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Jason Werner
encourages
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Christian Law
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My take on dismissal of Ohio v. Jason Werner
August 23, 2008
By Jason Werner
OLMSTED TOWNSHIP - Cleveland police officers are at the wrath of God. They have a very
stressful and complex duty to defend our rights.
Travel with a Cleveland police officer. Listen to the scanner on a Friday or Saturday night
to at least feel for yourself at least some of the wrath of God they physically and
emotionally feel every single day.
The police officers who arrested me in June are honorable men. I believe they made a
mistake by taking away my right to speak, but we all make mistakes. I think the
dismissal was not necessarily Cleveland saying they made a mistake, but was what it
was: It’s dismissed; we’re done with it; let’s move on; Werner, you’re clean – have a
good day. We all learned from it. I can say a mistake was made by someone else, but I
of course make mistakes too.
I learned from this.
I learned from my attorney, the Christian Law Association – and thank you for your kind
help Mrs. Krisann Hall and all those whom help fund the private firm – to immediately
do what a police officer tells you to do no matter what it is. Then, we can take care of the
situation later. In my case, I may not have been handcuffed if I would have immediately
run across the street. I believe the officers took offense to my boldness of requesting
his badge number. Cleveland police are tough. They see all kinds of messed up stuff
all day long; the last thing they need is for some preacher to call them out in front of
many people.
Were they unnecessarily rough? Absolutely. Did they take away my rights? Absolutely.
Did I get beaten? No. What did these officers do correctly? Firstly, they showed up in a
reasonable time; that’s for sure. Try to get police to arrive in a reasonable time for a
rape or serious fight in Cleveland: It takes time. The officers maintained order during
the arrest. The officers gathered evidence: witnesses (although I believe the witnesses
they allegedly had were false). And they took the guy (me) away from the crime scene to
allow the situation to settle rather than booking him or allowing him to go back.
I heard since my arrest one of the officers has quite a record from the past. He
supposedly has many complaints. He also supposedly has many accolades. I’ve heard
he’s not gun shy. That’s great. That’s the kind of police officer I want in my major city
defending me. He’s the kind of officer you shouldn’t mess with.
I’m sure the police chief’s job would be a breeze if he had a full police force of 1,500
guys like the officers who arrested me that night in June. We need more aggressive
officers to police the streets of Cleveland. They’re not sissies. They go after the bad
guys.
Who knows: I could have been one of America’s most wanted disguising myself as a
street preacher. I’m sure they got spooked. But why not run the guy’s (me) SSN to see
what we can find on him. Maybe Jason Werner has a warrant for his arrest. You never
know.
Although I’ve been preaching on the streets of Cleveland for so long, there is no
possible way all the police officers know me and know that I’m not trying to cause crime.
I love Cleveland. I’m sick of the crime in Cleveland. Our city is a mess. We haven’t won
a World Series in more than half a century. We haven’t won a Super Bowl in many
decades. We haven’t won an NBA championship since, I won’t go there. We now have a
street system that is almost as confusing as the stupid federal tax code. We can’t even
get half of the children in school to graduate. We abort many thousands of babies a
year. We need Jesus.
For the record, I did not file a complaint against the officers, as it was reported that I
would and I did say I would probably file a complaint. Candidly though, I went to the Web
site, printed the appropriate document, and it sat on my desk. And candidly, I think I was
merely too busy to fill in the blanks. I actually found the blank complaint form on my
desk this week while cleaning the piles of papers on my desk. (It’s quite a large desk: 9
feet by 9 feet, L-shaped.)
We are all guilty of a crime higher than disorderly conduct and even murder. We’re guilty
of falling short of the glory of God. There is not one of us that can stand before Jesus
Christ as a perfect person without surrendering his or her life to Him. Everyone is guilty
of breaking God’s law. But our case can be dismissed forever if we accept the gift of
love that took our place for the punishment of that crime: Death. Christ died on the cross
for our charges. You are guaranteed to go straight to heaven if you put your trust in
Christ, but yep, you’re still on a road to hell if you keep living for yourself. It’s up to you if
you want the charges completely dropped.
CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE CASE
I never had much care for attorneys, as most of them are crooks. There are a few very
good ones out there though. Litigation really is an art in my opinion, but that art has
been robbed by many people. I considered pro se in this case, but I made a few phone
calls. To prove my friends wrong about ACLJ and Jay Sekulow, I made a request for
legal defense from them. I had always been skeptical of them and still am to this day
because of the way they advertise. I was denied by them, but referred by another person
at their company to call a few local attorneys. One of the local attorneys referred me to
Christian Law Association and Alliance Defend Fund. I never heard of them in the past.
I absolutely endorse CLA (http://www.christianlaw.org) and ADF (http://www.
alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx).
They are absolutely for real. They don’t mess around. In my case, ADF had an issue
with money, but I know of a case where they represented my friend in the same month
for the same offense in Buffalo, NY for free, which case was dismissed as well. I made
it clear to both that I was involved in a fraudulent foreclosure case involving a bank,
which was ailing at the time (most recently taken over by FDIC because it failed) and I
didn’t have money. To this day, I have little money, but negotiations are looking bright.
So CLA, from Florida, worked with an attorney in Ohio, Rocco Yeargin from Akron. CLA
took much stress off my family. And truly, this was a hurtful situation, mostly for me
because I love this city so much.
I appeared in court June 27th. Listen, that courtroom was a disaster to say the least.
Lack of order. People talking all around while the judge was calling cases. Probably 90
percent of the people knew they were guilty and pleaded that way. Hilarious, the guy in
front of me got a ticket for driving an unsafe vehicle. What was unsafe about it? Uh, he
had a refrigerator sitting on the roof with no straps. He laughed and pleaded guilty. The
judge was still laughing when she got to my case, and so was I. I requested a
continuance.
I arrived in court July 25th to plead not guilty with Attorney Yeargin, but I guess I was a
few minutes late, as the magistrate opened the doors before 9. So the CLA went to
work on it.
An affidavit was filed. A motion to dismiss was filed. Time kept dragging on and on
getting closer to the court date of August 19th. My personal argument was and would
have been that I have freedom of speech per the Constitution; I wasn’t yelling; I wasn’t
getting in the way of people; the sidewalk is about 400 square feet (we measured it); I
didn’t merely tell people they’re going to hell, which would obviously be counter-
production to the whole mission of being down there (share with people the truth of
Christ); and I didn’t merely call people baby killers, as those words were twisted.
Anyway, CLA did a good job of educating the police and prosecutor.
My attorneys were not making progress in communication with the prosecutor even
though attempts were made. Evidently, last Friday is when communication really
sparked, whereby it was clearly learned we were arguing first amendment rights. Talks
continued Monday, whereby we learned around 5 o’clock that the prosecutor would
dismiss the case. By that time, Krisanne Hall had booked a flight from Florida and was
getting on the plane at 5:05. So the plan was to go to court in the morning anyway to
ensure the case was dismissed.
We arrived at the courtroom Tuesday morning. It was a fun experience. Krisanne Hall
was on fire talking to people about her ministry. People seemed excited about what she
does. The prosecutor was all smiles. I didn’t know it at the time, but the officers who
arrested me were sitting at the table directly to my right. If I had known, I would have at
least said hello.
I thank Ernie Sanders of Doers of the Word Unregistered Church for being the only
pastor of any church to extend help in this case. We’ve worked on things in the past. He
promised to help pack the courtroom, but we called it off the night before the hearing
because of the verbal dismissal. Remember, of all the churches in this area (I argue
most of them are businesses packed with phonies) – and many knew of my situation –
not one offered to help. Sad. Thank you Pastor Ernie Sanders for fighting the good fight
to protect our freedom of speech and standing for Christ.
The Christian Law Association really helped keep my record clean. I did not want to
have to battle a disorderly conduct for the rest of my life. Keep in mind, it’s a criminal
offense. But even worse, it would have looked awful for Cleveland.
Finally, Christians will be persecuted. I was mad about this in June. We need to take it
all as joy knowing that our reward will be great. It’s difficult to do sometimes. And there
might be times when our record on earth is blemished due to something we may have
done that was good or even bad. We still need to thank God. Look at Christ, He did
nothing wrong, yet He was crucified. He didn’t do it for Himself. He obviously didn’t do it
to get some loot. We Americans need to stand for what our country is founded on: Life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We need to stand for Christ. Love never fails.
And for the record, nobody encouraged me to encourage donations to Christian Law
Association. I encourage it on my own because they are for real.
