This is the attachment from Joe's second email. It explains much of what I
heard on the video that I would have been able to understand if I could have
seen it.
Miriam
W
ORK UNIT
MSP STATE CAPITOL COUNTY
Ingham
COMPLAINANT
PATROL TELEPHONE NO.
ADDRESS: STREET AND NO.
100 N CAPITOL STREET CITY
LANSING STATE
MI ZIP CODE
48933-
INCIDENT STATUS
OPEN
RESISTING & OBSTRUCTING POLICE
SUMMARY:
On Thursday, September 17, 2015 at approximately 1100 hours, State
Properties Security Officers were assigned to the 25th Anniversary Americans
Disability Act Celebration event at the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan.
At the start of the event, a group of counter protesters arrived at the
State Capitol to disrupt the speakers of the event. My subsequent
investigation led to the following information and the arrest of Paul Joseph
Harcz Jr. for Resisting and Obstructing Police.
VENUE:
INGHAM COUNTY , LANSING
100 N CAPITOL AVE
AT OR NEAR: MICHIGAN AVE
DATE & TIME:
THU, SEP 17, 2015 AT 1045
COMPLAINANT:
Michigan State Police - Capitol Post
ARRIVAL OF COUNTER PROTEST GROUP:
Shortly before 1100 hours, the counter protest group arrived at the State
Capitol and started approaching the event by walking down the center walkway
towards the Austin Blair statute. Sergeant Henriquez advised that they
were not allowed to disrupt the event in any way shape or form and advised
to keep their distance from the event. An unknown white female, (later
identified as Eleanor Canter) advised that this was not okay to do and that
they were going to go take their seats next to the stage.
LEAD COUNTER PROTESTER #1:
NAM: ELEANOR CANTER
RAC: W ETH:
NBR: DIR: SEX: F OPS:
STR: DOB: SSN:
SFX: HGT: SID:
CTY: ST: WGT: FBI:
TXH: ZIP: HAI: MNU:
TXW: EYE: PRN:
LEAD COUNTER PROTESTER #2:
NAM: BRIAN DIAN
RAC: W ETH:
NBR: DIR: SEX: M OPS:
STR: DOB: SSN:
SFX: HGT: SID:
CTY: ST: WGT: FBI:
TXH: ZIP: HAI: MNU:
TXW: EYE: PRN:
EVENTS OF THE COUNTER PROTEST GROUP:
At this time Sergeant Held approached the group at the Austin Blair statue
and provided the group with a copy of the State Capitol rules. Held also
advised that this was a reserved event. As Sergeant Held started to explain
to them the areas that were reserved, an unknown white, visually impaired
male (later identified as Paul Joseph Harcz Jr.) interrupted him and asked
who he was and what he was handing out. Held proceeded to identify himself
as "Sgt. Jeff Held of the Michigan State Police."
Eleanor Canter stated that her group was not there to do "anything violent."
Canter stated that they were "only there to use their voices and we have not
even done anything yet." Sergeant Held advised the group that they were
allowed to use their voices at the Austin Blair statue. When Canter asked
Held if they were allowed to go into the event, Held advised that they could
not, but were allowed to protest at the Austin Blair statue. At this time,
Harcz Jr. started to get verbally aggressive and the rest of the counter
protest group started to protest and chant, "You can't block us" and "Let us
in!"
At approximately 1101 hours, Sergeant Held instructed Officers Cook, Munoz,
Davis, Thomas, and myself (Officer George) to stand in a line to prevent the
counter protesters from disrupting the event. For the next several minutes,
the counter protest group protested with loud chants in an attempt to
overpower the speakers that were addressing the event. At the end of the
chant, Harcz chanted, "Let us in you son of a bitches!" The counter protest
continued to chant for several minutes in another attempt to over power the
speakers at the event.
At approximately 1105 hours, Harcz speaks to Canter and tells her that he is
"Going to see if he will arrest me." A few seconds later, Harcz then turns
towards Canter and says "Are you ready, I am going in." Harcz then turned
to the counter protest group behind him and yelled, "Anybody want to go in?"
Harcz then turned back towards my direction and says, "If this cop arrests
us, then he is in violation of our civil rights. He is in violation of
everything." Harcz then went on to say, "All right you ready? Lets roll."
Canter then proceeded to ask if we wanted to talk about this one more time.
While Sergeant Henriquez was explaining to Canter that they are allowed to
be on the grounds of the State Capitol, but they are not allowed to be in
the event and be disrupting, I overheard an unknown white male tell Harcz
that he needed to "wait for the reporters to get here." Harcz proceeded to
be verbally aggressive towards Sergeant Henriquez about how the Michigan
State Police were violating his civil rights.
At approximately 1107 hours, Harcz states, "Okay, I am just going. If they
arrest me, fuck them!" Canter then says to Harcz, "Okay Joe, good luck!"
It is to be noted that Harcz was called Joe by his fellow counter
protesters. Harcz then proceeded to push past me several times before
asking Canter if she was "filming this." Once Canter stated that she was,
Harcz attempted to push me out of the way by using his body aggressively.
Once Harcz realized that he was not going to break the line with me, he
attempted to do the same thing with Officer Davis. At this time, Harcz
became very agitated and yelled, "Don't block my access." The counter
protest group then started the chant of "Shame on you," when I heard Harcz
call one of the officers on the line a "fucker."
