many of these same battles are being fought Today (under the disguise of Voter Rights Laws, Stand Your Ground, Redistricting, and the School to Prison Pipeline). Like then, we cannot depend on the government to help. And sadly, WE AREN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. WE MUST WAKE UP NOW, OR WE MAY NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO A BRIGHTER EXISTENCE. For some, our purpose is to be in Servitude. For many, we are a THREAT. And they will stop at nothing to protect what they have deemed to be theirs only.
On this day in History, April 13th 1873, a large-scale race riot took place that would change the course of American History, Government, Politics, and Race Relations. THE COLFAX MASSACRE took place in colfax, Louisiana on Easter Sunday of 1973, when the KKK, WHITE LEAGUE, and groups of both Former UNION & CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS attacked The Grant Parish Courthouse-which was controlled & protected by the local Black Citizens of Colfax. At issue was tension over The Reconstruction-Era gains of former slaves, a disputed Gubernatorial Election, the rights to vote, Stand as EQUALS with those that once held them in Bondage, and live Freely under the 14th & 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and resentment against the Federal government. As a result, White Southern Democrats formed their own "Shadow Government" & Army geared toward maintaining control over their Land and Government. Violence against both Blacks & White Republicans quickly had become the norm; and it all culminated to a fever pitch on Easter Sunday 1873. The nearly All-Black Militia was armed; but were outnumbered and caught off guard by their more heavily armed attackers. More than 100 Black People were murdered that day-approximately half of them were killed AFTER THEY HAD SURRENDERED!!! Only three of the offenders were arrested, once Federal Troops had come in to TEMPORARILY Restore Order. Each of their convictions were overturned by The Supreme Court (United States v. Cruikshank 1876). within a very short amount of time, all political power and control of the city's bases of power would return to the hands of racist Southern Democrats (I know, sounds weird today right?); and the overall vision of the courts & Legislatures would be to severely limit the federal government's role in protecting the newly-emancipated Black Citizens from racial Violence & Intimidation. While there were many other incidents of this nature, most historians agree that The Colfax Massacre was ranks as the single most violent episode of Racial Violence in U.S.History. Certainly no other incident carries the same negative ramifications in regard to the position of Law & the protection of one's Supposedly "INALIENABLE RIGHTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION." many of these same battles are being fought Today (under the disguise of Voter Rights Laws, Stand Your Ground, Redistricting, and the School to Prison Pipeline). Like then, we cannot depend on the government to help. And sadly, WE AREN'T EVEN PAYING ATTENTION. WE MUST WAKE UP NOW, OR WE MAY NEVER HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO A BRIGHTER EXISTENCE. For some, our purpose is to be in Servitude. For many, we are a THREAT. And they will stop at nothing to protect what they have deemed to be theirs only.
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If Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives & State Senate get their Way, you will NEVER hear about the Sunshine State's Record on "Stand Your Ground" Cases again! How? Well tomorrow the Senate is set to vote on proposed changes to the controversial law-that include provisions that will block access to court records, for which a defendant has successfully used the S.Y.G. Law to go free. Furthermore, the amendment-proposed by Florida Republican lawmaker Matt Gaetz-gives said defendants the opportunity to apply for a “Certificate Of Eligibility” which will allow all traces of the charge to be removed from that person's criminal record. As to be expected, the NRA has been instrumental in pushing for this change-claiming that it will protect the Right To Privacy for those acting on their Second-Amendment Rights. Smh. Now ponder the implications of this change in how the already controversial law is administered. If it wasn't for local activists & media efforts to expose the grossly unequal application of "Stand Your Ground," would we have known about Trayvon Martin, Marissa Alexander, or Jordan Davis??? Adding insult to injury, Gaetz's proposal is actually attached to Bi-Partisan reforms introduced to protect defendants like Marissa Alexander. That's right, the original purpose of the changes to S.Y.G. came in response to outcry that the law should be expanded to include people who fire warning shots as a method of self-defense. For those that don't remember, Mrs. Alexander was sentenced to 20 Years in prison for firing a "Warning Shot" into her ceiling-as her admittedly abusive husband