Walter Fitzpatrick III is back in jail again on grand-jury related charges. According to The Post & Email, Fitzpatrick was arrested today on four counts related to stalking and harassment of McMinn County Tennessee grand jury foreman Jeff Cunningham. Fitzpatrick had been previously convicted in another county after he tried to force his way into a grand jury room to present evidence against Barack Obama.
Birther attorney Van R. Irion is representing Fitzpatrick pro birther. Attorney Irion would seem to be a good choice in this case because of his experience with the Liberty Legal Foundation in representing persons exercising their rights to obnoxious speech such as the wearing of southern heritage (Confederate) symbols in school.
Read more:
- Articles on Walter Fitzpatrick
- Articles on Van Irion
- Article by Sharon Rondeau detailing Fitzpatrick’s complaint against the Tennessee grand jury system (Facebook)
According to his biggest fan Sharon Rondeau Walt Fitzpatrick is back in jail again. This time it is for trying to commandeer the grand jury in his new home of McMinn County, TN, It sounds like they are throwing the book at him this time.
http://www.thepostemail.com/2014/03/18/walter-fitzpatrick-arrested/print
Pfffft! Van Irion is representing him.
Well, I suppose it could be worse for old Walt! He could have ended up with Ocrazy. She would have screwed things up so badly that he would have gotten the death sentence or something.
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Thanks for this, RC; you just turned my whole day around!
As I mentioned in another thread, he should be relieved that he got Irion as his birther attorney, and not Taitz. She would have messed things up so badly, that old Walt might have ended up in the gas chamber or something!
Van Irion also has the distinction of being one of three birther attorneys (along with Taitz of course and Hatfield) who were defeated by an empty chair when President Obama’s attorney refused to participate in the Georgia balllot eligibility challenge.
Van Irion took his case all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States but he was denied his Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.
Van Irion has filed three SCOTUS petitions since 2009 and all three were denied.
He doesn’t appear to have any experience in criminal defense work, but having no experience didn’t stop Orly and Mario from becoming Constitutional lawyers!
http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/37923-tn-van-irion-1701425.html
IIRC Grand Starfleet Admiral of The Salty Sea of Birfer Tears stated that not one but two TRO’s (Temporary Restraining Orders) had been or were about to be issued against him for these very acts.
It is possble he confused the R as not Restraining but Requiring….Either that or he misses the fine cuisine and 5 star luxury that the inmate system of Tennessee is so well known for……..
Actually, when I now try and parse the drivel of Sharon Rondummy at the Pest and Fail it looks like the bathtub admiral was the one who tried to take out TRO’s against the grand jury foreman for him stalking Fitzie……
It appears that in his world, Fitzie chasing, harassing and abusing a member of the grand jury is in reality a prima facie case of the grand jury member “stalking” Fitzie……
Of course I could be wrong it is rather difficult to decrypt the insane mutterings of a court martialled multiple felon.
Here’s the link, see what you think….
http://www.thepostemail.com/2014/03/17/compromised-tennessee-judge-refuses-fitzpatricks-request-for-restraining-order-against-grand-jury-foreman/print
Fitzpatrick is a complete loon and an idiot. I heard some recent phone calls where Fitzpatrick is trying to argue with a 20 year Tennessee State Attorney. What a complete idiot. Fitzpatrick isn’t a lawyer and has no law degree. He has no law enforcement experience and isn’t even a paralegal. I could see this if Fitzpatrick was a lawyer as lawyers advocate their legal positions strongly even if they are wrong. But, I am unware of any training or experience that makes Fitzpatrick qualified in speaking or tackling these issues.
This country is founded on religions liberty and the the principle that every man is judged on his own actions, not his religion or something somebody did 1100 years ago.
Also, your view of history is one-sided.
And Christians can wear crosses.
We’re talking about racism here, not religion. Confederate heritage is fine (I’m from Alabama and my great grandfather fought for the South in the war), but you know as well as I do what people most really mean when they put on a a Confederate battle flag on their shirt.
Are you felling well?
Sharon Rondeau has an article from last August that details Fitzpatrick’s legal gripes with the Tennessee grand jury system:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=432567803451403&id=156188401089346
I have found that the Fitzpatrick side does a good job of painting Fitzpatrick as the victim of a heavy-handed and unaccountable state judicial system. But when you just get one side of the argument, it’s not the whole story. So far I haven’t found any press coverage of yesterday’s events.