At approximately 1110 hours, a white gentleman videotaping the incident with
his Apple iPhone (identified by the group as Brian Dian), asked Sergeant
Henriquez who the commanding officer is. Sergeant Henriquez advised that he
would get a hold of the commanding officer. A short time later, Harcz
turned towards Canter and told her that he was going in. He then stated
that he wanted to do it and to let them do it. Harcz then stated that
"these bastards are blocking my civil rights."
At approximately 1115 hours, the counter protest group started several loud
chants in another attempt to disrupt the speakers at the event. When one
speaker made a comment about getting a photo with your friends, Harcz
yelled, "Screw your photo. How about you take a photo of this." At this
point, Harcz lifted up his left arm and gave the speaker the middle finger.
At approximately 1119 hours, the event started to play the National Anthem
and the counter protest group started chanting very loud to disrupt the
event. At this time, we placed two metal barricades between us and the
counter protest group. The counter protest group continued to chant very
loud during the duration of the National Anthem. At one point a member of
the event came up to the counter protest group and told them that they were
being very disrespectful. Brian then yelled, "Fuck you! Our civil rights
are being violated."
For the next several minutes the counter protesters continued to protest and
chant extremely loud everytime a speaker got up on the stage. At
approximately 1123 hours, Harcz turns to Canter and says, "Fuck it. I'm
going." Canter then replies, "I doubt it. They put up a bunch of
barricades." At this point, Harcz takes his cane and realizes that a
barricade was put into place. Harcz becomes very agitated and yells, "Tear
down the barriers. Tear down the barriers. Tear down the barriers. Tear
down the barriers."
At approximately 1124 hours, Harcz turns towards Brian and asks him, "Are
you filming?". Brian then replied, "Yes" and Harcz stated, "I'm going.
Fuck it. You can't stop me from going." At this point Harcz walks towards
the barricades with aggression in an attempt to get through. Harcz finds
the end of the barricade, nearest the Austin Blair statute, and uses his
body and arms to push me out of the way. It is to be noted that Harcz is
now on the same side of the barricades as the Capitol Security Officers.
As I hold on to the barricade with my left hand, Harcz becomes more
aggressive and attempts to push his way passed me again. At this time,
Sergeant Henriquez approaches Harcz and tells him repeatedly that he is not
going to be disruptive to the event. Harcz then pushes Sergeant Henriquez
out of the way in an attempt to get passed the remaining Capitol Security
Officers. At this time, Sergeant Henriquez grabs a hold of Harcz left arm
to arrest him for assaulting two police officers and Harcz begins to resist.
Officer Davis then used his hands to block Harcz from swinging and hitting
him with the cane. Officer Davis then grabs Harcz' right arm to remove him
from the crowd and barricades.
Once away from the barricades, Officer Thomas grabbed ahold of Harcz' left
arm so that Sergeant Henriquez could handcuff and double check tension.
Once Harcz was secured in handcuffs, Officer Davis and Sergeant Henriquez
attempted to walk Harcz into the State Capitol. However, Harcz decided not
to cooperate with commands and dragged his feet, making it difficult for
Sergeant Henriquez and Officer Davis to escort him into the State Capitol
detachment office. The counter protesters continued to protest until
approximately 1400 hours without any further incident.
IMPLEMENTATION OF BARRICADES:
The implementation of the barricades were due to the fact that the Michigan
State Police is responsible for providing a safe environment at the State
Capitol for all individuals wishing to express their Constitutional rights
of free speech. Due to safety concerns for the event, barricades were
utilized to keep opposing groups separated, while allowing all in attendance
to safely express their views. It is to be noted both groups were provided
with sight and sound accommodations.
ARRESTED:
NAM: PAUL JOSEPH HARCZ JR
RAC: W ETH:
NBR: 1365 DIR: E SEX: M OPS:
STR: MOUNT MORRIS DOB: 12/13/1952 SSN:
SFX: ROAD HGT: 5'06" SID:
CTY: MOUNT MORRIS ST: MI WGT: 150 FBI:
TXH: ZIP: 48458 HAI: BLK MNU:
TXW: EYE: HAZ PRN:
MB: (810)516-5262
CHARGE:
4801 POLICE OFFICER-ASSAULT/RESIST/OBSTRUCT 750.81d(1)
HANDCUFFED/SEARCHED:
See Supplemental Report #1 for more information.
TRANSPORTED AND LODGED:
Paul Joseph Harcz Jr. was transported and lodged at the Lansing City Jail
for Resisting and Obstructing a Police Officer.
PHOTOGRAPH & FINGERPRINTED:
Paul Joseph Harcz Jr. was photographed and fingerprinted at the Lansing City
Jail. TCN#: K815108387W.
BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE:
The event was recorded using Department issued body cameras #15, #17, #18
and #19.
PAUL JOSEPH HARCZ JR'S CCH:
Paul Joseph Harcz Jr.'s CCH will be forwarded to the Ingham County
Prosector's Office. It shows a conviction for Receiving and Concealing back
in 1972
WARRANT REQUEST & WITNESS LIST:
Both documents will be forwarded to the Ingham County Prosector's Office.
STATUS:
Open - Pending Ingham County Prosecutor Review.