Occupied Clearwater - The Emmons Files - Brian Anderson's Schizophrenic Diatribes

December 5, 1997

Dear Sid,

Your letter, which I received from Wayne Shellor [sic] as he was handing it out to the media--is artful in its avoidance of answering any of my questions.

What you call fantasy are statements from an individual who actually saw your police officers engaging in the conduct I described. If you were an objective policy body, then you would not discount the statements I make to you prior to any investigation.

As Ben Shaw informed Frank Daly, he was at court during the a.m. getting a Restraining Order in order to protect our Church and could not avail himself of the 10 a.m. meeting. However, true to our word, we did nothing to interfere with the protest by the half-a-dozen low-lifes who were paid to fly in from out of town and who received the unqualified support of your department.

I saw your statment on last evening's news where you state we promised not to do a counter-demonstration. We never said any such thing. We said we would not interfere with your poisonous, disingenuous paid-for out-of-town crew of stragglers, many of whom have been enjoined for violating our rights. And we kept our word. What we did do is our own demonstration and apparently you disagree with our right to do so.

We're citizens of Clearwater and considering that we're a thousand Scientologists for every one of the paid-for dissidents, and considering the Scientologists were from Clearwater whom you are entrusted to protect, I find it quite odd that you would instead attend the demonstration by the half-dozen and not ours of thousands that concerned you and your activities, by the people who were actually Lisa's friends and who did know her. You think it's unfair that our protest was far larger than the one held by your friends? If so, then you think every single Scientologist does not have the combined rights of a few anti-Scientology haters.

To repeat:

a) None of the "protesters" (actually hired guns who received an all-expense paid trip to Florida) are citizens of Clearwater.

b) None of the half-dozen ever knew Lisa McPherson.

c) There was nothing to attend at their march as there was a blackout at our facilities and they were able to do their demonstration and talk to an empty wall and since nobody was listening to them (save you), there was no chance of a confrontation.

Maybe you fail to see the significance of that. Scientologists are not interested in hearing from them. (And "Scientologist", as far as you should be concerned, is spelled Clearwater citizen I am entrusted to serve.) Instead, you had 4 to 5 thousand Scientologists, thousands of whom actually knew Lisa McPherson and considered her their friend, who themselves were showing their respect for their loved friend. They were protesting the sick scandal you have forwarded and created concerning her life and what she stood for and tarnishing the religion she loved, despite the likes of you and your two-decade pattern of discrimination. Missed by you and your Police Dpartment is that she was our friend. You never once sent your condolences of her death to us.

And let's make no mistake--you were not her friend, never considered her yours, and never once did anything to her benefit. For years Lisa McPherson spearheaded efforts to create a Winter Wonderland for the local community. And for those same amount of years, she could never get anybody, not you, not the St. Petersburg Times, to acknowledge her work both as an individual and a Scientologist. She was involved in anti-drug efforts including an attempt to team up with the city which your department gleefully torpedoed, because she was a Scientologist, while drug abuse today goes unchecked and nobody else is trying to confront it. That you claim to care about her or what she worked for is utterly despicable.

Further, you state that your activities with these out-of-towners should not be considered unusual. I certainly consider it unusual that the press conference was closed-door (is that your idea of the First Amendment?) and Scientologists were prevented from attending by off-duty, uniformed police officers. That press conference was also attended, as spectators, by the likes of Detective Miller. On the other hand, we held a press conference, that was open door, and none of your police attended. You call that objective?

And if you'd like another example of the pattern of harassment, let's consider the intelligence reports we received through the Sunshine Act, demonstrating that officers of the Clearwater Police while allegedly engaged in some sort of "inspection", in fact were stealing Church materials. Or better yet, how about the police files we received evidencing that the complaints of Scientologists were filed not by their names, but in a collective "Scientologist" file? And flipping through them shows a constant and repeated phrase "No Action Taken". Even more interesting is the example of an individual stealing funds from the Church, thousands of dollars, all officially and properly reported to your department. In this instance, your Department did act on it, found the offending party, congratulated her and sent her on her way with a pat on the back and the money she stole.

Now I've given you examples. And they're specific. More important, you already knew about them since they come from your files and so are being dishonest when you tell the media we've never come forth with evidence. The fact is, we've had to squeeze it out of you and considering you are a government body--you are the one who should be forthcoming.