The problem is that Walt’s ‘theories’ are founded on very flawed premises and in spite of the facts, he continues to insist ever more strongly that he is right. This of course places him on a direct collision course with the legal system as he is trying to file criminal charges with the grand jury based on these flawed legal foundations. And when they turn him down, he continues to return and then accuse the foreperson of harassment because he is “interfering” with Walt.
If you ever get a chance to read the saga following his court martial, you will see a very similar trend.
“ITS A TRAP”
Yes, that’s a very interesting story. When I first read it, I was left thinking that Walt’s punishment far exceeded his crime. I’ve come to understand that the Navy already knew Walt was a bad penny, and was looking for an excuse to get rid of him before he could get command of a ship.
Typically Alinsky tactics. What an obot!
You could just as well have been describing Zullo and Gallups.
The Confederacy was about slavery, not state’s rights. Look at the declarations of causes of secession from the states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas and you can find the word “slavery” and it’s derivatives (slave, slave-holding, etc) mentioned over 80 times combined in all four documents together: http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/reasons.html (the word “rights” appears 14 times throughout all four documents and is usually paired with the idea of slave-holding and loss of property (slaves). The complaints about not being able to hold slaves is mentioned throughout these documents. Do a search for “slav” (the first four letters of all the words deriving slavery, slave, slave-holding, etc) on the page (all four documents are on the same page) and count them yourself. Also notice that the word negro is mentioned five time as well. Now do a search on “rights” (for States Rights) and count how many times the word rights does not occur in the same point as the words “slavery (or it’s derivatives) or negro”. Not many at all.
This was not directed at you, Doc, of course. I’m just reinforcing your point. 🙂
I think John forgot he was wearing his sockpuppet.
No, he wrote the same on NBC’s blog under his real? name …
I think Brian Reilly’s revelations shattered his universe, Doc.
Poor fella probably can’t tell which way is up anymore.
A clear sign that we are truly in the end times.
How long have you held this opinion about Fitzpatrick?
And what about the “training or experience” of John’s /Jim’s hero, Star Fleet Commander Zu-Low ?
Take your revisionist history back to Stormfront where they care.
People have been fighting each other since the beginning of time. It’s all bad…very bad.
An imprecise claim that begs for more information: Can you provide any data that supports it?
I was present in Atlanta when Van Irion made his Vattelist argument before the court. I thought it was concise and about as good as one could do with a losing proposition. When I said in the article that I thought Irion was a good choice, I was being serious.
That’s strange, how come the Northern States gave more of their lives in Vietnam than the Southern states.
http://www.archives.gov/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-statistics.html#home
Seems you got that a little backwards there. Research is a much better indicator than a biased opinion.
I would rather have an American. So… a Muslim American, Northern American, Southern American, Native American, Black American, Gay American… if he went through boot camp and volunteered to face bombs and bullets beside me, he’s my brother. I would risk my life to save a guy who I knew was a racist Republican skinhead Christo-Fascist. He would be my brother, in uniform, too.
I wouldn’t, however, want a quisling like you who divides the country up and only follows leaders he agrees with. That’s called insubordination, and it implies cowardice.
So yeah, I’d choose any of the above over your sorry behind.
Or looking in the mirror….
I see that someone needs a history lesson.
General George Patton – born and raised in California
General Douglas MacArthur – born in Arkansas but raised in the west
General Dwight Eisenhower – born in Texas but raised in Kansas
General George Marshall – born and raised in Pennsylvania
General Omar Bradley – born and raised in Missouri
General Mark Clark – born in New York and raised in Illinois
General Matthew Ridgway – born on an Army base in Virginia but raised primarily in Massachusetts
General Norman Schwarzkopf – born and raised in New Jersey
General Colin Powell – born and raised in New York
Admiral George Dewey – born and raised in Vermont
Admiral Chester Nimitz – born and raised in Texas
Admiral Bull Halsey – born and raised in New Jersey
Admiral John S. McCain, Jr. – born in Iowa, raised at various Naval Stations
Admiral Elmo Zumwalt – born and raised in California
I could go on, but…
This is Fitzpatrick’s recent third arrest. His first was (with Huff) for disrupting a grand jury, and he was found guilty.
The second was when he stole a grand jury’s documents. He was found guilty; Irion represented him in that case at trial and on appeal. The appeal is still pending.
