For past 100 years TN Courts classify parking prosecutions as "Civil Tort for Debt" with zero jail time--including when tickets are "ignored"--and 51% Burden of Proof, yet TN statutes and Knoxville ordinances name them "criminal misdemeanors" with 30 days in prison and $500 fine with 99% Burden of Proof.

Why Americans need REAL Tort Reform against millions of frivolous lawsuits filed by government against honest law-abiding citizens that tie up our police and courts, and reward Fraud, Waste and Abuse of taxpayer funds.

• City of Knoxville Municipal Corporation vs John Lee
  • Dated as Filed on December 28, 2000
  • "Parking Citation" for parking on family's private property
  • No signs posted re "No Parking Zone"
  • Unsworn, undelivered and illegal complaint and ex parte summary conviction by anonymous employee ("informant") of Knoxville Police Department using unconstitutional ordinances, practices and policies
  • Complaint alleged 3 days was maximum time to "appeal" the unsworn conclusion of the anonymous KPD officer
• John Lee vs City of Knoxville Municipal Corporation
  "Appeal of parking citation" (Judge Ordered Complaint changed when Bailiff testified to "NO PARKING AREA" instead of "FIRE LANE")
  • Appointed magistrate in unconstitutional "homerule" Corporation Court at Knoxville Police Department that lacks criminal jurisdiction according to MTAS Municipal Handbook
  • No legal requirement to pay unsworn parking tickets without personal service of process according to Tenn Rules of Court. Tenn Code and MTAS Municipal Handbook declares you cannot be jailed for "contempt of court". TN Attorney General says your driver's license or vehicle registration cannot be revoked, and KPD's unconstitutional "tow in list" for unpaid parking tickets is a contempt of Federal Court Order in Hale vs Tyree (1979)
  • Play by TN General Sessions Court Rules, TN Rules of Evidence and TN Open Records Act
    
  • Local Rules booklet for Knox County General Sessions found at TN Circuit Court Clerk
    
  • Local Rules of Corporation Court (2 pages total) in lobby KPD HQ
    
  • Corporation ordinances are unconstitutional and ignored by all courts, including Corporation Court, but do list detailed parking rules
  • Right to copy personnel file of complaining police officer ("informant") (KPD Teleserve Desk)
    
  • Right to copy videotape and E911 audiotape of complaining police officer (KPD Teleserve Desk)
    
  • Right to testify and present exhibits
    
  • Right to Subpoena witnesses including police officers (subpoenas from clerk 8 days before trial, serve them yourself at KPD Teleserve Desk to prevent fraud of filing dates)
    
