8 in prison for harassing Pueblo officials. 8 who ate what? 8 where you know what it is. 8 sovereign citizens. I just found this article today. Let's scroll down a little bit here. This is at a Denver Post of March 15, 2020. A group of anti-government activists. That's a nice thing to call them activists who wage the campaign of harassment against at least four Pueblo County officials are in prison for violating state laws. Hello, everyone. Welcome to Common Sense Academy. I'm Joe Pometo. Joe the lawyer. I am your host on this show. We talk about sovereign citizens, first of M.M. and auditors and other legal miscreants. And we point out the absurdities in their arguments. We also learn the law and have a little bit of fun at the same time. If you like my channel, please subscribe. I'm trying to get to 10,000 subscribers. Most people who watch are not subscribed. So hit that subscribe button. Hit the notification button for me. Come along for my for my journey. Also sign up for my email list. There's a link below. You'll get a free PDF on the history and examination of sovereign citizen movement written by me before we get into the rest of this article. Before we go, many of you have been here before. You are familiar with what I call the same time sip. We take a little sip together. It's cheers. It's soothing. It makes us feel good. And it prepares us for the article and for the day. So whatever you're drinking, raise your glass in the air. You may be drinking vodka. You may be drinking you who you may be drinking support. Oh, beer. Okay. I drink diet coke and coffee. If you know me well, raise your glass in the air. It tastes better when we sip together. The activists involved here, they call them activists that cracks me up. Who is this journalist, Robert Bocowicz? Robert, you have no idea what you're dealing with here, sir. They are not activists. I'm sorry. That is go that is just being a little too nice to these people. They are not activists. They are another a there. They're another a word. Okay, that I don't want to bring up. Okay. The activists targeted the officials during a three year period, ending one estate-wide grand jury and died at the activists in 2017. The harassed officials included Pueblo district court judge judges, Deborah Eilert and Kim Kahn district attorney Jeff Chaucner and Sheriff Kirk Taylor. Participants who wage the harassment campaign sometimes are known as sovereign citizens. Oh, no, they are always known as sovereign citizens. Excuse me. That's what I get for drinking all that soda. The FBI characterizes members of that movement as anti-government activists who contend they are separate or sovereign from the United States and contend. They don't have to answer to any government authority. You're correct about that, Mr. Robert. The harassment typically took the form of filing in the office of county clerks and recorders, phony documents against the officials. One type of phony document was purported leans against homes of the officials. A lien is a financial claim on property that prevents the honor from selling until the amount of the lien is paid to the holder of the lien. They attempted to put a lien on my home. Taylor recently told the Pueblo Chieftain. They tried to extort me for $100,000. That is correct. Even sheriffs have taken mortgages and we have credit ratings. Leans can be negative factors and credit ratings. Absolutely. Eight of the activist defendants were convicted in 2018 in Denver in a case that received limited public attention. Chosner called the case to the attention of the Pueblo Chieftain. The Colorado Attorney General's office prosecuted the indictment which was in Denver District Court. Taylor said he, Eiler Karn and Chosner testified as prosecution witnesses. In addition to Pueblo County officials who were targeted, the indictment also accused the activists of harassing and retaliating against public officials in Denver, Boulder and Gilpin counties. The defendants lived in the Denver area but had access to grind in court cases in each of the counties. Ooh, we're going to get revenge on the courts. The aid were charged with such crimes as criminal extortion, attempting to influence a public servant and retaliation against the public official. The indictment alleged the defendants made a substantial threat to confine or restrain cause economic hardship to cause bodily injury to damage the property of damage the reputation of the officials. That's interesting. I wonder if there were physical threats that the sovereigns issued at some point in time. The activist falsely claimed to be judges and administrators of a people's grand jury. Oh, that's a good one. In one instance in 2016, some of the anti-government group issued a phony arrest warrant against Karn calling for her to be put on trial. Wow. The indictment alleged that one of the anti-government, I can't call them that. I'm sorry. The indictment alleged that one of the sovereign citizen participants in a conversation that was recorded stated that here it is. If Karn did not appear for trial, they could go and grab her, haul her ass down here. That's a physical threat. The harassment against the judge stemmed from her presiding over a domestic relations case and a real estate case, which were of interest to the sovereign citizens cannot call them activists or people connected to them. Probably they weren't paying their child support. The activists filed, I can't believe he's using that word. File to document accusing her with embezzling funds and demanding that she resign. Failure to do so will be treated as an act of insurrection and sedition the document said. Ooh, these are big word sovereign citizens. It was followed by the phony arrest warrant. They commanded me to arrest Judge Karn Taylor said, I did not do what they commanded me to do. Oh, they called on the sheriff and gave him a command. Yeah, okay. That's going to be in my book. The sheriff received the demand that he resigned for allegedly committing crimes. That notice used the same language about failing to resign would be treated by the sovereigns as an act of insurrection. In other instances, Chosner was the target of phony documents signed by the sovereigns. Can't call them activists. The defendants were sentenced to varying prison terms. The longest being 38 years. Ouch. According to the Attorney General's office, at least one of the convicted activists has filed a notice of appeal from a prison in Canon City. The eight are Bruce Duset. Stephen Noustie Janice Blee, Stephen Blyfield Lawrence Goodman, David Kofault, Harlan Smith and Brian Baylog. Wow. Wow. I mean, the what these these poor people are being brainwashed. And then they're being driven to do things that are really, really dumb and they get them sent to jail. And they're proving absolutely zero point in the process. Zero nothing. This is this is nothing. I'm sorry. It just it needs to end. Some people die in war for a worthy cause. This is not a worthy cause. It's sovereigns. It is not a worthy cause. Let me tell you it. I'm I'm sorry. Read my book when it comes out. Okay. Thank you for tuning into the common sense academy. I'm going to continue to cover the sovereign citizen movement to expose it to damage it and to ridicule it. You know, and to explain to people what the law actually really is because you know, it's true. You don't always want to consent to the police, but pretty much everything else. The sovereign say is incorrect. So watch my show if you're interested in this con in this type of content. Also, please like, subscribe, comment and share. 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