White Prosecutors Hid a Blood-stained Comforter, Bedsheets & Pillow from an Intellectually Disabled Black Man's Defense to Convict Him of Murdering a White Woman. Now Tenn. Plans to Execute Him

DPIC reports that The Innocence Project and federal defenders have filed a motion in a Shelby County, Tennessee trial court seeking DNA testing of physical evidence hidden by prosecutors for 30 years that they believe will exonerate death-row prisoner Pervis Payne (pictured). Payne, who is scheduled to be executed on December 3, 2020, has steadfastly denied committing the crime. The lawyers argue that his conviction and death sentence are the combined product of racial bias by a prosecutor’s office with an extensive history of misconduct and Payne’s intellectual disability.

Payne was sentenced to death in 1988 for the stabbing deaths of Charisse Christopher and her two-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of her three-year-old son. Payne’s girlfriend lived on the same floor as the victims.

On June 27, 1987, Payne was waiting for his girlfriend at her apartment in Millington, Tennessee, when he saw a man with blood on him sprinting out of the building. The man ran past him, dropping change and papers as he ran, a few of which Payne picked up before he entered the building and made his way to his girlfriend’s apartment. There, he noticed that the door to the apartment across the hall was open and heard a noise.

Payne entered the neighbor’s apartment where he encountered Charisse Christopher, who had been stabbed 41 times and still had a knife in her throat.

The panicked 20-year-old tried to help. He noticed that Christopher’s hand was grasping at the knife, and removed it. Then he checked on her two young children before running to get help. Shortly after leaving the apartment, he saw police officers arriving. And for the second time that day, Payne was overcome with panic.

“Some other feeling just went all over me and just panicked, just like, oh, look at this,” Payne said in his testimony. “I’m coming out of here with blood on me and everything. It going to look like I done this crime.”

Payne was arrested later that day — the first misstep in the path that led to his wrongful conviction for the murder of Christopher and her 2-year-old daughter.

Police focused their entire investigation on Payne even though he had no criminal record and no clear motive for the killings. They failed to investigate other suspects with a stronger motive such as Christopher’s abusive ex-husband or a local drug dealer who frequented Christopher’s apartment. 

At trial, prosecutors played on racial stereotypes, characterizing Payne as a sexually predatory black man, high on drugs, who attacked a white woman. It wasn’t just his being in the wrong place at the wrong time that led to Payne’s wrongful conviction. The prosecution’s case against him exploited his intellectual disability, hid evidence, and relied on racist stereotypes of Black men to paint a portrait of Payne as a dangerous and hypersexualized drug user.

Payne didn’t know Christopher and had no reason to attack her. And no evidence suggested that he sexually assaulted her. Yet police and prosecutors argued that Payne had made an advance on Christopher while using drugs and alcohol and that, when she rejected him, he had stabbed her to death. 

However, there was no evidence that Payne was using drugs. Payne was never given a drug test, though his mother begged police officers to perform one, and no evidence of drug use was reported during the initial investigation. Payne had no history of drug use or violence, and did not have a criminal record — or any contact with the legal system before the day he found Christopher in her apartment. But the prosecution argued that Payne had been searching for sex after using drugs and looking at a Playboy magazine.

They argued, without evidence, that Payne had sexually assaulted Christopher, presenting a bloody tampon that they asserted he had pulled from her body. However, the tampon did not appear in any crime scene photos or video. Police also claimed to have found evidence that linked Payne — who had no history of drug use — to drugs but refused a request by Payne’s mother, shortly after his arrest, that he be permitted to take a drug test. 

In December 2019, when a court order provided defense counsel access to evidence held by the county clerk’s office, the defense for the first time discovered the existence of a blood-stained comforter, bedsheets, and pillow. Payne’s lawyers have asked for expedited DNA testing of this evidence. Assistant federal defender Kelley Henry, one of the lawyers who represents Payne said, “[t]he prosecutors illegally hid this evidence for three decades. That's just wrong. … But there's still time to save this man’s life.”

Payne lives with an intellectual disability and struggled in school. Though he tried, he continued to have difficulty with reading, spelling, and math, even after being placed in resource classes. Despite his best efforts, Payne was unable to graduate. Growing up he also had trouble with everyday tasks like cooking and doing laundry — as a child, he needed help feeding himself until he was 5.

Doctors have since confirmed through testing that Payne has an intellectual disability. Under the 8th Amendment, it would be unconstitutional to execute him. [MORE]

Can You "Both Sides" Police Brutality? MD Judges are Warned Not to Participate in BLM Activity b/c it could “cause a reasonable [racist authoritarian] person to question a judge’s impartiality"

According to ProMeth:

In The Spectacle Black Lives matter (BLM) are repeatedly characterized by dependent media and puppeticians as “freedom fighters” or “the resistance.” Yet BLM simply wants; 1) cops to be held liable in civil courts when they harm or execute Blacks and Latinos, 2) the Government to hold cops accountable for crimes committed against Blacks and Latinos and as public servants to be subjected to discipline or termination in a process they can participate in and 3) to stop cops from interfering with their “rights” and harming and killing them.

That is, BLM wants “authorities” to enforce existing laws against cops and expects equal treatment under the law. Additionally, the reforms recently presented in BLM’s BREATHE ACT are very modest proposals.

In general it can be assumed that BLM and all rational statists want all laws to be followed and applied equally and have a legitimate expectation that public servants don’t violate their rights. There really is no opposing side to BLM’s very tame positions - except advocacy for cop’s breaking the law or committing crimes against citizens. So what on earth could be “radical” about protesting against conduct that is already illegal and unconstitutional? Having something to say about a so-called “public servant” unlawfully stopping, detaining and murdering people based on skin color is not extreme or hate speech. It is normal speech. To mischaracterize or try to “both sides” such activity as “radical” is an extremely stupid effort to radicalize common sense! It is an attempt to make people believe that what is in actual reality, conservative and common sense as being radical thought & conduct. With such a misunderstanding, Blacks and Latinos reject common sense when they reject what they perceive as "radical." Thus, obedient Blacks & Latino citizens may be less inclined to pursue things that obedient White people with common sense would pursue in the normal course of things- because to do so would be radical.

Pretending that the enforcement of existing law on police officers in regard to their relations with melonated peoples is “extreme” conduct is fascism disguised as democracy or governmental mind control. Neutrality or silence in the face of extreme government repression like the treatment George Floyd got in the street is reprehensible. The following article concerns the MD Judicial Ethics Committee’s warning to judges that participation in Black Lives Matter protests, marches or rallies “could cause a reasonable person to question a judge’s independence or impartiality,” given that they concern law enforcement and perceived shortcomings in the system of justice. This is dead wrong. A judges participation in BLM activity could cause a reasonable, gullible observer to falsely believe that said judge is not also an active participant in a racist system of authoritarian control. It makes one wonder how did the highly educated, well respected German judges perceived the application of laws to Jewish citizens during Nazi Germany. FUNKTIONARY describes this kind of quiet repression as Totalitarian Patriotism:

totalitarian Patriotism - ‘terrified silence created through the suppression of principled cognitive dissent under the First Amendment and the Declaration of Independence. 2) allowing the officers of so-called "government" to become free from the limits of law. Criticism of the federal government's anti-terrorism policies is nothing less than treason."-US Attorney General "Jailin'" John Ashcroft December 6, 2001 remarks at Senate Judiciary Committee. "Either you're with me or you're with the terrorists." -Curious George Custard Dubya Bush. "If you say the government is in a conspiracy to take your freedom away, you're wrong...There's nothing patriotic about hating you're government or pretending you can hate your government but love your country." -Bill 'Slick-Willy-Style' Clinton. These statements are the language of totalitarianism. Totalitarian Patriotism is a goose step in the wrong direction.’ [MORE]

citizens - those who instinctively seek permission or ask themselves whether or not they are allowed to do anything before they act. Citizens (serfs, subjects or slaves), possess a "ruled" mind-virus mentality (See: Citizenship & Slavery). 

From [HERE] The Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee released an opinion Wednesday saying that the state’s judges should not participate in events for the Black Lives Matter movement.

The opinion, which is nonbinding but considered a guideline for judges, states that participation in Black Lives Matter protests, marches or rallies “could cause a reasonable person to question a judge’s independence or impartiality,” given that they concern law enforcement and perceived shortcomings in the system of justice.

Participation in a Black Lives Matter event presents a “significant risk” that the judge will end up in a situation that could undermine his or her impartiality, the opinion states.

The 13-person committee, made up mostly of Maryland judges, cited several provisions of the state’s code of judicial conduct as grounds for the decision, including a rule that states judges shall not “participate in activities that would appear to a reasonable person to undermine the judge’s independence, integrity, or impartiality.

The committee pointed out that Black Lives Matter events frequently feature signs and messages such as “Defund the Police” or “We Can’t Breathe.” A member of the judiciary would not likely be able to control how they are depicted in relationship to those messages, according to the committee. [even though they are no carrying the signs or associated with anyone doing so. lol].

Just Another Wednesday in the “Israelien" Democracy as Soldiers Demolish Another Under-construction Palestinian Home in the Occupied Palestinian Capital Jerusalem

From [HERE] Israeli soldiers demolished, Wednesday, an under-construction Palestinian home in the Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood in the occupied Palestinian capital Jerusalem.

Media sources said several army and police jeeps invaded the neighborhood accompanied by a bulldozer and demolished the property.

They added that the City Council in occupied Jerusalem is alleging that the building was being constructed without a permit.

The demolished property was around 90 square meters, owned by Saifuddin Ali Jom’a, in the Shayyah area.