Finally, let me dispel the false validity and premise of your communication. You seem to think it's not extra-legal to have meetings with out-of-town protesters, organized up by an individual paying these people and think it's only appropriate that you meet with those individuals to ensure there are no incidents. You even suggested we delay opening Winter Wonderland and the Pinellas Trail, things which benefit the entire community, to cater to the more recently planned activities of these out-of-towners, paid to stage a sham "vigil"? You are the Clearwater Police. We are citizens and Pinellas Trail and Winter Wonderland are for all people of Clearwater--yet it ranks low on your priority list? It's obvious who the cuase of any non-peaceful incident would be--the out-of-towners. Especially since one of their half-dozen includes a man twice arrested by the LAPD in the last month and who literally bit a Scientologist when his harassment and violation of restraining orders were being stopped!

This entire dialogue you are attempting to engage me and the Church in, concerning "potential" incidents and some possibility of confrontation, just demonstrates your bigotry. You have no incidents in history of the Church stirring up acts of violence. Yet, you'll clearly remember the violence incited in the early eighties where citizens were stoked up by hate to drive by our property throwing beer bottles and the like. Never once do we remember the police investigating those people. Why should they? You were leading the hate campaign so must have been cheering when it occurred.

But more to the point is this: You had a demonstration of 4 to 5 thousand Scientologists. And while there was no "special meeting" with your police force beforehand, there were also no incidents or acts of violence. Real, honest, law-abiding, peaceful citizens such as you have in Clearwater with Scientologists don't require special coordination sessions with the intelligence officers of the Clearwater Police Department. It is highly unlikely that you could have had 4 to 5 thousand paid-for out-of-towners engaged in a mass protest of the nature you witnessed, without an incident. And that says everything about the Church of Scientology and its real morals. Actions speak louder than words.

It was so evident that you were upset that we ignored the handful of ridiculous hate-mongers who could care less about Lisa McPherson and who weren't her friends, while thousands of her actual friends did march with candlelight in her true memory. You were at the tiny protest while we were at your office. We heard the dialogue.

What you haven't done is give me straight answers to the questions in my previous letter. I want assurances that you aren't destroying evidence. If you aren't and if you are also maintaining internal records of all meetings, clandestine or otherwise, then just say so. Your letter is clear evidence why an Internal Affairs Department is needed for police forces. You have jumped to the defense of your force and yourself without answering me directly. Hyperbole--calling things my fantasy--are not good enough. Saying something didn't happen because you think you were sneaky enough in preventing the information getting to me does not mean it didn't happen.

Sid--do you know how ridiculous you sound when you fail to simply deny the allegations I've made? And specifically, when you call them fantasy, yet Vaughn Young was deposed, under oath, just a few weeks ago and it is from him personally that we find out about your department's secretive "consultation" with him. By the way, Vaughn Young testified in that deposition that he gets paid for all his anti-Scientology statements. It should also interest you that not only is he not a citizen of Clearwater, he never was, and never knew Lisa McPherson. Or does that make him the ideal "witness" from your perspective? And why was your force showing him documents? Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Is it of interest to you that Vaughn Young just obtained a new house which cost $230,000 and was paid for by Robert Minton--the very same individual who paid the expenses of all of the half dozen or so "protesters" that "demonstrated" at our property? Does that connection not bother you? Or that Robert Minton is also funding the sham McPherson civil case by her aunt who couldn't apparently wait for Lisa's mother to die to file suit and who now asks for 80 million dollars even though admitting she cared so much for Lisa she never once had a conversation with her during her adult life and was never close to her? And how did she connect up with the local ambulance chase, Dandar--responsible for 3,000 cases in the local area--when solicitation is illegal? Or is it coincidental that Dandar is certainly familiar with Deputy Mazier, while Dandar acts like he doesn't even know who he is? Why would Dandar pretend he didn't know Mazier if there was nothing to hide? Could it be the same reason he acted like Mickey the Dunce when questioned about Minton funding his case, then threatend to just allege, like a little boy, a Scientologist was providing our legal funding in defense of that case (a total lie) only to be forced to admit Minton is providing funding when he had to answer in court? If these don't strike you as odd, there is something wrong with the police school that's being run. It's the very sort of connection any police officer looks for. Look up "motive" in your police manual and we're sure you'll find something that covers the credibility of a witness when he's being paid by the same individual funding all of these activites and making them seem "objective". Or is it simply that you are participating in that civil case and knew all about Minton long before we discovered it?

Let's put it this way--what would you think if the Church paid a half a dozen individuals to come "protest" at your house or your Church and until you discovered it, they pretended to be just a bunch of "random" and "concerned" individuals? I can only imagine the sort of conversation you would be having behind your closed doors. And it wouldn't be nice.

