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PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OF PETITIONER-DEFENDANT, TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT MARCH 25, 1997

III. THE ARREST OF TIMOTHY MCVEIGH.

On April 21, 1995, federal law enforcement officials became unshakably
focused upon Timothy McVeigh who was being held in the Noble County Jail in
Perry, Oklahoma, on various state misdemeanor charges. See D.E. 1457 at 4.
Mr. McVeigh had been pulled over by an Oklahoma Highway Patrolman, Charles
Hanger, on Interstate Highway 35 on the morning of April 19, 1995. McVeigh
was driving a 1977 pale yellow Mercury Marquis, and was stopped by Trooper
Hanger because the car McVeigh was driving displayed no license plate.
McVeigh told Trooper Hanger that he was returning from Arkansas.[6] 

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FOOTNOTES:
[6]  Evidence held by the government and Defendant clearly shows Mr. McVeigh
traveled to and from Arkansas on a frequent basis.
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Hanger arrested McVeigh on the basis of the traffic violation and the state
misdemeanor charge of carrying a weapon. McVeigh's yellow Mercury was left
on the side of the highway and was not impounded.

Between April 19, 1995, and April 21, 1995, federal law enforcement
officials traced a Vehicle Identification Number appearing upon the axle of
the truck believed to have carried the bomb to a Ryder rental truck
dealership in Junction City, Kansas. The FBI prepared a composite drawing of
"unidentified subject #1" based upon descriptions provided by witnesses at
the Ryder rental dealership. By showing the composite drawing to employees
at various motels in Junction City, Kansas, the FBI "determined" that the
drawing resembled a man named Timothy McVeigh that had been a guest at the
Dreamland Motel in Junction City from April 14-18, 1995. A records check
then revealed that a man named Timothy McVeigh was in custody in the Noble
County Jail in Perry, Oklahoma, facing state misdemeanor charges.

The FBI, knowing their suspect was in custody at a small county courthouse
in Oklahoma, proceeded to orchestrate what is now commonly referred to as
the "perp walk" in which a criminal suspect is led away from confinement in
shackles by law enforcement personnel for the media and all to see. The FBI
was not disappointed. See D.E. 2825 at 7. Mr. McVeigh was detained in the
courthouse while the world media gathered and his walkout was timed for the
evening network news broadcast. With the nation, and indeed much of the
civilized world watching, Timothy McVeigh, wearing a bright orange prison
jumpsuit and no protective vest, shackled at the wrists and ankles, and
wearing a militarystyle haircut and a "thousand yard" stare, was paraded
before a mob of angry citizens, many of whom shouted repeatedly, "baby
killer, baby killer" at him. This was how the Petitioner was transferred to
federal custody.[7]

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FOOTNOTES:
[7] The government claims the delay was caused by the wait for a Federal
Warrant and a State Judge who granted Mr. McVeigh the opportunity to confer
with a local attorney who had repeatedly been blocked from seeing the
Defendant by the local Assistant District Attorney. The attorney filed a
Motion for Habeas Corpus to produce Mr. McVeigh for an interview which was
granted. Thus, the delay was not caused by the Judge or the attorney, but
the State prosecutor. A Federal John Doe 1 Warrant was already in place.
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