Pipe Hitter Foundation Inc

THE PIPE HITTER FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO DEFENDING THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM THE SAME RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS THEY RISK THEIR LIVES TO UPHOLD. TO FULFILL THIS MISSIONS PHF HAS THE FOLLOWING BROAD GOALS:FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND LEGAL DEFENSE - PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SERVICE MEMBERS, FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AS WELL AS LEGAL DEFENSE FUNDS AND ASSOCIATED EXPENSES TO UNIFORMED PERSONNEL WHO NEED IT. ADVOCACY - ADVOCATE GENERALLY FOR SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND FOR A MILITARY AND CIVILIAN JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT RESPECTS THEIR RIGHTS, ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS AMONG SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS, AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. PUBLIC AFFAIRS - EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE SACRIFICES MADE BY SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND PROVIDE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO SERVE TO GENERATE PUBLIC SUPPORT AND AWARENESS.

DAGES: FORMER LA MESA POLICE OFFICER MATTHEW DAGES HAS BEEN POLITICALLY RAILROADED AND WRONGFULLY TERMINATED BY CITY OF LA MESA OFFICIALS. AND NOW HE'S BEEN CRIMINALLY CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING A POLICE REPORT - DESPITE NO EVIDENCE OF SUCH AN INTENTIONAL ACT AND SUBSTANTIAL CASE LAW DEFENDING AN OFFICER'S PERCEPTION AND OBSERVATIONS.DAGES WAS CLEARED OF ANY USE OF FORCE DURING THE MAY 27, 2020 INCIDENT, BUT SEEMINGLY DUE TO POLITICAL PRESSURE, DAGES IS NOW A SCAPEGOAT FOR THE VIOLENCE THAT BEFELL THE CITY.PIPE HITTER FOUNDATION WILL NOT STAND FOR THE CONTINUED VILLAINIZATION OF THIS OFFICER. WE HAVE SET UP A FUNDRAISING PAGE FOR DONATIONS TO HELP WITH LEGAL FEES AS THIS OFFICER CONTINUES THE FIGHT TO CLEAR HIS NAME.

GENERAL SUPPORT OF OTHER 501(C)(3) ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO THE SUPPORT AND WELFARE OF SERVICE MEMBERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.

MCMAHON: MICHAEL MCMAHON WAS AN NYPD SERGEANT DURING THE CRIME-RAVAGED 1990S, AND RECEIVED 75 CAREER AWARDS INCLUDING THE COMBAT CROSS FOLLOWING A DANGEROUS CRIMINAL PURSUIT WHICH RESULTED IN A SERIOUS CAREER ENDING INJURY LEADING HIM TO A NEW CAREER AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 28, 2020, FBI AGENTS SWARMED THE MCMAHON HOME AND ARRESTED MIKE IN FRONT OF HIS WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN. AN AGENT INFORMED THE FAMILY THAT MIKE WAS BEING CHARGED FOR ACTING AS AN AGENT OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. MIKE WAS CHARGED WITH INTERSTATE STALKING, CONSPIRACY AND FARA FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A FOREIGN AGENT DESPITE COMPLETE LACK OF EVIDENCE OR WRONGDOING. MIKE AND HIS FAMILY WERE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED AND STUNNED WHEN AGENTS HAULED HIM IN WITH NO WARNING. MIKE IS A FAMILY MAN. HE HAS A WIFE AND THREE KIDS. THEY URGENTLY NEED OUR SUPPORT. MR. MCMAHON WAS AN APPROVED GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATOR (CJA) WORKING ON VERY HIGH PROFILE CASES. HE WAS HIRED BY A NY BASED TRANSLATION COMPANY AND WAS CONDUCTING TYPICAL P.I. BUSINESS FOR THE CLIENT INCLUDING SURVEILLANCE, BACKGROUND CHECKS AND ASSET SEARCHES. SO WHY WAS MIKE CHARGED? THE FBI WAS INVESTIGATING MIKE'S CLIENT UNBEKNOWNST TO MIKE, HIS CLIENT WAS TIED-IN WITH A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE INVOLVING THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. MIKE GOT HIT WITH FARA CHARGES WHICH ARE TYPICALLY RESERVED FOR KEEPING CHECKS AND BALANCES ON LOBBYISTS, LAW FIRMS AND MARKETING ENTITIES. HE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO RECEIVE FARA CHARGES. NOTHING ABOUT THIS CASE WAS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER OF THE HUNDREDS OF CASES HE HAS EXECUTED IN THE PAST. HE WAS UNAWARE OF HIS CLIENT'S CCP CONNECTION. MIKE'S PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HE WAS LOCKED UP WITH AN EXCESSIVE BAIL SET AT $500,000, SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE CHINESE AGENTS WHO HIRED HIM. THE IMPACT HAS BEEN DEVASTATING. WITHIN 24 HOURS OF MIKE'S ARREST, THE FAMILY'S BANK ACCOUNTS WERE SHUT OFF. THE PRESS POSTED-UP OUTSIDE THE MCMAHON HOME FOR DAYS THEY COMPLETELY SMEARED MIKE'S REPUTATION DESPITE LACK OF ANY EVIDENCE, AND WITHOUT MENTION OF HIS DECORATED CAREER. WE HAVE BEEN DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIGHT THIS CASE AND PAY THE LEGAL FEES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS, WHICH ARE OVERWHELMING. "WE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ANYONE ELSE, " SAID HIS WIFE, MARTHA MCMAHON.

DARBY: BEN WAS A WELL-TRAINED HUNTSVILLE POLICE OFFICER WHO WAS FORCED TO MAKE A DIFFICULT SPLIT-SECOND DECISION WHILE RESPONDING TO A DANGEROUS 911 CALL. THE SITUATION WAS CLEARED BY THE INCIDENT REVIEW BOARD, AND BEN'S ACTIONS WERE DEEMED JUSTIFIED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE FOLLOWED ALL APPLICABLE POLICIES AND LAWS. HOWEVER, SOON AFTER BEN WAS CLEARED, THE MADISON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEGAN TO USE HIM AND HIS CASE AS A POLITICAL FOOTBALL. THEY OFFERED HIM MULTIPLE PLEA DEALS, BUT BEN DARBY FIRMLY BELIEVED HIS ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED AND RESISTED ALL PLEAS. BEN WAS SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR A CRIME HE DID NOT COMMIT. HE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR AN APPEAL BOND DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE SENTENCE HE WAS GIVEN. HE IS STUCK SERVING DAY-FOR-DAY UNTIL HIS APPEAL COMES THROUGH. THE PIPE HITTER FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM THE SAME RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS THEY RISK THEIR LIVES TO UPHOLD. THIS IS WHY WE SUPPORT BEN DARBY IN HIS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND ARE REQUESTING AID TO HELP HIM GET THROUGH THIS TIME OF NEED AND CLEAR HIS NAME.