"I knew
Heicklen: even got arrested with him in LA once!"
That re-introduction from a John R. Burton email sent the
author scurrying off into his Article Archives Folder. The original article in
Libertarian News Examiner dated April 19, 2011 described how John was
photographing Julian distributing Jury Rights pamphlets outside the Los Angeles
Municipal County Courthouse when deputies arrested and handcuffed both of them for
violating a judge's order "prohibiting the distribution of literature with
the threat of a contempt of court charge."
What happened next was ... well ... you can find out in
Chapter 61 of Tyranny Fighters: The
Julian Heicklen Chronicles and read about all of the many other illegal
Police State confrontations, harassments, assaults, arrests and abuses suffered
by Julian and many of his stalwart Tyranny Fighters like John Burton.
TOP LEFT: LA county Deputy Sheriff Sergeant Long with Julian Heicklen; TOP
Right: The Tyranny Fighters book that includes Burton's arrest; CENTER: John
Burton from the slideshow in the original article. (All photos courtesy John
Burton)
John Burton's Amazon
review:
By John Burton on January 27, 2016
In full disclosure, I
have a horse in this race because I am mentioned in the book and was a Tyranny
Fighter too. That said, this book chronicles the worthy and important struggle
that was led by Julian Heicklen, between 2009 & 2012, and which, by way of
bringing the man himself to the attention of those who have never heard of him,
and celebrating his selfless contributions, might also serve to awaken the
reader to some of the egregious abuses of our legal system (or to reinforce his
suspicions)! It might even make the reader mad. Yes, this story needed to be
told— and though Julian’s campaign, with all its implications, cries out for
fuller treatment, Garry’s account is intended only as a chronicle of events,
rather than a biography or manifesto, and in that regard it succeeds. The
forward progress takes place via a compilation of articles, or accounts,
originally appearing in the author’s own Libertarian News Examiner, at the time
the event unfolded, represented chronologically here, but introduced with
contemporary comments. For that reason much of the information is necessarily
repeated, though there is still plenty of new information to keep ones passions
hot. One suggestion I have is that in future editions I would like to see more
contrast between the introductory remarks and the reproduced articles. Perhaps merely
boldening the type-face of the introductory remarks would do it.
See Burton's book review and others here:
You can still read the original article that includes Burton's arrest and see the
slideshow on Libertarian News Examiner here: http://www.examiner.com/article/heicklen-judges-are-scamming-jury-rights-activists
And find out more about the book and its availability in
paperback, Kindle, iTunes and ePub here: The
Loose Cannon Libertarian