Many Palestinians in the occupied city resort to constructing their homes without permits due to Israel’s continued refusal to issue these permits, while the expanding families find themselves living in small homes or apartments.

|If You Build It, They Will Come: B’Tselem|

This happens while Israel continues to build and expand its illegal, segregated colonies in the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem, in direct violation of International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions.

Last week, the United Nations Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory has reported that Israel demolished or seized 100 Palestinian-owned structures, a sharp increase compared with previous months and the highest figure since January 2017. As a monthly average, the number of structures targeted during the first half of 2020.

OCHA also stated that Israel has, so far this year, demolished 371 structures in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, displacing 412 Palestinians.

In addition, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition (ICAHD) has reported, on July 6th, that Israel has demolished 101 structures, displacing 137 Palestinians, and affecting 435 others, in June.

In the year 2019, the army demolished 623 structures, displacing 914 Palestinians in the occupied territory.

According to FUNKTIONARY:

Israeliens - imposter (pale interloper alien) Hebrews—Eastern European stock Caucasians who adopted the philosophy, myths, fables, and traditions of the so-called "Jews" while living in Russia—masquerading as if they had any genetic or historical ancestry and cultural heritage to the Afrikan Hebrews, the Afrim people, who occupied Canaan (Palestine) from ancient times. 2) those who currently are occupying Palestine (the land of Canaan), colonizing and killing its rightful descendants, historic owners and dwellers), and are undeniably alien (foreign—not aboriginal) to that land. 3) imposter Hebrews originating from the Pale of Settlement in Kazzarian Russia currently an occupying force (militarily holed-up and propped-up by US financial support and British skullduggery) in occupied Palestine. 4) alien Jews—Pinchbeck Hebrews. Israeliens are East Europeans with no genetic or actual historic ties whatsoever to the land now called Palestine. Israeliens have brainwashed (and fooled themselves and many others into believing this historical lie and propaganda that they are the descendants of "Jews" (a misnomer for African Hebrews, itself a misnomer for the Afrim people). Anyone with a modicum of research skills, knowledge of basic geography, philology, and an unbiased-by-religious-myth mind can easily confirm or validate this fact for his or herself. Both so-called Sephardic and Askanazzim "Jews" are not historically tied to the Afrim. It's not that Caucasians who have adopted the "Jewish" religion shouldn't have a place to live—but how about suggesting relocating where they came from—the hills of Russia, and not on another peoples" land. You don't invade (break into) someone's house (property) and expect them to just go away and not fight to get it back (despite how much force, murdering, deception, and propaganda that is brought to bear to justify such wrongful invasion and genocide). Psychological repression is both invisible and reflexive. (See: Zionism, USS Liberty, Gulf of Tonkin, Genocide, Immigrant Human, Evolution, Caucasian, Pilgarlick, El & Judaism)

Never Feed Off-Duty Pigs with Food High in Sugar: White Cops Attack Latino Teen After He Dangled a Donut on a String in Front of Them

From [HERE] Hanging a donut from a string and dangling it in front of people while on public property may be in poor taste — but it is most definitely not illegal. However, cops in Everett, Washington appear unconcerned with legality all together. In a video posted to Facebook this week, cops are seen attacking an innocent teenager and then falsely charging him with assault over their violence.

During the pro-police “Back the Blue” rally in Everett over the weekend, an 18-year-old man made a joke by tying a donut to a string and dangling it in front of the cops.

As the video shows, the teen skates over to the officers who are standing around after the rally, organized by the Snohomish County Republican Party. Judging from his BLM and ACAB skateboard, the teen was obviously a counter protester at the Blue rally.

As the young man rolls up, he asks the officers if they want a donut and everyone standing around starts laughing and playing along.

“I wanted to know if any of you guys wanted a bite?” he asks. Shortly thereafter the white cops assault and arrest him for assault.

Police Forces Experiment w/Cameras Mounted on Guns: Like Bodycams Cops Will Sell the Public on "Transparency" but Then Unilaterally Control "Public Video" & Use It Primarily to Convict Citizens

Yurugu’s technology provides only incidental, random benefit to Black & Brown people - it is primarily designed to help put us in greater confinement or inflict harm in a system of injustice. Like bodycams police guns with cameras mounted on them will be used mostly to convict citizens and defend cops from charges. Like bodycams liar cops will sell the public on transparency/accountability and the dependent media will parrot its bullshit. [see video above]

Legal scholars, Laurent Sacharoff and Sarah Lustbader, state, “Imagine if police departments across the nation sought funding for a new program described as follows: "We propose a video surveillance program targeted toward heavily patrolled low-income neighborhoods of color in order to gather evidence of crimes such as drug possession, vandalism, and resisting arrest. We will primarily use this evidence to prosecute criminal cases against civilians - not police officers - withholding it from defendants to encourage pleas, and allowing access only to those who take the risk of going to trial. The public and the media will rarely, if ever, gain access to these videos, and we will release them at our unilateral discretion; we will, of course, own and control all the footage." If this were the avowed purpose and description of a program, few would support it. Yet this is precisely how most police body camera programs are currently run.“

“In an often unremarked [by dependent media] development, police have taken control of body camera programs and - most damaging - they have claimed sole ownership of the videos themselves. They decide which system to buy; they determine how to configure those systems; they decide when and how to activate the cameras; they control who may have access to the videos and when; and they determine how long to keep the videos, and whether to destroy them.“

From [HERE] Amid demands for more police transparency after the killing of George Floyd, U.S. police departments are experimenting with a new way of capturing potentially deadly moments: putting small cameras on their guns.

The police department in King City, California last month became the state's first force to mandate cameras on all its officers' handguns.

"With (the) public's responses to officer-involved shootings, I really felt it was important to have that perspective of what the officer most likely can see and the best point of view to see that from is the barrel of the handgun," said Robert Masterson, King City police chief.

The cameras, about the size of a thumb, are mounted along a rail on the bottom of a firearm's barrel and automatically record when the gun is drawn from the holster.

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, in 2016, almost half of U.S. law enforcement agencies had acquired body-worn cameras. The use of gun-mounted cameras, however, is far less common and the numbers less known.

Minnesota-based Viridian Weapon Technologies, said more than 500 agencies across 47 states are in various stages of trialing or implementing its gun-camera system, which is aimed at supplementing images from police body cameras.

The gun camera was used in a case in Texas earlier this year to prosecute a suspect who became involved in a shootout with an officer in April 2019. Video from the body camera showed the officer's arms in front holding the gun, whereas video from the gun camera showed the pistol's point-of-view.

The gun camera would not be useful in cases of alleged police brutality where a gun is not drawn, and Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, warned that there were limitations to the technology,

"Even when a gun is drawn, they're not going to capture the context of events leading up to the point where the officer draws their gun and often that is the most crucial part in evaluating an officer's action and whether that was abusive or professional," he said.

Here We Go Again, Researchers for Authoritarians Claim Trained Dogs Can Sniff Out Covid-19 Infections with 94% accuracy

From [HERE] Dogs have smell receptors up to 10,000 times more powerful and accurate than humans. That allows certain trained dogs to sniff out diseases like cancer, malaria and viral infections.

Now, according to German researchers, trained dogs can sniff out coronavirus infections.

A new study, which was piloted by the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, the Hannover Medical School and the German Armed Forces found that, if properly trained, dogs were able to discriminate between human saliva samples infected with SARS-CoV-2 and non-infected samples with a 94% success rate overall. 

The hope is this method of detection could be one day be used [on black & brown people] in public areas such as airports, sporting events and other mass gatherings (in addition to laboratory testing) to [niggerize them] help prevent future Covid-19 outbreaks, according to researchers. [MORE]

In reality dogs are used by government authorities to niggerize and harm Black and Brown people. WP writer Christy Lopex explains that ‘the US has a long history of racialized used of canine violence, from dogs used to hunt fleeing enslaved people and terrorize civil rights protesters, through the present day. Racial and ethnic disparities in police dog bites persist over time and across the country. Canine force reviews, like the decades-long examination of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, consistently show disparities; during one six-month period, their canines bit only black and Latinx people. In a nine-year nationwide study of emergency room visits for police K-9 bites, 42 percent of the approximately 33,000 bite victims were black.’

Lopez explains, ‘the extent to which we have normalized — and subsidized — police departments’ use of dogs to attack human beings should be chilling. The fact that we fawn over those same dogs at community events — without a thought of whose bodies those dogs have bitten — should be more chilling still. The “criminal apprehension” dogs used to find and bite whomever the police tell them to need to be part of the national conversation about ending unnecessary force. Police canines are bred and trained to ensure that their bite is far more severe than a normal dog bite. The pressure from a police canine bite has been likened by one court to the force of being run over by a car. For decades, the canine-industry contended that police dogs usually cause only minor injuries and bite for 10 to 15 seconds. That is bullshit. The era of body cams and cellphone recordings shows they often bite for much longer and cause significant injury.

Unlike normal dogs, police canines are trained to bite hard, use all their teeth and bite multiple times. Studies have found that over 3,500 police canine bitesannually result in emergency room visits, and that canine force results in a higher proportion of hospital visitations than any other type of police force. On rare occasions, police canines have killed people, including a suspected burglar, a likely trespasser and a homeless woman.

This level of violence cannot be justified by the threat posed. Police dogs routinely use force that unquestionably would be unlawful if used directly by a police officer. The dogs are overwhelmingly set on people suspected of crimes like burglary, car theft, trespassing, traffic violations or “fleeing” from the police, and often used during political protests and immigration raids.

Police canines also inevitably make mistakes, attacking innocent bystanders and their own handlers. A Justice Department attorney investigating the New Orleans Police Department observed a police dog bite its handler twice within a few hours. Canines also do not always stop biting even when ordered to do so. Indeed, at least one canine-industry certification standard passes a dog even if it re-bites and has to be ordered to stop four times. By the way, certification is not universally required.’

