WHAT ARE AMERICANS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE INADEQUACIES OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND THE BLACK MAN?

[Ikalean Wilkerson]

I want to know when will America rise up against the injustices of Black men being placed in the prison system.  Why is Wesley Snipes going to prison?  Insane!

[Ikalean Wilkerson]

John I have these sites in my favorites and use them regularly.  I have also received messages in return and phone calls.  I also contact those who are not from my state.  Thanks.

John Edward Luke said:

This is rather simple you start by sending a message to President Obama on http://www.whitehouse.gov/ use the contactus link on the top right of the screen.  Also you should contact the Justice Department with detailed information as to the facts of the case you wish to see reviewed for possible appeal and you e-mail them at [e-mail] and the Attorney General will be able to review your viewpoints.  You can also reach your members of Congress by phone, US Mail or e-mail, ask for appointments with them to submit your ideas and find them through http://www.senate.gov/ and http://www.house.gov/ and also you can seek a clemency hearing or a Presidential Pardon for the defendant.  Think about what you can do within the system to make things happen.  As long as this person didn't kill anyone I think he should just be fined and put on a short probation and ordered garnishments of his future pay and some of his current assets should just be taken.  He may need counseling for correcting his attitude as well to respect the authorities more.

[One Iam]

Thank you for bringing up the subject.  The judicial system and it's unfair and predatory treatment of black people must be addressed. 

 

Ikalean Wilkerson said:

WOW One Iam, wiser words were never spoken.  Thank you so very much for your wisdom.

One Iam said:

Congress already knows whats up with the justice system.  It's working for America, they won't touch it without a serious demand and that means alot of blood.  Besides, who wants to ante up more money to congress members to filibuster about fixing something thats horribly wrong.

SweeTea said:

Exactly!  We must lobby our representatives in Congress the same as other advocacy groups do to press for passage of laws that effect their agenda.  We need an agenda and lobbyists to push forth our issues.  This the way of democracy in American...Lobbyism.

Byron Woulard said:

Nothing until Black people get fed up and become activist instead of re-activist.

[Ikalean Wilkerson]

I only ask WHEN?  What must take place in America before "unfair and predatory treatment of Black people is addressed."  Again, thank you for your reply.

One Iam said:

Thank you for bringing up the subject.  The judicial system and it's unfair and predatory treatment of black people must be addressed. 

 

Ikalean Wilkerson said:

WOW One Iam, wiser words were never spoken.  Thank you so very much for your wisdom.

One Iam said:

Congress already knows whats up with the justice system.  It's working for America, they won't touch it without a serious demand and that means alot of blood.  Besides, who wants to ante up more money to congress members to filibuster about fixing something thats horribly wrong.

SweeTea said:

Exactly!  We must lobby our representatives in Congress the same as other advocacy groups do to press for passage of laws that effect their agenda.  We need an agenda and lobbyists to push forth our issues.  This the way of democracy in American...Lobbyism.

Byron Woulard said:

Nothing until Black people get fed up and become activist instead of re-activist.

[Jennifer Warren]

Wesley Snipes is going to prison for one simple reason :  He returned to the USA after being both indicted and publicly smeared by the IRS.  Had he stayed in Europe, he could have lived and worked quite comfortably...and the IRS could not have touched him.  The reason?  Tax evasion is not an extroditable offence.

 

As for the so called "Judicial" system...there isn't one.  Judicial implies justice and America doesn't have a justice system.  We have a LEGAL system.  If you want Justice, you can bet your bottom dollar that you're not going to get it unless you can afford it.  That takes millions.

 

Of course, it helps a little if you are the right color...but if you are poor, its not going to help you enough to stay out of prison.  The system is set up to guarantee a conviction.  For those who are not aware...here is how the system works when you are arrested :

 

1:  You are first put into the first available cell.  With the overcrowding that routinely happens, this is often the drunk tank...a large cell filled with people who are bombed out of their minds.  The place will smell like a toilet...and there won't be a single square inch of it that doesn't seem a bit "sticky".  You don't want to know what causes that.