  • Must subpoena complaining police officer ("informant") to prevent unlimited continuances when officer refuses to show up for court
• City Court Rules I Page 1 I Page 2
• Defendant's Subpoenas Decus Tecum to Plaintiff's employees
  • FAX Cover Sheet for 5 Defective Subpoenas
  • Complainant Richard Graham, officer, KPD ("informant") (refused to bring videotape)
  • Bailiff Wayne Bell, sergeant, KPD (re unsworn testimony against Defendant to alter complaint) (refused to swear oath of truth)
  • Ryan Flores, officer, KPD (sued in Federal Court) (wrong month for videotape)
  • FAX Cover Sheet for "Corrected" Subpoenas (not issued on time)
  • Ryan Flores, officer, KPD (sued in Federal Court) (wrong year for videotape)
  • Commander Bob Wooldridge, lieutenant, KPD (installed signs beside Defendant's private property) (refused to show up in court)
  • Michael Martin, court clerk (confessed to fraud in clerk's office -- fired)
• City Charter--Building Code requires Private Parking for Downtown Buildings I Page 1 I Page 2
• Temporary Traffic Control Permit from Traffic Engineering to Block Fire Street
• Temporary Traffic Control Permit from Traffic Engineering to Block Gay Street
• Map for Parking Permits to Block Gay Street and Fire Street
• Vehicle Title for Defendant's Honda Accord stolen by KPD, Officer Ryan Flores and Sutherland Aveneue Wrecker Service. Parked in same parking spot on private property. Flores admitted on E911 Dispatch radio tape recording that the car was legally parked and refused to write a parking ticket. Car was reported stolen to KPD for six weeks before Defendant got a $700 towing bill. One and a half years later and car still has not been returned. Case is in Federal District Court.
• Transcript of 3-hour Bench Trial in Corporation Court
  • January 17, 2001
  • Corporation's judge decides in favor of his employer and against Defendant
• Appeal Demand to Remove Case to State Circuit Court for Trial De Novo (totally new trial) without presumption of correctness of judgment by Corporation Court
  • TN Court Rules allow 10 days to file appeal form at Corporation Court (see "Annotated" TRCP at public UT Law Library)
  • Requires $624.50 appeal bond to Corporation Court and Litigation Fee to TN Circuit Court, plus $1,000 appeal bond for each appeal to the Courts of Appeals
  • Or file affidavit of Paupers Oath of Indigency and win hearing at Corporation Court but still liable for all court costs if Corporation wins (not counting standard $4,000 exemption for personal property filed with Circuit Court clerk (TRCP Annotated, Rule 3)
  • Corporation Court Clerk supposed to file Defendant's appeal with Circuit Court Clerk but Defendant should hand carry it to ensure accurate filing date on docket
  • 10 days to file written "Motion for Demand of Jury of 12, Trial by Right" (TRCP Rule 38.03); or by writing "Jury of 12 Demanded" in the title or body of Answer to Complaint or in Counterclaim (TRCP Rules 38.02 and 7.01); or file written "Motion for Demand of Jury of 12, Trial of Right" within 15 days of filing last amended pleadings raising new issues of fact (TRCP Rule 38.02)
  • All rules of TRCP and TN Rules of Evidence apply, and Local Rules for Knox County Circuit Court Divisions 1, 2 3 apply if needed but Defendant has option for trial ore tenus (oral testimony only without requirement for written pleadings)
• Generic Motion for Jury Demand in State Circuit Court
• City Court Clerk fired for extortion of paychecks
  Knoxville City Court Clerk testifies in webmasters parking ticket case and confesses fraud of court docket. After bench trial, city magistrate John Rossen says, "I sure learned a lot today." Rossen fired Martin one month later, docket seized by KPD Internal Affairs. Audit reveals 100,000's parking citations and revenues missing.
• Dr Scot Chrisman MD vs Judge Wheeler Rosenbaum
  • Knox County Circuit Court, Divison 3, judge in Defendant's parking appeal case was sued in 1996 for defrauding church of $5-million in potentially deadly construction project
  • Judge was general counsel and chairman of Building Committee for Wallace Memorial Baptist Church and hired unlicensed general countractor to build auditorium
  • Judge's law firm currently acts as general counsel for the church
  • Case currently pending in Knox County Circuit Court
• Defendant's Motion for Extention of Time to Answer Complaint