was threatening to kill her. Mrs. Alexander is now awaiting a Re-Trial, after her conviction was overturned by an Appeals Court. Would she even be getting a new trial, if the general public had not been allowed to hear about the injustice that had been performed against her? What's next? And where are "Messy Jesse" & Al Sharpton now? There's alot to be said about the sad socio-political climate in this country today. Often we look back at the paranoia & evil of McCarthyism & Jim Crow-Era politics as if that was a thousand years ago. But the truth is that many of those that supported these movements are still alive today. Hate-Mongering, Creating Division along Racial & Economic Lines, and Manipulating People's Fears of the Unknown have again become the norm. During the first half of the 1900's, if Congress wanted a law passed, all one had to do was attach the idea of a Communist Conspiracy or threat of a Black Uprising. If a public figure had a rival, that he or she was unsure about beating, the hint that the opponent had some sort of secret communist sympathies would ensure an end to that rival's career & everything that he, she or they stood for. Just the most vague fear of a Black Uprising or Black Men gaining access to White Women could secure the passing of a law that never would have had a chance of being signed into law. That along with a 100% forecast of rioting & lynching to along with it. Believe it or not, the bills that made Cocaine & Marijuana illegal came largely in part to the rumor that the use of these substances had been proven to incite uncontrollable urges in Black Men to Rape White Women (see The History Channel's "HOOKED: ILLEGAL DRUGS AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY"). This way of manipulating the shallow minds of the public even showed up as a HUGE difference maker in the 1988 Presidential Elections (Google Willie Horton). Still blaming Obamacare, Immigration Reform, Talk Radio, Town Hall Meetings, threats to the Speaker, enemy combatant, executed, shipping muslims into the country, jack temple video, communist despot, rep martha roby, impeachment, patterns of lawlessness, re-districting, white anger, treason & trampling on the constitution So here we come to today, as the airwaves are filled with all sorts of misinformation geared toward pushing America's sadly uneducated majority to blindly support political causes that will only hurt them in the end. Both Democrats & Republicans fall victim to the game; but none like those that call themselves Republicans. The worst part is that the same tactics that worked in the 1990's clearly continue to work today. Because YOU ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION! When the GOP failed to hold Bill Clinton to just one presidential term, they responded by re-redistricting. This redrew the terms of who votes for who, created a false majority of dim-witted voters throughout the South, and removed the ability of Southern Democrats to EVER win a Majority in State & Local Legislatures. How did they do it? By winning the messaging wars. The more you see & hear a piece of information-regardless as to whether or not it's true-the more people will be inclined to accept it as fact. And in today's technology-inspired lazy world, few people will actually take the time to investigate the validity of what they've been told-especially if it appeals to their anger or fears. Thus we constantly hear about the "patterns of lawlessness" within the Obama Administration & how he has trampled all over the Constitution-without even having to specify what laws have been broken or what provisions of The U.S. Constitution have been violated. We can continue to hear about all of the illegal immigrants & Black People on Welfare-even though there are far more Caucasians receiving AFDC & Food Stamps than any other demographic. And the anger that is inspired by this, and the many other falsehoods out there, are manipulated further on Conservative Talk Radio daily. So sadly we now have Town Hall Meetings that mirror 20th Century Lynch Mob meetings. Check the video below where a participant labels OUR PRESIDENT as an "Enemy Combatant," asserts that he is bringing "millions of Muslims into the country," and that he should be "executed." Scared yet? You should be. The 2014 congressional Elections are right around the corner... 