In the System of RWS Black Cops are Forbidden From Harming Whites Unless Authorized to Do So: Black NYPD Cop who Assaulted White Homeless Man Not Charged or Disciplined by His Masters

 From [HERE] The police officer who repeatedly punched a homeless man who refused to get off a train in a Midtown subway station will not face discipline, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said Wednesday.

Shea told reporters Wednesday that he doesn't anticipate NYPD officer Adonis Long will be placed on modified duty for his use of force against a homeless man named Joseph in May. The Legal Aid society, which is representing Joseph, called for the officer's firing last week while releasing body camera footage of Long punching their client in the face, kicking his belongings on a subway platform and then macing the man after he asked why police were attacking him while pushed up against a subway platform wall.

The NYPD commissioner did say he found video of the arrest "troubling" but also implied the four-minute video released by the Legal Aid society did not capture the full interaction between Joseph and police officers. Shea claimed that Joseph had initially complied with orders to leave the train before re-boarding it before the actions captured in the video.

"My analysis of the entirety of it, where it goes on for nearly 30 minutes, an officer's kicked, etcetera, I don't foresee any change in duty status, but any use of force, and this is an incident certainly falls within that, is reviewed," Shea said Wednesday.

Body camera footage of the incident does not show officer Long being kicked. [MORE]

In the system of racism white supremacy it is rare for a black police officer to use excessive force against a white person. In fact, according to Anon, 'in the history of modern law enforcement there have been only a handful of instances of a black police officer intentionally shooting or killing an unarmed white person. This is not surprising but it is absolute proof that the black individual operating within a system of white supremacy cannot get away with mistreating whites even if he or she is wearing a uniform, a badge, and carrying a gun.’ [MORE] 

Anon asks and answers the following:

Q: If a powerful black person mistreats a less powerful white person, isn’t he or she practicing black racism?

A: A black person whose power comes from a white institution will not be allowed to mistreat whites - unless he or she is following orders from more powerful whites. In a system of white supremacy, all whites are more powerful than blacks.

 A white supremacy system by its very NATURE forbids ALL non-white people - regardless of wealth, status, or position - from victimizing white people. Of course, a powerful black person can - as an individual - harm a white individual. For example, it was well known that OJ Simpson physically abused his white ex-wife, Nicole, but that abuse was limited to what he was able to do as an individual.

Powerful blacks present no danger to the white collective but they can be extremely dangerous to other blacks. They are often rewarded for victimizing black people (doing the dirty work), and are usually following orders from more powerful whites behind the scenes.

If they are not following direct orders, they will abuse other blacks: (1) for profit or career advancement; (2) out of fear of losing status or income; (3) out of fear of being lumped with the “inferior” black masses; (4) because of self- hatred issues, which they project onto other blacks; or (5) out of frustration because they have no real power (over whites).” [MORE]

Report Says Alabama Authorities 'Frequently' Use Excessive Force On its Mostly Black Inmates & Fail to Protect Them from Violence & Sexual Abuse in 12 of its 13 Overcrowded, Barbaric Prisons

From [HERE] and [MORE] Federal investigators found "frequent uses of excessive force" on prisoners in 12 of the 13 state prisons under review, according to a report released Thursday, which cited "systemic unconstitutional conditions" throughout the prison system. 

The Justice Department has determined that Alabama's prisons are violating the Constitution by failing to protect inmates from violence and sexual abuse and by housing them in unsafe and overcrowded facilities, according to a scathing report. It is already known that Alabama’s Prisons are the Deadliest in US. [MORE]

The U.S. Department of Justice wrote Gov. Kay Ivey, Department of Corrections leaders and prison wardens about the report, the second the state has received in 15 months. 

"There is reasonable cause to believe that the correctional officers within the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) frequently use excessive force on prisoners housed throughout Alabama’s prisons for men," the Department of Justice wrote to Ivey. 

'Systemic unconstitutional conditions' [“rights are myths”]

Among the 13 prisons under review by the Department of Justice, all but one were flagged for "frequent uses of excessive force."

"Given the identified pervasiveness of the uses of excessive force and the statewide application of ADOC’s use of force policies and procedures, we have reasonable cause to believe that the uses of excessive force occurring within Alabama’s prisons give rise to systemic unconstitutional conditions," the letter read.

In its report, the DOJ said prison officials were aware of excessive force, including incidents in which prisoners were killed, but failed to address the issue. 

"We also found that ADOC failed to make and maintain proper records of excessive force incidents and that ADOC was unwilling to produce records that it did maintain. ... Throughout the investigation, ADOC also prohibited us from interviewing non-supervisory correctional officers and severely restricted our access to individuals working in prison health care units," the report said. 

In an investigation in November, the Montgomery Advertiser found prison administrators flout the department’s rules and regulations in an attempt to exert control and discipline prisoners. The newspaper interviewed dozens of men incarcerated across the state.  

"There are no meaningful checks and balances within the system, no substantial means of accountability on the part of certain correction officials; lower level as well as at the upper echelon levels," prisoner James Taylor said in a letter about conditions in 2019. "[Lack of accountability] is blatant. Inmates see it, know it, recognize it, and have grown tired of it, and this is why many inmates are resistant to entertain attempts at true change [or] reform."

Black Death-Row Derrick Jamison, who was 90 Minutes Away From Being Murdered by Government Orderlies for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, says the So-Called "Death Penalty" Should be Abolished

From [HERE] Derrick Jamison survived six death warrants during his two decades on Ohio’s death row, coming within 90 minutes of being executed. After he was exonerated, on the day he walked free, his best friend on death row was executed. His story, he writes in a July 11, 2020 op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times, “illustrates everything that is wrong with the death penalty” and why it should be abolished.

Jamison (pictured) was convicted and sentenced to death in 1985 for the murder of a Cincinnati bartender. His conviction hinged on the testimony of Charles Howell, a co-defendant who avoided the death penalty by falsely implicating Jamison. The prosecution withheld statements that contradicted Howell’s testimony, undermined the prosecution’s theory of how the murder occurred, and established that a prosecution witness had actually identified two other men as the murderers. In 2000, a federal district court judge overturned Jamison’s conviction, ruling that the police and prosecutorial misconduct had denied him a fair trial. It took almost five more years — until February 28, 2005 — before the charges against him were finally dismissed.

Jamison writes that his experience “is not an isolated incident. My wrongful conviction was the result of a deeply flawed system, a system that is infected with racial bias and risks the execution of the innocent.” He says the American legal system operates under “a double standard when it comes to finding justice …. If you are a person of color or a low-income citizen, the pursuit of justice can be an elusive one. But if you are rich, access to resources can make all the difference in the world. It can be the difference between freedom and a life behind bars for a crime you didn’t commit.”

Jamison’s op-ed recounts the six execution dates he faced. He writes, “All six executions were later stayed by the governor, the last came within 90 minutes of my scheduled execution. I was asked about my Last Rites, where my dead body was to be sent, and what I wanted for my last meal.” Ohio conducted 18 executions while Jamison was on death row, including that of William Williams, his best friend in prison. Williams was executed on October 25, 2005 — the same day Jamison was released. Jamison writes that his “story ends differently than most. I am the survivor of what could have been a legal lynching.”

FUNKTIONARY makes it plain:

death penalty - legalized murder - the agents of the corporate state way of purifying the blood on its hands via ritual sacrifice to the new god economy and the greater system. The death penalty is looking for moral integrity in all the wrong places with all the wrong faces.

Death row - a place where the arcana dominationis houses and “assists” predominantly shades of black - fade to black. 2) a medikill doctor’s waiting room (the medikill indu$try kills around 300,000 patients yearly). 3) a section of the corporate state demand-created, owned and operated prison industrial combine wherein criminals and political prisoners of victimless “crimes” live up to death.

White PA Cops Tell Lies to Support Unlawful Arrest of Black Man Unwanted by White Manager @ Walmart. White DA Overcharged Him w/Felonies to Force a Plea, Incarcerate & Support White Supremacy

What is White Collective Power? In relevant part Aggravated assault occurs when the defendant does any of the following:

• Causes serious bodily injury to another and shows an extreme indifference to human life;

• Causes, attempts to cause or places the victim in fear of serious bodily injury and the victim is a police officer, firefighter, parole officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, enforcement agent or correctional officer performing their duties.

Aggravated assault is a felony of either the first or second degree depending on who the offense was committed against. If it is against a police officer or firefighter, it will be a first degree felony. This carries a penalty of up to twenty years in prison. For all else, it will be a second degree felony. A second degree felony carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison.

From [HERE] and [HERE] On Monday, a video surfaced of a Black man being tased and violently arrested in a Pennsylvania Walmart after [white] people complained he was riding a bicycle around the store. The video has been widely circulated across social media, and some have accused officers of racial profiling and of using excessive force. The incident occurred around 6:30 Monday evening at Berkshire Square Shopping Plaza in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

The district attorney’s office said the storm-trooping white officers responded to complaints that a Black man, identified as Stanley Gracius, 37, was riding a bicycle around the Walmart store, playing loud music, and cursing at shoppers.

By the time officers arrived, the [white] manager of the store told them that Gracius was in the process of purchasing the bike. That is, if he had been previously asked to leave the store the workers must have subsequently changed their mind because they allowed him to make a purchase - so he was not trespassing.

Multiple witnesses — including the man who filmed the incident — say Gracius was spreading love in the Walmart and the music he was playing was a track by Demarco titled, Love My Life.