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
• Defendant's Motion for Extention of Time for Jury Trial
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
• Agreed Order of Continuance (Special Appearance in Judge's Chambers)
  Signed by Judge Rosenbaum and Filed with Date/Time Stamp of June 22, 2001
  Date Whited Out and Hand-Restamped with Date Only of June 25, 2001
  Date Whited Out Again and Hand Restamped with Date Only of June 22, 2001
• Answers to Complaint and Counterclaim -- filed June 22, 2001
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
  • TRCP Rule 12 Defenses
  • Class action counterclaim per TN Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO, Tenn Code 39-12-201 to 210)
  • Class action counterclaim for Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process
  • Class action defense of 450,000 parking citations over past 6 years
  • Injunctive relief saught for removal of unconstitutional parking meters (Equal Protection)
  • Individual causes of action for Political Retaliation and violation of First Amendment right to Free Speech
• Defendant's Special Appearance Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
  • Filed June 22, 2001
  • TRCP Rule 12 Defense does not waiver Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
• Homicide prosecutor Bob "DR. Death" Jolly "fired" by District Attorney Randy Nichols
  • Reported in Knoxville News-Sentinel on June 29, 2001
  • Re Defendant's federal class action for illegal towing by City of Knoxville Municipal Corporation, ADA Jolly was mentioned in discovery documents of news articles written by Defendant
  • Defendant's car was stolen January 15, 2000 by Corporation a mere 6 hours after Knoxville Journal phoned to ask if I wanted article published with byline or anonymously (Defendant chose byline). Article was about a murder of a KPD officer that DA Nichols and KPD police chief dropped charges despite videotaped confession and recovery of murder pistol, titled Internet Site Not Flattering to Local Officials.
  • Defendant "debated" DA Randy Nichols at CALEA hearing, regarding "unsolved" homicides
• Defendant's Motion for Scheduling Conference
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
• Defendant's Motion for Discovery Conference
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
• Defendant's First Set of Interrogatories and Request to Produce Documents
  • Includes Demand for Jury of 12 endorsed in Caption (TRCP Rules 1, 7.01 and 38.02)
  • Filed July 23, 2001
• In August 2001, City Attorney fires legal assistant, Dawn Meyer
  • Ms Meyer was named as witness in both of Defendant's lawsuits against Corporation
  • Ms Meyer was named in Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Affidavit (see below)
• Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Interrogatories and Request to Produce Documents and Request for Additional Time to Respond
  • Filed August 17, 2001 (perjury by city attorney -- not delivered until Aug 21 -- to wrong address, thus failing to provide Defendant minimum 7 days time to respond)
• Plaintiff's Objection and Motion to Strike Averments in Counterclaim and Request for Additional Time to Respond
  • Filed August 17, 2001 (perjury by city attorney -- not delivered until Aug 21 -- to wrong address, thus failing to provide Defendant minimum 7 days time to respond)
• Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Affidavit
  • Filed August 17, 2001 (perjury by city attorney -- not delivered until Aug 21 -- to wrong address, thus failing to provide Defendant minimum 7 days time to respond)
• Transcript of Motion Hearing
  • August 24, 2001
• Order to Deny Jury Trial, Class Action and Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
  • Filed August 29, 2001
• Executive Order 12333--United States intelligence activities (1981) and US Attorney General Guidelines on General Crimes, Racketeering Enterprise (RICO) and Domestic Security/Terrorism Investigations
  Authorises Task Forces of CIA, DIA, FBI and intelligence for local police to stalk all US citizens within the USA as if they are terrorists and gangsters, in order to support Reagan/Bush White House's Iran-Contra crimes. I ONE I TWO I THREE I
  • Wiretapping and interception of mail without a warrant
  • Infiltration of US political groups
  • Disinformation (lying) and misinformation (bait and switch) in government-controlled US news corporations