 

2:  Bail is offered.  If you have money and/or the ability to make bail, you should do so immediately.  If you don't, we move on

 

3:  You are dragged in chains in front of a judge...wearing a jump suit that is clearly stamped to identify you as a prisoner.  A person in jail.  You are formally accused by the prosecutor, but are NOT offered any opportunity to refute the charges at this time.  The only thing you are allowed to say is whether or not you are guilty.  Congrats...you've just experienced the "Arraignment". If you are lucky, the Judge might lower your bail at this time...if you ask nice.  But don't count on it.

 

4:  Still can't make bail?  Back to jail.

 

5:  Now you get to meet with a person that is called a "Public Defender".

A Public defender is a person who has 200 cases of all sorts to deal with.  If they aren't drunk, insane or asleep through the next several phases, consider yourself lucky.  Lucky, of course, means that you have someone to represent you who has all of the legal ability of my pet cat...is as interested in your case as they might be in watching paint dry....and of course, has all of the resources that are available to both MLK and Malcom - the problem is, they are both dead, so that doesn't help.

 

Bottom line... here is what happens if you don't make bail :  You will be hauled in front of a jury and formally accused.  You will be wearing your jumpsuit that clearly marks you as a criminal, while the Prosecutor is wearing a nice suit...and your "attorney" will look like the suit they are wearing was purchased at a garage sale. 

 

Say goodbye to anybody who shows up to watch your "trial" because under these conditions, the only way the jury will spend more than 30 seconds on your case before finding you guilty is if they stop for lunch.

 

Why 30 seconds?  Well, they have to put in the "appearance" of giving you a fair trial, don't they?

 

When will America rise up against this or any other injustice?  Frankly, America doesn't care.  They are far too busy watching "American Idol" and "Dancing with the stars".   or "Project Runway".  Reality is something that OTHER people have to deal with.  All America wants is its regular sugar fix and the peace that comes from being dead to reality.

 

Think America isn't addicted to sugar?  Check out your grocery store...any grocery store.  You will find that well over 90% of the products sold contain sugar.  And what is it that we know about sugar?

We know that it causes (among other things) weight gain and cardiovascular disease.  With weight gain comes diabetes.  With diabetes comes a fun little thing called the "diabetic coma".  Too many sugars ?  You get very sleapy and fall into a nice comfy sleep.  Too few?  You get very light headed and pass out.  Either way...you're dead to the world.    Of course, the GOP logic is that it isn't the fault of the corporation that limited your non sugar food options...its your fault for buying foods that were laced with sugar.   So... in a society like this...do you seriously expect anybody to crawl off their couch...much less rise up to do anything besides visit the fridge or the potty?   You seriously need to sit down and either read the book "1984" or watch the film.  Because babe...we're living in it.

[Christine R. Rickett]

Westly has a job when he gets out of jail.

What are Americans going to do about the injustices done to black people and particularly black men?

Once sentences are reduce for the black man, so that the white, black, rich, poor get the same exact sentence for the same exact crime in every state, we have to lobby for jobs for them. Right now, it's easier for a white ex-felon to get a job so he does not repeat the offense that got him there, because his family and friends and friends of his friends are in management positions who does the hiring. Also, the last time I heard MOST businesses with 50 plus employees get money from the federal government to hire ex-cons. Of course, most do not hire ex-cons but keep the money anyway and when you call their businesses trying to get a job for the ex-felon, the phone number is no longer listed or no one answers etc..  Those that actually hire, in most cases hire white ex-felons who are in many cases friends of their friends. 

In maintenance schools, well at least the one I went to, they push the black men who are ex-felons into welding. They said most maintenance jobs, HVACR jobs to be exact, won't hire them for inside jobs but that welding jobs will because they are outside jobs. I wonder if any one has seen a welding company with many blacks as employees? It's really a quesion. Also how many welding companies with over 50 employees who received money from the federal government to hire ex-felons actually do? If so, how many are black? 

If these companies are not hiring and or not hiring any blacks, the money is suppose to be taken back by the government. I learned that from EEOC. Equal Opportunity.  That's money that can go towards the defecit, but is being kept by the rich. However, we are so rapped up with everything else, no one is paying attention. Myself included. I'm job hunting now.

 

Last, if these jobs become available due to activism by the black community and particularly black men who are trying to address the issue, do you believe the black men who get the jobs will stop selling or smoking crack or doing whatever it was that got them incarcerated in the first place? Do you believe they will not repeat the offense and walk with pride having a decent job now to feed their families with?