As for Lisa McPherson--your police department has done everything in its power to turn this into an international incident and considering the crimes that are committed in that city on a routine basis--none of them involving Scientology and none receiving the attention of this unfortunate death--you'd have to be from another planet to think your clear bias against the Church is not manifest in your force's obsession with us.

Indeed, let's again take the example of the paid-for protesters appearing at your home and Church. What if they were many individuals who you had already obtained injunctions against and who had been found liable in courts of law for violating your rights? What would you think if the police ignored that fact and instead gave them even more credibility since you'd already obtained such injunctions?

We have functions many times throughout the year with thousands of parishioners. If you could be objective and maintain yourself and not demonstrate your hatred in their presence--something Scientologists could easily do with you as proven last night--then you'd be invited and could see what we're really like. You'd see we are a proud people, with high ethics level who are doing more than our share to make this a better world. For decades you've ignored that and instead latch onto any rumor and hateful invective you can find, ignoring the fact that each of your sources are paid or otherwise financially motivated to say what they're saying.

How can you ignore the simple fact that all of those "protesters"--what pitiful few there were--(despite the weeks of organization and preparation in coordination with your department, despite the fact they are not even from the city, despite the fact they never knew the person they are talking about, were all paid to stage this charade?

We are more than willing to have a meeting with the police department if there were any chance of getting you to put aside your bias. In fact, we tried to in the face of your horrible defeat regarding the illegal ordinance, even seeing if we could somehow have you save face. You refused. But take our view: You're the Chief of Police. Just assuming your real interest is in maintaining the peace during any sort of protest, then you should have been attending ours. After all, what's more likely to cause an incident--a gathering of thousands in full view at the police department or a gathering of half a dozen, all by themselves, to a darkened building, with nobody even watching, except you? We would have welcomed your attendance at our gathering. It seems out-of-towners secretly paid to travel to Clearwater command more of your attention. Or, maybe the fact is you know how peaceful Scientologists are and never once were concerned about an incident even though thousands were outside your headquarters? And that's what I really believe. You know we would not ever possibly be anything but peaceful, but somehow know those half-dozen out-of-towners might cause an incident. That is, after all, what we were told their plan was.

Since nothing happened at either event, maybe you would have been more productive to get in your squad car and go down to the beach and open your eyes for the 2-seconds it would take to find a drug deal going down. Scientologists would gladly help you and your force clean up that problem. But in no event does your attendance--the Chief!--in a darkened lot with a darkened building, with half a dozen stragglers make any sense. At least not to the objective viewer.

Stop acting like I'm trying to stir up controversy. We have a several-year record of doing everything in our power to create friendly community relations and when you resort to petty tactics like having your officers posted full-time to ticket our parishioners in our parking lots, your words ring very hollow. Don't be so bold in believing this is going unnoticed just because the St. Pete Times is forwarding the campaign of hate. After all, they helped forward the unconstitutional ordinance in the early eighties which the federal court shredded as patently unconstitutional. They continue to attempt to stir up trouble in Clearwater, acting as if we are at odds with the whole city. They even did it in today's edition. While running slanted coverage, day after day, editorials unsighed while refusing to allow us to place ours, they now act like the protest harkened back to the early '80s. What, when illegal acts were being taken against us with their full support? If that's what they mean, then I guess they're right. What we're protesting is the continued bigotry and special treatment despite despite the clear views of the courts after we were forced to litigate for years at huge expense to both us and the city. The St. Pete Times wants conflict in the entire city. Our protest was anything but. And by the way, I didn't see any beer bottles thrown even though we know the St. Pete Times enjoyed it when that happened to us. I'm sure, however, they think our peaceful nature must be
wrong for some reason or based on some "secret missive" we have in the Church. My point is simple: the St. Pete Times was wrong, wrong, wrong when they supported the illegal '80s ordinance with their barrels of poisoned ink and they are just as wrong today.

Scientologists are sick and tired of their slanted coverage. Don't forget, the St. Pete Times gives perverted reports on the alleged thinking of the religion of Scientology and those Scientologists who were in attendance certainly are more qualified to speak about their real values. They love their Church and therefore are apparently unworthy of their own opinion or having their views covered by the Times. Bigots never can see straight and I guess they don't care when they harm people of goodwill. Paul Tash brushed of every Scientologist as if he were a propagandist brushing aside any complaints by the blacks in the '60s and yet Tash wasn't even at the protest. Of course, that didn't prevent him from responding since nothing a Scientologist says matters to him anyway.