• LAPD and City of Los Angeles Municipal Corporation Agrees to Settle $200-Million RICO Class Action. Rampaging cops convicted of falsifying evidence, perjury, larceny, drug dealing, bank robbery and murder. Central District of California U.S.D.C.
  • L. Guerrero v. Daryl Gates, et al. Judge denies LAPD Motion to Dismiss RICO and civil rights claims CV 00-7165 WJR (CTx)
  • U.S.A. v. City of Los Angeles, California, Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles Municpal Corp, and LAPD - Order Re: Amicus Briefing. CV 00-11769-GAF (JWJx)
    • Los Angeles Police Protective League
    • American Civil Liberties Union
    • Yagman Plaintiffs
    • Los Angeles Command Officers Association
    • Los Angeles County District Attorney
    • Los Angeles County Public Defender
    • Warren Christopher, Chairman, Independent Commission on the LAPD
  • Rampart Cases - USA v. City of Los Angeles, California, Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Police Department - Consent Decree. CV 00-11769-GAF (RCX)
  • Raul Rodriguez, Jr. v. Daryl F. Gates, et al. - Order Re: Ex Parte Application to Lift Stay. Class Action remains Certified. CV 00-7427-GAF
  • Javier F. Ovando v. City of Los Angeles, et al. - Notice to Counsel. CV 99-11629-GAF (AJWx) and Rampart cases
  • Javier F. Ovando v. City of Los Angeles, et al. - Notice to Counsel Re: Dispute Resolution Procedure. CV 99-11629-GAF (AJWx) Consolidated with CV 99-11835-GAF (AJWx) [and all identified "Ramparts" cases]
  • Javier F. Ovando v. City of Los Angeles, et al. - Order Partially Lifting Stay of Proceedings. CV 99-11629-GAF (AJWx) Consolidated with CV 99-11835-GAF (AJWx) [and all identified "Ramparts" cases]
  • Javier F. Ovando v. City of Los Angeles, et al. - Order Re MONELL. CV 99-11629-GAF (AJWx) Consolidated with CV 99-11835-GAF (AJWx) [and all identified "Ramparts" cases]
  • Raul Rodriguez v. Darryl F. Gates, et al. - Civil Minutes - General. CV 99-13190-GAF [and all identified "Ramparts" cases]
  • Javier F. Ovando v. City of Los Angeles, et al. - Order Permitting Defendants to File Motions for Summary Adjudication of Section 1983 Claims. CV 99-11629-GAF (AJWX), Rampart Cases
  • LA Times (Aug 29, 2000). A federal judge ruled Monday that the Los Angeles Police Department can be sued as a racketeering enterprise by people who claim their civil rights were violated by Rampart Division officers.
  • LA Times (Mar 1, 2000). Civil Rights Lawyers Form a Gathering Storm for L.A.
  • (6/14/2001 - AP) Stephen Yagman of Los Angeles, chief plaintiffs' counsel of the LAPD RICO Class Actions, was appointed as special prosecutor of the FBI agent charged with assassination murders at Ruby Ridge that paid Randy Weaver $3.5-Million in a separate civil prosecution.
  • (04/13/2000 - New Times LA) Yagman World Wins Oscar. There's so much going on in the world of the LAPD's chief tormentor -- who's taking his tormenting to the top these days by dragging Chief Bernard Clinton Parks over to his Venice offices for klieg light-questioning.
  • Yagman Law Offices' Database of Cases (Over 27,500 Cases in total) of LAPD Police Officers possibly involved with the Rampart Scandal.
  • ACLU Sues LAPD For Attacks on Press, Saying Police Targeted Media. Ramona Ripston, Executive Director of the ACLU of Southern California: "A free press guards against tyranny and abuse of power, and those who abuse power inevitably seek to control the images we see and the stories we hear. We ordinarily receive calls after protests, but never in my memory have we received so many calls from members of the media who were attacked."
  • ACLU Police Abuse Links: I 1 I 2 I