75 Years Ago Today, a young Orson Welles sent the entire nation into a panic-when non-attentive listeners took his fictitious account of an ongoing attack from Mars to be all too real. The program had announced in advance that the story was not real; but the masses only heard the more dramatic elements of the broadcast. All across the country, terrified citizens jammed highways seeking to escape the alien marauders. People begged police for gas masks to save them from the toxic gas and asked electric companies to turn off the power so that the Martians wouldn't see their lights. Reminds me alot of today's media.. For week's now, we went from story after story about the Gov't Shutdown & now the scourge that is "Obamacare." OMG!!! Millions of people that are suffering, because the dark empire of the Federal Government is IMPOSING upon them a some horrible healthcare plan that they have to take. The same scenario has been played out over & over again-from "Red Scare" of the 1950's to those Evil Black Revolutionaries, Anti-War Hippies & Civil Rights "Agitators" of the sixties & seventies, to those reefer-smoking Black Men in Hoodies today. Ask the History Channel how cocaine & marijuana finally became declared illegal in the U.S. #Shameful The reality is that, for centuries, information has been manipulated in many ways-all to push or defeat a particular cause. But in today's 24-7 media cycle driven days, the possibilities are ENDLESS. There will NEVER be a shortage of uneducated masses, of whose emotions can be manipulated into fighting for a cause that isn't even about them. Throw in a few accusations of violating constitutional rights-and racial revenge conspiracy inferences for extra measure-and you've got a powder keg waiting to go off. Anyone noticed the increasing number of seemingly random violent incidents at schools, military facilities, government buildings, etc going down lately. One day of listening to Conservative Talk Radio, and I guarantee that you will be able to connect the dots. There's a lot going on nowadays. READ, STUDY, LEARN & GROW. Know what the enemy is up to. Here's one pretty heavy Fact Check Article concerning the misinformation being spread about The Affordable HealthCare Act. More discussion to come on the propaganda, race-based scare tactics, coordinated messaging & misinformation in general to come soon. P.E.A.C.E. So in the first of two big stories to come out of the early Monday Morning News Day, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that the Justice Department will no longer pursue Mandatory Minimum Sentencing for "Certain Low-Level, Nonviolent Drug Offenders." It is unclear how far this will go, or how these pending changes will be implemented; but this is nevertheless a HUGE Victory for those fighting to end the path of destruction that these misguided laws has left behind. In speaking before the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, Holder asserts that changes will target handing down more appropriate sentencing for offenders that do not have ties or affiliations with any Large-Scale Organizations, Gangs, or Cartels. Also citing the rising cost of housing the ridiculously fast rising number of citizens incarcerated, Holder very surprisingly has the support of some unlikely members of Congress-including Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul. We will keep an eye on this one.. In related news, a New York Federal Court Judge has rule that NYPD's controversial "STOP & FRISK" Policy is unconstitutional and must be altered. The ruling, handed down by Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, is the result of a Class Action Lawsuit alleging that the policy was being used to target Black & Latino citizens-WITHOUT PROBABLE CAUSE OR PROOF THAT ANY CRIME HAS OCCURRED. Court proceeding featured testimony from multiple plaintiffs, some of which spoke about being stopped more than one time in the same day & exposed multiple inconsistencies in the reporting of why the Stop & Frisk tactics were applied. But likely the highest impact, in favor of the plaintiffs, came from officers who testified that officers were made to adhere to a system of "quotas" in regard to how many stops each officer made. For those unfamiliar with the policy, Stop and Frisk allows New York Police Officers the right to Detain & Search any citizen reasonably deemed to be exhibiting "suspicious" behavior. The Policy is a major part of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Crime initiatives; but statistics show that the policy has been unfairly used to target minorities. Judge Scheindlin, ruled that police officers have for years been systematically stopping innocent people in the street without any objective reason to suspect them of wrongdoing. Officers often frisked these people, usually young minority men, for weapons or searched their pockets for contraband, like drugs, before letting them go. The decision went on to say that the NYPD “adopted a policy of indirect racial profiling by targeting racially defined groups for stops based on local crime suspect data.” The judge also rejected the city’s arguments that more stops happened in minority neighborhoods solely because those happened to have high-crime rates. As part of the decision, it has been found that more than 200,000, of the more than 5 million recorded stops, were made without reasonable cause for suspicion. To be clear, however, today's decision does not end this policy. The courts have simply ruled that the policy will have to undergo changes to how it's implemented; and will have a third-party review board overseeing the way the law is executed going forward. Stay tuned... |
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