Help Phil Flanigan Reclaim His Life

Phil Flanigan is a world class musician. He is a bass player who has performed with many of the finest musicians throughout the country. Now he finds himself in a very difficult situation and needs our help.

Here, in his words, he describes what has happened to him.

‘I was driving through Kansas with all my possessions in my boxvan after having completed my camping trip, when I was blinded by extremely bright lights flashing and reflecting in my mirror. This dazed me and as I was looking for a place to pull over, I ran over an orange line that had been stretched across the road. It slashed my front tires, at which point I had to pull over.

There were police behind me so I opened my window.They ordered me out of my boxvan at gunpoint.

They arrested me without saying what for and took me to the county jail in Lincoln, Kansas where they charged me with driving with an expired license, expired insurance, and fleeing and evading. This was on September 30, 2021, during Covid. I was held for 99 days, no phone call until day 33 and was kept incommunicado until day 90.

I then posted bail and got out, only to find the boxvan and its contents had been sold.

I had no choice but to take a run down apartment in Lincoln, where for the next 9 months I was stonewalled, arrested 2 more times and spending a total of 5 months in jail. When I was released from jail, they took me to the Salina, Kansas homeless shelter on September 13, 2022.

Since then I have been trying to survive and get my life back.

(because it was stolen from me)

The value of everything that was stolen, including my vintage musical instruments, totals approximately $160,000.

Please help…….’

Funds collected will be used to explore legal means to recover what was taken from Phil, and also for finally leaving Kansas to recover the life that has been so changed by this experience.