In June 2012,
two Registered Citizens were gunned down by a lifelong career criminal named
Patrick Drum in Port Angeles, WA. Later that year, I decided to attempt to make
this case into a documentary about vigilante violence.
In light of the
article, “The Vigilante of Clallam County,” printed in The Atlantic, written by
Lexi Pandell, I figured it was time I gave an update on the film.
For the past few
months, I have devoted time trying to gather as much information on this case
as possible. After fundraising for the money to travel to Port Angeles to
collect more interviews and case info, I still lacked some information. I
contacted Patrick Drum and even tried scheduling an interview. Unfortunately,
the Washington DOC will not all me to film Drum, so I ran out of options. Drum
saw my appearance on HLN and the cat was out of the bag, so to speak. I have
reached a dead end with extracting information from Patrick Drum.
This year, Lexi Pandell’s
article and the LMN show “I Killed my BFF” have each provided an interpretation
of the events surrounding the murders of Gary Blanton and Jerry Ray. For the
past year, I have also devoted time and research into the case. While the other
articles give a pretty good story, it is still a biased and incomplete story.
Both stories paint Drum as an “antihero,” a rough character you can still
sympathize with because, well, he killed two Registered Citizens.
While I can help
fill in the missing puzzle pieces, I cannot offer a complete documentary with
the footage I have at the moment. So what I am looking to do is expand the film
into a treatise on vigilantism against Registered Persons. That means more
work, more interviews…and unfortunately, more money. I was in the process of
making a video ad before this story broke, in fact, because being an ACTIVE
activist costs money. Traveling, phone calls and stamps, equipment, and
projects like this documentary all take resources, and as I previously stated,
it is hard to get all I need on my meager income.
In the coming
months, I will have to travel to Montgomery, AL to stop an anti-clustering law,
as well as a possible trip to Coalinga, CA to join a planned protest. I need
lighting for films, and most of all, the funds to keep my website up. This
documentary is still needed, but I need more than the footage I have to give a
quality product.
There is no
better time for me to ask the people for their generous support of my
organization than right now, during the Holiday Season. The Holiday Season is
always followed up by the Legislative Season, so now is the time to offer your
support before you overspend on the holidays.
Donations can be mailed to: Derek
Logue, 2559 Eden Ave. #14, Cincinnati, OH 45219
By Paypal: iamthefallen1@yahoo.com
