West Virginia teen arrested for wearing NRA shirt to school

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GOA is accepting donations for his defense.
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Do these contributions go into a special fund established by GOA and earmarked to be paid directly to Jared's defense team, or do these contributions go into GOA's general fund, where they can be used to pay for more "Send us money to support Jared" mailings?
 
That's a good question. As far as I can tell, based on a quick Google search, there isn't an independent defense fund to which one could send money directly. I'd also like to know how these organizations are handling this.
 
This appears to be the law firm. No e-mail contact that I could find and I don't feel like calling them, but I might just send them a check and a note asking them to assign it to Jared's account.

http://pview.findlaw.com/view/2816150_1

White, Ben B. III

White & Henderson
1426 Main Street
Princeton, WV 24740-3064
Phone: (304) 425-8781


Sadly, I don't trust groups like GOA to forward contributions to the family or to the attorney.
 
There is also a message to be taken away from this fiasco: Do what you are told, even if it is wrong.
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That's the message they want us to learn. Of course, it's a little thing when its a t-shirt, right? Do what you are told. Take it off, or turn it inside out. After all, its only a t-shirt, or a small matter of principle.....

How about when doing what you are told means rousting people out of their homes to load them into cattlecars for ...relocation? OR when doing what you are told includes machinegunning civilians to "teach terrorists a lesson" OR when doing what you are told crosses any number of lines, ethecially, or morally or legally? They want us to shut up, and meekly obey any and every command we are given, no matter what it is, or even if they have the valid authority to order it. I believe they are charging this boy with obstruction because he did not break any law, or even any school regulation, and this is the only thing they can use to punish him for not meekly submitting to the arbitrary orders of a agenda driven bully cloaked as a school official. And worse yet, doing it in front of a group of other students. Can't have him giving them ideas about rights and freedoms that differ from our party line, now can we? No, comrade, we can't have that!.....

Obstructing an officer is a catch-all charge that can be thrown at anyone, for literally any reason. All that is needed for the charge is the arresting officer's opinion. And one does not need for that obstruction to be effective (in other words what one did, or did not do, had no actual effect on the officer's ability to carry out their duty) in order to be convicted. The fact that, in the officer's opinion, you tried to obstruct them is often enough for a court to convict.
 
JimPage said:
I don't know about GOA. But here is the website if you trust them.

https://www.gunowners.com/contribute.htm
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Trust them? I've never even heard of them. In fact, an Internet search on that name doesn't turn up ANY hits. Should I trust an organization Google has never heard of?

That web site is for general contributions to the organization, it doesn't even mention this case let alone have a sequestered defense fund earmarked for this kid.

Thanks, but no thanks.
 
Al --

Thanks for the detailed info about what happened. Those facts certainly make it clear that this was a fiasco from the beginning.
 
Jim, you're welcome.

xzcvbob said:
You left out one important piece unless I missed something: The judge didn't throw out the charges at the preliminary hearing.
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Remembering that at a preliminary hearing, all the prosecution has to prove is that a crime may have been committed and that the defendant may be the perpetrator. That's a pretty low standard. Since we have no transcript of the proceedings, we don't know what the D.A. presented to the Court. Nor do we know what the defense did. Since the charge of "Obstruction" has an awful lot of subjective leeway, I can't fault the Judge for concluding that the law may have been broken and that the defendant may have been the one to break the law.

I think we should all remember that the original "orders" by the teacher (who is not an administrator, and according to the official school code, could not give this order) were to, in effect, disrobe in public. That in and of itself is an unlawful order.

We should also remember that Jared had gone through most of the school day wearing the t-shirt, and no other authority figure had any problems. Just this one teacher who was apparently passing through the lunchroom.

Now, according to the original stories, what happened after this was an almost full scale riot, where the kids in the lunch room fell on Jared's side and boo'ed the teacher. This is where the loss of face occurred. It didn't help that Jared probably got caught up in this "free-for-all."

Everything after that, followed a natural progression of upholding the authority of the school.
 
