In Memory of Wilbur Streett Whose Life was Shortened at the Hands of the Child Support Gestapo

In Memory of Wilbur Streett

Whose Life was Shortened at the Hands

of the Child Support Gestapo

From: David A. Roberts
Subject: In Memorial -- Wilbur Streett

I first met Wilbur several years ago, before the first time the goons of the New Jersey family court circus beat him up over a totally bogus child support arrest warrant. Wilbur had been paying according to the terms of a court order, but the goons of the New Jersey child support office demanded that he pay a different way. When Wilbur continued to pay according to the court order, they refused to credit the payments, declared him in arrears, and got a rubber stamp arrest warrant issued. When they came to his door and Wilbur asked what this was about, the deputies simply pushed in his door and assaulted him, right in front of his daughter, who was also there.

I still have a haunting picture of Wilbur taken shortly after his release a few days later. He had a black eye and bruises all over his face. They claimed that Wilbur "resisted arrest", but Wilbur was a strapping six footer with a black belt in martial arts in perfect health (at that time), and if he had resisted arrest the most likely result is that none of the deputies would have walked away from it. But none of the deputies were injured at all, only Wilbur. As I recall that was on a Wednesday. Wilbur was released on the next Saturday after the child support agency admitted that he didn't owe any money.

Things went from bad to worse after that as the deputies lied their ass off to cover up their assault, and the child support agency colluded with the courts to concoct more bogus arrearage to continually issue more bogus arrest warrants despite the fact that Wilbur had never in his life failed to appear in court on any summons, and to my knowledge was never behind in child support until the continual legalistic assaults of the goons destroyed his ability to make a living.

I helped bail Wilbur out a couple of times, and talked to his wife and his parents several times. Understandably they were quite distressed at the situation as Wilbur became locked in conflict with these goons, who were obviously trying to simply "bury" Wilbur under a mountain of legalistic cow poop. I tried to encourage Wilbur to find a way to de-escalate the conflict, and I think Wilbur tried his best to do that, although he had a strong idealistic streak in him about the Constitution and what ought to be a seamless majesty of law and justice in the courts that made it hard for him to compromise with what he perceived as absolute evil and corruption. His mother who had lived under the Nazis in WWII said this reminded her of that, and she was shocked that this was happening in America.

At a certain point his second wife bailed out on him, saying, "I just can't take it any more." To an extent that is understandable, but she went too far when she apparently got mixed up with radical feminist types who encouraged her to file bogus restraining orders, etc. Through it all, Wilbur tried his best to maintain contact with his daughter from his first marriage, who wanted to live with Wilbur instead of her mother (I have emails from her to prove this).

Wilbur's death is a classic case of the anti-father bigotry and ignorance, and the sheer brutality of the family court circus and the child support Gestapo destroying a second family after it destroyed the first. These goons could care less that both mothers and the children are worse off after they destroyed Wilbur, because all the goons really care about is keeping federal money flowing from misguided federal subsidies and incentives that fuel the War on Fathers.

There have been many casualties in the War on Fathers, many of them horror stories at least as bad as what happened to Wilbur, such as Brian Armstrong who was beaten to death in a New Hamphire jail by the child support Gestapo, a crime that "the system" covered up. Wilbur did his best to seek justice for Brian (which never came), console his family, and keep his memory alive. We will do the same for Wilbur.

One of the best ideas that I've seen would be to demand a federal "Wilbur's Law" that prohibits imprisonment for child support debt, and bans warrants for arrest or seizure of property "except upon probable cause" (does anyone remember the 4th Amendment?). The worst abuse of the child support Gestapo in Wilbur's final arrest is that they had to know or should have known of Wilbur's deteriorating medical condition, and that therefore any arrearage at that time could not have been because of contempt of court, and therefore whoever signed that warrant was guilty of reckless disregard for the truth and/or malicious and gross negligence causing wrongful death.

They also knew or should have known enough about Wilbur's character by that time, to know that if they had simply issued a subpoena, that there is not the slightest chance that Wilbur would not have appeared in court if he could possibly have made it. If anyone was guilty of contempt of court here, it was the judge who signed the bogus final warrant that the goons of the child support Gestapo churned out. If that judge and those goons had a tenth of the regard for the Constitution and due process that Wilbur had, they should now arrest themselves and stay in jail until they purge their souls of their contempt for the Constitution and due process that Wilbur fought for to his last breath.

Wilbur's spirit was like a blazing star in the fight for truth and justice that passed from us too soon. Wilbur's fighting spirit will never die, but lives on in the memories of those who knew him, and can only re-double our determination to fight on to inevitable final victory in the cause for which he gave the last full measure of devotion. He's gone to be with the others in a better place now. But the next time I see a comet in the night sky, I'll know that it was sent to remind us of a spirit that those who knew Wilbur can never forget.