I hope so.

I do love the black man but he needs an education and mentoring and so do the black woman.

Yes, I do.

 

Peace.

 

 

 

Again Ameri

[Kimbely Furman]

If federal judges are keenly aware then why aren't they doing something? My son been incacerated over 12 years for a crime he did NOT commit. No evidence towards him just lies from those who planted this on him tryin to save thier own.  Tru murderer confessed.  My son still sits.  NO JUSTICE NO PEACE! hird him a lawyer only for him to report back that the courts stated he filed my sons case electronically and they are not going to review it...he (the lawyer states) the court told him he could.  Who do you believe?  Now my son has to start process all over himself again. 

[Jennifer Warren]

 

America is a Plutocracy, not a democracy.  It is a nation of, by and for the millionaires and billionaires.

Accordingly, it is a nation in need of slave labor.  Thats right, slave labor.  Never forget that each person sent to prison is required by states and yes...the federal government as well...to do work.  Quite often, that work consists of manufacturing goods and providing services for large, well known corporations.  Want to slap a "Made in USA" sticker on your goods without having to pay the federal minimum wage?  Your government is here to help you. 

 

To Quote Vicky Pelaez of Global Research:

 

"The private contracting of prisoners for work fosters incentives to lock people up. Prisons depend on this income. Corporate stockholders who make money off prisoners' work lobby for longer sentences, in order to expand their workforce. The system feeds itself," says a study by the Progressive Labor Party, which accuses the prison industry of being "an imitation of Nazi Germany with respect to forced slave labor and concentration camps."

The prison industry complex is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States and its investors are on Wall Street. "This multimillion-dollar industry has its own trade exhibitions, conventions, websites, and mail-order/Internet catalogs. It also has direct advertising campaigns, architecture companies, construction companies, investment houses on Wall Street, plumbing supply companies, food supply companies, armed security, and padded cells in a large variety of colors."

 

According to the Left Business Observer, the federal prison industry produces 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98% of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93% of paints and paintbrushes; 92% of stove assembly; 46% of body armor; 36% of home appliances; 30% of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21% of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies, and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people.

 

CRIME GOES DOWN, JAIL POPULATION GOES UP

 

According to reports by human rights organizations, these are the factors that increase the profit potential for those who invest in the prison industry complex:

 

Jailing persons convicted of non-violent crimes, and long prison sentences for possession of microscopic quantities of illegal drugs. Federal law stipulates five years' imprisonment without possibility of parole for possession of 5 grams of crack or 3.5 ounces of heroin, and 10 years for possession of less than 2 ounces of rock-cocaine or crack. A sentence of 5 years for cocaine powder requires possession of 500 grams - 100 times more than the quantity of rock cocaine for the same sentence. Most of those who use cocaine powder are white, middle-class or rich people, while mostly Blacks and Latinos use rock cocaine. In Texas, a person may be sentenced for up to two years' imprisonment for possessing 4 ounces of marijuana. Here in New York, the 1973 Nelson Rockefeller anti-drug law provides for a mandatory prison sentence of 15 years to life for possession of 4 ounces of any illegal drug.

. The passage in 13 states of the "three strikes" laws (life in prison after being convicted of three felonies), made it necessary to build 20 new federal prisons. One of the most disturbing cases resulting from this measure was that of a prisoner who for stealing a car and two bicycles received three 25-year sentences.

. Longer sentences.

. The passage of laws that require minimum sentencing, without regard for circumstances.

. A large expansion of work by prisoners creating profits that motivate the incarceration of more people for longer periods of time.

. More punishment of prisoners, so as to lengthen their sentences.

 

( http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8289 )

Is this a new form of slavery?  In my humble opinion... the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Jennifer Warren

[Rodney Prince]

Thank you Jennifer!!!  This is our reality.  The "criminal" has become the new "savage".  The same ideology that justified Slavery and Jim Crow, is the same ideology that justifies mass incarceration and the exploitation of prison labor.  As long as leadership doesn't accept this blatant reality, there will be no concerted effort to dismantle this new racial-caste system.  

Jennifer Warren said:

 

America is a Plutocracy, not a democracy.  It is a nation of, by and for the millionaires and billionaires.