But you are the the police and have, if anything, a higher duty. After all, everybody knows the St. Pete Times forwards its own agenda, nobody believing they are reporting, everybody knowing they are advocating the firm views of their command structure and their own personal bias and perverted view of the world.

You said on the news that you treat our Church, and have instructed your officers to, like any other Church. Let me ask,

1) Do you send your officers to attend hate gatherings concerning the Jews, Baptists, Catholics or others given by an anti-religious group? All to get briefed on how to allege we aren't a religion in the wake of the U.S. government saying otherwise? The small crowd holding such prejudiced views is clear when you realize only three other people TOTAL attended that speech considered "must see" by the CWPD.

2) Do you give Scientologists armed police escort (or actually_ "limo-service") from the airport to go to an anti-(pick any religion) rally and then escort them (in a squad car) back to the airport, like you do when anti-Scientology rallies are held, rare as they are?

It's particularly outrageous when you consider the "anti-Scientology" recipient of CWPD escort service had written to his son (a Scientologist) threatening to take his wife (also a Scientologist) and cut her into little pieces and feed her to the coyotes in the desert. That gets CWPD chauffeur service? Wow.

3) Do you go on Inside Edition to speak about deaths of Catholics or Baptists? Or how about those in the police force or those caused by the police--such as at the Virgin Mary Glass Shrine?

4) Do you write to the Germans on the Internet to get anti-Jew propaganda? And take their position over that of the U.S. State Department? We are, after all, in America.

5) Do you hold rallies at Jack Russell Stadium to collect funds to destroy other religions and then personnally arrange to transport that money to the bank? And don't defend this act as legitimate--it was all in support of the eventual illegal ordinance you helped get created and which was struck down as unconstitutional. You proudly refer to speakers as "anti-Scientology" and supported their efforts in raising funds to support private civil litigation. By the way, did you know one of your star speakers at that event has since been convicted of child-molestation? In other words, he was just as untrustworthy as we told you he was--but "Oh no, he hates Scientology so Big Sid says he's okay". How about the unfortunate children he was able to molest since his credentials went unchallenged merely because he was "anti-Scientology"? Maybe it's just like the wife-beater who flew into town the other day and who you continue to support since his wife was, after all, a Scientologist? Your conduct reflects and unchanging pattern.

If this is the same treatment all religions get in Clearwater, then please provide me evidence where all of the above has occurred with them. Enough of your disingenuous claims of "objectivity"--it's time, Mr. Klein, for you to produce the evidence.

We'd like to be your friend. In fact, we consider ourselves the friends of the citizens of Clearwater and many of the fine officers you have working on your force. We know it's tough being a police officer having to confront real crime. That's why we are always quick to acknowledge your officers whenever they've dealt with such a crime that endangered one of our people--knowing full well the pressure they are under when confronting violence, usually drug-induced. Ask your guys--they'll tell you. Ask them what it's like dealing with us and maybe you'll start changing your mind. And not the old-guard haters. Ask the men and women on the street--the live copes who are dealing with real crime while endless resources are wasted trying to get us. They deserve support. We'll give it all the way. But don't you at the same time try to pretend they have difficulties with us. Because it's simply NOT true.

Your sincerely in the hopes for a brighter future which we all should have together, especially as we enter the holiday season,

Brian Anderson

PS: By the way, the only reason I'm sending a copy of this to the press is your PR Officer insisted on passing out your letter. If you'd like a meeting not in the press limelight, then we'd certainly be willing to do so, as we have stated for over four years.

Church of Scientology
Flag Service Organization, Inc.
P.O. Box 31751
Tampa, Florida 33631-3751 USA

Chief Sid Klein
Clearwater Police Department
Clearwater, Florida

December 7, 1997

Dear Sid,

This is in regards to the comments made by the St. Petersburg Times since that's apparently your form of response to me.

My response, and so as to avoid psychiatric evaluation of myself and all Scientologists by your PR Wayne Shelor, is your statements are "repugnant." (There--I've quoted the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, so now call them schizophrenic.)

1) You talk about the Church's "little games."

Believe me, these are not games, and that's just another attempt to marginalize Scientologists and their right of expression. Obviously, you're the one who can't see straight. You are forwarding an orchestrated campaign and have spit your propaganda throughout the Internet and the press in such a fashion as to accuse the Church of Scientology of abusing its members. After all, that's what those half a dozen deadbeats had to say (and let's ignore for the moment that two of them were under restraining order for violent behavior, one being forced to admit he did beat his wife; and a couple of others have permanent injunctions issued against them for violating our rights) and what those 5,000 Scientologists marching on your headquarters were telling you is simply, STOP SAYING THESE LIES ABOUT MY RELIGION.

