EXCERPTS: Newfield homeowner Eileen Hart attended an informal meeting Saturday to discuss property “revaluations” in light of the findings by Appraisal System’s Inc., a firm hired by New Jersey to assess the fair market value of properties in each county.
I tried to express my opinion and tell them that my Constitutional rights had been violated. I began quoting the Constitution, line by line,” Hart said. Ms. Hart tried to explain that Appraisal Systems, Inc. was attempting to inspect her property without her husband being present. As an Orthodox Jew, this is against the tenets of her religion. Her husband had to be present. According to Ms. Hart, she was unable to express this concern.
“She also wouldn’t let me speak and told me to sit down and shut up and listen as well. That’s when the young man came toward me,” Hart said. “I knew he was going to put his hands on me. I saw him out of the corner of my eye. I said to him, ‘Don’t you dare touch me.’ Then they threw us out of the auditorium. The young man from Appraisal Systems, Inc. was the one going postal, and I believe if he had a gun, he would have shot me, Keith and Khloe on the spot. I was calm the entire time.”
When Hart arrived home, she was greeted by five squad cars. She accompanied the police to the station, where she was eventually arrested. The complaint said: “The Defendant was yelling and screaming and making the threatening comment. ‘If the door is locked. I’ll be back with a gun.’” Hart denied ever making such a statement, or ever raising her voice at the meeting. Nonetheless, the police confiscated the two firearms the family kept at home for private protection. Rather than asking the meeting’s other participants, the police proceeded with the arrest. BizPac Review spoke to fellow New Jersey resident Joseph M. Ryan, who said he was “outraged” by the circumstances.
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