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Public commenters tell Belknap County commissioners they plan litigation over alleged constitutional violations
Summary
Two civil-rights advocates accused county courts and child-welfare processes of constitutional violations and urged the board to report alleged crimes to the FBI; commissioners acknowledged the remarks but no formal investigation or staff directive was recorded.
During the public-comment period, two self-identified civil-rights advocates delivered extended statements alleging systemic constitutional violations and asking the county to take action.
Tanawa Downey (self-identified in the record) told commissioners that charging by information rather than by grand-jury indictment is unlawful and said he was "prepared to litigate this to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of more than 700,000 people that are currently imprisoned across America illegally and unconstitutionally." He urged the…
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