U.S. Marshals seek out Jack Thompson

Ah, Jack. This is what happens when your words have no restraints.

Jack Thompson had two U.S. Marshals knocking at his door the other day after he sent the following letter to Chief Judge Federico Moreno, claiming that suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists had more rights than the infamous attorney did.

We find yesterday that enemy combatants at Guantanamo are to get more due process from federal judges than what I am to have. I guess my “mistake” was not killing 3000 people to make my point…

Cue the house call. Thompson opened his door to find two U.S. Marshals that reportedly lectured him on the dangers of using such language. It’s a good thing Thompson kept his cool and didn’t freak out.

You can read his response letter to Judge Moreno after the break.

I was visited today by two U.S. Marshals who were nice gentlemen, and very professional and courteous in their dealings with me.  My complaint is not with them…

I have been asking the Justice Department simply to meet with me about [the video game industry's] criminal targeting of me for harm…  Our US Attorney here has obstructed that effort… Instead of being afforded the Justice Department investigation to which I am entitled, I get today harassment from that same Justice Department…

When you and the Justice Department dispatch U.S. Marshals to my home because of a letter I wrote you last week complaining about misconduct by District Court Judges here in the Southern District, the purpose of that visit was  to intimidate and harass me…

The notion that I pose some sort of physical threat to you or to the judiciary or to anyone else down here is a cruel joke.  The two Marshals said, “If you had actually hand-delivered the letter to Judge Moreno, we would be concerned.”  To that I said, “But I did.  I did that last week because the gentlemen at the metal detectors would not deliver it, and THEY TOLD ME TO DELIVER IT TO YOU.  I buzzed into  your inner offices on the thirteenth floor, and I politely handed the letter to your clerk, who politely took it.

If I were a danger to anyone, that would have been the time for me to have proven it, right?  In fact, I have never threatened anyone in my entire life, and you know that, and the Marshals said they knew that.  They were apologetic about being dispatched to my home.  This is outrageous, Judge.  Simply outrageous.

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