Accordingly, it is a nation in need of slave labor.  Thats right, slave labor.  Never forget that each person sent to prison is required by states and yes...the federal government as well...to do work.  Quite often, that work consists of manufacturing goods and providing services for large, well known corporations.  Want to slap a "Made in USA" sticker on your goods without having to pay the federal minimum wage?  Your government is here to help you. 

 

To Quote Vicky Pelaez of Global Research:

 

"The private contracting of prisoners for work fosters incentives to lock people up. Prisons depend on this income. Corporate stockholders who make money off prisoners' work lobby for longer sentences, in order to expand their workforce. The system feeds itself," says a study by the Progressive Labor Party, which accuses the prison industry of being "an imitation of Nazi Germany with respect to forced slave labor and concentration camps."

The prison industry complex is one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States and its investors are on Wall Street. "This multimillion-dollar industry has its own trade exhibitions, conventions, websites, and mail-order/Internet catalogs. It also has direct advertising campaigns, architecture companies, construction companies, investment houses on Wall Street, plumbing supply companies, food supply companies, armed security, and padded cells in a large variety of colors."

 

According to the Left Business Observer, the federal prison industry produces 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98% of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93% of paints and paintbrushes; 92% of stove assembly; 46% of body armor; 36% of home appliances; 30% of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21% of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies, and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people.

 

CRIME GOES DOWN, JAIL POPULATION GOES UP

 

According to reports by human rights organizations, these are the factors that increase the profit potential for those who invest in the prison industry complex:

 

Jailing persons convicted of non-violent crimes, and long prison sentences for possession of microscopic quantities of illegal drugs. Federal law stipulates five years' imprisonment without possibility of parole for possession of 5 grams of crack or 3.5 ounces of heroin, and 10 years for possession of less than 2 ounces of rock-cocaine or crack. A sentence of 5 years for cocaine powder requires possession of 500 grams - 100 times more than the quantity of rock cocaine for the same sentence. Most of those who use cocaine powder are white, middle-class or rich people, while mostly Blacks and Latinos use rock cocaine. In Texas, a person may be sentenced for up to two years' imprisonment for possessing 4 ounces of marijuana. Here in New York, the 1973 Nelson Rockefeller anti-drug law provides for a mandatory prison sentence of 15 years to life for possession of 4 ounces of any illegal drug.

. The passage in 13 states of the "three strikes" laws (life in prison after being convicted of three felonies), made it necessary to build 20 new federal prisons. One of the most disturbing cases resulting from this measure was that of a prisoner who for stealing a car and two bicycles received three 25-year sentences.

. Longer sentences.

. The passage of laws that require minimum sentencing, without regard for circumstances.

. A large expansion of work by prisoners creating profits that motivate the incarceration of more people for longer periods of time.

. More punishment of prisoners, so as to lengthen their sentences.

 

( http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8289 )

Is this a new form of slavery?  In my humble opinion... the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Jennifer Warren

[Christine R. Rickett]

Kimbely,

I feel for you and your son. You son's case can be won with the right attorneys and there are serious attorneys out there seeking to help.  Many men who were accused and when the attorneys fought to have the DNA's compare, men were released after serving 25 years and more for crimes they did not do. So you have to keep fighting for your son and never give up. The ACLU can direct you to many of them and the organizations they work for.  The ACLU also have attorney to help men get their voting rights back when states try to give the guys a hard time. Most states required a form to be filled out requesting voting right priviledges again after the probation period has been served and all courts fees paid.

 

Jennifer,

 

Yes, you are right!  I read articles on it years ago when I was researching why the system is filled with predominately minorities although we are around 13% of the population in the United States.

 

Rodney,

 

It is not accepted by many black leaders, it's just that the people who profit from it have found so many loopholes to keep it going and strong.  Just as the Civil War had to take place to get rid of slavery so there may have to be one to get rid of that system.  The people of the South benefitted in so many ways and they didn't want to lose that wealth.  The wealth was free labor on their farms and in their homes.  Look at the farmers bickering due to their loss today. The food is rotting in the fields because the Mexicans are afraid to work for the little wages they receive in fear of being deported. Remember their riches came totally free with slavery. 

