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Posted by FoM on September 07, 2001 at 10:53:35 PT By Mike Rupert, H-P Staff Writer Source: Herald-Palladium 
More than two years before a five-day standoff with police would leave him dead and buildings at his Rainbow Farm campground burned to the ground, Tom Crosslin already was forecasting his fate. "I have discussed this with my family and we are all prepared to die on this land before we allow it to be stolen from us," Crosslin wrote in a March 29, 1999, letter to Cass County Prosecutor Scott Teter. Teter had sent Crosslin a letter five days earlier warning him he could lose his 34-acre farm if drug use and distribution there continued. Snipped Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help |
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| Comment #6 posted by freedom fighter on September 09, 2001 at 00:38:12 PT |
| Martin Luther King said the same thing in effect.. "It is American duty to break laws that are bad." ff [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #5 posted by FoM on September 07, 2001 at 21:18:10 PT |
| Letter Gives Insight to Crosslin's Intentions Source: WNDU - TV Friday, Newscenter 16 obtained a copy of a letter Crosslin wrote to the Cass County Prosecutor more than two years ago. It's a two page letter dated March 29, 1999 to Prosecutor, Scott Teeter. In it, Crosslin responds to what he calls threats by the Prosecutors Office to seize his land. Ordered to stop drug-related events: Teeter ordered Crosslin to stop conducting marijuana related gatherings at the now demolished Rainbow Farms near Vandalia. Yesterday, they released undercover video that showed the marijuana use at the campground. Crosslin felt marijuana should be legalized and said he wanted to change the laws peacefully. But he also said he would be willing to die for his beliefs. It may seem, to some, that Crosslin foresaw the standoff that ended with his death this week. A letter he wrote to the Cass County Prosecutors Office in March of 1999 said, “Our friends at the Michigan militia have their ideas of how we should handle your threats, but as I said, we are pursuing a peaceful change to the laws...We are pacifists, we do not allow weapons on our farm." Last Friday however, gunfire erupted from the campground, marking the first day of the five-day standoff. Willing to die for beliefs: The letter reads on and clearly stated Crosslin's intentions. "I have discussed this with my family and we are all prepared to die on this land before we allow it be to stolen from us...Will you have snipers shoot us through our windows like at Ruby Ridge?," he wrote. Then, in what seems like self fulfilling prophecy, Crosslin died by police gunfire on Monday. Rohm met the same fate on Tuesday. In the meantime, funeral services for Tom Crosslin will be held Saturday morning at eleven o’clock. Rohm’s funeral has yet to be scheduled. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #4 posted by tdm on September 07, 2001 at 17:32:29 PT:
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| Now seems like a good time for us all to review this classic by Thoreau. If you've never read it, get to it. It's a requirement for liberty lovers. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #3 posted by lookinside on September 07, 2001 at 17:20:04 PT:
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| and when a government turns putrid, turning it's back on the ideas on which it originally founded, revolution is the only course... we will suffer a pogrom....this is the beginning...do we go we can be safe, or we can be free...we can't have both ... [ Post Comment ] |
| Comment #2 posted by tdm on September 07, 2001 at 14:54:58 PT |
| "This is not about whether or not marijuana should be legalized," Teter said. "I understand Mr. Crosslin felt very strongly for that belief. I have no problem with people believing that. But you can't disobey the laws you don't believe in." One of our country's greatest thinkers and writers felt otherwise... Anyone in a free society where the laws are unjust has an obligation to break the law. [ Post Comment ] |
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Comment #1 posted by objective on September 07, 2001 at 11:37:26 PT:
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| These men were valiant martyrs and should be exalted. Every war has its heroes, and the drug war is no exception. There should be a wall or monument somewhere with the inscriptions of the many names of people who have fought for the personal freedoms which we are denied, but constitutionally guaranteed. It is an honor to die as these men did, and as the insanity continues, there will be more deaths. They were true modern patriots. [ Post Comment ] |
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