David A. Roberts

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	From: David A. Roberts Subject: In Memorial -- Wilbur Streett I first met Wilbur several years ago, before the first time the goons of the New Jersey family court circus beat him up over a totally bogus child support arrest warrant. Wilbur had been paying according to the terms of a court order, but the goons of the New Jersey child support office demanded that he pay a different way. When Wilbur continued to pay according to the court order, they refused to credit the payments, declared him in arrears, and got a rubber stamp arrest warrant issued. When they came to his door and Wilbur asked what this was about, the deputies simply pushed in his door and assaulted him, right in front of his daughter, who was also there. I still have a haunting picture of Wilbur taken shortly after his release a few days later. He had a black eye and bruises all over his face. They claimed that Wilbur "resisted arrest", but Wilbur was a strapping six footer with a black belt in martial arts in perfect health (at that time), and if he had resisted arrest the most likely result is that none of the deputies would have walked away from it. But none of the deputies were injured at all, only Wilbur. As I recall that was on a Wednesday. Wilbur was released on the next Saturday after the child support agency admitted that he didn't owe any money. Things went from bad to worse after that as the deputies lied their ass off to cover up their assault, and the child support agency colluded with the courts to concoct more bogus arrearage to continually issue more bogus arrest warrants despite the fact that Wilbur had never in his life failed to appear in court on any summons, and to my knowledge was never behind in child support until the continual legalistic assaults of the goons destroyed his ability to make a living. I helped bail Wilbur out a couple of times, and talked to his wife and his parents several times. Understandably they were quite distressed at the situation as Wilbur became locked in conflict with these goons, who were obviously trying to simply "bury" Wilbur under a mountain of legalistic cow poop. I tried to encourage Wilbur to find a way to de-escalate the conflict, and I think Wilbur tried his best to do that, although he had a strong idealistic streak in him about the Constitution and what ought to be a seamless majesty of law and justice in the courts that made it hard for him to compromise with what he perceived as absolute evil and corruption. His mother who had lived under the Nazis in WWII said this reminded her of that, and she was shocked that this was happening in America. At a certain point his second wife bailed out on him, saying, "I just can't take it any more." To an extent that is understandable, but she went too far when she apparently got mixed up with radical feminist types who encouraged her to file bogus restraining orders, etc. Through it all, Wilbur tried his best to maintain contact with his daughter from his first marriage, who wanted to live with Wilbur instead of her mother (I have emails from her to prove this). Wilbur's death is a classic case of the anti-father bigotry and ignorance, and the sheer brutality of the family court circus and the child support Gestapo destroying a second family after it destroyed the first. These goons could care less that both mothers and the children are worse off after they destroyed Wilbur, because all the goons really care about is keeping federal money flowing from misguided federal subsidies and incentives that fuel the War on Fathers. There have been many casualties in the War on Fathers, many of them horror stories at least as bad as what happened to Wilbur, such as Brian Armstrong who was beaten to death in a New Hamphire jail by the child support Gestapo, a crime that "the system" covered up. Wilbur did his best to seek justice for Brian (which never came), console his family, and keep his memory alive. We will do the same for Wilbur. One of the best ideas that I've seen would be to demand a federal "Wilbur's Law" that prohibits imprisonment for child support debt, and bans warrants for arrest or seizure of property "except upon probable cause" (does anyone remember the 4th Amendment?). The worst abuse of the child support Gestapo in Wilbur's final arrest is that they had to know or should have known of Wilbur's deteriorating medical condition, and that therefore any arrearage at that time could not have been because of contempt of court, and therefore whoever signed that warrant was guilty of reckless disregard for the truth and/or malicious and gross negligence causing wrongful death. They also knew or should have known enough about Wilbur's character by that time, to know that if they had simply issued a subpoena, that there is not the slightest chance that Wilbur would not have appeared in court if he could possibly have made it. If anyone was guilty of contempt of court here, it was the judge who signed the bogus final warrant that the goons of the child support Gestapo churned out. If that judge and those goons had a tenth of the regard for the Constitution and due process that Wilbur had, they should now arrest themselves and stay in jail until they purge their souls of their contempt for the Constitution and due process that Wilbur fought for to his last breath. Wilbur's spirit was like a blazing star in the fight for truth and justice that passed from us too soon. Wilbur's fighting spirit will never die, but lives on in the memories of those who knew him, and can only re-double our determination to fight on to inevitable final victory in the cause for which he gave the last full measure of devotion. He's gone to be with the others in a better place now. But the next time I see a comet in the night sky, I'll know that it was sent to remind us of a spirit that those who knew Wilbur can never forget. David A. Roberts Please forward this message to any place you feel is appropriate.
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