“The kind man was test riding a bike through the store while playing some music and telling random strangers he hopes they have a great day and complimenting them,” the witness wrote. “He was absolutely no bother to anyone.”

“He rode the bike to the cash register and paid for it after the cop said he was free to go,” the witness wrote, adding that once he told the cop to “have a nice day,” things took a turn for the worse.

According to the witnesses, once Gracius told the officers to have a nice day, they grabbed his wrist and started to arrest him.

“Walmart should have the video,” the witness said, backing up his testimony.

Disorderly conduct in Pennsylvania requires proof that a defendant by his actions intentionally or recklessly created a risk of causing or caused a public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm. The statute has a specific intent requirement that may be established by a showing of a reckless disregard of the risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm. Commonwealth v. Maerz, 2005 PA Super 267.

When the white cops arrived did they have reasonable articulable suspicion or probable cause that the Black man was engaged in disorderly conduct?

When the cops arrived he was not engaged in any criminal activity. The manager said he was purchasing a bike when they showed up. Thus, there was no basis for the initial seizure and there was no reasonable and articulable suspicion to detain and arrest him. The 4th Amendment allegedly protects the people against unjustified detentions by the government [if you believe in such things].

At any rate, factual support for the allegation that the Black man specifically intended to create a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or cause harm is lacking. If he was flattering people and sending love then there appears to be no specific intent to cause public annoyance and alarm. In reality, he was just a NGHR who had to go because white customers were uncomfortable.

Police arrested Gracius, who they say was uncooperative and tried to reach for an officer’s taser. Watch the video for yourself - it is very unlikely that this Black man was doing anything other than trying to stop the cops from harming him by pushing the cop’s hand away as they piled on him on the floor - he is begging them to stop the entire time. The cops in no way seem to react like they are being threatened or in fear of serious bodily injury.

The videos show Gracius asking officers multiple times to offer a reason for his arrest, although a response is not audible. Gracius was then tased, slammed to the floor, and handcuffed before being escorted out of the store.

“Why are you doing this to me? I paid for my stuff! I have a receipt! Please stop! I didn’t do anything wrong!” Gracius can be heard shouting during the arrest. Said questions sound completely reasonable due to the fact that it seems he had not broken any laws.

Defense Attorney Kevin mahoney states, “most police officers will lie under oath in order to protect the fruits of legally questionable arrests or searches. To these officers, a “white” lie to prevent an “injustice”—the judge suppressing the evidence because of his interpretation of some vague constitutional precept—is morally acceptable. This lie includes fabricating the police report, lying to the prosecutor, lying to the grand jury, and lying to the trial jury. The lies sit easily upon these officers because the guilty receive the punishment they deserve. Defense counsel’s cross-examination at the hearing on a motion to suppress is part of the game. The officers are not so much lying, they reason, as matching wits against an adversary.”

‘Many police officers will exaggerate, bend, or reorder the facts, falsely attribute statements to the accused, or lie about what they observed in order to convict a person they believe to be guilty. Few officers will lie to convict a person they believe is innocent. (Of course, to the police, every innocent act points toward guilt.)’

Once outside, a video shows Gracius repeatedly telling officers that he paid for the bike, which he says he bought for his son, and that he has a receipt to prove it. As Gracius continues to ask why he is being arrested, one of the [Black] witnesses standing nearby can be heard saying, “Because you’re Black,” as others call the officers racist.

Soon after, Gracius is shoved into a police vehicle. The local district attorney, John T. Adams, has defended the officers’ actions, saying they “acted appropriately.”

“Based on our review of the incident, the officers of the Wyomissing Police Department acted appropriately when they arrested this individual who was causing a disturbance in the Walmart store,” he said.

The officers involved have been identified as Barry W. Moyer, Richard Karstien, and Joseph Klatt.

After the arrest, Gracius was booked into the Berks County Prison and is being held on a $2,500 bail. He faces multiple charges, including two counts of aggravated assault, disarming a law enforcement officer, two counts of simple assault, resisting arrest, defiant trespass and disorderly conduct/engage in fighting. His preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 6.

The dependent media has not bothered to conduct any investigation themselves or interview any other witnesses .

A protest has been planned for Wednesday afternoon at the Wyomissing Police Department. Protesters are also demanding that Walmart release store surveillance footage from before and during the incident, as some witnesses have said the store manager’s allegations against Gracius are false.

$50M Trial Set: Macon Cty Jail Cops Beat Diabetic Black Man b/c he Couldn't Stand Up On His Own & White Doctor & Nurse Refused to Give Meds or Take Him to a Hospital for 5 Days, Causing Death

From [HERE] A $50 million lawsuit alleging the wrongful death of a Black inmate in the Macon County Jail is headed to trial after a federal judge denied multiple motions claiming there was no case to answer.

Michal Carter died on July 18, 2015, just days after he was booked into the jail while he awaited federal court proceedings on drug and weapons charges. The lawsuit contends that Carter died because medical staff working at the jail refused to give him his prescription medicine for his diabetes. 

U.S. District Court Judge Colin S. Bruce, in a 52-page ruling, denied motions for summary judgment filed by attorneys defending the Macon County Sheriff’s Office and certain members of the jail’s staff, Decatur Memorial Hospital and a key figure in the case, Licensed Practical Nurse Jo Bates, a former DMH employee, who worked at the jail.

Another major defendant in the case, Dr. Robert Braco [racist suspect in photo above], who worked for the hospital and supervised jail health care under a hospital contract with the jail, did not file a motion for summary judgment.

All the defendants are now scheduled to present their arguments in court at a trial scheduled for Sept. 8 where they will oppose claims they should be held liable for the death of 35-year-old inmate Michael A. Carter on July 18, 2015.

The lawsuit alleges Braco and Bates were on the front lines of a jail health care system that provided inadequate medical intervention and doomed Carter to die by failing to respond properly to his deteriorating condition.

One part of the lawsuit even describes Carter’s mother calling up Bates and pleading with the nurse to save her son by sending him to a hospital for treatment. A jail surveillance video showing what proved to be some of the final stages of Carter’s life will also be part of the trial evidence.

Previously, after a year of failing to comply with request for records, released files indicate that Nurse Bates was fired for unsatisfactory performance. It also said jail staff were upset by derogatory comments made by Bates after Carter's death and didn’t want her to return to the jail. Bates made several inappropriate comments in front of other staffers, such as “If you need anything, I’m going to the boat and will be drinking” and “This was God’s way of natural selection, weeding out the rif-raf” after Carter died. 

Carter, 35, was booked into the jail July 13 and Gordon’s lawsuit said his prescription diabetes medication had been confiscated by jailers. At intake, Mr. Carter possessed prescription oral medication to manage his diabetes. According to the amended complaint Mr. Carter asked various defendants, at various times, to administer his medication as prescribed. The lawsuit alleges medical staff at the jail, nurse Bates and DMH physician Dr. Robert Braco, refused to give Carter access to his medicine as his condition worsened and he was doubled over in pain.

Evidence from jail records compiled by Gordon show that Carter called his fiancee on the phone to complain of “extreme abdominal pain, vomiting, weakness, fatigue, shortage of breath” as his untreated diabetes worsened.

“She knew he was in serious medical danger based on his obvious difficulty breathing and disorientation,” Gordon wrote in the lawsuit.

On July 17 Carter’s mother, Sheila McGee, who is a nurse, called the jail and spoke to Bates, explaining her son was diabetic and must have his medicine. “Mr. Carter’s mother warned defendant Bates that his symptoms sounded like diabetes ketoacidosis, an emergency life-threatening situation,” Gordon said in the lawsuit.

“She asked the defendant Bates to immediately transfer him to a nearby hospital so he could receive adequate medical attention and an IV insulin drip. Defendant Bates refused, telling Mr. Carter’s mother that defendant Dr. Braco would check on him the following day. Defendant Bates further told Mr. Carter’s mother that he was simply having ‘anxiety about being incarcerated.’”

The complaint states, “That sometime later on July 17, 2015, Mr. Carter was again returned to the jail's medical unit. Later that evening, he was briefly seen by defendant Dr. Braco, but not treated. No glucose level tests were performed, and defendant Dr. Braco continued to refuse to give Mr. Carter diabetic medication to treat his deteriorating condition. And in spite of his obvious and serious medical distress. Dr. Braco ordered that Mr. Carter be returned to a general population jail cell the following morning.“

Gordon said Braco kept refusing to supply Carter with his medication or give him an insulin shot and, by July 18, the inmate was unable to stand on his own, not eating and disorientated.

In spite of Mr. Carter's obvious serious medical distress on July 18, 2015, and severe risk of great injury and/or death, he was forcibly removed from his medical his cell by defendants West, Parsano, Patton, Collins, and Page, all employed by defendant Macon County Sheriffs Department. Defendant West stepped on Mr. Carter's hand and kicked him numerous times, before picking him up around his neck, and putting him into a wheelchair. He was wheeled to a segregated housing area of the jail known as "deadlock", an area reserved for uncooperative inmates. inmates. He had been considered uncooperative simply because he couldn't stand on his own and was non-responsive. The segregated cell he was taken to contained no video surveillance for medical monitoring.

That throughout the morning of July 18, 2015, various jail staff and the defendants observed Mr. Carter in his jail cell in obvious medical distress and still refused to call an ambulance. As hours passed by, an officer at the jail finally demanded defendant Bates summon an ambulance so he could be transported to the hospital. Defendant Bates refused, and instead telephoned defendant Dr. Braco, who was away from the jail facility. In spite of various jail staff and defendants witnessing Mr. Carter's obvious medical distress, no one called an ambulance.

