Prosecution of the 1st Amendment in Boston Series: Michelle Efendi
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Michelle Efendi’s story will need a long exposeé with many details surrounding the local resistance to government overreach and prosecution of the 1st amendment through police intimidation and the punitive court processes Michelle and other protesters have endured in Boston, however this post’s focus is on the latest court development for Michelle.
Today, at the Boston Municipal Court (BMC) hearing Judge Richard Sinnott ordered for Michelle Efendi to be physically present at her next hearing on January 15, 2024 @ 4PM at the Boston Municipal Court (24 New Chardon St, Boston) despite Defense attorney Ilya Feoktistov, Esq’s explanation of the undue hardship involved with the request (click on the image below to watch the video).
Evidently a new ADA is involved in the case and it is unclear if Judge Sinnott is aware that Michelle resides in Florida based on the video.
Let’s hope there is a disconnect that will be remedied in the coming week(s).
Michelle is a mother of a 3-month old baby, with three other young children in her care. She is effectively being ordered to commute from Florida into Boston for a court hearing despite an undue hardship in leaving her young children, including a nursing baby, and a significant financial burden on her family.
Will Michelle be able to join the next hearing over Zoom like she’s done in the past and many people do on a regular basis for a variety of reasons?
Is the Boston Municipal Court having technical issues with Zoom? Does the BMC court not have sufficient resources to resolve such issues and schedule this hearing for when it’s ready to accommodate?!
OR …
Are we witnessing “special treatment” towards protestors against COVID policies and mandates, including those on the Wu’s “Hit List”?
Michelle protested against segregatory policy at the State House and spoke up for the Constitutionally protected rights, she is NOT a criminal. She should have never been arrested to begin with and certainly not subsequently dragged through the court for two years.
She participated in many other peaceful protests against overreaching COVID policies that grossly violated people’s Creator-given rights, segregated our society, hurt people’s livelihoods, and violated the Constitution. Keyword in Michelle’s story is PEACEFULLY, she was peacefully voicing her grievances along with other protestors in front of the State House when she got arrested for trying to visit the State House without proof of vaccination.
No burning, no looting, no violence.
In fact, it’s Michelle who was physically assaulted by several male police officers who thought pinning a small, unarmed woman face-down to the ground was perfectly acceptable because she dared to verbally challenge the status quo of the State House, a.k.a. allegedly the “People’s House”, being off limits for mask- and vax-free Massachusetts residents, and being generally closed to constituents for twenty seven months as their grievances went ignored!
To top off the outrageous arrest, Michelle was charged with assault (click on the image below for the video)!
Looking back, it’s bad enough that Michelle’s case was not outright dismissed two years ago, but she’s now having to deal with a new Judge who is knowingly or unknowingly causing her great emotional distress and jeopardizing her baby’s well-being, as well as imposing overall undue hardship consequences on her entire family.
What a display of our court system effectively abusing and failing law-abiding, patriotic citizens of our purportedly Constitutional Republic* …
* The Massachusetts Constitution
The Massachusetts Constitution contains three parts: a Preamble, Part the First: A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Part the Second: The Frame of Government.
The Preamble
The Preamble announces the purposes of government; that is, furnishing the members of the body politic "the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquility, their natural rights and the blessings of life; describes the "body politic" as a "social compact" whereby all agree to be governed by laws designed for the "common good;" provides that when government does not fulfill its obligations, "the people have a right to alter the government, and to take measures necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness."
The Declaration of Rights
The Declaration of Rights, which was in part derived from the Bill of Rights in several other state constitutions, sets forth many individual rights which would later be included in the federal Bill of Rights. John Adams considered individual rights so integral to the formation of government that the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights precedes the Frame of Government. (Contrast this with the United States Constitution which sets forth a frame of government, to which the Bill of Rights was added two years later, after prolonged debate.) The Declaration of Rights includes prohibitions against unreasonable searches and seizure, ex post facto laws, and the public taking of private property without just compensation. Protected rights include freedom of the press, the right to petition the government, right to trial by jury, and freedom of worship …
Source: https://www.mass.gov/guides/john-adams-the-massachusetts-constitution
By the way, December 15th is a Bill Of Rights Day - a great occasion to appreciate the meaning of the First Amendment …
