A property owner in Bridgeport, Michigan was addressing his grievances at the monthly township board meeting when he went over the 3 minutes allowed for public comment. At 2:40 into the video you can see when the police go to remove him from the meeting and when he doesn't comply in a fast enough manner for them, it sounded like they said he was under arrest for disturbing the peace. When he reached to get his coat is when several officers then grabbed him. Once they removed him from the meeting room it sounds as if he was slammed to the floor in the area outside the main room. You can hear it on the video tape.
This man has had a 3 year ongoing legal battle with this township board. It involves the violation of his property rights, continual harassment by the township officials. The Bridgeport Township board has a history of recalls, legal battles, court cases, this is not a one time occurrence for this township. This video is just another example of the abuse of power by this township and the police force.
UPDATE April 11th, Several days ago Mr. Adams was offered a plea deal, plead to a misdemeanor and they would drop the felony charges, the offer was refused. The pretrial hearing for the felony charges was supposed to be held today at 1:30pm but it has been adjourned until further notice.
Here are the copies of the police report and felony charges filed against Mr. Adams by the Bridgeport Police Department. [ Ссылка ]
This is the newest story on MLive about this incident, which includes more video footage. See new video of Bridgeport man's arrest after speaking too long at township meeting
[ Ссылка ]
UPDATE March 19th -- 1) Watch the full arrest video here. [ Ссылка ]
2) The pretrial hearing was delayed due to the fact that Bridgeport Police Department did not turn over their reports until 90 minutes before the hearing.
"His attorney, Thomas Frank, said Tuesday that he received a "majority" of the discovery materials about 90 minutes before Adams' 3 p.m. hearing. The discovery contains numerous police reports and three computer discs with video recordings of the March 4 incident, Frank said.
Saginaw County Assistant Prosecutor Paul Purcell said he had no objection to the postponement. Jurrens rescheduled the hearing for April 11."
[ Ссылка ]
UPDATE March 15th: Mr. Adams plead not guilty to the trumped up charges. The pretrial hearing has been scheduled for March 19th at 3pm at the Saginaw County Courthouse. I believe it will be heard by Judge Jurrens.
UPDATE March 13th -- I have just gotten word that Mr. Mark Adams, the man that in this video, will be arraigned on Friday March 14th at 10 am at the Saginaw County Courthouse. TI have just gotten word that Mr. Mark Adams, the man that in this video, will be arraigned on Friday March 14th at 10 am at the Saginaw County Courthouse. The charges will be # 1 - Assaulting, resisting, obstructing police officers - a 2 year felony and # 2 - Disturbing The Peace.
UPDATE March 8th, 2014 The latest news I have heard is that Bridgeport Township is planning on meeting with the Saginaw County prosecutors office early next week to discuss them prosecuting the charges against this man.
UPDATE March 7th, 2014 This man was arrested for resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer. He spent 2 nights in jail and was released pending "further investigation". No charges have been filed at this time. It is up to the Bridgeport Police Dept / Township to take their evidence now to court and press any charges they think they may have. I am not a legal scholar so forgive me if I don't have this worded correctly.
UPDATE: A poster asked for more details about this meeting. It was the regular monthly scheduled board meeting. This was not a special meeting being held for any particular reason.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
© 2014 Carla Citizen All Rights Reserved