That even after defendant Bates told defendant Dr. Braco that Mr. Carter was in obvious serious medical distress. Dr. Braco refused to allow Mr. Carter's emergency transfer to the hospital, saying he would evaluate him on his regular rounds later that day. Only after pressure from officer at the jail, did defendants Dr. Braco and Bates finally relent and authorize Mr. Carter's transfer to a hospital, but only by patrol car. None of the patrol cars were equipped to handle a medical emergency.

That although it was common knowledge that failure to treat diabetes could result in diabetic ketoacidosis and death, defendant Dr. Braco ordered that Mr. Carter could only be transferred to the hospital using a regular patrol car because he didn't want to incur the $1000 bill for an ambulance. Defendant Bates Later in the day jail officers, alarmed at Carter’s condition, demanded Bates summon an ambulance, which Gordon said she refused to do. She eventually called Braco and told him Carter was in medical distress, but Braco refused his transfer to hospital.

“Only after pressure from the jail did defendants Dr. Braco and Bates finally relent and authorize Mr. Carter’s transfer to a hospital, but only by patrol car,” said Gordon, writing in the lawsuit. “... Although it was common knowledge that failure to treat diabetes could result in diabetic ketoacidosis and death, defendant Dr. Braco ordered that Mr. Carter could only be transferred to hospital using a regular patrol car, because he didn’t want to incur the $1,000 bill for an ambulance. Defendant Bates agreed.”

Nearly three hours after being forcibly removed from the medical unit, and denied ambulatory transport to the hospital, Mr. Carter died, alone, in a segregated jail cell due to diabetes ketoacid [MORE]

$3.5M Settlement in Wayne Jones Case: 5 White VA Cops Beat a 130lb Homeless Black Man, Formed a Semi-Circle Around Him & Shot Him 23X, Murdering Him After a Jaywalking Stop on an Empty Street

‘You’re Walking in the Middle of [My] Street’ From [HERE] The family of a Black man who was shot 22 times by white police officers has reached a $3.5 million settlement with the city of Martinsburg, W.Va., according to Christopher E. Brown, the family’s attorney.

Wayne Jones, a homeless black man who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, was killed by white police officers after they stopped him for walking in the road in March 2013. The fatal shooting occurred in 2013 when Jones, then 50 and homeless, was stopped by police for walking in the street instead of on the sidewalk. The encounter escalated when Jones did not comply with an officer’s order to put his hands on the police car.

The case was dismissed three times before a federal appeals judge reversed the lower court last month in a powerful message against police use of deadly force.

Trump’s Justice Department also announced in April 2016 that it found insufficient evidence to pursue civil-rights charges against the officers.

Wayne A. Jones was walking down the street beside the sidewalk at 11:30pm on March 3, 2013. An Officer Lehman lurked behind him in his patrol unit watching Wayne as he was walking. As Wayne made a wide turn around a parked car, he immediately turned in towards the curb and continued walking. The video depicts Wayne stopping at an intersection and then crossing the street and ultimately stopping when the Officer pulled his vehicle over and exited.

A consensual encounter ensued where Wayne attempted to articulate where he was going and why he was not walking on the sidewalk. Lehman immediately wanted to turn the encounter into a warrantless search and seizure by making several requests and asking Wayne “Where are you going?” and “Do you have any weapons on you?” We know now that Wayne had a pair of scissors in his back pocket because of the Medical Examiner Report. Wayne responded “What is a weapon?”

At this point, one could only surmise that he wanted to know, from the officer, if a pair of scissors was considered a weapon; Regardless, we will never find out because immediately what started out as consensual was escalated to detainment and ultimately a murder. Wayne refused to be detained and asked the Officer “What did I do to you?” and “What do you want?” Over and over – He asked the question. Lehman never said Wayne was under arrest, he never accused him of a crime yet he continued to demand Wayne to put his hands on the vehicle. Wayne Jones refused and was subsequently tazed twice as backup officers arrived on the scene.

A chase ensued and Wayne ran onto the public library steps where the Officers chased him. Again Wayne exclaimed “What did I do to you?” What did I do to you?” With no answer, Wayne was punched in the side of the head, put into an illegal choke hold and thrown on the ground where a total of (5) officers placed Wayne on his stomach – beat him over and over, tazed him another two times while calling him a motherfucker and kicking him. Instead of cuffing Wayne, they continued to beat him and – someone yelled that he saw a knife[sic]; yet in the Police reports, some officers said that they didn’t see a knife and others couldn’t agree on what size the knife was. Furthermore – miraculously, multiple knives turned up on the scene after the fact and to date no knife has been physically produced.

At a point after the officers stated that they saw a knife – each officer, in unison, slowly backed away from Wayne, who lay motionless on his stomach after being horrifically brutalized. As an Officer Neely backed away, he instantaneously fired his weapon into the head of Wayne Jones and the other (4) officers followed suit. Totaling twenty-three shots, every bullet went into Wayne Jones body from the (5) officers. The Police Report clearly stated that Wayne was 5’9 and weighed 130lbs yet (5) officers who probably weighed 900-1000lbs could not subdue one 130lb individual without filling him full of holes equivalent to Swiss Cheese.

In the reports – each officer made a scripted statement that included “knife”, “fear”, and “noncompliance” summarizing that they felt in fear of their lives; however – the video tells a much different story. In fact, in Officer Staub’s video at around 23:30 he specifically stated that “He wouldn’t fucking do nothing so we all shot him” Additionally, Staub was the officer that was purportedly stabbed by the “phantom-throwdown” knife that multiplied into two knives underneath Wayne’s body after he was killed. Four different officers made materially false statements about the existence, location and the fact that they altered the crime scene and moved the knives[sic] which were never found to have any fingerprints, dna or other forensic evidence that would conclude that Wayne, in fact, possessed a knife or stabbed an officer. No knife was ever produced.

Several observations after watching all of the videos, make one wonder if they are even authentic, nevermind that the West Virginia State Police has already gone on the record and stated, after it was obvious that much of the audio had been doctored, deleted or otherwise maligned – that they had, in fact, made alterations to the video/audio which was released nearly (6) months after the murder. None of the timestamps on any of the dashcams are synched and most notably, none of the cruisers are ever facing a position which would shed any light on the actual incident despite it was 11:30pm and proper training and protocol is to position the vehicle’s headlights on the incident for maximum lighting. [MORE]

The Martinsburg District Attorney had a Special Grand Jury convened to hear the evidence against these (5) officers and just like Michael Brown, the Special Grand Jury refused to indict. The family of Wayne Jones, immediately retained counsel and sued the City of Martinsburg and its police officers who were involved in this crime. 

“I promised my mother before she died that we would continue to fight for justice,” said Bruce Jones, Wayne Jones’s 57-year-old brother and one of the beneficiaries of the settlement.

“The settlement makes me feel a little bit better, but until I can have a chance to have these cops prosecuted, I am still going to be pushing for justice,” he said.

In a statement, the Martinsburg Police Department stressed that the settlement is not an admission of guilt in the killing.

The settlement ends a seven-year legal battle after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled last month that officers who shot and killed Jones were not immune to the family’s lawsuit. The court’s ruling came in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in the custody of Minneapolis police.

“Although we recognize that our police officers are often asked to make split second decisions, we expect them to do so with respect for the dignity and worth of black lives,” wrote Judge Henry F. Floyd, who referred to the police killings of Floyd in May and Michael Brown in 2014 in his ruling. He continued, “This has to stop.”

Though the protracted civil case has been settled, Jones’s family has another petition on appeal in state court that would impanel a grand jury to investigate the shooting, according to Brown, the family’s attorney.

“The fact that I could tell my client that we still have a shot at criminal prosecution made the figure very acceptable,” Brown said of the settlement. “My clients want the police who work there to lose their pension, lose their jobs and go to jail for murdering their brother.”

Jones’s family sued the city and the police officers alleging excessive use of force, but a district court judge initially found that the officers were protected from legal action by qualified immunity. The June ruling reversed that decision.

Review says Lexington Cops Acted w/in Guidelines when They Stopped a Gold Car While Looking for a Black Pacifica & Dragged a Latino Teen Out by Her Hair & Put a Knee on Another Teens Neck

Kentucky State Police suspended an officer for five days without pay and gave him further training after he was accused of using excessive force against two Lexington teens last month, according to the victims’ attorney. The Lexington police officers involved have not faced discipline, according to the department.

“Based on the information available at the time and fluid nature of the investigation, Lexington officers acted within policy guidelines,” spokeswoman Brenna Angel said in a statement Wednesday.

State Trooper Jackson Gabriel responded with Lexington police to a call of potential savings bond fraud at a Chase Bank on June 9. In a letter sent to police by attorney Scott White, Preston Slone and Elena Perez said a state trooper showed up at the bank, pinned Slone’s arms behind his back and began searching him without saying anything to him.

The trooper took Slone, 18, into custody, the teenage couple said. Body camera footage from the Lexington Police Department showed the state officer later pulling Perez, 19, out of a car by her hair while other officers grabbed her arms. The trooper also grabbed Slone and forced him — with help from Lexington officers — to the ground and held a knee at Slone’s neck for a short time.

In a video taken by Perez, a Lexington officer tells her that the car she and Slone were in was involved in a prior crime. Police said after the incident that they had been looking for a black Chrysler Pacifica. Perez and Slone were in a gold car at the time.

KSP informed White that the suspension was handed down because Gabriel’s use of force was “inappropriate for the situation” and violated KSP’s “courtesy protocols and appropriate conduct standards,” White said.

White said KSP wanted to interview Slone and Perez for its investigation, but they declined.

“We felt that the body cam pretty much spoke for itself,” White said.

