by Alexandra Wilson Written 5/24/2020; updated 4/16/2025.
On May 11, 2016 Kevin Byrd and I were defrauded by five Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies who were accompanied by an unidentified code compliance inspector. We lost nearly all our personal property, our home, and the business we were developing due to an illegal forcible entry and detainer by the officers. Officers also harassed us, falsely arrested us on fabricated charges, and threatened us. As a result we became homeless for several years, working to survive and build this case so we could eventually expose what happened and hopefully obtain justice. Kevin and I believe officers’ actions constituted a hate crime due to their demeanor and repeated, flagrant misgendering of me because I’m transgender.
We suffered multiple injustices from county employees following the initial incident. Please read our story and the latest updates below. We are very fortunate to have been able to document as much as we did and be able to present it here publicly.
i. We legally claimed an abandoned property:
The following tabs explain the legal procedure we were following, as well as principals in law which apply:
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ii. Local resident Rachel Smith claimed
an abandoned property next door:
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iii. Deputies and code compliance inspector
trespassed and defrauded us of our property:
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iv. Subsequent injustices:
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v. Case filings (civil and criminal):
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vii. The limitations period has not lapsed:
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In front of our home on May 11, 2016:
I did the casework while Kevin kept me alive
Prior to compiling the above casework, my hero and friend, Kevin Byrd, kept me alive while I worked diligently to prove to the Court what *really* happened. The following PDFs provide a comprehensive look at the exact provisions of California and American Constitutional Common Law we adhered to in order to lawfully perform a right of entry (a prescriptive right guaranteed by the Ninth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution)on the dilapidated property which, according to the Doctrine of Presumed Dereliction, by all facts which at hand, had been abandoned by the titl
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271-290-Redress-of-Grievances-2
291-299-Letters-from-Concerned-Citizens
316-328-Lawyers-Contacted-Constitutional-Question
The Aftermath
For more about the Kern County Sheriff Department’s reputation, see The County: The Story of America’s Deadliest Police by Jon Swaine and Oliver Laughland.
References:
[1]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
[2]: 1 Richard Burn, A New Law Dictionary 4 (1792)
[3]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4
[4]: Barron’s Law Dictionary 3d Ed. By Steven H. Hifis. (1975, 1984, 1991). ISBN 0-8120-4633-1. – ISBN 0-8120-4628-5.
[5]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.
[6]: The Guardian, “The County: the story of America’s deadliest police“ by by Jon Swaine and Oliver Laughland: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/01/the-county-kern-county-deadliest-police-killings
[7]: ABC 7 News, “Kern County Sheriff caught on tape saying it costs less to kill suspects” (2018): https://abc7news.com/sheriff-caught-on-tape-saying-it-costs-less-to-kill-suspects/3337751/
[8]: Black’s Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition online: https://thelawdictionary.org/