 

Alexis Tocqueville and Bonaville (French Aristocrats) , if I"m spelling it correctly, journeyed to American back during slavery and wrote a book about it called Democracy in America. Tocqueville initially set out to learn about the prison system here at that time. I'm not sure if his mission was to compare in search of the best and more humaine or what, but the book has several chapters and I came across one of it's chapters call The Three Races in the United States.  I think especially every black person old enough to understand should be made to read this chapter.  All I will say is how Tocqueville explained that blacks were chosen specifically because they could not blend black into society is they escaped. He explained that prior to the black slave trade, slaves were of all colors but the white man didn't have the abilities of the black man and could blend in if he escaped but the black man could not.

From that point, legislators began putting forth bills in their states to be passed by congress and signed by the governors as the beginning of what we call Institutional Slavery. Just like that law stating it was forbidden for blacks to be taught how to read or write. Tocqueville explains in his book why.

The system and legislators today that put forth bills to be signed into law prove they are of the same mentality that they will not give up on keeping those bonds on the black men.  By any means necessary. Many southerns today and they are trying to changed even the history books to state that the civil war was about states rights.  Yes, it was.  It was about states having the right to maintain black slaves and continue to rape, beat and kill their property if they saw fit.  The term "white hoods were replaced by black robes" is true.

 

Now, I'm not stating all whites are bad.  That's not true!!!  There are more good white folks than bad ones, just as their are more good black folks than bad ones.  It's just that sometimes the bad ones cloak themselves, or let's just say come in sheeps clothing.

 

When they come in the form of intellectual politicians and judges, we don't see the effects until - well let me just give an example - Three strikes your out.

 

Finally, I knew this black guy who had got a DUI, which is a misdemeanor. His second DUI came from sitting in the driver seat of his car in front of his house drinking. That too, was counted as a misdemeanor. The third time, he had an arguement with his girlfriend and he was sitting in his car in his backyard, drinking. That time he was charged with a felony. Under three strikes your out in Colorado, three misdeanors becomes a felony.  Now, when he went for a job, his criminal record states he's a felon and not a drunk. The first thing any employer black or white will think when they look at a black felon is, he's either a dope dealer or armed robber and I'm not going to give him a job.

 

Our President is one man. Most of the injustices have to be fought at the state level, by the activists and lobbyists in each particular state by attorneys just like the ones that join forces with ACLU and NAACP as well as many other organizations. But guess what? Theses organizations have their counterparts opposing what they do. The Tea Party - remember those who I mentioned who preach state rights even if it treads on someone else?  

 

So, Although the good white and black americans outnumber the bad ones, too many stand on the sidelines. The Tea Party folks - all of them get out with their picket signs and vote to get elected people who will put forth bills to be passed in congress so that it can be signed into law.  Many of us complain but do not go out with pickett signs when our leaders are complaining and lobbying in front of the capitols.  When there becomes an uprising - hundreds of thousands of black and whites standing in front of every capital in the United States, it will change.  Everyone must not sit back looking at it on T.V. but get out there if they are not at work.  If the capitol is too far, stand in front of cities halls and county commissioners buildings.  It Is Stupid To Riot and mess up your own city because then you have to go far to buy milk for your babies. All everyone need to do is stand with their home made signs in the city they reside.

 

I read that book because I was interested in what Tocqueville saw and thought about the prison system then but then I wanted some insight as to why white people thought they were more superior. I realized from the three races in the United States that the only way white people could prove we were inferior was to make sure we were not educated.  So, when we see leaders fussing about the education system-there you go. What hurts us as a people is parents who don't or can't reinforce education at home, so that more blacks become intellectual lawyers who can see the forest from the tree in front of them like Barack Obama. 

 

[Christine R. Rickett]

Christine R. Rickett said:

Kimbely,

I feel for you and your son. You son's case can be won with the right attorneys and there are serious attorneys out there seeking to help.  Many men who were accused and when the attorneys fought to have the DNA's compare, men were released after serving 25 years and more for crimes they did not do. So you have to keep fighting for your son and never give up. The ACLU can direct you to many of them and the organizations they work for.  The ACLU also have attorney to help men get their voting rights back when states try to give the guys a hard time. Most states required a form to be filled out requesting voting right priviledges again after the probation period has been served and all courts fees paid.