There have been other arrests in Fitzpatrick’s history.
Apparently there is a notice in the Daily Post-Athenian (Athens, TN) but it is behind a pay wall. I did verify that he is in custody, however:
Offender Name: WALTER FRANCIS III FITZPATRICK
Offender ID: 6669
Date of Birth: 01/27/1952
Age: 62
Race: White
Gender: Male
Custody Status: In Custody
Location of Offender: McMinn County Sheriff’s Department
It must have been added after I searched there this morning.
He was on his way out anyway. A Lieutenant Commander in the Navy is the equivalent of a Major in the Army, and it is an “up or out” rank. Navy guidelines show that a Lieutenant Commander is expected to be promoted to Commander after 11 years of service. Fitzpatrick was passed over for promotion three times, apparently, and had been on active duty as an officer for 14-15 years when he was court-martialed. Of course, his conviction ended whatever remaining hopes he had of being promoted.
It’s not a story, apparently. It looks like it is just a digest of the police blotter.
But despite the cogency of his argument, he still lost to an empty chair.
In our Civil War, the bloodiest in our history, Christians fought Christians, and a large segment of those Christians believed that it was fine to enslave people.
During World War II the war in Europe was primarily Christians fighting Christians, and a significant number of those Christians were trying to exterminate the Jews.
In 1721 a Spanish woman named Maria Barbara Carillo was burned at the stake at age 95 or 96 by the Spanish Inquisition. She was born a Jew and was forcibly baptized while a child. She was convicted of heresy because she resumed practicing Judaism in her old age. I wouldn’t want to have those Christians by my side.
There are good and bad people among all religions.
By the way, it is Muslims, with a capital M. Your prejudice is showing.
The Confederate battle flag should be looked upon and treated the same as the as a flag bearing the nazi swastika.
What is southern heritage … is there any difference between it and confederate heritage… what are they so proud about? having slaves…. losing a war… being seditionists… ever hear of northern or union heritage?
Lincoln told his generals to – “let them up easy” … Sherman and Grant did just that.. and they are still hated in the south despite that courtesy … They still hold visions of rising again…
One of The Fogbow posters got a copy of the Sheriff’s Department Incident Report. It doesn’t provide any real details, except that they had an indictment in hand and arrested Fitzpatrick when he showed up yesterday.
http://thefogbow.com/forum/download/file.php?id=2696
At the bottom of page 2, he is listed as being charged with “Aggravated Prejury” – I’m sure he aggravated the pre right the heck out of this jury…
He may be the best choice available among birther lawyers, but a good choice? The guy who tried to trick a court into giving him summary judgment (or was it a preliminary injunction) against a non-existing defendant?
A good lawyer will never jeopardize his reputation with the court because said reputation may be the only thing he’s got (e.g. if he makes any “in good faith” claims that may be important to his case).
This is damning with faint praise. The words “pig” and “lipstick” come to mind. 🙂
Which a disturbingly large number of extreme-right-wing Americans don’t seem to mind flying, despite the American heroes who gave their lives to fight Hitler.
It was quite en vogue among right-wing Germans, at least when I went to school in the late 80’s. It was the most discreet way of saying “White Pride” back then. Not sure if it’s still the case, haven’t seen it around here in ages.
I now feel old.
Walt is still behind bars.
I signed up with Vine to be notified when his status changes.
I think the claim is very bad, indeed: being unable to distinguish a minority from the group of which they are a small part reveals a dangerous kind of stupidity.
I don’t think you realize that, in the Crusades, the Christians were the aggressors, clearly in the wrong, and ultimately they lost. So your analogy should be “they allow Christians to wear symbols…”
Next thing you’re gonna tell him that Jesus was a Jew!!!
(Don’t laugh. I’ve had more than a couple rabid fundamentalists look at me like I was crazy when I said that. Same thing when I tried to explain the Bible wasn’t really written in 17th century English.)
Being an Annapolis grad, and getting passed over three times is a pretty good indicator of “not cutting the mustard.” His court-martial charges were, to be honest, something that normally would have drawn a letter of reprimand or a verbal. That said, one of the things I used to tell my subordinates was “what you can get busted for is not necessarily what you did, it’s what they can prove.” That seems to be the case when it comes to Walt, that they knew certain things but couldn’t prove them in a court-martial. They could prove the “misappropriation” of morale funds.