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HAPPY BORNDAY GERONIMO PRATT!!!
![]() He Geronimo Pratt served 27 years in prison (8 Years in solitary Confinement) for a murder authorities knew he did not commit. Geronimo Pratt was one of the leaders of the Los Angeles black Panther Party, and in 1968 was convicted of murdering a white school teacher. In a trial filled with Witness Inconsistencies, "Lost" wiretap evidence that would have proven his innocence, Suppressed Documents, Paid Informants, Perjury, and Defense Team Members working with The FBI, Pratt would be convicted-even though authorities knew that he was in Oakland at the time the crime was committed. Despite the efforts of Amnesty International, a great Defense Team, and a groundswell of Public Support, The FBI's COINTELPRO Program succeeded in ensuring that he would be locked away & denied Parole 16 Times. His sentence was FINALLY overturned in 1997; and he would receive a $4.5 million settlement from The FBI & LAPD for suppressing evidence. Geronimo Ji-Jaga Pratt died in Tanzania in 2011. HAPPY BORNDAY GERONIMO PRATT!!!
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![]() Accused of flirting with a Mississippi White woman, Young emmett Till was tied to a 75-pound cotton-gin fan and stripped naked before being subjected to hours of torture. His eye was gouged out, he was shot in the head, he was tied up with barbed wire & then thrown into the Tallahatchie River. His mother insisted on an Open-Casket Funeral-so that the nation would know what happened to her son. Emmett's death was as much a catalyst for the Civil rights Movements as anything else. Maybe More. No one was ever convicted for the crime-even though it was never disputed as to who had committed the crime. ![]() "Deadliest Ever," Unprecedented..." These are the types of words being used to describe the most recent outbreak of Ebola that has ravaged through Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea & other nearby parts of Africa this Spring. More than 630 cases have been identified-with 390 of the infected already dead since March. Commonly known to hit in more isolated regions, this most recent attack has hit a far more widespread area and population. Most troubling is that an infected victim can be carrying the virus without even knowing. It generally takes anywhere from two to twenty-one days for the symptoms to become evident. The virus is spread by close contact with an infected victim & an estimated 90% of those infected die. Symptoms are said to begin with flu-like symptoms, which escalate to diarrhea & vomiting. because of an inability to clot the blood, severe internal & external hemorrhaging set in before death. Like the HIV/AIDS virus, the origins are allegedly traced to infected animals & has been decimating the populations of some of West Africa's most powerful countries since its first reported cases appeared in 1976. Anyone with even the most basic understanding of imperialism, White Supremacy & Population Control would find difficulty in passing these facts off as coincidental. The only Non-African Nation connected to the Ebola Virus is The Philippines. Another country that has a torrid history in regards to exploitation by European & American Military Interests. Could these incidents be rehearsals for a much larger event? #AlwaysKnowWhatsGoingOnAroundYou Thanks to new Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York has finally taken steps to atone for the wrongful imprisonment of five Black & Latino Youth accused of the Brutal Beating & Rape of a 28 year Old White Investment Banker jogging through New York's Central Park. The crime, committed in 1989, set New York on fire-drawing out the city's worst in Racial Animosity & Class Conflict. Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Korey Wise and Yusef Salaam-Each Aged between the ages of 14 & 16 years of age at the time-were arrested & charged in the crimes. After hours of interrogation, four of the youth confessed to the beating & rape of Trisha Meili. The teens would later recant their confessions-insisting that the confessions were forced out of exhaustion & manipulation. The Central Park Five, as they would become known, were plastered across television screens everywhere as symbols of Urban Lawlessness. The term "wilding" would become a household name-synonymous with Urban Mayhem. The teens would be convicted in a highly sensational & dramatic 1990 trial; but twelve years later their convictions would be overturned as Convicted Serial Rapist & Murderer Matias Reyes confessed to committing the crime alone. DNA would confirm his assertion to be true. he was never charged for the crimes, as the Statute of Limitations had expired. He is, however, serving a Life Sentence for his other crimes. Each of The Central Park Five had served between 6 & 13 years in prison before their convictions were thrown out. a $250 million civil rights lawsuit against police and prosecutors; but Mayor's Rudy Giuliani & Michael Bloomberg continuously blocked efforts to negotiate a settlement. As for the victim's part in this, Trisha Meili was beaten so badly that she remained in a coma for twelve days. She suffered suffered Fractures To Her Skull, Permanent Brain Damage, and has no memory of the events of her horrible encounter. The $40 Million Settlement is said to equal $1 Million for each year of incarceration. The deal still requires approval by The City Comptroller & the Federal Court. Partial credit for the push to finally settle the case goes to famed Director Ken Burns, and the release of his Award Winning 2012 Documentary "The Central Park Five" which helped push the case back into the consciousness of the public. ![]() Early this week we posted a lecture on P.T.S.D., from Activist & Educator Dr. Joy Degruy. and keeping in tune with that theme, we now bring into the discussion the perspectives of well-known Clinical Psychologist Dr. Umar Johnson. Dr. Umar has been speaking on the various mental disorders & cognitive distortions-in spite of evidence to the contrary-that we as Black/African People commit to daily. In the lecture posted below, taken from his very first presentation on the subject, Dr. Johnson continues to explain the science on the causes of many of the delusional & unstable behaviors that personify the Psychological Impact of 400+ Years of Oppression by European & American Interests. Moreover he points out how Churches, Schools, and "Prominent" Black figureheads are used to continue to propagate the Illusion of Progress to Our People-while we continue to fall deeper into a hole of self-destruction & genocide. Comments & Feedback Are Encouraged. |
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