Today is 06/29/2026

by me, Kerry Burgess, 06/29/2026 2:23 PM

Clearly, he was a meddler. A pest. A nuisance.

Absolutely no merit or justification for his actions as he HARASSED soldiers doing their jobs openly in public.

There was absolutely no justification for his harassment of soldiers out there walking around in the open.

That douchebag was clearly a Useful Fool - such as crybaby-in-chief Donald J. Trump and his Trump Chumps - for some sort of larger issue that none of us know about

What you are seeing is how that pest gets paid.









From 7/1/1946 ( the United States Operation Crossroads - Bikini Atoll - the first atomic bomb test detonation of Operation Crossroads series and the air burst detonation code name Able ) To 5/10/2006 ( previously referenced here - Kerry Burgess - journal, Wednesday, May 10, 2006 ) is 21863 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/11/2025 ( ) is 21863 days









From 4/18/1947 ( discovery of the Australopithecus africanus skull in Africa ) To 9/11/2025 ( ) is 28636 days

28636 = 14318 + 14318

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 1/14/2005 ( premiere USA TV series "Battlestar Galactica"::series premiere "33" ) is 14318 days









From 5/11/1949 ( from Wikipedia page for year 1949: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed a bill authorizing the missile test range, which is now the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral, Florida. ) To 3/20/2009 ( premiere USA film "Knowing" AND premiere USA TV series episode "Battlestar Galactica"::series finale "Daybreak" ) is 21863 days

From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 9/11/2025 ( ) is 21863 days









https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dc-pay-50000-man-protesting-national-guard-darth-vader-star-wars-rcna352314

NBC News

D.C. will pay $50,000 to man detained while protesting guard patrol with ‘Star Wars’ song, record says

Sam O’Hara, a D.C. resident represented by the ACLU of the District of Columbia, said he is satisfied with the settlement but conflicted that taxpayers are footing the bill.

June 29, 2026, 2:13 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The District of Columbia has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a resident who accused police officers of illegally detaining him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his cellphone, according to a document released Monday.

The plaintiff, Sam O’Hara, sued the district, four Metropolitan Police Department officers and a guard member from Ohio over what he says was his act of protest against President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C.

A court filing on Thursday disclosed the settlement but didn’t specify any monetary terms. The amount is included in a copy of the settlement agreement that D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb’s office provided to The Associated Press.

The $50,000 settlement includes attorney’s fees and costs. O’Hara is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia. In an email on Friday, an ACLU spokesperson referred to the settlement’s financial terms as “a significant amount” that O’Hara “is pleased with” but said they weren’t disclosing the dollar figure to protect his privacy.

O’Hara, an artist who works in the hospitality industry, agreed to drop his claims against the district and the MPD officers within three business days of receiving the settlement payment. The settlement isn’t an admission of wrongdoing by the district, the agreement says.

O’Hara’s settlement with the district doesn’t resolve his related claims against an Ohio National Guard member, Sgt. Devon Beck, who has asked a judge to dismiss O’Hara’s claims against him.

O’Hara said in a statement that he is satisfied with the settlement but conflicted that taxpayers are footing the bill.

“Those who actually violated my constitutional rights should be the ones paying the price, like taking the money from their pensions. That’s what real accountability looks like,” he said. “This settlement is a reminder that our freedoms are worth fighting for, especially when the powerful would rather we suffer in silence.”

O’Hara sued the district in October, claiming police officers violated his First Amendment rights to free speech and his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable seizures and excessive force.

O’Hara played “The Imperial March” theme from “Star Wars” on his phone as he followed several National Guard troops down a public street on Sept. 11, 2025. One of the troops summoned police officers, who stopped O’Hara and kept him handcuffed for 15 to 20 minutes before releasing him without charges, according to the lawsuit.

Trump’s ongoing deployment of guard members in Washington began last August after the Republican president issued an executive order declaring a crime emergency in the nation’s capital. The surge inflamed tensions with residents of the heavily Democratic district. Hundreds of guard members remain deployed in the district nearly a year later, with no clear end in sight.



- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 2:36 PM Pacific-timezone USA Monday 06/29/2026