You still don't get it, do you? They're the ones you are abusing the most as you repeat poison, insinuating they are getting abused and when they say they aren't, you simply brush it off.

2) As for the need to bring squad cars to the protest, which you think is part of a game, I offer you this:

a) There was no need for squad cars. Scientologists did nothing to require a squad car, remaining on sidewalks and were as peaceful as imaginable. That's now been documented on the TV news, so don't try to claim otherwise. So, you didn't need to get them. And you knew it. If it was a waste of your resources, you caused it. But I didn't see you complaining about the squad cars needed for your paid-for-out-of-town sham protestors.

And by the way, as Clearwater citizens our 5,000 Scientologists already rate police protection - probably 5 cars worth (that's only 1 for every thousand) while out-of-towners rate zero - so there's your waste.

b) Do you honestly think Martin Luther Kng asked the local officials, "Please Sir, may I protest against you while you have abridged my rights?"

You've got to be joking.

3) Again, I refer you to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. I did not appreciate another of your supercilious comments. You are quoted in so many words as saying, "Well, we're going to be sued so it doesn't matter." I'm sorry, Sid, that won't do for a public official. What you really mean is you've been called out and you'll keep doing it until caught. And you seem to stand behind some defense that the burden of proof will be ours. Can you please get it -- we already have had the burden of proof, we already did sue the city, we already did meet our burden of proof and prevailed. To repeat, the behavior of the city officials in abridging our rights was called, "patently offensive to the First Amendment."

4) You seem to also be handling my communication in much the same way that another city official did and which was also condemned by the 11th Circuit. Mayor Garvey is quoted in that 11th Circuit opinion telling the people at the hearing how to deal with all of the letters coming in from Scientologists, "I think you should get a paper shredder." She may have gotten a few chuckles then, but it cost the city millions of dollars when the Federal Appellate Court found it to be a repugnant statement and demonstrative of the abuse of power and violation of our rights. In fact, they called it, "evidence of animus towards Scientology."

Finally, I find it quite noteworthy that this outrageous front page article of pure innuendo got printed today. It's the old law enforcement trick of cranking up the media to try to push through such a corrupt investigation. I also find it offensive that someone is claiming we staged a protest to try to derail that investigation. Let's call it like it is -- you guys are the ones who contacted people on the Internet and you're the ones staging demonstrations to push through your hidden agenda. Meanwhile, Scientologists are expected to sit there and be abused and when they make clear they aren't interested in your orchestrating harassment of them and don't care to sit and listen to garbage from dead-beats flown in from out of town, you say they are playing games? Oh, they should just sit there are listen to hate and what they know are lies and then you'd be happy? You claim your out-of-towners have a right to protest and then can't see Scientologists have a right not to listen. We're truly sorry if it upsets you that your clique of paid-for haters couldn't cuase the upsets they intended.

One of your cabal of vigilate protestors carried a sign saying, "State Attorney, Bernie McCabe. We know about your Scientologist friend. Tamper with Lisa's case and your career is over." That didn't bother you? You don't think that was intimidating? You don't think that's bigotry And you think we should listen? Putting aside the fact that we don't know of any Scientologist friend, would it bother you if the case was about a Jew and they "knew about your Jew friend?" Or your "black friend" Maybe not since we are, after all, Scientologists and therefore you are sure its different.

Your arrogant statements calling the voices of Scientologists a "little game", are an attempt to damn every Scientologist in the city and if you say that's how you treat other religions, then I'm sorry the facts are otherwise.

In your previous letter, you suggested I come forth with evidence. Well, I did. I gave you a memo where you refer to "anti-Scientology speakers" and asked you to show me evidence where you've done the same with another religion. So show me the memo where you went and helped organize an event that was "anti-" any other religion. And I want to see the memo and I want to see where it says you are going to an "anti-Jew," "anti-Catholic," "anti-Baptist," "anti-Presbyterian," etc., rally to collect money, and if you do show me such a document, then I stand corrected.

