses, have a damn good chance of stopping these C&D letters cold – and if it comes to it, a MUCH better chance of fighting under this statute than any single person.
III. REGARDING FILING REPORTS
File reports!!! What do I mean? If some strange homeless guy follows you home for six nights straight (or perhaps especially if a man in a business suit does so), REPORT IT TO THE POLICE. It doesn’t have to be an outright threat to file a report, either. If you suspect a threat (and getting a C&D letter for something you haven’t done from an organization that has a history this crap can be considered threatening), a report is a way to document what may or may not be happening, to the best of your knowledge, as it is happening. It provides a court with a history to look back on that can make your life much easier. You don’t have to prove anything is happening to make a report, but if you don’t make the report it will not be there when you need it.
Filing a report doesn’t mean you are scared of exercising your rights or backing down. You should file reports each and every time you feel threatened.
BUT
DO NOT say “it was the Scientologists” unless you have PROOF. You can say “this is who I think it was” and you can say that strongly, too. But remember: REPORT do not ACCUSE. Unless you have proof, you’re just opening yourself up to someone accusing you of “crazy false accusations”
Also, don’t be offended if police are skeptical or unemotional or seem unconcerned. They’ve seen stranger things than you in their breakfast cereal, and each of those things claimed to be innocent.
If you’re just not sure about filing a report, at least document what happened, and keep that document safe – multiple copies are good. In lieu of a report, handing the police a sheaf of paper describing this asshat who was hassling you, when they catch him/her/it hassling someone else is a wonderful thing to have.
IV. Again, Respond To Any C&D
Can we say this enough? Go through an attorney if you can, but if you cannot, at least use reliable copypasta – remember, any planned response is better than no response at all!
V. Choose Wisely
Now this is going to start some fights: be wary of retaining any attorney based upon their association with the “cause” against the Co$ alone. Protect yourself and look at their track record, and remember that the court will not care about the abuses the church has inflicted in the RPF, or about your desire to use it as a soapbox – only about what has and has not happened regarding the case presented to it. It’s fine to think of the long game outside of the legal arena, but once you get into that courtroom, all that matters is presenting the most convincing argument possible that that guy did this to you, and that it’s illegal.
VI. Go To The Media
Let them know what happened to you, and let them know what reports have been filed (and with who). Bonus: The more of us that do this individually, the more they will be inclined that this is a story that will draw their readers’ attention! Hey, it got us into Maxim, why the hell not?
VII. Lastly, Scream To The Hills
Let everyone around you know what has happened, and them know you are fighting it! Don’t speculate, don’t throw out conjecture (legal backraids can suck, lemme tell you), just give the facts. Tell the internets & anyone else who will listen, because not only does it cover you, it will convince everyone else who is experiencing harassment that they are not alone in this.
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Responding to C&D Letters – tl;dr:
YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO YOUR C&D LETTERS. A response is both an offensive and and a defensive move. Should you be called into court to defend against whatever they may throw at you, the judge also needs to see that you took what was said seriously as a threat.
Even in legal defense “make every block a strike, and every strike a block.” Your response should let them know that you will report any suspicious actions and that if baseless actions are taken against you, you will respond using all the power the law has to offer you.
Regarding Accepting & Delivery of C&D Letters:
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT hand delivered or certified mailed C&D letters. Furthermore, you have the right to refuse to take them and DEMAND IDENTIFICATION from any person attempting to give them to you. DO THIS (even though it may feel weird). WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE. Though you probably should accept them, because when they are handing you one of those letters, they are handing you a weapon to use against them.
PROTIP: Let EVERYONE you deal with know what you are doing and that you may receive a C&D letter and/or people may be attempting to gain your personal information (this includes family (extended and more), friends, neighbors, co-workers, doctors, pharmacists, attorneys, dog groomers, computer technicians --- basically anyone you either deal with on a regular basis and/or provides you services).
Let these people know not to give out your information and to demand identification from anyone attempting to gain your information, then to contact you. Similarly, let them know that they should demand identification from anyone attempting to hand deliver something for you through them. Your HR person at work, or your guidance office (or even the legal affairs office) at your school may be a surprisingly good ally if you let them know what’s happening, and may have resources to back you that you hadn’t counted on!
NOW FOR THE WALL OF TEXT!
READ IT!
THERE IS SAUCE, AND IT IS DELICIOUS!
C&D/Harrassment/Dox’ing How To
If you have received a C&D Letter, threats, have been harassed or your personal information has been distributed and you believe it to have been distributed with the intent to intimidate or threaten you, follow these steps to report and document:
I. The Two Most Important Things To Do Are…
ONE: DO respond & report the incident; There is a presumption of innocence in a court of law, but NOT disputing an allegation is not the best foot to start off on.
TWO: DO NOT STOP what you are doing* Not only are you well within your rights to be participating in the legal and peaceful raids, flashraids, and flyerings, these are Constitutionally protected activities. If anything, we have bent over backwards to accommodate law enforcement. This is where six months of not ordering pizzas will pay off.
II. File Reports With The Following Agencies/Organizations
Many of these places will let you file a report online. Filing a report online does not mean you consider the report to be lesser or greater; legally, a report is a report.)
In all cases, let them know you feel you are being threatened and want to report it for documentation purposes.
- Local authorities – Local agencies will vary widely (GOOGLE, do you use it?)
Local Police Departments in all areas of effect
It may be that you protest in one county/area but live in another. File reports with both areas.
District Attorney’s offices in all areas of effect
You will likely not file a report with them, but write them a letter!
