Old Order Pacifist Mennonite Farmer Taken in Handcuffs.
Media Denied Access to Farm ...
In what observers can only describe as a scene out of a Nazi movie, Pennsylvania Mennonite farmer Mark Nolt was arrested again for selling raw milk. Reporting on the event has been difficult because the media, neighbors and family were denied access to the farm.
The arrest was based upon a contempt citation from his previous arrest. To date Nolt has refused legal assistance. He notes that the state regulations, even if they were legal, wouldn’t apply to him because he is selling directly to consumers, via private contracts that are outside the purview of the state.
“They’re trying to make a privilege out of a right I have. Our constitution gives us the right to private contracts.”
Other farmers see these types of tactics by the state regulators and become fearful of providing for their customers.
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