Again -- I made clear what our concerns are and I'd like proper answers. The St. Pete Times article evidenced they're too cowardly to list the specifics I gave you such as your chauffer service for fine gentlemen who want to slice up their daughter-in-laws and feed them to coytoes, your support of civil litigation -- an absolute violation of the law you're entrusted to uphold. Again -- no mention of those by the St. Pete Times. God forbid the public hear the real facts. But let's not forget the St. Pete Times pushed your previous illegal ordinance to the day it got killed at the U.S. Supreme Court.

But truthfully, the main point of this letter is to let you know these aren't little games, they're serious issues and when you trivialize them, you once again show your engrained bigotry. These half dozen stragglers got your full attention and every Scientologist will read your statement calling their honest, sincere, peaceful efforts "little games." My, oh my, how arrogant one can be.

Two little boys on a playground fighting with each other and arguing over a certain point and finally one gets the upper hand and makes the point decisively and conclusively: what does the losing child say, in his last line of defense as his final retort when proven wrong? As anybody who has ever gone to school knows, they say "You're crazy" Just like Wayne Shelor.

My wish is for a better future in which we can achieve our goals. Where you, in the true Christian tradiition, can "love thy neighbor." That's something I hope we can agree on. The statement in our church is, "On the day we can fully trust each other there will be peace on Earth." Can we at least agree on these points?

Sincerely,

Brian Anderson

Church of Scientology
Flag Service Organization, Inc.
P.O. Box 31751
Tampa, FL 33631-3751 USA

"My response, and so as to avoid psychiatric evaluation of myself and all Scientologists by your PR Wayne Shelor, is your statements are 'repugnant.' (There--I've quoted the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, so now call them schizophrenic.)"

Chief Sid Klein
645 Pierce Street
Clearwater, Florida

December 12, 1997

Dear Sid,

On Tuesday, December 2nd, one of my staff happened upon George Wayne Shelor, the Public Relations man for your Department, speaking to a CBS reporter. George was reportedly complaining about the State Attorney Office not being aggressive enough with respect to Scientology. Do you countenance your staff badmouthing the State Attorney? Is this part of some concerted, authorized program to try to put pressure on the State Attorney? Has George also been coordinating with the St. Petersburg Times in their patent intimidation tactics toward the State Attorney?

In light of the previous communication I sent to you concerning George, and the appended documentation showing his history of manipulating the news in liaison with the Clearwater Police while George was a reporter for the Clearwater Sun, I suppose this is not beyond the realm of possibility.

It would not be the first time that Shelor has attempted to put pressure on the State Attorney Office to do something about Scientology. The attached press clipping from January 13th, 1983 quotes Shelor as stating "The City should contact the State's Attorney's Office. I don't like what's happening to the City and we have to get the State's Attorney off his duff." Note, that article has an accompanying photo of George speaking with reporters in front of the Church of Scientology at the Fort Harrison while he is passing out anti-Scientology leaflets. George is giving his campaign platform in his bid for the City Commission.

Sid, this is precisely the activity that the Eleventh Circuit Courth of Appeals in Church of Scientology vs. City of Clearwater found to be, "patently offensive to the First Amendment." In fact, had George made it onto the City Commission there is no doubt that he would have made it to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion, where they cited that type of activity as illegal and discriminatory:

"This reference to the continuing political movement against Scientology during election campaigns is amply corroborated by unrebutted newspaper clippings contained in several volumes of the record. Then-candidate Calderbank declared in 1980 that "I will explore every avenue and support every legal means of encouraging the Scientologists to leave... I am a doer, not a talker."

"In 1981 candidate Calderbank said that Scientology 'has to be treated like a cancer--first you arrest its growth, then remove it from the city .. or nullify its existence.'"

"During his successful 1983 re-election campaign Calderbank again emphasized his opposition to Scientology, although he remained careful to articulate his respect for the law. Mayor LeCher, successfully seeking re-election in 1981, characterized Scientology as a dark cloud... that is upon us."

"Candidate Rita Garvey, successfully seeking election to the commission in 1980 entertained a "position on Scientology [that] is forceful but balanced with a concern that the rule of law be followed. Mrs. Garvey says that Scientologists lie, steal and cheat. She feels the community must work to destroy the organization at the top."

"Then-Commissioner Richard Tenney, unsuccessfully seeking re-election in 1980, "said his campaign will focus on one issue--forcing Scientology to leave town."

"Candidate Justice, successfully seeking election to the commission in 1983, stated his position that the City should "[u]se every legal means to show that they [Scientology] are a fraud."

"During a press conference Flynn and another person engaged in a colloquy to the effect that enacting a chartible solicitation ordinance would drive Scientology out of Clearwater."