Let them know what is going on. Give them a “heads up” so if you
are ever facing their staff in court, they will know who you are and
what the background is.
Local Government
Again, write them. Let them know what’s going on.
- State authorities – State laws and agencies will vary
Your State’s Police: Google your state + police and file with them too!
Your State’s Attorney General’s Office
Your State’s Office of Crime Control & Prevention
Your State may have a specific agency for harassment and/or intimidation
- Federal authorities/related agencies
Office of the Inspector General: http://www.oig.hhs.gov/hotline.html (this is their hotline and contact information)
Let them know you feel your own information may be used against you, as some people’s have been when Fair Gamed. This is
particularly true in this day and age of identity theft.
United States Department of Justice – Criminal Division: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/links/contact.html
Let them know you feel your constitutional rights may be being
threatened, and how.
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Find your local office here: http://www.aclu.org/affiliates/
Let them know your rights may be being violated.
FBI (Yes, this time the partyvan is your friend!)
File a CIVIL RIGHTS complaint and/or report
You can file a report (“crime tip”) online here: https://tips.fbi.gov/ and you should, each and every time you feel threatened
You can find your local office by going here: http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/fo.htm
Let the FBI know that you are reporting based upon Title 18 of the
United States Constitution, Section 241: Conspiracy Against Rights & also would like to report any other harassment or other
threats against you.
I can hear you now. You’re saying things like:
“So where is this going?” “Is there a point?” “WTF is Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241??”
COURTESY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
AND
SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 241
Conspiracy Against Rights
This statute makes it unlawful for two or more persons to conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person of any state, territory or district in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him/her by the Constitution or the laws of the United States, (or because of his/her having exercised the same).
It further makes it unlawful for two or more persons to go in disguise on the highway or on the premises of another with the intent to prevent or hinder his/her free exercise or enjoyment of any rights so secured.
SEE THE SAUCE ON THE NEXT PAGE!
IT IS DELICIOUS, AS PROMISED!
FROM: http://tinyurl.com/6dps5d
-CITE-
18 USC Sec. 241 01/03/2007
-EXPCITE-
TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I - CRIMES
CHAPTER 13 - CIVIL RIGHTS
-HEAD-
Sec. 241. Conspiracy against rights
-STATUTE-
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same;
or
If two or more persons go in disguise on the highway, or on the premises of another, with intent to prevent or hinder his free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege so secured -
They shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
This is a big deal!
What they are doing is a FEDERAL FELONY!
One might even say that the Co$ has created a class of people that can respond in unison, with legal effect, and without being an “organization!”
Yes, one person fighting this has a tough job, but you’re not alone – they have made sure of that. Now I’m reminding you that we’re not lawyer, but 50, or 100, or how ever many people who have had these letters sent and care to respond, reporting and making it quite clear they are willing to communicate with each other and co-ordinate in response to these abuses, have a damn good chance of stopping these C&D letters cold – and if it comes to it, a MUCH better chance of fighting under this statute than any single person.
III. REGARDING FILING REPORTS
File reports!!! What do I mean? If some strange homeless guy follows you home for six nights straight (or perhaps especially if a man in a business suit does so), REPORT IT TO THE POLICE. It doesn’t have to be an outright threat to file a report, either. If you suspect a threat (and getting a C&D letter for something you haven’t done from an organization that has a history this crap can be considered threatening), a report is a way to document what may or may not be happening, to the best of your knowledge, as it is happening. It provides a court with a history to look back on that can make your life much easier. You don’t have to prove anything is happening to make a report, but if you don’t make the report it will not be there when you need it.
Filing a report doesn’t mean you are scared of exercising your rights or backing down. You should file reports each and every time you feel threatened.
BUT
DO NOT say “it was the Scientologists” unless you have PROOF. You can say “this is who I think it was” and you can say that strongly, too. But remember: REPORT do not ACCUSE. Unless you have proof, you’re just opening yourself up to someone accusing you of “crazy false accusations”
Also, don’t be offended if police are skeptical or unemotional or seem unconcerned. They’ve seen stranger things than you in their breakfast cereal, and each of those things claimed to be innocent.
If you’re just not sure about filing a report, at least document what happened, and keep that document safe – multiple copies are good. In lieu of a report, handing the police a sheaf of paper describing this asshat who was hassling you, when they catch him/her/it hassling someone else is a wonderful thing to have.
IV. Again, Respond To Any C&D
Can we say this enough? Go through an attorney if you can, but if you cannot, at least use reliable copypasta – remember, any planned response is better than no response at all!
V. Choose Wisely
Now this is going to start some fights: be wary of retaining any attorney based upon their association with the “cause” against the Co$ alone. Protect yourself and look at their track record, and remember that the court will not care about the abuses the church has inflicted in the RPF, or about your desire to use it as a soapbox – only about what has and has not happened regarding the case presented to it. It’s fine to think of the long game outside of the legal arena, but once you get into that courtroom, all that matters is presenting the most convincing argument possible that that guy did this to you, and that it’s illegal.
VI. Go To The Media
Let them know what happened to you, and let them know what reports have been filed (and with who). Bonus: The more of us that do this individually, the more they will be inclined that this is a story that will draw their readers’ attention! Hey, it got us into Maxim, why the hell not?
VII. Lastly, Scream To The Hills
Let everyone around you know what has happened, and them know you are fighting it! Don’t speculate, don’t throw out conjecture (legal backraids can suck, lemme tell you), just give the facts. Tell the internets & anyone else who will listen, because not only does it cover you, it will convince everyone else who is experiencing harassment that they are not alone in this.
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