CLASS ACTION AGAINST MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, KPD AND TOWING CONTRACTORS

• PRESS RELEASE
  RE Towing Class Action
  LEE et al vs CITY OF KNOXVILLE, KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al
  DECEMBER 20, 2000
• LEE et al vs CITY OF KNOXVILLE, KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al
  Complaint in federal civil-rights class-action lawsuit re illegal towing
  Filed Dec 20, 2000 in Federal Court, Eastern District
  Representing 1000s of people whose vehicles were illegally towed or forfeited
• KPD INTERNAL AFFAIRS/PARC COMPLAINT DISPOSITION SHEET
  Initial denial of public record - full report still denied
• ANSWERS TO COMPLAINT IN FEDERAL COURT
  From attorney for Sutherland Avenue Wrecker Service - 29 January 2001
  DENIAL OF THEFT OF RADIO IN CONFLICT WITH KPD TOW IN REPORT
  PAGE 1 I PAGE 2 I PAGE 3 I PAGE 4 I PAGE 5 I PAGE 6
• SUIT CONTENDS TOWING LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL
  Knoxville News Sentinel article - Dec 21, 2000
  Re LEE vs CITY OF KNOXVILLE, KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al
• WBIR TV INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
  Attorney David Lee and webmaster John Lee - Dec 20, 2000
  Re LEE vs CITY OF KNOXVILLE, KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al
• LAWSUIT CHALLENGES KNOXVILLE'S TOWING PRACTICE
  Knoxville Journal article - December 28, 2000
  Re LEE vs CITY OF KNOXVILLE, KNOXVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al
• INTERNET SITE NOT FLATTERING TO LOCAL OFFICIALS
  John Lee's article in Knoxville Journal, Speak Out, Jan 20-26, 2000
  Vehicle towed 6 hours after Journal phoned to get permission to run the article
  Protected public record referenced in completed investigations or complaints with
  PARC/KPD Internal Affairs, CALEA, City Council
  KPD condones cop killing of Officer Tony Williams?

