Dear JMG, This one aligns with your guidelines, and while it is bit long (36 minutes total), after establishing some vital context, it gets into the nittygritty of legal recourse when hospitals do not allow family in to see patients, among other covid-related civil and human rights violations. I've divided it into 4 parts. I hope others on the forum may find it as interesting and inspiring as I did.
In the guidelines, you state, "it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. " My view is that what might be possible, at least in the United States, would be to reestablish the rule of law, that is, respect for civil and human rights. I cannot see myself, apart from any emergencies, recurring to the services and products of the medical-industrial complex without that. I found Peggy Hall's interview with Theresa Buccola about her legal actions so encouraging, and while I myself am not Christian, I think the spiritual grounding in their discussion is vital.
ARRESTED & VINDICATED!! CA WOMAN TELLS HER STORY The Healthy American Peggy Hall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v9Irxv7g3E October 20, 2022
[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Interviewer Peggy Hall is well known for her freedom activism most recently focusing on securing religious exemption for the injections. Her webpage is https://www.thehealthyamerican.org .
Interviewee Theresa Buccola is a noted stained-glass artist based in Carmel. Her website, which offers a portfolio of her works, is https://www.theresabuccola.com. Her activist video page (which avatar is of a honey badger) is https://www.youtube.com/c/TheresaBuccola/featured ]
TRANSCRIPT
PART I: THE FIGHT FOR THE BEACH
PEGGY HALL: Dear friend Theresa joins me from central California. I actually lived in your neck of the woods for several years, it's a beautiful place. Tell our viewers where you live and then just take us to the start of your story, Theresa, which I'm going to give everybody a sneak peek, there's a very good happy ending. So she has been fighting, she's been getting wins. And your approach has been so intelligent. And this is what people need to see, is how actually do we fight City Hall? That's what you're doing and you're winning. Take it away!
THERESA BUCCOLA: Yes, OK. So I am located in Monterey County and I have an art studio in Carmel. And when this whole covid thing started I was really doing mostly a lot of complaining. And then when they closed the beach, I felt well, this is really, this is like literally my line in the sand. And when I went down to the beach I didn't have any intention on doing what I did because City Hall and the Chief of Police Paul Tomasi decided, they actually announced on FaceBook that anybody that was caught swimming, surfing, or playing water sports in the ocean would be fined, charged with entering a disaster area, and do jail time. And so they had completely cleared off our beach of dogs, people, children, everything. And when I went down there I really just went completely mental. And I called to the crowd to come out and join me, that we had to stand against this because it was a gift from God. And the men just let me go out there and do it alone. And I was summarily arrested. And I was handcuffed. And they just started digging through my pockets. I was searched three times and then dragged out to our jail 30 miles away. And then released at 3 o'clock in the morning. And the officers had stolen my mace, and they charged me with selling and possession of a tear gas weapon, when what I actually had was mace, and entering a disaster area.
And then they did it again on Labor Day where they completely closed off our Carmel Beach, which I'm sure you know, Peggy, this beautiful white sand beach. And we had a notice of violation delivered to five local health officials. And when we got down there it was mostly deserted, there were a few people in the water, but it was the same scene again, you know, people were looking out longingly at the beach and they were standing behind the police tape because they were scared to go out there to get arrested. And my friends and I went out and we cut the police tape down and then we called to people from the surf on bullhorns, and all these people started pouring down through the police tape. There was one police vehicle, as soon as we arrived, he got off the sand real quick and we never saw him again. And that is on my YouTube channel, it's called "Labor Day or, 12 Rebels Open and Close Beach." I think that's what the title of the video was.*
And then I returned to the Carmel Police Department, it was about 5 months after that in order to get the body camera footage of the first arrest. And they told me they wouldn't mail it to me, I couldn't send a friend to pick it up. And when I got there they claimed that they had a warrant for my arrest. And what they really had was an instrument of human trafficking. That's what we've started calling these written instruments. And they demanded ID, they demanded I sign the citation for the warrant, and when I refused they threw me to the ground and leaned on my back and dragged me inside. They pushed me up against the wall, and then I got taken to jail again for the second time. And I was in there for about 24 hours.
So, and I think that's about the last time that we I spoke. It was month after that. So it took me probably about two months really to emerge from— you know I think I had PTSD.
PEGGY HALL: Oh yeah.
THERESA BUCCOLA: Just because it was really— you know people go through a lot worse with the police for this, for me it was pretty violent and humiliating. And so after I emerged from my trauma, then I really went on the warpath.
PEGGY HALL: Let's stop for a moment before we dive onto the warpath. So I want to just review for those that might be hopping on. So Theresa is from Monterey County, I actually lived there for some years, I was doing my masters degree in International Law and Policy. So Theresa, you and I share this firm stance for the truth and justice.
You actually went out on a public beach, you, the first time, you encouraged people, come on, it's a public beach, we have a right to be here. You were handcuffed, you were taken to jail, they confiscated your personal property, there was no warrant, they said you were in a disaster area. What exact disaster was happening on the beautiful beach of Carmel? Nothing.
Months later, they closed the beach again. This time you had other people join you, and you were rallying people out of the water. That is a protest which is protected by law. It is a protest against these illegal, tyrannical, oppressive, unlawful, unthinkable, immoral, I mean, just go on and on, activities that were perpetrated against the public.
And then they target— it sounds like they targeted you again, another arrest, jail for 24 hours, while, you know, miles down the road probably there were thieves and criminals selling drugs and breaking into peoples' homes and, you know, animals being, dog fighting, and whatever the case may be miles away, and here they are picking on a productive member of society who owns a business, who has been an upstanding community member.
