I wrote the following letter in response to the recent illegal
behavior of the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS):

"Dear Tempe Police:

Please investigate the Arizona Department of Public
Safety (DPS) on the following criminal matter:

The recent homicide committed by the Arizona DPS of a
47-year-old man traveling to Payson brings to mind the
lawlessness of the Old West and the former Arizona
Territory.

Like Wyatt Earp's illegal vendetta against the
citizens of Cochise County, the Arizona Department of
Public Safety should be held 100% accountable for the
illegal homicide of a United States Citizen by one of
their own officers.

The judicial system should file capital murder charges
against the DPS Officer involved in this most heinous
act of barbarism and cruelty. Additionally, the Chief
of Police for the Department of Public Safety should
also face criminal charges in this matter.

When police officers illegally commit murder on our
streets, there is no longer justice but blind anarchy.

I have already contacted the FBI, the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, the White House, the Scottsdale
Police, the Phoenix Police and other agencies
concerning the illegal and heinously barbaric actions
of the Arizona Department of Public Safety committed
against a law-abiding, innocent citizen of the United
States.

I believe the Arizona DPS should be A) disbanded B)
stripped of all accreditation henceforth and C)
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law allowable.

Contrary to popular police opinion -- examples: Daniel
Lovelace recently shooting to death an unarmed woman
in a parking lot; Mesa PD's recent shooting death of a
mentally ill man in front of his family, etc. -- it is
*illegal* to commit murder against an unarmed citizen
of the United States Of America. Additionally, it is
*illegal* to tamper with evidence and hinder the
prosecution's case, even if it is investigating law
enforcement itself.

As a citizen of these United States, I do *not*
tolerate police officers committing acts of murder
against unarmed, innocent civilians. This isn't 1st
century Rome, people. You can't just execute someone
for the hell of it. I would have hoped that in the
21st century people would have learned not do such
heinous acts. Apparently we are now no better than the
ancient Romans, who crucified people for shoplifting
and other minor offenses.

I *beg* the Government of Tempe to fully investigate
the illegal actions of the Arizona Department of
Public Safety and to, furthermore, consider filing
complete and formal charges against the DPS with the
Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

The sooner crap like this is stricken from our
society, the better. I studied Sociology in college. I
know the difference between right and wrong. Police
must think the average citizen is [expletive] stupid. We
aren't [expletive] blind and we aren't [expletive] deaf, okay?

Thank you for listening.

Paul"

Paul Allen Panks <dunric@yahoo.com> wrote:I wrote the following letter in response to the recent illegalbehavior of the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS):
[snip]"...The recent homicide committed by the Arizona DPS of a47-year-old man traveling to Payson brings to mind thelawlessness of the Old West and the former ArizonaTerritory.
[snip]I have already contacted the FBI, the Royal CanadianMounted Police, the White House, the ScottsdalePolice, the Phoenix Police and other agenciesconcerning the illegal and heinously barbaric actionsof the Arizona Department of Public Safety committedagainst a law-abiding, innocent citizen of the UnitedStates.

No facts cited to justify Mr. Panks' accusation against the AZ DPS.
A DPS officer may or may not have killed somebody, and the circum-
stances may or may not have justified the killing. Most of us here
aren't even in AZ, so we won't have even seen a newspaper article
about the alleged event, much less the kind of evidence required to
prove "murder" beyond a reasonable doubt.

If it was an illegal homicide, the victim's relatives will probably
be filing a lawsuit for wrongful death and/or violation of civil
rights.

OP's statement that he has contacted the RCMP, among many others,
gives me reason to believe that he is a crank.
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