(由 Google 翻译)在我刚刚无家可归、因药物过量自杀住院期间,好牧人人道协会收留了我的猫。他们对猫非常好。我的朋友们把他们的物品带到那里捐赠给这样一个慈善事业,它不仅帮助动物,也帮助人类。
他们的事业肯定比镇上那个“基督教非营利组织”经营的旧货店更好。我住院10天期间,他们几乎把我在非营利社区“回声村”租的房子里的所有财产都拿走,拿到他们的店里出售。我患有多发性硬化症和脊柱侧弯,苏西在法庭上说我夸大了病情。我的租约到期后,他们把我赶了出去,因为我向住房和城市发展部(HUD)举报,在我租住的第一个月(11月)他们拒绝修理我坏掉的暖气。我的租约到期时,我在三个县的候补名单上。五辆警车和警察来了,他们敲我的门,把我和我的财产都赶了出去。我惊慌失措,服下了所有药才结束这一切。
我现在面临6年监禁和1万美元罚款。他们在法庭审理后提交了一份虚假的宣誓书,声称我曾“烧毁房屋自杀”,这构成了一级重罪恐怖威胁。3个月后,我因车头灯坏了被警察拦下,才得知此事。我在监狱里待了22个小时,花光了当月的大部分收入才得以出狱。Uber的背景调查公司向他们报告了这项指控,然后他们停用了我的账号,直到案件结束。我的车最终被收回了。当我从医院去取车和狗时,他们说“没有警察你不能在这里”,但他们并没有说这是因为他们提交了一份声称自己撒谎的宣誓书。当时是2月初,我又开了3个月的Uber司机,却不知道有逮捕令。我的车本来可以载着乘客,因为车头灯坏了被拦下来然后被逮捕,把乘客困在某个地方。苏西很可能指望着这一点。
他们希望我从第一次听证会到今天接受为期两年的“转移计划”,如果我接受了,那么在接下来的一年里,我将无法申请撤销我的记录,而且如果记录被撤销,我将在接下来的三年里都无法再为Uber工作。五次听证会之后,他们仍然希望我接受这个计划。这纯粹是那些拥有财富、律师和关系的人对司法系统的滥用。我正在和一个非常忙碌的公设辩护人打交道。我一直说,我希望有一天能出庭,洗清我的罪名,恢复我的记录,努力继续我的生活。他们对一个指控毫无根据的人这样对待,这不公平。向执法部门撒谎是重罪。这毁了我的生活。
如果我被判有罪,他们可能会剥夺我的自由。他们无法剥夺我的诚信,也无法剥夺我根据第一修正案谈论此事的权利,尽管他们的店铺评论在地图上难以保留。霸凌者不喜欢被反对或曝光。
好好想想该花钱支持哪家店。重点不在于店面有多豪华、多大。重点不在于创立501(c)3法案,也不在于利用基督教平台打造什么样的慈善声誉。重点当然也不在于去哪里花更多钱买他们的咖啡。重点在于诚信、道德和伦理,Good Shepherd 拥有这些品质,而其他店主则没有。花钱要基于这些标准。
更新:
2025年3月,新的公设辩护人发现,Suzie 向警方提出的指控据称是基于一条短信。我们了解到,这并非事实。此外,ESPD错误地引用了他们打电话联系的前经理的话,这段话被我的律师拿到的随身摄像头记录了下来,我查看了录像。警官在报告中支持了苏西的谎言,错误地引用了那位女士的最后回答,而她却说了相反的话。这简直就是同谋,或者至少是无能。
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The Good Shepherd Humane Society kept my cats while I was newly homeless & in hospital for attempting medication overdose suicide. They were wonderful to them. My friends take their things there to donate to such a good cause that not only helps animals, but people too.
They sure have a better cause than the thrift store in town operated by a "Christian non-profit organization". They took almost ALL of my possessions from the house I rented at their non-profit community "Echo Village" to sell at their store, while I was in hospital for 10 days. I have MS & scoliosis, which Suzie said I exaggerated in court. They'd evicted me after my lease ended, for having reported them to HUD for their refusal to fix my broken heater for the first month I was a tenant, in November. I was on waitlists in 3 counties when my lease ended. FIVE sheriff cars with deputies arrived & they beat on my door to throw me & my possessions out. I panicked, & took all the pills to end it.
I'm now facing 6 years in prison & a $10,000 fine. They had filed a false affidavit after court, claiming I said I'd "burn my house down to commit suicide", a 1st degree felony terroristic threat. I was pulled over 3 months later for a broken headlight & learned about this. I spent 22 hours in jail, & most of the month's income to get out. Uber's background check company reported the charge to them, & they deactivated me until it's over. My car was eventually repossessed. When I went to get my car & dog after hospital they said "you can't be here without police", but DIDN'T say it was because they had filed an affidavit claiming this lie. It was early February, & I drove Uber riders for 3 more months unaware there was a warrant. I could have had riders in my car when stopped for the broken headlight & arrested, stranding riders somewhere. Suzie was likely counting on it.
If I took a 2 year "diversion offer" they were hoping I would from my first hearing to this day, I couldn't petition to get it off my record for ANOTHER year, & wouldn't be able to work for Uber again for 3 more years, IF it goes off my record. Five hearings later, they're still hoping I take the offer. It's pure abuse of the justice system by people with the wealth, lawyers & connections to do it. I'm dealing with a very busy public defender. I've said all along I want my day in court to clear my name, restore my record & try to get on with my life. It's not fair that they can do this to someone with no truth behind the accusation. It's a felony to lie to law enforcement. It has ruined my life as I knew it.
They may take away my freedom if I'm convicted. They can't take away my integrity or my First Amendment right to talk about it, although their store review has issues staying on Maps. Bullies don't like opposition or exposure.
Consider which one to spend your money supporting. It's not about how fancy & big the store is. It's not about the creation of a 501(c)3 & what kind of philanthropic reputation that can afford, using a Christian platform to do it. It's certainly not about where to then spend even more money buying their coffee. It's about integrity, morals & ethics that Good Shepherd has, & the other store's owners do not. Spend based on that criteria.
Update:
March 2025, new public defender found the accusation to police from Suzie was said to be based on a text. We've learned that was untrue. Also, ESPD misquoted the ex-manager who they called, recorded on body cam which my attorney got & I looked at. The officer wrote her report in favor of Suzie's lie, misquoting the last answer of the woman to her saying the opposite thing. That's complicit all day, or at least incompetent.