Karmic Restitution

06/28/2012

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2 #/video/us/2012/06/27/woman-arrested-for-speed-trap-sign.ktrk

If we can find contact information, we will send an award to Natalie Plummer of Houston, who was arrested and had her two iPhones broken by Houston Police for warning motorists about a speed trap.

Authories defend the arrest of a woman who held up a sign warning motorists of a speed trap.

09/12/2011

Serita Foster, Karmic Restitution Award winner, will be profiled on the Dr. Phil Show today. http://goo.gl/TREXz

Serita Foster, who received a Karmic Restitution Award after being thrown out of a public library and subsequently arrested as a result of her "cooing" 14-month-old son, will be profiled on the Dr....

08/25/2011

One week in, almost $40,000 has been raised to help Jan Cline. Local residents are holding a rummage sale on her behalf, and a car show will be held with proceeds going to her fight against cancer. Still no yard sales allowed on her property.

08/19/2011

Jan Cline's story has gone viral, and she is receiving world-wide attention. In 24 hours, over $15,000 has been donated to provide assistance for her. We couldn't be happier about this.

08/18/2011

Oregon woman with terminal bone cancer prohibited from holding yard sales to raise money for her own medical bills. http://goo.gl/7PPHe

Jan Cline, an entrepreneur from Salem, Oregon, was recently diagnosed with a terminal form of bone cancer. In an effort to raise money for her own medical bills, Jan has been holding yard sales i...

08/04/2011

Alison Capo thought she was about to be prosecuted for her 11-year-old daughter saving the life of a woodpecker. Instead, she ended up with an apology from the US Fish and Wildlife office! http://goo.gl/cMZlV

Alison Capo's recent interaction with the US Fish and Wildlife Service is the type of problem that Karmic Restitution tries to assist with - but, in contrast to recent Karmic Restitution Award winn...

07/28/2011

Great news! Criminal charges were dropped yesterday against two recent Karmic Restitution Award winners! http://goo.gl/OTVQ3

Tuesday, July 26 was a good day for two recent Karmic Restitution Award winners – during scheduled court appearances in Michigan and New York, remaining charges were dropped against both Julie Bass and Tatiana Johnson.

07/27/2011

Mother of 5-year-old from PA could spend up to a year an jail for running onto her son's school bus to check on him because he wouldn't wake up. http://goo.gl/6klS2

On December 15, 2010, Tara Keener, an emergency room nurse from central Pennsylvania, waited at her son’s school bus stop at the end of the school day. As the bus pulled up, Tara realized that several schoolchildren were gathered around her 5-year-old son’s assigned bus seat, and were having troubl

07/12/2011

Julie Bass from Oak Park, Michigan faces up to 93 days in jail because she planted a vegetable garden in her front yard. http://goo.gl/MHtnr

06/17/2011

Tatiana Johnson from NYC was arrested at a TSA checkpoint for wearing a multi-finger ring that said "war is over". It looked too much like brass knuckles. http://goo.gl/AeOjT

During a May 18 airline trip from New York City to visit family in Tennessee, Tatiana Johnson was wearing a Shepard Fairey-designed ring, which consists of a three-knuckle loop, with a small stylized zeppelin having the text “War Is Over.”

06/08/2011

The City of Orlando, Florida is currently arresting members of the Food Not Bombs movement for providing meals to homeless and underprivileged. Find out more at http://goo.gl/1fsF2

As a protest against war and violence, and to provide food to homeless and needy people, activists founded the Food Not Bombs movement in the early 1980s. Food Not Bombs has grown to describe themselves as an action-based group, with a mission to raise awareness about poverty, and promote pacifism.

05/24/2011

Dominique Smith, a 19-year-old male from Buena Vista, Michigan, was arrested for "barking" in a friendly manner at a police dog - and he claims the dog barked first! He faces up to a year in jail and a $5000 fine if convicted. Details at http://goo.gl/cw17n

While out on a walk with his mother, Dominique L. Smith, a 19-year-old from the suburbs of Saginaw, Michigan, observed a police traffic stop. While passing by the police car involved in the action, Dominique noticed Zeus, a German Shepherd member of the Buena Vista PD, through the back window of th