Topic: Relieving the pain inflicted by the jackboot of the state upon young Zoe's neck - page 6. (Read 7513 times)

Non-apologetic bump to learn about address status.

Not tryin' to further bash you (seriously), bud, but me off to a video while fantasizing that the chick is one day younger than of legal age may also be considered a crime.

Note to self: Tape over cam and snip mic wires, otherwise they may have a case if they don't already.

Um, dude... no offense, okay? But can you fucking *read*?

This ain't Andy Griffith 1950's America with Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet anymore, man.  Pretty fucking far from it.  Suggest you go research and read up on CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE and etc, i.e. what's really going on, before commenting, right?

At the very least, follow the link to http://www.fear.org that Burt's wife posted prominently on their support page. Or go listen to the senate subcommittee hearing audio, posted earlier in this thread, about what's being attempted to be done to reform this shit.

The "AUTHORITIES" are COUNTING on the SAD FACT that un-informed observers LIKE YOU will simply ASSUME "the guy doesn't seem to be innocent" to TOTALLY COVER UP their extreme un-constitutional actions.

But it ain't supposed to be like that: in AMERICA - in theory - even if someone is actually guilty but the police violate their constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure in collecting the evidence to prove their guilt, THEY WALK FREE anyway.

YOUR ATTITUDE is *precisely* and nearly ONLY the entire reason THEY are getting away with this shit.

You're enabling it.  Wake the fuck up.

KEVIN

J, PM me when an official address is created, bud.

Is everyone assuming Burt was innocent in all of this? I mean, he wasn't bringing the heat on himself at all?

I realize what he did should not impact his daughter. The fact that they seized her money is bullshit. And if Burt's found innocent he can sue the police and get the money back.

There just seems to be a lot of automatic support for this guy but he doesn't seem to be completely innocent.

Been following the thread about BurtW and as the time progresses, my disgust to the law enforcement deepens. Civil forfeiture - why would those jackboots get the hard-earned money of an eight-year old kid? I mean, seriously, it is a different entity from her parents' money. I cannot believe what is happening to the law enforcement today. "Legal actions"? I don't think so. They are overstepping the lines of their so-called "duties" to the "law".

If you can provide an address, I would love to chuck in something for the kid.

I'll concur. If this were for a larger sum with the campaign having a longer duration time, then I would lean toward a vanity address. That said, J, just create an address that'll be in your sole control, and let's move forward. I sincerely doubt if there'll be more than a small handful of naysayers about the overall attempt expressing any discontent, albeit their views should be welcome sans laying into them too heavily, if that clause makes any sense, with apologies if I failed in that regard.

Yeah, I know that. And I generally agree, but for something like this that doesn't need to protect anonymity so much, and really just to make it kinda a little more FUN for the girl?  I figured maybe it was appropriate.

Anyway, either way = fine 4 me.

Just whoever's doing this let us know where to send the coin, I'm ready to click some over.

Maybe if we pull this off and get the money the jackboots STOLE from this little 8-year-old girl back to her, it can even generate some media coverage, stories, human-interest news articles to shine more light on what they've done to BURT and his FAMILY.

That'd show 'em... ha! Karma's a bitch 

KEVIN

Wait, they really stole 600 USD from a kid? whats the deal with this shit? That is insane, it sounds like it's off some movie.

Sounds horrible... maybe more regulation will fix this?

/sarcasm

I don't like vanity addresses. They're cute and all, but they reduce entropy.

I'd be happy to just FWD the bitcoin where ever needed but looks like my spelling on the vanity address was off anyway, LOL.  The way I spelled it kinda sounds like zowwwie (rhyme with Maui) -- I guess I should've googled first:

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100103210237AATBdGi

Anyway if we wanna make a vanity address for this, it's easy enough for whoever's ultimately in charge of handling it to do so with VanityGen ( https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Vanitygen ) same as I did it, so that way I don't have to be trusted with the private key at first.

Happy to help either way, just let me know & I'm ready to send some BTC to the fund for little Zoe ("Zoey?") as soon as it's ready.

KEVIN

Top Post Edit: Goal Met.

As of 2015 Jun 15, we have hit the goal of $600.00 (the stated approximate confiscation by the jackboots). Thank you all for your donations.

I'll update the donator's list with what I can sort out, provide pictorial proof of existence of Federal Reserve Notes, with 'kicker' paper wallet including prominent funding address, and deliver all the above to Zoe in the next day or three.

In the meantime, see today's postings in this thread for suggestions for an inscription to include.

Thanks to everyone who selflessly pitched in. And thanks to Gleb for kicking this whole project off.

It'll be up to Burt and Jean as to whether there will be a public acknowledgement of this gesture. But Jean has posted contact info at BurtW.com - you can always ask if you suspect anything might be amiss.

Watch this space for the next step...

OK, 2015 Jun 16 update. Stop donating to original address. Any further donations should be sent to https://blockchain.info/address/1KayK9cRSUHXLcs3kjyu1sbcJpUrdsk2Ei, which is a paper wallet that will be given in paper wallet form, along with the cash raised.

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Please see the 'BurtW arrested' thread (link below) for background.

https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10733040

Summary: In its bloodlust to lash out at a person trading bitcoins for their personal use, the behemoth of the state has stolen assets of an innocent family. Caught up in this is the family's eight year old daughter - the jackboot thugs stole her piggy bank, along with approximately $600 -- her entire life savings.

One would think that, once BurtW is exonerated, Zoe would get her savings back. But the tyrants are employing the legalistic theft doctrine of so-called 'civil forfeiture' to simply steal the funds, which leaves no meaningful recourse for recovering the funds. Easy as stealing candy from a baby. (no shit - look it up if you're not familiar with this travesty of injustice).

Bruno has suggested a donation fund, with the goal of restoring young Zoe's hard-earned money.

Having lived the nightmare of dozens of masked men, bearing guns and full riot gear, burst into her home and abuse and terrify her family, Zoe may never again trust anyone in law enforcement. However, we may be able to restore a little of her faith in the basic goodness of most of humanity.


Hey Bruno - I'd be happy to do so. Bear in mind that, despite my long time involvement here on bitcointalk, I have never escrowed anything for anybody. Accordingly, there is the issue of having to trust me.

Alternatively, we could create a multisig address, which would distribute the trust. However, that's another thing that I've never done, and it would take a bit for me to figure it out. This time could run in parallel with a discussion of whom within the community should be signatories (keyholders) to the multisig address.

Thirdly, we can employ kevinlarr's addy. But then the community would need to trust both of us. In this case, it is likely better to leave it in the sole custody of kevinlarr, though I could still ensure the fiat gets to Zoe. Incidentally, while I have met Zoe -- even bought girl scout cookies from her on more than one occasion -- I am unsure of the spelling of her name. However, I have no reason currently to think that is is other than the most common 'Zoe' derivation.

So I ask anyone likely to donate to weigh in -- in this thread -- on which of these options they would prefer.

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Edit:

Following is the address for donations - see https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.10752541 for details.

1FvX81SxjLLvFymFVDH3Z4LXA87jVU6EaH OK, 2015 Jun 16 update. Stop donating to original address. Any further donations should be sent to https://blockchain.info/address/1KayK9cRSUHXLcs3kjyu1sbcJpUrdsk2Ei, which is a paper wallet that will be given in paper wallet form, along with the cash raised.

Donators include:
jbreher
Gleb Gamow
kevinlarr
frankenmint
seven others that have not declared
pawel7777
more unidentified
jonald_fyookball
BitUsher
hedgy73