An Oregon man, Gary Harrington, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail for of collecting rainwater – he surrendered Wednesday morning to begin serving his sentence.
This is how far gone our country is to a totalitarian state: a man can’t dig a big hole on his property and let rain fill it without going to jail.
Gary Harrington, the Oregon man convicted of collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his rural property surrendered Wednesday morning to begin serving his 30-day, jail sentence in Medford, Ore.
“I’m sacrificing my liberty so we can stand up as a country and stand for our liberty,” Harrington told a small crowd of people gathered outside of the Jackson County (Ore.) Jail.
Several people held signs that showed support for Harrington as he was taken inside the jail.
Harrington was found guilty two weeks ago of breaking a 1925 law for having, what state water managers called “three illegal reservoirs” on his property. He was convicted of nine misdemeanors, sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined over $1500 for collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his property.
The Oregon Water Resources Department, claims that Harrington has been violating the state’s water use law by diverting water from streams running into the Big Butte River.
But Harrington says he is not diverting the state’s water — merely collecting rainwater and snow melt that falls or flows on his own property.
Source: /cnsnews.com
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How come they have room in jail for this poor man and not freed rapists?
Tard Nation on the rise. Just keep putting these retartds in office.
What a pathetic law. and the judge is stupid for this.
$#%&!@*in MERICA
HOW DUMB AND WASTEFUL IS THIS THEY DON’T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO WITH THERE TIME
This country is going to the dogs in a hurry. Time to start getting rid of these morons that come up with these stupid laws
That’s way to radical
Pj, u don’t own water from sky. Neither does ANYBODY. If he made a device to catch on his land he pays for, it’s not “hoarding” as u call it. Now, if he was the ONLY one in a time of crisis and selling it for unreasonable costs, fine, put his ass in jail. Since Oregon has no crisis, hush ur mouth. Everyone has the means to catch their own water, they just have to stop being lazy. They need to grow up and stop relying on everyone else to give them the same things they have the abilities to get themselves.
on what charge
I don’t believe it !!!