MISSOURI SHAMEFUL SECRET: SIXTY SIX YEARS OF FIGHTING INNOCENCE! (Part 2 of 6)
The Ruse and the 13-Second Encounter
MISSOURI SHAMEFUL SECRET: SIXTY SIX YEARS OF FIGHTING INNOCENCE! (Part 2 of 6)
The Ruse and the 13-Second Encounter (Part 2 of 6)
The case of independent journalist, known as Bulletinman, Jeffrey Weinhaus highlights this systemic issue.
On September 11, 2012, Weinhaus was lured to a public gas station under the pretext of reclaiming computer equipment previously seized by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Within 13 seconds of exiting his vehicle, he was shot four times by Sergeant Henry James Folsom.
The initial conflict began when Sergeant Folsom questioned Weinhaus at his home regarding online videos challenging local judicial corruption. To bypass the lack of a subpoena, Folsom claimed to smell marijuana to secure a search warrant—a claim his partner, Corporal Mertens, testified he did not smell.
Weinhaus's pistol remained completely holstered throughout the entire encounter. Audio and video documentation prove he never drew his weapon, yet he was convicted of assault on law enforcement and sentenced to 30 years.
The calculated setup at the gas station was merely the violent culmination of a deeper, institutional disregard for the law. The physical ambush on September 11, 2012, was preceded by a systematic dismantling of legal boundaries, designed specifically to silence a dissenting journalistic voice.
Tomorrow, in Post 3, we expose the extrajudicial foundation of this case: how state actors bypassed explicit statutory mandates and federal press protections to execute an illegal raid, setting the stage for a near-fatal 13-second encounter.
[On July 11th, Jeffrey will have been locked up for 5,000 days. To mark this milestone, this series began yesterday and run consecutively up until the eve of that anniversary.]
— Vincent Easley II
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