 

Jennifer,

 

Yes, you are right!  I read articles on it years ago when I was researching why the system is filled with predominately minorities although we are around 13% of the population in the United States.

 

Rodney,

 

It is not accepted by many black leaders, it's just that the people who profit from it have found so many loopholes to keep it going and strong.  Just as the Civil War had to take place to get rid of slavery so there may have to be one to get rid of that system.  The people of the South benefitted in so many ways and they didn't want to lose that wealth.  The wealth was free labor on their farms and in their homes.  Look at the farmers bickering due to their loss today. The food is rotting in the fields because the Mexicans are afraid to work for the little wages they receive in fear of being deported. Remember their riches came totally free with slavery. 

 

Alexis Tocqueville and Bonaville (French Aristocrats) , if I"m spelling it correctly, journeyed to American back during slavery and wrote a book about it called Democracy in America. Tocqueville initially set out to learn about the prison system here at that time. I'm not sure if his mission was to compare in search of the best and more humaine or what, but the book has several chapters and I came across one of it's chapters call The Three Races in the United States.  I think especially every black person old enough to understand should be made to read this chapter.  All I will say is how Tocqueville explained that blacks were chosen specifically because they could not blend black into society is they escaped. He explained that prior to the black slave trade, slaves were of all colors but the white man didn't have the abilities of the black man and could blend in if he escaped but the black man could not.

From that point, legislators began putting forth bills in their states to be passed by congress and signed by the governors as the beginning of what we call Institutional Slavery. Just like that law stating it was forbidden for blacks to be taught how to read or write. Tocqueville explains in his book why.

The system and legislators today that put forth bills to be signed into law prove they are of the same mentality that they will not give up on keeping those bonds on the black men.  By any means necessary. Many southerns today and they are trying to changed even the history books to state that the civil war was about states rights.  Yes, it was.  It was about states having the right to maintain black slaves and continue to rape, beat and kill their property if they saw fit.  The term "white hoods were replaced by black robes" is true.

 

Now, I'm not stating all whites are bad.  That's not true!!!  There are more good white folks than bad ones, just as their are more good black folks than bad ones.  It's just that sometimes the bad ones cloak themselves, or let's just say come in sheeps clothing.

 

When they come in the form of intellectual politicians and judges, we don't see the effects until - well let me just give an example - Three strikes your out.

 

Finally, I knew this black guy who had got a DUI, which is a misdemeanor. His second DUI came from sitting in the driver seat of his car in front of his house drinking. That too, was counted as a misdemeanor. The third time, he had an arguement with his girlfriend and he was sitting in his car in his backyard, drinking. That time he was charged with a felony. Under three strikes your out in Colorado, three misdeanors becomes a felony.  Now, when he went for a job, his criminal record states he's a felon and not a drunk. The first thing any employer black or white will think when they look at a black felon is, he's either a dope dealer or armed robber and I'm not going to give him a job.

 

Our President is one man. Most of the injustices have to be fought at the state level, by the activists and lobbyists in each particular state by attorneys just like the ones that join forces with ACLU and NAACP as well as many other organizations. But guess what? Theses organizations have their counterparts opposing what they do. The Tea Party - remember those who I mentioned who preach state rights even if it treads on someone else?  

 

So, Although the good white and black americans outnumber the bad ones, too many stand on the sidelines. The Tea Party folks - all of them get out with their picket signs and vote to get elected people who will put forth bills to be passed in congress so that it can be signed into law.  Many of us complain but do not go out with pickett signs when our leaders are complaining and lobbying in front of the capitols.  When there becomes an uprising - hundreds of thousands of black and whites standing in front of every capital in the United States, it will change.  Everyone must not sit back looking at it on T.V. but get out there if they are not at work.  If the capitol is too far, stand in front of cities halls and county commissioners buildings.  It Is Stupid To Riot and mess up your own city because then you have to go far to buy milk for your babies. All everyone need to do is stand with their home made signs in the city they reside.

 

I read that book because I was interested in what Tocqueville saw and thought about the prison system then but then I wanted some insight as to why white people thought they were more superior. I realized from the three races in the United States that the only way white people could prove we were inferior was to make sure we were not educated.  So, when we see leaders fussing about the education system-there you go. What hurts us as a people is parents who don't or can't reinforce education at home, so that more blacks become intellectual lawyers who can see the forest from the tree in front of them like Barack Obama. 