• PRESS RELEASE - 31 JANUARY 2001
• COMPLAINT: FAGAN et al vs CEDAR BLUFF 24-HOUR TOWING INC
  PAGE 1 I PAGE 2 I PAGE 3 I PAGE 4 I
  FILED IN STATE CIRCUIT COURT JANUARY 29, 2001
• LAWSUIT CLAIMS TOWING FIRM FAILED TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW IN REMOVING AUTO
  KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL - FEBRUARY 1, 2001
  TOWING MANAGER CONFESSES NOT KEEPING TAX RECORDS OF INCOME
  Many aggrieved motorists phone News-Sentinel re Cedar Bluff Towing article
• CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED AGAINST CEDAR BLUFF 24-HOUR TOWING
  KNOXVILLE JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1, 2001
  
• LETTER TO THE EDITOR
  KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL - FEBRUARY 1, 2001
  West Virginian claims happiness with mayor Ashe and KPD tow on UT campus
  Tow fee apparently $140 less than normal
  Illegal tow fee $35 higher than allowed by City contract
  Phone calls by webmaster to West Virginia unanswered
• MAN FILES LAWSUIT AGAINST TOWING COMPANY, CITES VIOLATIONS OF STATE STATUTES, REGULATIONS
  UT DAILY BEACON - FEBRUARY 7, 2001
  REPORTS EXISTANCE OF MOTORISTS BILL OF RIGHTS AND PHONE NUMBER FOR ATTORNEY
  CENSORED FROM UT DAILY BEACON WEBSITE FEBRUARY 7 & 8, 2001
• MAN LOSES JOB, HOME OVER CAR TOW - TOWING FIRM MANAGER HAS A HEART
  Knoxville News Sentinel article - May 26, 2000
  Illegal tow and KPD unable to locate stolen vehicle at wrecker yard
  Press release submitted to KNS by Cedar Bluff Towing
• KPD CAR THEFT DETECTIVE SAYS ILLEGAL "SET-DOWN FEES" ARE CAR THEFT
  CEDAR BLUFF TOWING ALLEGEDLY GUILTY OF EXTORTING ILLEGAL SET DOWN FEES FROM LEGALLY PARKED DRIVERS
  KPD ADMITS TOW DRIVERS CAUGHT STEALING CARS AND RESELLING THEM ARE NOT PROSECUTED
• Results of over $10,000 in legal research re Cedar Bluff 24 Hour Towing
  • Cedar Bluff Towing was fired by City of Knoxville's Wrecker Service Commission for charges of extortion and kidnapping in 1999, at which point it sued City of Knoxville for allegedly violating the Federal Aviation Act
  • Co-owned by Ben McGovern, who allegedly attempted to murder a girlfriend by throwing her from his vehicle and breaking her bones
  • Ben McGovern's son, Michael McGovern, is a trial lawyer in Knoxville specializing in nationwide class actions to help towing companies sue local governments, and Washington DC lobbyist for deregulation of the towing industry
  • Both McGoverns are directors of Tow Times magazine in Florida, and Michael McGovern edits its LegalEze section which provides free legal advice to thousands of towing operators
  • Renamed Cedar Bluff 24 Hour Wrecker Service in 2000 and partnered with Miller Industries, the world's largest manufacturer of towing equipment, and RoadOne, the world's largest towing fleet with nearly 10,000 tow trucks
  • Miller Industries and RoadOne are "owned" by Loudon County TN resident William Miller, who lives just outside the Farragut/Knox County border
  • William Miller also "owns" Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) and Waste Management, the $15-Billion garbage empire with 10,000 garbage trucks that contracts with the City of Knoxville Municipal Corporation and employs members of Knoxville City Council
  • BFI was reported by A&E TV, in Modern Mobs, to have "cooperated" with the RICO convictions of 25 of its subcontractors for membership in NY City's Gamibino and Genovese Mafia "families"
• Defendant Cedar Bluff Towing represented by "The Firm" of Baker, Donelson, Bearman and Caldwell
  • International firm of 250 lawyers with HQ in Memphis TN. Founded by ancestor of Howard Baker (Republican), a trial lawyer for Slick Oil, current ambassador to Japan for George Bush Jr, former White House Chief of Staff ("co-president") for Ronald Reagan, former US Senator from TN. Baker was minority counsel for damage control on the Watergate Committee during impeachment of President Richard Nixon for political assassinations, high crimes and misdemeanors committed by CIA and Mafia "Plumbers" while partially under Nixon's orders. Other ex-White House lawyers in The Firm include Lawrence Eagleburger, partnered with trial lawyer Henry Kissinger, involved in organizing crimes re Iran Contra Guns-For-Drugs and giving billions of dollars in US military supplies to Iraq immediately prior to Iraq's invsion of Kuwait.
  • Plaintiff's lead counsel JD Lee, as president of the TN Constitutional Convention, ran for US Senate in Democratic primary in 1976. US Secret Service attempted to prosecute JD Lee for "counterfeiting" by printing his own photograph on campaign dollar bills which were printed "Not for Legal Tender". Had Lee won the primary he would have campaigned against Howard Baker.
  • Rumored that Baker's firm was model for John Grisham's bestselling novel and screenplay "The Firm", starring Tom Cruise, about blowing the whistle on the Mafia's lawyers in Memphis TN.
• Plaintiff's lead counsel, JD Lee, mugged by gang of four in August 2001.