###
August 23, 2008
By Jason Werner
OLMSTED TOWNSHIP - Cleveland police officers are at the wrath of God. They have a very
stressful and complex duty to defend our rights.
Travel with a Cleveland police officer. Listen to the scanner on a Friday or Saturday night
to at least feel for yourself at least some of the wrath of God they physically and
emotionally feel every single day.
The police officers who arrested me in June are honorable men. I believe they made a
mistake by taking away my right to speak, but we all make mistakes. I think the
dismissal was not necessarily Cleveland saying they made a mistake, but was what it
was: It’s dismissed; we’re done with it; let’s move on; Werner, you’re clean – have a
good day. We all learned from it. I can say a mistake was made by someone else, but I
of course make mistakes too.
I learned from this.
I learned from my attorney, the Christian Law Association – and thank you for your kind
help Mrs. Krisann Hall and all those whom help fund the private firm – to immediately
do what a police officer tells you to do no matter what it is. Then, we can take care of the
situation later. In my case, I may not have been handcuffed if I would have immediately
run across the street. I believe the officers took offense to my boldness of requesting
his badge number. Cleveland police are tough. They see all kinds of messed up stuff
all day long; the last thing they need is for some preacher to call them out in front of
many people.
Were they unnecessarily rough? Absolutely. Did they take away my rights? Absolutely.
Did I get beaten? No. What did these officers do correctly? Firstly, they showed up in a
reasonable time; that’s for sure. Try to get police to arrive in a reasonable time for a
rape or serious fight in Cleveland: It takes time. The officers maintained order during
the arrest. The officers gathered evidence: witnesses (although I believe the witnesses
they allegedly had were false). And they took the guy (me) away from the crime scene to
allow the situation to settle rather than booking him or allowing him to go back.
I heard since my arrest one of the officers has quite a record from the past. He
supposedly has many complaints. He also supposedly has many accolades. I’ve heard
he’s not gun shy. That’s great. That’s the kind of police officer I want in my major city
defending me. He’s the kind of officer you shouldn’t mess with.
I’m sure the police chief’s job would be a breeze if he had a full police force of 1,500
guys like the officers who arrested me that night in June. We need more aggressive
officers to police the streets of Cleveland. They’re not sissies. They go after the bad
guys.
Who knows: I could have been one of America’s most wanted disguising myself as a
street preacher. I’m sure they got spooked. But why not run the guy’s (me) SSN to see
what we can find on him. Maybe Jason Werner has a warrant for his arrest. You never
know.
Although I’ve been preaching on the streets of Cleveland for so long, there is no
possible way all the police officers know me and know that I’m not trying to cause crime.
I love Cleveland. I’m sick of the crime in Cleveland. Our city is a mess. We haven’t won
a World Series in more than half a century. We haven’t won a Super Bowl in many
decades. We haven’t won an NBA championship since, I won’t go there. We now have a
street system that is almost as confusing as the stupid federal tax code. We can’t even
get half of the children in school to graduate. We abort many thousands of babies a
year. We need Jesus.
For the record, I did not file a complaint against the officers, as it was reported that I
would and I did say I would probably file a complaint. Candidly though, I went to the Web
site, printed the appropriate document, and it sat on my desk. And candidly, I think I was
merely too busy to fill in the blanks. I actually found the blank complaint form on my
desk this week while cleaning the piles of papers on my desk. (It’s quite a large desk: 9
feet by 9 feet, L-shaped.)
We are all guilty of a crime higher than disorderly conduct and even murder. We’re guilty
of falling short of the glory of God. There is not one of us that can stand before Jesus
Christ as a perfect person without surrendering his or her life to Him. Everyone is guilty
of breaking God’s law. But our case can be dismissed forever if we accept the gift of
love that took our place for the punishment of that crime: Death. Christ died on the cross
for our charges. You are guaranteed to go straight to heaven if you put your trust in
Christ, but yep, you’re still on a road to hell if you keep living for yourself. It’s up to you if
you want the charges completely dropped.
CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL COURT AND THE CASE
I never had much care for attorneys, as most of them are crooks. There are a few very
good ones out there though. Litigation really is an art in my opinion, but that art has
been robbed by many people. I considered pro se in this case, but I made a few phone
calls. To prove my friends wrong about ACLJ and Jay Sekulow, I made a request for
legal defense from them. I had always been skeptical of them and still am to this day
because of the way they advertise. I was denied by them, but referred by another person
at their company to call a few local attorneys. One of the local attorneys referred me to
Christian Law Association and Alliance Defend Fund. I never heard of them in the past.
I absolutely endorse CLA (http://www.christianlaw.org) and ADF (http://www.
alliancedefensefund.org/main/default.aspx).
They are absolutely for real. They don’t mess around. In my case, ADF had an issue
with money, but I know of a case where they represented my friend in the same month
for the same offense in Buffalo, NY for free, which case was dismissed as well. I made
it clear to both that I was involved in a fraudulent foreclosure case involving a bank,
which was ailing at the time (most recently taken over by FDIC because it failed) and I
didn’t have money. To this day, I have little money, but negotiations are looking bright.
So CLA, from Florida, worked with an attorney in Ohio, Rocco Yeargin from Akron. CLA
took much stress off my family. And truly, this was a hurtful situation, mostly for me
because I love this city so much.
I appeared in court June 27th. Listen, that courtroom was a disaster to say the least.
Lack of order. People talking all around while the judge was calling cases. Probably 90
percent of the people knew they were guilty and pleaded that way. Hilarious, the guy in
front of me got a ticket for driving an unsafe vehicle. What was unsafe about it? Uh, he
had a refrigerator sitting on the roof with no straps. He laughed and pleaded guilty. The
judge was still laughing when she got to my case, and so was I. I requested a
continuance.
I arrived in court July 25th to plead not guilty with Attorney Yeargin, but I guess I was a
few minutes late, as the magistrate opened the doors before 9. So the CLA went to
work on it.
An affidavit was filed. A motion to dismiss was filed. Time kept dragging on and on
getting closer to the court date of August 19th. My personal argument was and would
have been that I have freedom of speech per the Constitution; I wasn’t yelling; I wasn’t
getting in the way of people; the sidewalk is about 400 square feet (we measured it); I
didn’t merely tell people they’re going to hell, which would obviously be counter-
production to the whole mission of being down there (share with people the truth of
Christ); and I didn’t merely call people baby killers, as those words were twisted.
Anyway, CLA did a good job of educating the police and prosecutor.
My attorneys were not making progress in communication with the prosecutor even
though attempts were made. Evidently, last Friday is when communication really
sparked, whereby it was clearly learned we were arguing first amendment rights. Talks
continued Monday, whereby we learned around 5 o’clock that the prosecutor would
dismiss the case. By that time, Krisanne Hall had booked a flight from Florida and was
getting on the plane at 5:05. So the plan was to go to court in the morning anyway to
ensure the case was dismissed.
We arrived at the courtroom Tuesday morning. It was a fun experience. Krisanne Hall
was on fire talking to people about her ministry. People seemed excited about what she
does. The prosecutor was all smiles. I didn’t know it at the time, but the officers who
arrested me were sitting at the table directly to my right. If I had known, I would have at
least said hello.
I thank Ernie Sanders of Doers of the Word Unregistered Church for being the only
pastor of any church to extend help in this case. We’ve worked on things in the past. He
promised to help pack the courtroom, but we called it off the night before the hearing
because of the verbal dismissal. Remember, of all the churches in this area (I argue
most of them are businesses packed with phonies) – and many knew of my situation –
not one offered to help. Sad. Thank you Pastor Ernie Sanders for fighting the good fight
to protect our freedom of speech and standing for Christ.
The Christian Law Association really helped keep my record clean. I did not want to
have to battle a disorderly conduct for the rest of my life. Keep in mind, it’s a criminal
offense. But even worse, it would have looked awful for Cleveland.
Finally, Christians will be persecuted. I was mad about this in June. We need to take it
all as joy knowing that our reward will be great. It’s difficult to do sometimes. And there
might be times when our record on earth is blemished due to something we may have
done that was good or even bad. We still need to thank God. Look at Christ, He did
nothing wrong, yet He was crucified. He didn’t do it for Himself. He obviously didn’t do it
to get some loot. We Americans need to stand for what our country is founded on: Life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. We need to stand for Christ. Love never fails.
And for the record, nobody encouraged me to encourage donations to Christian Law
Association. I encourage it on my own because they are for real.
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