And here— I'm just speechless. You had to recover from the trauma. It's very traumatizing. And then you went on the warpath. So tell us what happened next. 6:46 [END OF PART I]
Peggy Hall Interviews Theresa Buccola - Part I
In the guidelines, you state, "it's also time to begin thinking about what might be possible as the existing medical industry reels under the impact of its own self-inflicted injuries. " My view is that what might be possible, at least in the United States, would be to reestablish the rule of law, that is, respect for civil and human rights. I cannot see myself, apart from any emergencies, recurring to the services and products of the medical-industrial complex without that. I found Peggy Hall's interview with Theresa Buccola about her legal actions so encouraging, and while I myself am not Christian, I think the spiritual grounding in their discussion is vital.
ARRESTED & VINDICATED!! CA WOMAN TELLS HER STORY
The Healthy American Peggy Hall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v9Irxv7g3E
October 20, 2022
[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Interviewer Peggy Hall is well known for her freedom activism most recently focusing on securing religious exemption for the injections. Her webpage is https://www.thehealthyamerican.org .
Interviewee Theresa Buccola is a noted stained-glass artist based in Carmel. Her website, which offers a portfolio of her works, is https://www.theresabuccola.com. Her activist video page (which avatar is of a honey badger) is https://www.youtube.com/c/TheresaBuccola/featured ]
TRANSCRIPT
PART I: THE FIGHT FOR THE BEACH
PEGGY HALL: Dear friend Theresa joins me from central California. I actually lived in your neck of the woods for several years, it's a beautiful place. Tell our viewers where you live and then just take us to the start of your story, Theresa, which I'm going to give everybody a sneak peek, there's a very good happy ending. So she has been fighting, she's been getting wins. And your approach has been so intelligent. And this is what people need to see, is how actually do we fight City Hall? That's what you're doing and you're winning. Take it away!
THERESA BUCCOLA: Yes, OK. So I am located in Monterey County and I have an art studio in Carmel. And when this whole covid thing started I was really doing mostly a lot of complaining. And then when they closed the beach, I felt well, this is really, this is like literally my line in the sand. And when I went down to the beach I didn't have any intention on doing what I did because City Hall and the Chief of Police Paul Tomasi decided, they actually announced on FaceBook that anybody that was caught swimming, surfing, or playing water sports in the ocean would be fined, charged with entering a disaster area, and do jail time. And so they had completely cleared off our beach of dogs, people, children, everything. And when I went down there I really just went completely mental. And I called to the crowd to come out and join me, that we had to stand against this because it was a gift from God. And the men just let me go out there and do it alone. And I was summarily arrested. And I was handcuffed. And they just started digging through my pockets. I was searched three times and then dragged out to our jail 30 miles away. And then released at 3 o'clock in the morning. And the officers had stolen my mace, and they charged me with selling and possession of a tear gas weapon, when what I actually had was mace, and entering a disaster area.
And then they did it again on Labor Day where they completely closed off our Carmel Beach, which I'm sure you know, Peggy, this beautiful white sand beach. And we had a notice of violation delivered to five local health officials. And when we got down there it was mostly deserted, there were a few people in the water, but it was the same scene again, you know, people were looking out longingly at the beach and they were standing behind the police tape because they were scared to go out there to get arrested. And my friends and I went out and we cut the police tape down and then we called to people from the surf on bullhorns, and all these people started pouring down through the police tape. There was one police vehicle, as soon as we arrived, he got off the sand real quick and we never saw him again. And that is on my YouTube channel, it's called "Labor Day or, 12 Rebels Open and Close Beach." I think that's what the title of the video was.*
And then I returned to the Carmel Police Department, it was about 5 months after that in order to get the body camera footage of the first arrest. And they told me they wouldn't mail it to me, I couldn't send a friend to pick it up. And when I got there they claimed that they had a warrant for my arrest. And what they really had was an instrument of human trafficking. That's what we've started calling these written instruments. And they demanded ID, they demanded I sign the citation for the warrant, and when I refused they threw me to the ground and leaned on my back and dragged me inside. They pushed me up against the wall, and then I got taken to jail again for the second time. And I was in there for about 24 hours.
So, and I think that's about the last time that we I spoke. It was month after that. So it took me probably about two months really to emerge from— you know I think I had PTSD.
PEGGY HALL: Oh yeah.
THERESA BUCCOLA: Just because it was really— you know people go through a lot worse with the police for this, for me it was pretty violent and humiliating. And so after I emerged from my trauma, then I really went on the warpath.
PEGGY HALL: Let's stop for a moment before we dive onto the warpath. So I want to just review for those that might be hopping on. So Theresa is from Monterey County, I actually lived there for some years, I was doing my masters degree in International Law and Policy. So Theresa, you and I share this firm stance for the truth and justice.
You actually went out on a public beach, you, the first time, you encouraged people, come on, it's a public beach, we have a right to be here. You were handcuffed, you were taken to jail, they confiscated your personal property, there was no warrant, they said you were in a disaster area. What exact disaster was happening on the beautiful beach of Carmel? Nothing.
Months later, they closed the beach again. This time you had other people join you, and you were rallying people out of the water. That is a protest which is protected by law. It is a protest against these illegal, tyrannical, oppressive, unlawful, unthinkable, immoral, I mean, just go on and on, activities that were perpetrated against the public.
And then they target— it sounds like they targeted you again, another arrest, jail for 24 hours, while, you know, miles down the road probably there were thieves and criminals selling drugs and breaking into peoples' homes and, you know, animals being, dog fighting, and whatever the case may be miles away, and here they are picking on a productive member of society who owns a business, who has been an upstanding community member.
And here— I'm just speechless. You had to recover from the trauma. It's very traumatizing. And then you went on the warpath. So tell us what happened next.
6:46
[END OF PART I]