Infowars Reporters Harassed by Cops For Asking Questions About ‘Chicken Man’

McBreen and Morales stopped from entering city hall

Paul Joseph Watson

Infowars.com

Friday, April 13, 2012

Infowars reporters Darrin McBreen and Marcos Morales were barred from
entering city hall in Roswell, Georgia and had their movements tracked
by police simply for asking questions about the case of Andrew Wordes,
the “chicken man” who was the victim of a sustained campaign of
government harassment that led directly to his tragic death.

As we reported earlier this week,
Wordes was subjected to an intense multi-year onslaught of intimidation
and abuse by city councilors simply for keeping chickens on his land.
After Wordes won several court cases allowing him to keep his home, the
city bought out the mortgage on the property, declared it to be part of a
‘green’ zone and teamed up with federal Marshals to raid the house,
culminating in an explosion which killed Wordes.

Despite McBreen and Morales carrying legitimate press
passes, as soon as they pulled up outside city hall and attempted to
enter the building, they were intercepted by police who claimed they
didn’t “have the proper credentials to enter city hall”. Three police
cars then arrived and cops ordered McBreen and Morales to leave, adding
that they knew the reporters had visited the “chicken man’s property”
earlier.

Shortly afterwards when the reporters traveled to
Wordes’ burned-out property for a second time, police were immediately
on the scene, suggesting the reporters were being followed.

Contrary to claims by city officials that Wordes’ small
chicken farm was a “nuisance” to neighbors, Infowars spoke with
residents who expressed their horror and sadness at Wordes’ death,
insisting that he was a valued member of the community who would hand
out free eggs to both neighbors and the local elementary school and was
not a nuisance to anybody.

Indeed, support for Wordes was so widespread that the
Mayor attempted to help and the Sheriff’s office refused to participate
in the raid that led to his death.

“This was ugly. It shouldn’t have happened and it didn’t have to happen,” said Fulton County Sheriff Ted Jackson.

“We were aware of threats from Andrew to defend his
property. A dispossessory over a derelict house is not worth an armed
confrontation,” Mayor Jere Wood said. “The judgment call we made was it
was not worth pursuing, but another official made another judgment.”

In addition, local Roswell police also refused to take part in the raid, leaving the job to federal Marshals.

McBreen and Morales will continue to report from Roswell
today in an effort to get more answers about the case and to discover
whether any of the councilors who harassed Wordes to his death will face
legal retribution.