Slone and Perez were cleared of any wrongdoing and released after the incident. Lexington police acknowledged they had detained the wrong people after the two were suspected to be linked to repeated reports of bond fraud.

“We regret any fear, anxiety, and injuries [niggerization] this incident caused them,” police spokeswoman Brenna Angel said in a statement in June.

Angel said Wednesday that a review of the involved officers’ actions had been completed at the bureau level. She also said the Public Integrity Unit hadn’t received any further contact from involved parties regarding the incident.

“The incident at Chase Bank was unfortunate and we ultimately learned that Ms. Perez and Mr. Slone had no connection to the original investigation,” she said in a statement.

KSP did not immediately respond Wednesday to a request for comment. In June, the agency would only say it was investigating KSP involvement in the bank stop.

Gabriel has faced KSP discipline previously. In December, Gabriel was recommended for written reprimand for calling someone in custody a “f*****g idiot,” according to Gabriel’s personnel file, which was provided to White through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The incident occurred on Aug. 3, when Trooper Ricky Elmore made a traffic stop at a gas station in Crittenden. Elmore called for assistance, and Gabriel responded, according to Gabriel’s personnel records. By the time he got there, Elmore had apprehended his subject after using a Taser on him, according to the documents.

Gabriel and Elmore exchanged words with the subject, according to the records. The subject used profane language, the file said, which led to Gabriel’s use of profane language.

'Openness in Govt is Essential to Maintain the Strength of Democratic Society.' Writ Confronts Milwaukee w/Its Hypocrisy in Request for Public Video of White Cop Strangling Joel Acevedo to Death

José and Maribel Acevedo sued the Milwaukee Police Department in Milwaukee County Court for police body cam videos and a 911-call recording of an April 19 incident in which Milwaukee police allegedly choked their son to death. According to the petition for writ of mandamus:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

4. At 7:28 am. on the morning of Sunday April 19, 2020, Milwaukee Police 911 dispatch received a call requesting police at 4502 W. Cleveland Ave., City and County of Milwaukee. Michael Mattioli made the 911 call and identified himself as an off-duty police officer who needed help at his house. (hereinatter referred to as the "911 call")

5. On the same 911 call another individual at the house identified by the initials "CP" told the 911 operator that help was needed because a man at the house was attacking them. CP identified that person as Joel Acevedo.

6. The length of the 911 call is 3 minutes and 35 seconds. The voice of Joel Aoevedo can be heard in the background. Throughout the duration of the call distressed breathing and gasping can be heard. On the 911 call Joel Acevedo can be heard to say the words: "let me go home ...."

7. In response to that call, Milwaukee Police Officer Robert Roach and Mark Sheremeta were dispatched at 7:34 a.m., to 4502 W. Cleveland Ave., and they were the first to arrive there. They arrived at the location, a single-family residence at 7:38 am.

8. Officer Roach was the first to enter the residence. At that time Officer Roach's body camera was recording the events. (here~ referred to as the "body camera video")

9. Upon entering the residence Officer Roach and Officer Sheremeta observed off-duty police officer Michael Mattioli straddling Joel Acevedo who was on the ground on his stomach. Joel Acevedo was not moving, his eyes were closed, and there were no signs of a struggle with Mattioli.

10. Officer Roach and Officer Sheremeta observed Mattioli's right arm underneath the neck area of Joel Acevedo in a rear naked choke hold. Mattioli's left hand was holding Joel Acevedo's head.

11. Joel Acevedo was taken to SL Luke's Hospital. He was listed in critical condition. He was unresponsive to outside stimuli and was on a ventilator. Joel Acevedo later died on April 25, 2020.

12. The Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy and reached a conclusion that the cause of death was "Anoxic Enccphalopathy due to Traumatic Asphyxia" and ruled the death a homicide.

13. On May 13, 2020, a erimJnal complaint was filed against Michael Mattioli for First Degree Reckless Homicide. Attached as Exhibit A is a Izue and correct copy of the Criminal Complaint against Michael Mattioli. [MORE]

Complaint says the Cops who Murdered George Floyd were Trained to Use Deadly Force [Neck Restraints] in Non-Deadly Situations & “Compress veins, arteries, nerves & muscles of the neck" to KO

According to the wrongful death complaint filed on 7/15/20 on behalf of George Floyd:

B. MPD Trains its Officers to Use Deadly Force in Non-Deadly Circumstances

86. MPD trained its officers that a “neck restraint” was an authorized form of non-deadly force, and that a “chokehold” was a form of deadly force capable of causing serious bodily injury and/or death.

87. At all times material hereto, MPD defined a “neck restraint” as “[c]ompressing one or both sides of a person’s neck with an arm or leg, without applying direct pressure to the trachea or airway (front of the neck).” MPD defined a “chokehold” as “applying direct pressure on a person’s trachea or airway (front of the neck).”

88. At all times material hereto, MPD trained its officers that a proper “neck restraint” required the officer to “[c]ompress veins. arteries, nerves & muscles of the neck.”

89. Serious bodily injury and/or death is reasonably likely to result from an officer “compress[ing] a person’s veins, arteries, nerves & muscles of the neck,” regardless of whether direct pressure is applied to the front or back of the neck.

90. The use of a “neck restraint” as defined by MPD constitutes deadly force.

91. The Fourth Amendment prohibits the use of deadly force in non-deadly circumstances which do not pose an immediate threat of serious bodily injury and/or death.

92. At all times material hereto, MPD’s written policies authorized the use of a deadly “neck restraint” in non-deadly circumstances posing no immediate threat of serious bodily injury or death.

93. At all times material hereto, MPD trained its officers that use of a “neck restraint” was authorized non-deadly force which officers could use in non-deadly situations.

94. It has long been known by the law enforcement community that the use of neck restraints on subjects can lead to death.

95. However, from at least April 15, 2012 until June 8, 2020, Minneapolis Police Department Policy 5-311 defined a neck restraint as “non-deadly force” and did not warn it can cause death.

96. By policy, the MPD permitted and condoned the use of both conscious and unconscious neck restraints by its officers from at least April 15, 2012 until June 8, 2020.

97. At all times material hereto, MPD’s written policies authorized the use of a “neck restraint” in non-deadly circumstances posing no immediate threat of serious bodily injury or death.

98. The City of Minneapolis possessed data indicating that since 2012, neck restraints/holds were used by its police officers on 428 people at an average rate of about one a week.

99. Of those 428 people, 14% who were subjected to a neck restraint/hold lost consciousness.

100. Upon information and belief, MPD officers regularly used neck restraints on passively resisting arrestees despite not being permitted to do so under policy.

101. Training offered by the City of Minneapolis in 2014 and received by Chauvin and Thao authorized and instructed on the use of neck restraints by officers, presented it to

93. At all times material hereto, MPD trained its officers that use of a “neck restraint” was authorized non-deadly force which officers could use in non-deadly situations.

94. It has long been known by the law enforcement community that the use of neck restraints on subjects can lead to death.

95. However, from at least April 15, 2012 until June 8, 2020, Minneapolis Police Department Policy 5-311 defined a neck restraint as “non-deadly force” and did not warn it can cause death.

96. By policy, the MPD permitted and condoned the use of both conscious and unconscious neck restraints by its officers from at least April 15, 2012 until June 8, 2020.

97. At all times material hereto, MPD’s written policies authorized the use of a “neck restraint” in non-deadly circumstances posing no immediate threat of serious bodily injury or death.

98. The City of Minneapolis possessed data indicating that since 2012, neck restraints/holds were used by its police officers on 428 people at an average rate of about one a week.

99. Of those 428 people, 14% who were subjected to a neck restraint/hold lost consciousness.

100. Upon information and belief, MPD officers regularly used neck restraints on passively resisting arrestees despite not being permitted to do so under policy.

101. Training offered by the City of Minneapolis in 2014 and received by Chauvin and Thao authorized and instructed on the use of neck restraints by officers, presented it to

C. Prone Restraint Training by the MPD and the Death of David Smith

108. It is well known throughout the law enforcement and medical communities that holding a subject in a position of prone restraint for prolonged periods of time can be deadly.

109. Compressing an arrestee in a prone position with weight on their back and/or abdomen restricts their ability to breathe and can result in asphyxiation.

110. Deaths caused by this form of asphyxiation are often interchangeably referred to as deaths from positional, mechanical, or compression asphyxia, even if technical distinctions exist.

111. The United States Department of Justice has warned law enforcement for decades about the dangers of prone restraint and as early as 1995: “The risk of positional asphyxia is compounded when an individual with predisposing factors becomes involved in a violent struggle with an officer or officers, particularly when physical restraint includes behind-the-back handcuffing combined with placing the subject in a stomach-down position.” National Law Enforcement Technology Center, Positional Asphyxia—Sudden Death at *2 (June 1995).