• MOTORISTS BILL OF RIGHTS - Knoxville - GIF
  REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON TOWED
  Lists maximum prices allowed by towing companies
  Not available with City Code in Knoxville law libraries as of January 2, 2001
  From City Attorney's office
• MOTORISTS BILL OF RIGHTS - Knoxville - HTML
  REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN TO EVERY PERSON TOWED
  Lists maximum prices allowed by towing companies
  Not available with City Code in Knoxville law libraries as of January 2, 2001
  From City Attorney's office
• MAXIMUM TOWING PRICES IN CITY CONTRACTS - Knoxville
  ZERO dollars to $65 for cars and small trucks
  Not available with City Code in Knoxville law libraries as of January 2, 2001
  From City Recorder's Office
• KNOXVILLE CODE - SECTION 17
  PARKING, TRAFFIC, TOWING AND IMPOUNDMENT ORDINANCES
  HTML 250KB SINGLE PAGE
  Downloaded January 2, 2001
  $375 per DAY FINE AND VEHICLE FORFEITURE FOR PARKING YOUR OWN VEHICLE IN YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY
• KNOXVILLE WRECKER ORDINANCE
  Previously only available from City Law Director's office and Municipal Corporation's web site
  Not available with City Code in Knoxville law libraries as of January 2, 2001
  From City Law Director's office
• KNOXVILLE CITY COUNCIL EMERGENCY ORDINANCES
  RE secret Wrecker Services Commission
  Not available with City Code in Knoxville law libraries as of January 2, 2001
  From City Recorder's Office
• Secret WRECKER SERVICES COMMISSION MEETINGS - Knoxville
  http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/boards/boardshome.htm
  Not listed on City of Knoxville website for boards and commissions as of January 2, 2001
  VIOLATION TENN OPEN MEETINGS ACT TCA § 8-44-103, 104, 105
  From City Recorder's and City Auditor's office
• WRECKER SERVICES CONTRACT FORM - Knoxville
  From City Recorder's Office
• KPD GENERAL ORDER 3.3 re Parking Violations and Towing
  ALL UNCRASHED VEHICLES TOWED TO KPD IMPOUND LOT
  From LT Virgil Hubbard, KPD Internal Affairs office
  Denial of public record for remainder of KPD regulations
  Not even KPD cops allowed to own a copy of KPD regulations
  Banned from KPD Safety Building by LT Mark Pressley who was then transferred to Internal Affairs
• TENN OPEN MEETINGS ACTS
  TCA § 8-44-103, 104, 105
  VIOLATED BY KNOXVILLE'S TOP SECRET WRECKER SERVICES COMMISSION MEETINGS
• KNOXVILLE CODE - SECTION 17
  http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/
  CITY OF KNOXVILLE WEBSITE
  HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUAL PAGES OF TRAFFIC ORDINANCES
  $375 per DAY FINE AND VEHICLE FORFEITURE FOR PARKING YOUR OWN VEHICLE IN YOUR OWN DRIVEWAY
• UNIVERSITY OF TENN PARKING CITATION AND IMPOUNDMENT REGULATIONS - Knoxville
  ONE KPD OFFICER WRITES PERHAPS 150 PARKING CITATIONS EVERY DAY ON CAMPUS
  3 PARKING TICKETS IN 4 HOURS REQUIRED BEFORE TOWING ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY IN KNOXVILLE
• TENN HIGHWAY PATROL WRECKER SERVICES MANUAL
  From THP Headquarters in Knoxville
  REQUIRES ROTATING CALL LISTS FOR ALL TOW COMPANIES INSTEAD OF CITY CONTRACTS FOR A FEW TOW COMPANIES
• TENN CODE WRECKER SERVICES, THEFT, THP, INDICTMENTS, ABANDONED VEHICLES, TOWING LIENS
  TCA § 55-23-103, TCA § 55-5-128, TCA § 55-23-104, TCA § 55-5-101, TCA § 4-7-114, TCA § 39-14-103, TCA § 40-13-221, TCA § 55-16-107, TCA § 66-19-103
• TRIPLE DAMAGES FOR RECOVERING STOLEN VEHICLES AND STOLEN PARTS, TOWS FROM PRIVATE PARKING LOTS UNLAWFUL, THEFT, BURGLERY, CRIMINAL PENALTIES, CLASS E FELONY
  TRIPLE DAMAGES AGAINST TOW COMPANIES FOR STEALING VEHICLES AND AUTOPARTS
  TCA § 55-5-124, TCA § 55-5-122, TCA § 55-5-101, TCA § 55-5-102, TCA § 55-5-103, TCA § 55-5-108, TCA § 4-7-114, TCA § 39-14-402, TCA § 55-5-120, TCA § 55-5-121, TCA § 55-5-122
• OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT - CLASS E FELONY
  CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR GOVERNMENT CROOKS
  TCA § 39-16-401, TCA § 39-16-401
• OFFICIAL OPPRESSION - CLASS E FELONY, MISUSE OF OFFICIAL INFORMATION
  CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR GOVERNMENT CROOKS
  TCA § 39-16-403, TCA § 339-16-404
• RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT (RICO)
