The End of Justice: Why America is the Most Incarcerated Country in the World ( Ebook )

As a Distinguished Military Graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, a former United States Army Military
Intelligence officer, Company Commander, a husband and father who never committed a crime and never violated
anyone’s life, liberty or property, Johnson was the target of a raid by a federal SWAT team at a public restaurant in
Virginia. Fifteen armed federal agents barreled through the doors with weapons drawn and zeroed in on Johnson as
he dined with his sister and 4 year old niece. With red lasers targeted on his torso, agents tackled Johnson to the
ground and then handcuffed and indignantly hauled him away.

He experienced circumstances that were quite stark and wholly inconsistent with expected norms of life and
basic civility. Johnson’s plight defied reality to the point of disbelief. As with most Americans, he expected that
certain principles prevailed among men – even if only undefined and unspoken standards of treatment and justice,
especially as applied by governing authorities. Johnson now knew that these fundamental precepts were a lie.

When transported to a county jail for the night, guards shoved Johnson into a cage the size of a typical
bathroom. With three other men trapped inside and only two bunks, Johnson slept on the concrete floor. The next
day, with his ankles and wrists cuffed and connected to a chain that tightly bound his waist, agents transported him
to another county jail. Thrown into a cold concrete cell with a steel bunk and denied a mattress and blankets,
Johnson spent a long and unsettled night that unfolded into a federal court hearing the next day.

In the morning, clothed in a white and orange striped jumpsuit and shackled with the same chains, agents
placed Johnson in a holding cell underneath the court. At the appointed time, shuffling six inches a step, the U.S.
Marshals positioned Johnson at the defense table. Once the proceeding commenced, Johnson asked that the court
require the government to identify a victim. When the judge refused, Johnson challenged the jurisdiction of both the
federal government and the court. This jurisdictional challenge precipitated the unthinkable.

Placed into an unmarked white van and transported to yet a third county jail an hour away, guards directed
Johnson to an in-processing tank that contained some twenty men. At the pointed time, the guards funneled Johnson
and other men into a single line. They were then unceremoniously placed into housing units. However, rather than
place Johnson into general population, he was singled out and redirected to what is
known as the SHU – Special Housing Unit.

Johnson was placed into solitary confinement with murderers serving life or multiple life sentences.
Johnson remained in isolation for the next 55 days.

With conditions unmoored from rhyme and reason, one query must be asked: What was Johnson’s alleged
crime?

The answer… he failed to sign a piece of paper.

After a criminal trial, Johnson was imprisoned for 4 years for a crime he did not commit.

The End of Justice includes Johnson’s story and those of other innocent men trapped within a judicial system
that preys upon the ignorant, apathetic and fearful – the American people. This is must reading for any American
who thinks he or she lives in a country that is both free and just.