112. These dangers were acknowledged in an October 18, 2012 deposition by then-MPD Chief Timothy Dolan in addition to many other high-ranking officers in the matter of Smith v. Gorman, Case No. 11-cv-3071 (SRN/JJK). [MORE]

Did We Delegate Our Power to Our Servants to Make Them Our Masters? Lawless, Uncontrollable, Unidentifiable Costumed Race Orderlies Tell Portlanders Where They Can Be & What They Can Talk About

IN THE ABOVE VIDEO General Russel Honoré ASKED, “WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THIS?” According to FUNKTIONARY:

Orderlies - ordained authorities—those who are trained by the Pathocracy how to scientifically use your mind against you imperceptibly and repeatedly. 2) wardens of the prison planet serving the will of the global elite—your invisible masters. The Orderlies have been duped into and charged by the overruling Pathocracy for the implementation and orchestration of an eventual electronic matrix system of active brain chipping, mind-alienation, genetic modification and population control. Those dressed in authoritative costumes—doubling as uniforms—are kept the most uninformed. The Orderlies implement all the insidious things the Pathocracy conjures up through their foundations and think tanks to constantly plague and depopulate the masses around the world. Orderlies are recruited and vetted for a psychological propensity for inflicting untold strife in (and between) life participants viewed as the profane or "useless eaters" by the overruling dynastic-aristocratic pathological elite. [MORE]

Corporate Police State - the enforcer of the commodification of life within the Spectacle Surveillance Society. Anyone who thinks that he or she is immune to the baseless destruction of his or her life (including immediate family members) by a "government" or corporation does live in a happy menagerie—enjoy your illusions. (See: GUPI & Judicial Victimization)

Copitalism - police-state authoritarian force, usurped power and repression over men and women wielded in furthering the interests of commerce and the protection of commercial property; any benefit whatsoever accruing to people exists in spite of this corporate police state monster. [MORE]

How did cops acquire the power to make themselves unknown to the public? Probably the same magical place they acquired their right to forcibly control us. [MORE] Did we delegate our power to our servants, to make them our masters such that they can identify themselves only when they choose to do so?

If a “public servant," such as a police officer, is uncontrollable, unaccountable, can’t be hired or fired by you, has irresponsible power over you and provides a compulsory “service” then he is actually your Master. Lysander Spooner, explained “It is of no importance that I appointed him, and put all power in his hands. If I made him uncontrollable by me, and irresponsible to me, he is no longer my servant, agent, attorney, or representative. If I gave him absolute, irresponsible power over my property, I gave him the property. If I gave him absolute, irresponsible power over myself, I made him my master, and gave myself to him as a slave. And it is of no importance whether I called him master or servant, agent or owner. The only question is, what power did I put into his hands? Was it an absolute and irresponsible one? or a limited and responsible one?

Allegedly governmental power comes from the people. That is, we delegate our individual power to the government for it to act on our behalf. However, it goes without saying that people cannot delegate powers or rights that they do not possess. So if people have delegated their powers to lawmakers and lawmakers have empowered police officers to act on our behalf, how did police acquire the moral right to commit acts of unprovoked violence on people? Asked differently, if you don’t have the right to initiate unprovoked acts of violence against other people then how can you delegate or authorize police officers or anyone else acting on your behalf to do so? How did government representatives and police acquire such extra or super-human powers? [MORE]

Larken Rose explains, “the belief in “authority,” which includes all belief in “government,” is irrational and self-contradictory; it is contrary to civilization and morality, and constitutes the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed. Rather than being a force for order and justice, the belief in “authority” is the arch-enemy of humanity.” [MORE]

In regard to symbols of authority, such as the police costume, undeceiver Jeremy Locke explains the following:

“Culture seeks to enforce authority by impressing upon the minds of people that they are inferior to law. When people believe that they are worth less than law, they will believe that it is their rightful place to obey.

The symbols that authority uses to create the illusion that people have limited worth are very similar throughout history. The robes of modern judges compare to the robes of royalty. The wigs of late European politics compare to the crowns of royalty. The uniforms of law enforcement and the armor of knights. Captain, general, senator, magistrate, sheriff, prince, lord. Titles, clothing and badges have been used in every culture in history to create the illusion of authority.

Culture focuses the mind on symbols such as honor, loyalty, devotion and duty. Such symbols are not new. It is easy for most people to recognize the foolishness of loyalty to king, dictator or communism. However, people still fall to modern symbols such as law, democracy and patriotism. If the objective of a symbol is obedience, it is evil.

Police officers carry badges to show that they are duly authorized enforcers of the law. They enforce the law upon you, but you did not authorize them. This is the illusion of authority. Culture hides tyranny behind the trappings of meaningless symbolism. It would have you believe that law is authorized to reign over you however it pleases. It hides the fact that only you can give that permission. Instead, it presumes permission by birthright, or by the geometry of your location relative to its borders. It is an illusion.

Should law truly be the authorized agent of defense or production, it would have to receive the permission of every single person it claims to represent. It would have to allow every person to extricate themselves from that authority if law failed to meet its obligation.

Law never seeks permission and never will. It does not represent you, it represents evil.” [MORE]

Video Shows [Reformed] White Mesa Cops Fire Rubber Bullets at a Black Man w/His Hands Up and His Unarmed Wife & Infant Children. Race Soldiers Kept Shooting After He Fell to the Ground

From [FTP] A SWAT team of white Mesa police officers is facing backlash this week after video surfaced showing them open fire on an unarmed Black man with his hands up who was surrounded by his five children and his wife. The cops continued to fire at him after he falls onto the sidewalk and is writhing in pain. The white cops applied reforms because they used rubber bullets.

Lorenzo Jones had just handed his youngest child off to the child’s mother before police opened fire. he clearly posed no threat. The cops appear to be about 25 yards away in an adjoining parking lot.

Police were at the residence that day because on July 6, according to court documents, Jones allegedly punched his fiancee’s sister in her face at least three times, causing her to fall. Her children then attempted to stop him from hitting their mother, and Jones reportedly punched and shoved them before leaving the apartment. Whether he committed such crimes or not no one, no authority should have the power to initiate unprovoked acts of violence against a defenseless person or treat them like property or as if they are subhuman. At any rate within the statist paradigm, punishment is reserved for judges and juries not cops.

BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER TO AUTHORITARIANS AND RACISTS.

According to police, Jones missed his court date for the above incident, so a warrant was issued for his arrest. The video above is of the SWAT team serving said warrant.

When Mesa SWAT went to serve the warrant on July 16, Jones, a woman and five children came out. A neighbor filmed the interaction and the subsequent child endangerment that ensued.

As the video shows, Jones tries to tell the officers that he did in fact show up to the court date and shouldn’t have a warrant for failing to appear. He then complies with everything the SWAT teams says including putting his hands up. Despite 100 percent compliance, police opened fire on him anyway.

As Jones writhed in pain on the ground, the cops kept firing bean bag rounds.

Police are claiming they opened fire on Jones because they were told he was armed. However, video shows him shirtless, compliant and with his hands in the air when they start shooting.

According to the report, a department spokeswoman said officers were told Jones had a gun and were on “high alert.” They claim Jones was not complying and that they deployed non-lethal force to get Jones to comply once the children were out of his immediate vicinity.

However, the video shows that is not true at all and they opened fire on Jones with the baby directly behind him.

“They [the officers] felt that he was armed and dangerous,” said Mesa Police Chief Ken Cost. “It would be premature for me to comment on the split-second the officer made the decision.” Cops made no further investigation to corroborate whatever information they had about him being armed. Apparently, the white cops have no binoculars - perhaps that can be the next police reform. In the video the shirtless Black man made no furtive movements, was compliant, was surrounded by small kids & infants and his wife and was about 25 yards away from the cops - it is therefore not rational that they believed he was armed and posing imminent danger to them.

In reality, that split second decision put the lives of innocent children in danger. A baby was directly behind Jones when police opened fire while a toddler stood right next to him.

“This is unbelievable,” Jones’ fiancé Tenisha Gaston said. “My 2-year-old son sat there and said ‘I don’t want to go to jail.’ My 2-year-old shouldn’t be saying nothing like that.”

Authoritarian Bloopers! White NYPD Cop Slips & Busts His Ass in the Wet Paint Smeared on the BLM Mural by Obedient Sambos During Their Pro-Excessive Force & Less Cop Accountability "Protest"

Small anti-BLM “protests” have been getting big media play from dependent media outlets. The overwhelmingly racist suspect [white] protesters have little to say beyond “we support police” and police are wonderful." With a lack of any meaningful message white pro-police “protesters’ at a Dyker Heights protest yelled catchy slogans like “Black lives are garbage" among other explicit, racist, and sexist language. Video captured during the rally showed pro-cop demonstrators hurling insults and physically attacking the small group of counter-protesters who showed up. In one video, a white man tells the person filming him that their “mother’s a cunt” and then spits on them. Another video shows the same man calling protesters “bitches” and saying they should be raped. [MORE] According to Gothamist, “about two dozen or so protesters against police brutality and systemic racism showed up at Bay Ridge Parkway and 13th Avenue to counter a demonstration of hundreds of protesters supporting the NYPD. "No interference with their pro-cop rally had occurred. We were all consolidated on one corner for the most part," Noah Weston, a Bay Ridge resident who went to the hospital after he was beaten in the groin, told Gothamist. "No chanting had started ... They just immediately started screaming at us." One off-duty white police officer at the protest said he appreciated the support and wanted people to understand, “This is not about being anti-Black Lives Matter.” “We believe this is all lives matter and we need to respect each other,” said the officer, who didn’t want to give his name. “We all feel the George Floyd death was very wrong, but that doesn’t mean that every police officer is a killer.” wha?

Like Trump rallys these neuropeons are in the street to hate and provoke non-white people. Going to where you are unwanted to provoke violence or promoting violence is not "non-violent" protest. A flier for the "Rally To Back The Blue" shows the march was scheduled for July 11th at 11 a.m. with protesters to walk 11 blocks—appearing to signify support for Ku Klux Klan since the 11th letter of the alphabet is K and three 11's add up to 33. According to the Anti-Defamation League, the number 33 is used in messaging by KKK adherents. The flier was shared in an email by the chairwoman of the Brooklyn Conservative Party Fran Vella-Marrone, according to a screenshot of the email shared with Gothamist. [MORE].

It is hard to understand what the pro-police protesters are really about except maintaining the system of racism white supremacy and spreading authoritarianism, slavery. It is hard to conceive of any other purpose other than polarization for dependent media to cover these very small marches or protests. If these white folks are counter to BLM and “the resistance” what does that mean?