By the way, the Flynn referenced in the last paragraph above is the same Michael Flynn whose stay in Clearwater was financed through your intelligence front group "Calzone Pizza". I wrote to you about this in a separate letter that pointed out that documentation obtained through the Public Records Act indicates you were the contact point for the billings of Calzone Pizza.

In last Sunday's St. Petersburg Times, George was quoted, under the name "Wayne Shelor, as stating that my letter of December 5th outlining to you specific crimes and discriminatory acts by the Clearwater Police Department against Scientologists was "a schizophrenic diatribe."

It seems that this is an instance of the pot calling the kettle black. George Shelor (or is it Wayne Shelor, or is it George Wayne Shelor?) seems to be the one with the split personality disorder.

First, he's a Clearwater Sun report who instead of objectively reporting the news is involved in coordinating the timing and placement of articles with your Department in order to cause maximal damage to those he wants to harm; then he is a wanna-be Clearwater City Commissioner who passes out leaflets in front of the Church badmouthing the State's Attorney's Office; then he is a police spokesman coordinating both hits on the Church of Scientology as well as coordinating intimidation campaigns against the State Attorney. It appears that George is the one with the indentity crisis.

In any event, any citizen concerned about the community can read the Eleventh Circuit opinion and see that the type of invidious and bigoted treatment that Mr. Shelor continues to this day to conduct is clearly outside the law. You may not like it but the fact of the matter is the courts have spoken and this lynch-mob mentality and activity is illegal. Since Wayne doesn't seem to be able to follow the law and you have the responsibility as the top law enforcement officer in this city to enforce the law, what are you going to do about this?

Sincerely,

Brian Anderson

Church of Scientology
Flag Service Organization, Inc.
P.O. Box 31751
Tampa, FL 33631-3751 USA

Chief Sid Klein
645 Pierce Street
Clearwater, Florida

December 15, 1997

Dear Sid,

Here is more of the evidence you demanded I come forth with.

I've previously referred to a woman who had stolen money from the Church, was apprehended by the police who then gave her a pat on the back and let her go with the money. It was in response to this incident that CPD spokesman Shelor referred to me (and apparently all Scientologists) as schizophrenic.

Here is the evidence.

In June 1983, the Church reported 10,000 Swiss francs missing, that the cash had been stolen from the Finance Office of the Church of Scientology, and that Debbie DeRosa was the suspected thief.

Various reports were made by Church members, including police interviews and all of them described the circumstances of the theft, the individual who had stolen the money, and the reasons for their suspicions.

We did not hear a single thing from the Clearwater Police for over 10 years when we gained access to the Calzone Pizza files. It was only then that we discovered you had in fact located and apprehended the criminal, but instead of charging instead offered congratulations, attempted to gather intelligence on the Church, and then sent her on her way with all of the cash.

As you will see, a police investigator went to the airport and discovered that the suspected culprit had attempted to exchange the money at a foreign exchange window. After conducting an appropriate police investigation, the individual was located, across country no less. At this point, your Calzone Pizza operation went into action. Yes, they did contact DeRosa and arrange for an interview. But, none other than Intelligence Officer Lieutenant Emmons -- avowed anti-Scientology hater and renowned for getting threatened by the State Attorney's Office with an obstruction of justice charge that the U.S. Attorney would use to "put his ass in jail" -- did the interviewing.

As the transcript demonstrates, Emmons questioned the woman extensively -- it appears to be several hours -- yet did not once interrogate her about the extent of her crime. But, he did debrief the thief in the most friendly terms imaginable since she was now "anti-Scientology." Here are some of the incredibly off-base questions asked of this individual who had stolen 10,000 Swiss francs:

"How did you become involved in Scientology...
Were you having psychological problems?

"Did you feel Scientology would fulfill your needs to
replace chronic depression more?

"Did you reach the State of Clear?"

You are on record in the Times stating my claims are "fantasy", yet this quote proves what I've said, showing you to be the liar. Verifying my claim that the CPD considers any "anti-Scientologist" a good person, even when they're an absolute theif, Lieutenant Emmons went on the describe to this individual that she needn't worry about incriminating herself since the last thing he would do is make her responsible for her crimes. Specifically:

"I guess we'll have to interrupt right now a little bit and explain something to you. We're not out after Scientologists. Scientologists are the biggest victims-okay? That's our viewpoint. We know what has happened to you, over several months of doing this (being a staff member at the Church), so don't be afraid to talk."