 

If I had read that book when I was about Thirteen, I believe I would have been more excited about school determining to prove white folks wrong and delayed having children until I got a degree. But I won't cry over spilled milk. I smile and become overwhelmed with job  every time I see an educated black man or woman.  

[Kimbely Furman]

Thanks sister Christine for your concern.  There are probably many attorneys who would take my sons case but money for one is my barrier now.  When I had the money I just knew my son would soon be free going on the reputation of this brother who I knew as a good attorney but as you see, as teh story unfolded what happened.  I wish there was a pool of ppl who could get together and raise money for ppl in my situation.  This justice system is really robbing and destroying our families.  The saying that goes they will get thiers in the end will not make up for the time lost with our loved ones.  My son is my only male child.  Ihave 2 daughters. One studied criminal justice and the other marketing.  Same womb!  So why would my son be marked as a murderer?  He wouldn't kill a flee.  I remember one day some field mice got in my recycling bin from all the rain we once had for days while living in Pennslvania and I wanted one of them to take a basaeball bat to kill them.  My SON SPOKE up and said, but mom these are Gods creatures too.  I will take them over to the school yard and release them.  Ahhhhhhhhh everytime I tell that story I break down and cry.  Now if he had heart for some mice why would he take a human life?  I hate Pennsylvania. They are a very u nfair state wehn it comes to blacks in these situations.    It's just so damn heart breaking.  12 years and still counting.  I guess Jesus will have return next.  SO sAD!  mY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL IN THESE SITUATIONS NOT JUST MY SON BUT ALL OF THEM. HOW YOU GOING TO TAKE A LIFE FROM SOMEONE WHEN THEY WERE NOT EVEN THERE OR HAVE ANY EVIDENCE, FINGERPRINTS NOTHING???JUST A FEW LIARS WHO WERE TRYING TO SAVE THIER OWN GROUP OF CULTURE.  We have to live in these modernized slave technique days of the 21st century.  Same slavery is still going on just another era.  

[Christine R. Rickett]

Kimbely,

My heart goes out to you and your family but that's not comforting enough. There has to be something or things families can do for their innocent loved ones incarcerated. I remember once hearing about an organization that help and prepare the incarcerate while in prison and after release to get back on track. I'm just thinking positive while a search gets under way for some kind of organization that pulls together resources for decent attorneys for innocent people.  

Kimbely Furman said:

Thanks sister Christine for your concern.  There are probably many attorneys who would take my sons case but money for one is my barrier now.  When I had the money I just knew my son would soon be free going on the reputation of this brother who I knew as a good attorney but as you see, as teh story unfolded what happened.  I wish there was a pool of ppl who could get together and raise money for ppl in my situation.  This justice system is really robbing and destroying our families.  The saying that goes they will get thiers in the end will not make up for the time lost with our loved ones.  My son is my only male child.  Ihave 2 daughters. One studied criminal justice and the other marketing.  Same womb!  So why would my son be marked as a murderer?  He wouldn't kill a flee.  I remember one day some field mice got in my recycling bin from all the rain we once had for days while living in Pennslvania and I wanted one of them to take a basaeball bat to kill them.  My SON SPOKE up and said, but mom these are Gods creatures too.  I will take them over to the school yard and release them.  Ahhhhhhhhh everytime I tell that story I break down and cry.  Now if he had heart for some mice why would he take a human life?  I hate Pennsylvania. They are a very u nfair state wehn it comes to blacks in these situations.    It's just so damn heart breaking.  12 years and still counting.  I guess Jesus will have return next.  SO sAD!  mY HEART GOES OUT TO ALL IN THESE SITUATIONS NOT JUST MY SON BUT ALL OF THEM. HOW YOU GOING TO TAKE A LIFE FROM SOMEONE WHEN THEY WERE NOT EVEN THERE OR HAVE ANY EVIDENCE, FINGERPRINTS NOTHING???JUST A FEW LIARS WHO WERE TRYING TO SAVE THIER OWN GROUP OF CULTURE.  We have to live in these modernized slave technique days of the 21st century.  Same slavery is still going on just another era.