and if i'm not mistaken, the decision was rendered by Chief Justice Taney, who then got streets and stuff and a BASEBALL TEAM named after him...sheesh
-Cindy “ threaten existence, expect resistance" On Aug 22, 2014, at 3:35 PM, Richard Conrad wrote: > Right! “Sundown towns” Thank you Jo Ann Fishburn! > > …and meanwhile as Amy Goodman reported: > > “Just miles away from the scene of the protests in Ferguson lies the grave of > Dred Scott at the Calvary Cemetery on West Florissant Avenue. Born a slave in > Virginia, Dred Scott sued in a St. Louis court for his freedom. The case went > to the Supreme Court, resulting in a landmark 1857 decision that African > Americans were not citizens of the United States and therefore had no rights > to sue in federal courts. The court described blacks as "beings of an > inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either > in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights > which the white man was bound to respect." The Dred Scott Decision is > considered by many to be the worst decision in the Supreme Court’s history. > > http://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/18/ferguson_protests_erupt_near_grave_of > > > Richard Conrad > [email protected] > > > > On Aug 22, 2014, at 2:46 PM, Jo Ann Fishburn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They were called Sundown Towns, many were in the north. Loewen has written a >> book about it by that name. I believe Ocean City, NJ, followed that model, >> although I don't know if there were laws on the books. >> >> Jo Ann >> >> Jo Ann Fishburn >> Reading Specialist >> [email protected] >> never2late2read.org >> >> >> On Friday, August 22, 2014 1:48 AM, Richard Conrad <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> According to an MSNBC story, towns like Ferguson were called something like >> ‘Daylight towns’ because after dark any blacks the police came upon could be >> arrested just for being out of doors. >> >> Curfew laws I’ve been told, even into the 50’s and early 60’s, in MANY >> locations / jurisdictions - specified criteria for BOTH different age-groups >> and also RACIAL categories. >> >> The story of MASSIVE numbers of Illegal detentions for fictional ‘offenses’ >> to create labor forces like that of Birmingham Steel was described on PBS, >> as in MANY WAYS worse than Slavery in its effects. >> >> And in our GLORIOUS Modern Times: - OMG - The Cops to SUCH a large degree, >> seem to have become BLOODY ADDICTED to corrupting the essential judicial >> processes and they are in BIG-TIME denial about it!!! >> >> Bullying, segregating, denying due processes, and executing repressive, >> BIASED, and illegal detentions… oh..., and murders - > THESE ALL MUST BE >> STOPPED! >> >> >> Richard Conrad >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Aug 21, 2014, at 6:43 PM, Glenn moyer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> No, i didn't read that book, but I know some of that earlier history. >>> Someone said at the 52nd St. rally that the word "officer" was derived from >>> overseer. >>> >>> As the mission of the police state evolved during the twentieth century, >>> their role extended to protect elite power and property, while squashing >>> dissent. We see this all over the world. The East German Stasi seems to >>> be the closest historic model for our "homeland security" complex, while >>> the system retains all of the historical racist missions of the >>> post-reconstruction "fraternity." Institutional racism is carefully >>> perpetuated in our society as tool of oppression, and to keep poor and >>> working class peoples of all ethnic groups from uniting! >>> >>> My message to working class whites is to understand that we must join in >>> solidarity with immigrants and our minority brothers and sisters. We share >>> the same oppressors and have much more in common with each other, than with >>> the morally bankrupt upper classes of any race! >>> >>> There have been great discussions at the rallies, and in my opinion; its >>> broadly understood among the dis-empowered peoples that these systemic >>> problems are not solved merely by increasing the number of black cops. >>> Yes, they're brought into the same system with the same mission. There is >>> some good information just published at "The Black Agenda Report" on this, >>> and the example of Newark NJ is a prime example. (Everyone should follow >>> the Black Agenda Report and Democracy Now on a regular basis) >>> >>> http://www.blackagendareport.com/ >>> >>> Peace and solidarity, >>> Glenn >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Wilma de Soto >>> Sent: Aug 21, 2014 5:10 PM >>> To: Richard Conrad >>> Cc: Glenn moyer , "[email protected]" >>> Subject: Re: [UC] False flag, agent provocateur >>> >>> Have either of you or anyone else ever read, "The Police Mystique", by >>> Anthony Bouza? >>> >>> Anthony Bouza was a Chief of Police in Minneapolis for over 25 years. I >>> believe he teaches a course in Criminal Justice at the Univ. of Chicago. >>> >>> Bouza explains very plainly about the role of the Police Force which was >>> extended after Emancipation of Slaves. Their role was like that of the >>> former Plantation Overseer. Their jobs were to control Blacks, make them >>> docile and endure any indignities they were made to suffer and the beat the >>> hell out of them, torture and maim them or even worse if they were not >>> compliant. >>> >>> After slavery ended the police took on that role. Many White ethnics such >>> as the Irish who stood low on the class scale in America and the Italians >>> were given that power over a group of people they despised. The Police are >>> there to protect Whites from Blacks primarily. >>> >>> If you read the book, which at one time was difficult to find because it >>> contains so many truths, it will appear very plain to you that they are >>> "just doing their job" as they were trained to do. >>> >>> Black police make little difference because if they or anyone else break >>> the "police rules", they will suffer the bitter consequences. >>> >>> http://www.amazon.com/The-Police-Mystique-Insiders-Criminal/dp/0738205834 >>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 4:34 PM, Richard Conrad wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Glenn moyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Here is the execution video that caught the Missouri terrorists in >>>>> another round of lies. (very graphic). Compare this to the lies the >>>>> terrorists spread before they knew a citizen had filmed the entire >>>>> killing!! >>>>> >>>>> http://rt.com/usa/181772-deadly-st-louis-shooting-video/ >>>> >>>> The description which I had heard on the news the night before, by a >>>> police officer was that the ‘perpetrator’ had his right arm up over his >>>> head with a knife - in the downward stabbing position - and charged at the >>>> cop (and he raised up his own arm > and totally acted out the scenario)… >>>> >>>> The video shows nothing like that. >>>> >>>> One shot in the leg would have apprehended - but instead, 8 or 9 Automatic >>>> rounds were used, much like an execution in Vietnam or in Syria, or like >>>> the deliberate putting down of a rabid dog. >>>> >>>> More and more cops are becoming increasingly addicted to bullying and >>>> slaughtering American citizens; and they are in massive denial about that. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