Let me get that "1984 newspeak" straight. Since I'm a Church official, anybody can steal the funds given my Church by its parishioners and if that individual is caught and decides to be "anti-Scientology", then it's myself, the Church, and all the parishioners who can just go to hell, because the thief is not a Scientologist? And yes -- I think that is precisely what the above quote says, even if entirely disingenuous concerning the CPD attitude towards Scientologists. After all, when the 4,000 or so made their voice clear to you, they similarly got the bigoted treatment.

And since when has police interrogation included attempting to deman the Founder of a person's religion or in some way disaffect them? Yet, that is precisely what your officers were doing when they asked this question:

"If I told you that everything Hubbard said about himself is not true ... Would you consider that these courses were a fraud being perpetrated on the public?"

But this is apparently standard procedure for the Clearwater Police. Point in fact: 13 years after the DeRosa theft, a complaint was made on behalf of Julie Schwartz (in March 1997) where your officers picked her up, manhandled and assaulted her, and while she needed medical attention had her put into a mental institution pursuant to the "Baker Act", refusing her needed medical attention and instead abusing her through an assult on her religious beliefs in an attempt to conduct an illegal "deprogramming". This matter was reported to the CPD, who rejected the report without a single statement.

Don't also forget Detective Miller went off bragging to Church officials about "what Mrs. Schwartz said", including the fact of it being on tape. Yet, when a copy of the tape was requested, the Police Department all of a sudden claimed it "didn't exist". Maybe now you understand why I wrote my original letter requesting you not destroy evidence. Had we not obtained a copy of the interview transcript of Ms. DeRosa, that interview transcript would also, no doubt, "not exist". And yet, based on the DeRosa transcript the evidence is clear that the reported Schwartz incident reflects and accurate and consistent portrayal of a continuing pattern of CPD tactics illegally targetting the Church and Scientologists. Finally, let's not forget it was Detective Miller who attended those out-of-town seminars to get trained as a "deprogrammer".

And then, there are these questions which couldn't possible have anything to do with the individual stealing money and circumstances of her crime:

"Do you know anything about their Gross Income, or anything like that?

"Are they paying their bills?"

And finally, Emmons concluded the interview with this:

"How much money have you paid so far into the Church of Scientology?"

Answer: "75 dollars."

Emmons: "You got away cheap."

Actually, she got away more than cheap -- she had 10,000 Swiss francs (4,000 U.S. dollars).

Now I've given you more evidence. And I've been doing so for a week. What is evident with this incident is that you had a proper report on the matter, that you did locate the culprit, that she did in fact steal the money and that you did not do a single thing to enforce the law. To repeat, no one question was asked about the crime itself.

As we have alleged, there appears to be department policy that any crime committed against a Scientologist or their Church is a good deed.

While you complain about Scientologists marching around your headquarters and protesting the discriminatory treatment afforded them, having the temerity to call it "fantasy" while your hatchet-man calls us "schizophrenic", the acts the complain of are documentably true and no less than despicable in modern-day Clearwater.

You haven't answered any of my letters. That, too, I consider discriminatory. I am reporting matters to you of great import and significance and since the Church is a member of the community, you have a duty to serve us.

And as for conflicts in the city, you are also proving that it is you who is keeping them stirred up. With your press statements picked up by your pals at the St. Pete Times, who call our documented claims "unfounded", we are in the position of having no choice but to make known these acts of police misconduct which have occurred. That we have to expose the acts of yourself and other select members of your department, who have done everything to suppress them seeing the light of day, is intolerable. How else do you describe your local media contacts refusing to report actual quotations out of a Federal Court of Appeals decision -- considered one of the leading civil rights decisions of the decade? How else do you explain the fact that your behavior precisely comports with what was condemned by the Federal Courts? How is it that you refuse to simply tell me your aren't destroying documents? And finally, how do you explain that I offered you a meeting and you haven't so much as responded to my letter?

Evidence, evidence and more evidence. That's what I've given to you. I don't like airing your dirty laundry. But for four years we have tried to resolve these matters in an amicable matter not even requiring you to be held fully accountable for these acts. You have refused at every turn and then, when Scientologists are left with no choice but to speak out -- and speak out loudly -- you respond with insults. It's not that we can't live with insults. But we refuse to live with insults that are horrendously dishonest and yet get printed in the press to cause even greater harm to our members and Church.

I truly do wish to resolve these matters and consider a response the least you could do.

Yours sincerely,

Brian Anderson

Church of Scientology
Flag Service Organization, Inc.
P.O. Box 31751
Tampa, FL 33631-3751 USA