WASHINGTON D.C. JULY 2020. PHOTO IS THE PROPERTY OF UNDECEIVER VINCENT BROWN

In general reform advocates want “authorities” to enforce existing laws against cops and seeks equal treatment under the law. For the most part, BLM’s proposed BREATHE Act reforms are modest. The BREATHE Act has four main goals—divert federal resources from jails and police, invest in other methods of community safety, allot funds to rebuilding communities, and hold law enforcement officials accountable for civil rights violations. [MORE] A letter sent to congressional letters by the ACLU, NAACP and 400 other civil rights organizations in June urged Congress to adopt a series of legislative measures to ensure that police officers “live up to their oath to protect and serve.” These legislative measures include requiring a federal standard that force be used only as a last resort; prohibiting the use of maneuvers that restrict the flow of blood or oxygen to the brain, including chokeholds; prohibiting racial profiling; requiring data collection on police-community encounters; and ending the qualified immunity doctrine. The letter also called for the creation of a publicly available database that would provide police executives with information about the misconduct histories of officers before the officers are hired. [MORE]

Even the most “radical” proposals, such as the one in Minneapolis, don’t eliminate police departments and actually replace them with private security. They just create another law enforcement agency with different costumed agents having government authority. In sum, the “resistance” wants;

1) cops to be held liable in civll courts when they harm or execute Blacks and Latinos and

2) the Government to hold cops accountable for crimes committed against Blacks and Latinos and be subjected to discipline or termination in a process they can participate in and

3) to stop cops from interfering with their “rights” and harming and killing them.

No radical stuff here. A majority of Americans support the Black Lives Matter movement. What could be radical about protesting against conduct that is already illegal and unconstitutional? Having something to say about a public servant unlawfully stopping, detaining and murdering people based on skin color is not extreme or hate speech. It is normal speech. It is whitenology for puppeticians, dependent media, so-called counter protesters or even the protesters themselves to label such protest as radical.

Here then, we see an attempt by Elite racists to radicalize common sense! They are attempting to make Blacks & Latinos believe that what is in actual reality conservative and common sense as being radical thought & conduct. Therefore, we reject common sense when we reject "the radical" or what is perceived as "radical." Thus, conformist or obedient Blacks & Latino citizens may be less inclined to pursue things that conservative White people with common sense would pursue in the normal course of things- because to do so would be revolutionary. 

Literally there can be no credible or meaningful articulable counter-protest movement to BLM or when “the resistance” itself seeks superficial reform to the statist status quo. What are the counter movement’s “goals?” Less cop-accountability and less freedom, More excessive force, unequal application of laws & immunity for cops, shoot them in the back exemption laws, etc? FUNKTIONARY describes this situation as “Totalitarian patriotism” and the people at these counter protests as “Human Resources.” Dr. Blynd also describes this idiotic kind of racist messaging, ‘we oppose whatever Blacks support’ as “White Propaganda, a game two can play—which consists simply in repeating '"I am better than you" and "you are utterly unlike (opposite to) me" over and over again; despite the historical record to the contrary.“

On the other hand, within the meaning of FUNKTIONARY, BLM reforms are “PropaGandhi” proposed by obedient citizens and do-gooders. Advocates believe cops should have authority to forcibly control us & take our lives so long as they do the right thing with their power. Said proposals are necessarily stuck in the statist paradigm/box and cannot release us from the free range prison. If “the resistance” got everything it wanted the granfalloon of “authority,” the right to rule over others, which “is the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed” and the main source of our problem, will remain intact.

During a so-called “counter protest” over the weekend 2 SNiggering sambos Bevelyn Beatty and Edmee Chavannes were charged with splashing paint over the Black Lives Matter mural in front of Manhattan’s Trump Tower. They have been identified Sunday as attention-seeking Black conservative anti-abortion protesters who have pulled similar stunts before. “Refund the police,” the two women suffering from negrosis shouted as they splashed the paint. “Jesus matters! We will never support Black Lives Matter!” Instead of arresting these SNIggers they should have been taken to a mental health hospital run by counter-racist doctors. In what looked like a staged false flag event the arresting white cops allow the SNiggers to smear and smear black paint all over the mural before finally half-heartedly intervening. While doing so one of the racist suspect cops slips in the smeared paint busting his ass and hitting his head. [MORE]

Propaganda, effective or not, also maintains the statist and tyrant paradigm such that so-called [left & right] advocates and their representative are on a constant search for more perfect masters [persons with extra powers or discretionary authority over them to control their lives] and seeking improved master servant relations [‘master please do the right thing when you tell me what to do, how to do it, where to be and protect me’]. They just haven’t found the right cops or puppeticians to be in control of them yet - but they’re out there. This type of consciousness never even considers that maybe there should be no master and no slaves at all. Reducing budgets doesn’t alter the public ruler/servant relationship, enjoy your illusions.

Through propaganda and “propagenda” elite racists in government, learning institutions and dependent media have rewarded and programmed obedient Blacks to advocate a philosophy of non-violence and disarmament. This indoctrination ignores self-defense or violent disobedience and fails to take into account that many of the other people surrounding Blacks - that is, racist white people and cops, are not non-violent and are functioning as genocidal psychopaths in their provocative relations with Blacks. It also falsely teaches and assumes that governments and police exist to protect us in a race neutral context.

WASHINGTON D.C. JULY 2020. PHOTO IS THE PROPERTY OF UNDECEIVER VINCENT BROWN

FUNKTIONARY explains that unprovoked violence against others or the use of “force” is the basis of all social evils and can only be used in the sense of attack not defense. It explains that authority, the right to rule over other people, is not a force but a farce, literally not real or “make believe.”

If a “public servant," such as a police officer, is uncontrollable, unaccountable, can’t be hired or fired by you, has irresponsible power over you and provides a compulsory “service” then he is actually your Master not your servant. Can you decline police service? Lysander Spooner, stated “It is of no importance that I appointed him, and put all power in his hands. If I made him uncontrollable by me, and irresponsible to me, he is no longer my servant, agent, attorney, or representative. If I gave him absolute, irresponsible power over my property, I gave him the property. If I gave him absolute, irresponsible power over myself, I made him my master, and gave myself to him as a slave. And it is of no importance whether I called him master or servant, agent or owner. The only question is, what power did I put into his hands? Was it an absolute and irresponsible one? or a limited and responsible one?”

Allegedly governmental power comes from the people. That is, we delegate our individual power to the government for it to act on our behalf. However, it goes without saying that people cannot delegate powers or rights that they do not possess. So if people have delegated their powers to lawmakers and lawmakers have empowered police officers to act on our behalf, how did police acquire the right to commit acts of unprovoked violence on people? Asked differently, if you don’t have the right to initiate an unprovoked act of violence against another person then how can you delegate or authorize police officers or anyone else acting on your behalf to do so? How did government representatives and police acquire such super-human powers? Spooner explained,

“it is impossible that a government should have any rights, except such as the individuals composing it had previously had, as individuals. They could not delegate to a government any rights which they did not themselves possess. They could not contribute to the government any rights, except such as they themselves possessed as individuals.”

Similarly, undeceiver Larken Rose observes,

“Despite all of the complex rituals and convoluted rationalizations, all modern belief in “government” rests on the notion that mere mortals can, through certain political procedures, bestow upon some people various rights which none of the people possessed to begin with. The inherent lunacy of such a notion should be obvious. There is no ritual or document through which any group of people can delegate to someone else a right which no one in the group possesses.‘

Government “authority” can be summed up as the right to rule over people. It is the idea that some people have the moral right to forcibly control others, and that, consequently, those others have the moral obligation to obey.’ [MORE] FUNKTIONARY defines authority as ‘a cartoon, an alleged image of the Law or the notion of an implied right and application of that "right" of individuals or groups of same to control or exercise external power over others, which has no meaning in reality.’ FUNKTIONARY further states, authority is rule through coercion. The real threat to "authority" is the masses overcoming info-gaps and verigaps through self-knowledge and the proliferation of symbols of opposition, not crime or destruction of property.”

Authority is a “cartoon” or an “image of law” because “people cannot delegate rights they do not have, which makes it impossible for anyone to acquire the right to rule (”authority”). People cannot alter morality, which makes the “laws” of “government” devoid of any inherent “authority.” Ergo, “authority”-the right to rule-cannot logically exist. FUNKTIONARY further explains, “There is no freedom in the presence of so-called authority, i.e. outside of one's Self and Self-Nature.)

Larken Rose states: “Government” itself does no harm, because it is a fictional entity. But the belief in “government” – the notion that some people actually have the moral right to rule over others – has caused immeasurable pain and suffering, injustice and oppression, enslavement and death. The fundamental problem does not reside in any set of buildings, or any group of politicians, or any gang of soldiers or enforcers. The fundamental problem is not an organization that can be voted out, or overthrown, or “reformed.” The fundamental problem is the belief itself – the delusion, superstition and myth of “authority” – which resides in the minds of several billion human beings, including those who have suffered the most because of that belief.

Jeremy Locke states: “The lie of tyranny is that you will maintain the freedom of life by obeying authority. The choices it offers you are a lifetime of obedience or death“ Rose explains, “the belief in “authority,” which includes all belief in “government,” is irrational and self-contradictory; it is contrary to civilization and morality, and constitutes the most dangerous, destructive superstition that has ever existed. Rather than being a force for order and justice, the belief in “authority” is the arch-enemy of humanity.” 

Liberal reforms may better conceal the system of RSW but our status as “enemies and slaves” will remain so long as we are subjected to governmental authority in a white over Black system. [MORE] and [MORE]