  18 USCS § 1961 (2000)
  CIVIL PENALTIES TO SEIZE PROPERTY OF CONVICTED CRIMINALS
  APPLIES TO BOTH CIVILIAN CONSPIRACIES AND GOVERNMENTAL CONSPIRACIES
  REAGAN/BUSH SR WHITE HOUSE AND LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT PROSECUTED BY RICO
• FRAUDULENT CONCEALMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION
  TCA § 28-3-104
  NO STATUTUE OF LIMITATIONS
  VIOLATED BY REFUSAL OF KPD AND TOW COMPANIES TO ISSUE MOTORISTS' BILL OF RIGHTS
• OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT CAUSE OF ACTION
  6 YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
  TCA § 28-3-109
• CIVIL ACTION FOR DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS
  42 USCA § 1983
  ALLOWS LAWSUITS AGAINST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR VIOLATION OF FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS
  STANDARD ONE-YEAR STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS TO HIRE LAWYER AND FILE LAWSUIT
• ACTIONABILITY OF MALICIOUS PROSECUTION UNDER 42 USCA § 1983
  79 ALR FED 896
• WHAT CONSTITUTES POLICY OR CUSTOM FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING LIABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT
  UNDER 42 USCA § 1983 = MODERN CASES
  81 ALR FED 549
  REGARDING UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES AS OPPOSED TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS
  CITY OF KNOXVILLE COMMITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES BY IGNORING ITS OWN ORDINANCES
• VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF SUPERIOR
  UNDER 42 USCA § 1983 FOR SUBORDINATE'S ACTS IN DEPRIVATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
  51 ALR FED 285
• STATE OR MUNICIPAL TOWING, IMPOUNDING, OR DESTRUCTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES PARKED OR ABANDONED ON STREETS OR HIGHWAYS
  32 ALR 4th 728
  MUNICIPAL LIABILITY FOR ILLEGAL CONVERSION OF PROPERTY
• LIABILITY IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS ACTION
  UNDER 42 USCA § 1983 OF PRIVATE PARTIES WHO CONSPIRE WITH PUBLIC OFFICIALS
  44 ALR FED 547
• LIABILITY OF SUPERVISOR OFFICIALS AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
  FOR HAVING FAILING TO ADEQUATELY TRAIN, SUPERVISE OR CONTROL INDIVIDUAL PEACE OFFICERS WHO VIOLATE PLAINTIFF'S CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER 42 USCA 1983
  70 ALR FED 17
• RECOVERY OF EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES FROM MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
  1 ALR 4th 448
  FINANCIAL PUNISHMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR CRIMINAL CONSPIRACIES AGAINST THE PUBLIC
• TENNESSEE CONSTITUTION
  PDF = Adobe Acrobat Reader Required
• UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
• TO SERVE ALL PEOPLE - 1996 Report from the
  COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF THE TENNESSEE JUDICIAL SYSTEM
  "Strictly local municipal courts offer a separate, substandard justice. At worst, they are merely revenue agencies masquarading as courts. Their sole reason for being is the funds their municipality draws from them."
  Declares municipal corporations should never pass traffic ordinances since they are automatically unconstitutional and overturned on appeal
  Tennessee state government website - 200 pages - PDF - Adobe Acrobat Reader required
• KNOXVILLE MUNICIPAL COURT
  http://www.ci.knoxville.tn.us/citycourt/
• CIVIL LEGAL REMEDIES FOR CRIME VICTIMS AGAINST PERPETRATORS
  Legal Remedies Manual
  From Carolyn A. Hightower, Acting Director
  Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
• TRAFFIC STOP CARD of ACLU
  Created for free distribution by American Civil Liberties Union
  After Rodney King traffic stop and deadly riots caused $1-billion destruction, 50 homicides
  And criminal convictions of three LAPD police officers
• POLICE PURSUIT IN PURSUIT OF POLICY
  THE PURSUIT ISSUE, LEGAL AND LITERATURE REVIEW, AND AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
  American Automobile Association [AAA] Foundation for Traffic Safety and
  Illinois State University, Department of Criminal Justice Sciences
  Over 500 annual traffic fatalities caused by routine traffic stops
  Including deaths of over 150 innocent bystanders per year