Immediately suspend, prosecute and incarcerate the LA and Ventura counties officials implicated in t

We the undersigned, demand the immediate suspension, prosecution and arrest of all the LA and Ventura counties sheriff and DA officials implicated in the illegal Nazi style arrest of 65-year-old senior citizen James Stewart, a raw milk farmer with no criminal history, who was nearly tortured to death in the LA County jail this past week.

James survived a "week of torturous Hell" at the hands of LA County jail keepers who subjected him to starvation, sleep deprivation, hypothermia, loss of blood circulation to extremities, verbal intimidation, involuntary medical testing and even subjected him to over 30 hours of raw biological sewage filth containing dangerous pathogens.

This is from a county that has targeted and terrorized James Stewart for the supposed crime of selling fresh milk containing "dangerous pathogens." That's right - the only "crime" James has ever committed is being the milk man and distributing milk that is openly and honestly kept fresh and raw instead of pasteurized. So as part of his punishment of advocating raw cow's milk, he was tortured with raw human sewage at the LA County jail.

This true story of jaw-dropping dehumanization and torture was conducted in total violation of state and federal law, constitutional rights as well as the Geneva Conventions.

Among other violations, we the undersigned demand that the LA and Ventura counties sheriff and DA officials be held accountable for the following:

• How and why James was subjected to severe food deprivation.

• How and why he was interrogated by deputies and accused of being a "sovereign," then branded with a red arm band (Nazi-style) to falsely indicate that he was a danger to the general population.

• How and why James was shackled in long chains wrapped around his waist multiple times, then had his hands cuffed behind his back which was bound to the heavy waist chain to restrict his movement. His handcuffs were so tight he thought his wrists would break.

• How and why James was then handcuffed to a cold bench, restricting his movement to just six inches, then left on the bench for 4-5 hours.

• How and why James was then forcibly subjected to various medical tests, including forced chest X-rays even while he was handcuffed.

• How and why James was placed in a cold cell wearing only a T-shirt and pants, where he soon began to suffer from hypothermia and found himself violently shivering just to stay alive.

• How and why he was made to suffer through total sleep deprivation all night long as other prisoners were screaming and banging on the walls.

• How and why his cell was then flooded with raw human sewage, which flowed into his jail cell 2-3 inches deep, covering his shoes and shirt. LA County jail guards then ordered James to clean up all the raw sewage in his cell by handing him a small hand-held squeegee and demanding that he squeegee out all the raw sewage himself.

• How and why was then forced to stay in the putrid raw sewage cell for over 30 hours, fighting off nausea and living in bacteriological filth that threatened his health.

• How and why all along the LA County prison guards gloated over their treatment of prisoners while laughing and joking about their power to subject prisoners to such abuse. This behavior openly mimics that of Gitmo guards who took pictures gloating over their torture and murder of prisoners of war.

• How and why during this entire process, James was not allowed a single phone call nor any visit from an attorney. His right to speak to an attorney was repeatedly denied.

• How and why at no point was James notified of what he was being charged with. He was never presented with an arrest warrant nor were any charges explained to him.

• How and why James was mysteriously "lost" in the system and LA County officials claimed they did not know where he was. This was apparently a deliberate attempt to subject an individual to drawn-out torture without legal representation and make sure no one could locate them to check on their health or arrest status.

We the undersigned are shocked and outraged that this is happening in America, because it seems like some third world country, a gulag, Nazi Germany, communist Russia or China. 

How can this be? This is America?