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Federal Violations of State Jurisdiction in St. Louis

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution of the United States of America limits Federal jurisdiction to the 10-mile square of the District of Columbia and it’s territorial possessions. It is a violation of the doctrine of separation of powers to have Federal and State law enforcement mingling in the same jurisdiction – It would be like having French Police in your state – just about as legal. You need to visit the 1984usa Archives on Federal Jurisdiction to understand it: http://1984usa.com/higherlearning/?page_id=574#t4

Only VERY specific instances involving interstate commerce were exceptions, and that doctrine has since been allowed by the sheople to be perverted beyond all recognition. Originally there was only Federal jurisdiction over interstate commerce, from the origin of the sale to the destination – OF THE ORIGINAL SALE, and not subsequent sales WITHIN a state’s exterior boundaries. Nowadays, if you have a screwdriver that was manufactured in another state the feds claim jurisdiction, even though it may have been subsequently sold within the state several times.

Legally, there is a difference between INTERstate commerce and INTRAstate commerce. – but if you find a soul that 1) Knows this and 2) Gives a rats ass you will have witnessed a miracle!

It’s called FEDERALISM – It’s what Operation Cable Splicer was all about – the merging of jurisdictional control of state, local, and federal governments. The Founding Fathers would be ashamed.

St. Louis police, federal agents, will team together to fight violence

By Heather Ratcliffe

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

Saturday, Jan. 10 2009

St. Louis — Federal agents are joining with city police to form a new team
aimed at stopping murders and other violent crimes by zeroing in on those most
likely to commit them.

Police Chief Dan Isom announced the new Violent Offender’s Unit on Friday,
calling it a historic relationship between local and federal authorities.

Chuck Wexler of the Police Executive Research Forum in Washington said in an
interview Friday that such partnerships can produce great results.

“Everyone brings different assets to the table. When you have them working
together, you get the best of both worlds,” Wexler said. “It could have a
pretty profound effect on crime in the city of St. Louis.”

Setting up the unit was among Isom’s first priorities when he took over as
police chief in October, he said.

Overall, violent crime in the city dropped 3.5 percent last year, he said, but
homicides increased by 21 percent. St. Louis ended the year with 167 murders,
the highest number since 204 people were slain in 1995.

The unit will use computerized data and undercover officers to saturate areas
known for drug and gang problems to focus on people with a history of violence.

Special attention will be put on those with prior arrests for murder, weapons
violations and multiple felonies, Isom said.

“This is not about those citizens who have previously been convicted of a crime
but have now turned their lives around,” Isom emphasized. “It’s about the
repeat offenders who, arrest after arrest … continue to terrorize our
neighborhoods with their criminal activities.”

He said federal help will allow the city to transfer some of its officers back
to regular street patrol.

Federal agents said they will bring their special expertise in gangs, drugs and
weapons to the mix.

“We were all addressing violent crime in our ways,” FBI Special Agent in Charge
John Gillies said Friday. “This refocuses our effects on the most violent.”

He joined U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer
Joyce and local heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in a gathering to pledge their
support.

The new unit will include 14 police officers, eight agents from the DEA, six
from the ATF and three from the FBI. They will work together from an
undisclosed location under leadership of city police Capt. Ed Kuntz, who
formerly led the Crime Suppression Unit.

Each of the agencies will assign officers who previously worked on violent
crime investigations. But now their focus will narrow.

“We are attacking the worst first — those who are the most likely to hurt
someone in our community,” Hanaway said.

Joyce said attorneys from her Career Criminal Unit will work with the new team.
Hanaway plans to set up a similar team in her office.

“We’re all working together. We’re all talking to each other,” Joyce said.
“There are few places that these violent offenders can hide now.”

hratcliffe@post-dispatch.com | 314-621-5804

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