I'm thinking they are pressing forward with this to help insulate the school/town from a civil suite - if guilty of some charge related to the event then it takes a little wind out of the civil side down the road.

They should seek a change of venue and a jury trial.

Anyone know what actual "evidence" they have to support the charge? Or is it just the cops word. :rolleyes:
 
Just ... WOW!

Meanwhile, Jared met with prosecutors who withdrew their petition for a gag order, on the condition that Jared's parent waive the confidentiality that bars the prosecution from speaking freely about his case, due to him being a minor.

Jared, who is now facing the possibility of up to a year in jail, or juvenile confinement and up to a $500 fine for an obstruction charge that police say hinges on the fact that he refused to stop talking when they arrived at Logan Middle School to arrest him on April 18, is expected to be back in court on July 11.

Jared's attorney Ben White says he will continue working to have the charges against Jared thrown out.

The prosecutors and arresting officer refused to answer any of WOWK's questions.
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So the persecutor wants to be allowed to speak about the case, but he only wants to speak about what HE wants the public to hear, not about what the public wants to know.

That "something rotten" seems to have relocated from Denmark to West Virginia.
 
This quotation from Jared's father says it well:
"It was for Jared's better interest is what I was told, which seems to be a bit odd to me," Lardieri said. "These are the same individuals that are trying to prosecute him, so as far as them knowing what is in his better interest, I have a lot of questions about that."​
Umm.... yeah.
 
Thanks, Al. This just gets curiouser and curiouser. I'd love to find out what the general public out there feels about the real troublemakers in this mess.
I'd be surprised if there were different from mine ... that there are a group of "adults" who are acting like children and they need more than a little "time out" ... they need removal!:mad:
 
In many states, juvenile proceedings are confidential. A prosecutor cannot divulge anything unless there is a waiver and, in some states, perhaps not even then (confidentiality non-waivable). That aside, a prosecutor has to be careful about what he or she says about a pending case.

Some courts do not allow video cameras into courtrooms and, even where they do, this does not usually extend to juvenile proceedings. This may be the reason for the arrest threat because the reporter wanted to take a camera to the third floor, presumably where the hearing was being held.

Having said that, attempting to get a gag order in this type of situation involving free speech seems thuggish and stupid. I'm thinking the prosecutor is feeling some public pressure while being squeezed from the other side by the police and school authorities.
 
The prosecutor's, police's and school's problem now is about how they'll all feel getting beaten by a 14 year old kid. They're beyond the point of no return now and feel they just have to win at all costs. The thing is, the more exposure they're creating is just going to make their image worse. I hope the kid's lawyer, the judge and the jury slap the prosecution down a few pegs. It's getting beyond ridiculous.
 
Logan has been known to be corrupt in its officials, and in the back pocket of those at the state house in Charleston who are mostly anti-gun people. There are several in Charleston who want the kid prosecuted for daring to use free speech and push it.
 
KyJim, I'm aware of the restrictions many courts impose (with very good reason) on the press. What needs to be remembered is that in the last video, the reporter was in the court lobby. Not any particular courtroom. Remember also, they were there to file a petition to view the proceedings, but were not even allowed to file. Charlo was threatened with arrest and kicked out by a bailiff.

Did the reporter make a nuisance of herself by videoing some of the players as they went about their business (in a public space)? I suppose you can say she did. You can also say she was just doing good reporting.

Regardless, I think I know why the prosecution wanted the gag order. They dropped the petition (gag order), so that they can get permission (waivers) to tell their own story... That bothers me (see below).

The step-father, Allen Lardieri, is better known as BlackRifleAR15 on YouTube. Among his other videos are these, talking about his son, Jared:

My 14yr old son arrested over a NRA t shirt UDATE 1 - 2 months ago.
Ginny Simone from the NRA NEWS - 1 month ago.
Jared has been CHARGED with obstructing an officer - 1 week ago.
WHY DO THEY WANT TO LOCK UP OUR KIDS? - 1 week ago.
Our interview with Piers Morgan - a few hours ago.

If Jared is an honor student (as expressed in one of the videos), exactly what story does the authorities want us to hear?
 
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