A number of authorities officers on Thursday stormed right into a constructing on Amos Miller’s Lancaster County natural farm and performed an unlawful hours-long raid with out discover, finally leaving with a number of coolers containing the Amish farmer’s property.
The Lancaster Patriot reported the ‘search’ was carried out by the Pennsylvania Division of Agriculture workers with three Pennsylvania State policemen aiding them.
Because the outlet notes, a search warrant was issued Wednesday by Magisterial District Choose B. Denise Commins. It additionally included an affidavit of ‘possible trigger’ by Sheri Morris, Performing Bureau Director of Meals Security with the Pennsylvania Division of Agriculture.
Morris claims within the affidavit that Miller failed to file functions from the Pennsylvania Division of Agriculture “for registration, licensing, or allowing below the pertinent Retail Meals Facility Security Act, Meals Security Act, or Milk Sanitation Legal guidelines.”
As Gateway Pundit readers will later be taught on this piece, this reasoning is rubbish and rewards criminality.
The Lancaster Patriot obtained footage of the officers executing the search at Miller’s natural farm. Within the first video, a Patriot reporter is confronted by a cop and pushed outdoors as soon as they be taught he’s a media member.
The second video exhibits the bureaucrats milling round with one man carrying a small cooler of the farmer’s belongings.
WATCH:
BREAKING: Footage of search warrant being executed on Amos Miller’s natural farm operations in Lancaster County, PA. (For more information on the continuing saga, go to: https://t.co/uB5pbpnlhS) pic.twitter.com/U64ft05x0F
— The Lancaster Patriot (@TheLanPatriot) January 4, 2024
Footage of the search being performed inside Amos Miller’s natural farm retailer in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. pic.twitter.com/iKUDbo9CcR
— The Lancaster Patriot (@TheLanPatriot) January 4, 2024
The taxpayer-funded bureaucrats then make off with a superb chunk of Miller’s livelihood. On the 1:20 mark of the video beneath, they exit the constructing carrying a number of giant coolers containing property from the farm.
The officers additionally ignore the reporter when he tries to confront them.
Unique footage of state brokers leaving Amos Miller’s natural farm retailer, carrying off a few of his merchandise. pic.twitter.com/yVAHSmr1WH
— The Lancaster Patriot (@TheLanPatriot) January 4, 2024
A report of seized property supplied to Miller revealed the officers seized 37 varieties of meals, together with bitter cream, chocolate milk, ice cream, and eggnog. In addition they took meals from a walk-in cooler door, which incorporates a whole bunch of things and represents a good portion of Miller’s merchandise.
There may be in all probability an ulterior motive concerned within the raid. Miller detests Huge Agriculture, which is without doubt one of the greatest authorities monopolies and has discovered a marketplace for individuals who need sustainable and cleaner meals merchandise.
The merchandise at his farm are bought to members of his farm’s personal affiliation somewhat than most of the people. Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) suggests Miller was seemingly focused as a result of he dares to promote meals with out collaborating within the industrial meat advanced.
Appears to be like like Amos Miller’s farm is being raided.
With the entire issues in society at this time, that is what the federal government needs to concentrate on?
A person rising meals for knowledgeable prospects, with out collaborating within the industrial meat/milk advanced?
It’s shameful that it’s come to this. https://t.co/pWwjp6cgPh
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) January 4, 2024
Along with gadgets seized, they’re forbidding Miller from promoting the remaining merchandise, successfully ending his enterprise till additional discover. All of this has left him in dire monetary straits.
Please donate HERE to assist Miller combat again towards this authorities tyranny.
Miller’s lawyer, Robert Barnes, released the next assertion after the raid and concisely detailed how the jackbooted thugs broke a number of state guidelines to hold out the raid. He additionally famous Morris has a grudge towards unbiased farmers like Miller.
Immediately, the Division of Agriculture of the State of Pennsylvania out of the blue got here, with out discover, raided Amos’ farm, and detained the whole lot Amos had within the farm’s freezer. They did so in a lawless method, with out applicable authority, in violation of their very own guidelines and rules, regardless of by no means objecting to the prior resolutions reached with the federal authorities, and regardless of an entire failure by the state to even attain out to Amos’ identified counsel, Robert Barnes.
The state’s personal guidelines require advance discover, affordable time frames for inspections, and a exhibiting of credentials, none of which occurred right here. As an alternative, the state unlawfully obtained a search warrant, based mostly on materially false statements in an affidavit by a high-ranking state official in an company with a identified grievance towards unbiased farmers like Amos, and, after the raid and discovering no proof of wrongdoing, then illegally ordered detained each merchandise of meals in one among Amos Miller’s coolers, together with buffalo meat not even topic to federal regulation.
The detention order is patently unlawful below Pennsylvania regulation. Regardless of the fixed harassment, Amos will proceed to do all he legally can to offer the meals his members deeply want. Amos thanks you to your continued help at this crucial time for meals freedom in America.
