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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Oh my goodness. What was the penal code section they used..Never saw that one
That is just sick.
We called that a pond. Farmers had them for
Live stock. Some people
still do. What’s going on with
ThAt???
ah, the subtle face of communism
The people that think collecting Water Period is illegal need to go back to our founding fathers that did that to have it.. And those that did this to Gary are Terrorists and should be shot and or hung for trreason and running a Hitler type police state, And THIS IS AMERICA and we got rid of Hitler just like these IDIOTS should be gotten rid of IMMEDIATELY
Ivory says:
“That is NOT happening in “US law”…that is a 1925 Oregon state law. Focus…focus!!!”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/man-gets-30-days-jail-catching-rain-water-property/comment-page-11/#comment-322046
Focus is not Oregon in the US.. IN A COURT OF LAW WE CITE CASES TO MAKE A CASE ALL THE TIME.
This is so wrong,how much more is America going to take from this evil ,government?We The People need to take a stand,and now.
This is what happens when we let groups like the EPA make stupid laws. And dummy me thought that the only group that could make laws was congress!
Bill, read for comprehension. The US Congress has nothing to do with this fiasco, neither does Obama. That man was NOT convicted in a federal court, it was an Oregon state court. He was convicted of violating a 1925 Oregon state law.
stupid official idiots
If a kid opens his mouth during a rain storm to taste the drops of water would they put the child in jail?