Here is Sam's victory call, right after he got kicked out:
Hello free staters! This is SamIam and the jail has just thrown me out. The forced me to agree to PR terms that I’m already in violation of, I told them I did not understand. That I did not agree to them. I did not sign them. I requested my attorney who’s going to be here in 10 minutes. And they pushed me out the door, in the orange close. I guess I get to keep them. And gave me all my stuff. I was escorted out. They would not explain anything or put anything in writing. They were told just to release me and so I’m out of jail. Thank you guys for everybody who’s helped me, sent letters, cards, emails, done all the things you had to do to support me along the way and I’m looking forward to getting back to life and challenging a lot of this in court. Thank you, glad to be out, looking forward to talking all soon. Goodbye.
PR stands for "Persona Recognizance." When Sam said he was already in violation of the PR terms, he was referring to the fact that the terms required that he not own fire-arms, for example. He could not agree to the terms because it would immediately result in his violating the terms upon agreement. He was unable to magically disown the guns he owned by agreeing to the terms, therefore, it would have been a violation.
The officials in the prison could not get him to sign the agreement so they read it to him and asked if he understood. Sam told them he did not understand, so he did not agree to the terms.
I've heard of release terms like this. Some require that the prisoner "agrees to obey all of the laws." How can anyone agree to that, especially someone who was originally in jail for civil disobedience? Sam risked being held longer if he didn't agree to the terms. Instead, they just kicked him out.
WOW! Way to stand your ground, Sam! If you'd like to read more of my writings about Sam, click here.
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