Many a person has suffered the slings and arrows of our totaltarian government bodies. We have the undeniable murder by police of the homeless Kelly Thomas in Fullerton California (basic coverage of the issue by Wikipedia (here)) and more detailed coverage by the Friends of Fullerton blog that helped break the story to the national media plane (here).
What Wikipedia and the preponderence of the main stream media fail to denote properly - is that Kelly Thomas's dad (Ron) was a retired Sherrif who turned down a $900,000 offer of hush money when the attorney for Fullerton implied that the formula to figure out how much Kelly's life was worth is based upon the fact that Kelly Thomas was "not a rocket scientist".
Blessed in this case, unlike most we have many videos and AM 650 Radio station that provided us with was facts germane. Like the thugs in uniform boasted about the beating in the locker room and the DA in Orange County, CA., has denoted the fact that Kelly Thomas sat on the ground and watched the officer put on rubber gloves, balled his hand into fists and turn to him stating "I'm going to $%#@ you up with these". When Kelly Thomas objectedly stood up and ran for his life -they took it from him.
What commenced after the brutal beating was a mountain of defensive mechanisms to keep us for seeing and hearing the truth. Until the videos were made public, the "Official" version of events was that Kelly Thomas provoked the beatings and it took 6 officers to subdue the possibly drug crazed man who had most likely been stealing from parked cars with unexplained contents in his back pack.
Evidently Fullerton is the only place homeless people never rummage.
As we await the probable highly public trial of the officers now charged with offenses; it is necessary to note various policemen and their agency's circled the wagons to help the officer receive the $1 million bond releasethe court ordered properly as prudent.
Eliot Bernstein's Iviewit case.
However, the greater issues are those cases that will most likely never see justice. Eliot Bernstein, the creator of Iviewit Technology's not only had his patent and assets stolen - there is a noted attempt by a car bomb against him. He has no one in his corner, no video of events more spectacular than the car bomb so fierce it blew up several cars next to his. The title of that story should be the "Overkill attempt that killed no one". So Eliot Bernstein took up the sword of justice himself (see story and exhibits (here)). Most likely Eliot will never see a penny for his Iviewit - because the big boys have not grasped the concept that if you steal billions - toss a few million to the gal or guy and have the judge list the case closed as moot.
David O'Donnell helps others fight corruption.
There are many more cases we can provide you tons of data upon, such as David O'Donnell who received a hard evidence death threat from his attorney who abandoned him. No one in his corner either (see O'Donnell's website (here)).
Meryl and Norm Lanson battle corruption and cancer.
Meryl and Norman Lanson lost their mens clothing chain to both a thief of an exec who was arrested and served time and conflicted attorneys that failed to inform her they also had a relationship with the lender seeking to foreclose on their business due to the devastating theivery. Meryl's temerity and tenacity is endearing beyond the norm. She seeks to help others and has a level of feist that makes a good soul smile warmly. Despite her and her husbands bout with cancer, she gets out of bed as son as physically possible and writes more to Senators, media and nags the Governor relentlessly - to stop the corruption we all know exists. (See more on Meryl Lanson's story (here).
fellow combatants against corruption Mary Alice Gwynn & Karin Huffer
Please take Note: Meryl's friend Karin Huffer has coined a phrase apropos to that vex of us all, the post traumatic stress syndrome that good people suffer when hope turns to despair upon the realization that our systems of justice are rigged greatly. The phrase is -Legal Abuse Syndrome - where the coining and nym are both germane.
Mary Alice Gwynn is a true hero of the people. She put life and career on the line more than once (and I plan to do a future diary totally dedicated to her quests alone). Because Mary Alice became a late life attorney at law, she was not cultivated into the fold of corruption in the "good ole boys" networks we all know exists. Instead, she took up the Lanson's case and went after Judge Hyman for ruling contrary to the law. Resultantly, they now seek to disbar her (see Mary Alice's complaint against Judge Hyman (here)).
Mark Adams Esquire
A man who should need no introduction to anyone who cares how Bush stole the election from Al Gore - is Mark Adams Esquire. He has dedicated his life to the pursuit of justice and has much at risk in doing so - being a young man married with kids. Yet he has pushed forward his cause of " No Justice - NO Peace " - without relent; so much so that at one time I though he was the "Mark" referenced in the HBO Kevin Spacey movie "RECOUNT". For more about Mark Adams Esquire - see this video
How do we defend innocent objectors?
What all the cases denoted within this added section have in common is that anyone unbiased can obviously see that they are innocent parties who are being slaughtered by the public bodies who we all pay to protect us against manifest injustice. Yet they have No Where To Turn. The main stream media's job (apparently) - is to protect the bad faith acts of the power centers from our scrutiny of the truth. This is a dire consequence of our modern system of information that social media should curtail (as it did in the Kelly Thomas case) - but that was murder of a loved innocent.
How about the manifest injustice against the innocents recluse? Who protects the Private Manning's, the Meryl Lanson's, the David O'Donnells? Who is there to protect us from the schemes of our governments to murder people in other nations under pretense of war and "WMD's" that never existed? Where do we turn to stop the bad faith acts of murdering one of our own countrymen under the pretense that he or she is a terrorist?
Did the passing of the DOD bill and President Obama signing into Law alarm you?
Moore says Whistle Blowing should not be a crime
There are tens of thousands of stories that endear us to our human kindness traits. The very thing that sets us apart from the animals - is our ability to think things through and come to a "rational" conclusion on how to better ourselves. That is what Progressiveness is all about. Michele Moore speaks out at the Occupy movement about how she was punished for doing the right thing (see story (here)).
Yes we have the Occupy movement and that has made a dent. But it came at a price, more than 5800 people have been arrested thus far. Our tax paid public servants, under pretense that the Occupy persons are a threat - gather together in riot gear and pepper spray anyone they chose to - for any reason. We are the ones who are guilty when such transpires - it is our laxity, apathy and self indulgence that permits this to happen to our fellow women and men. When it happens finally to us, it is then too late to cry foul - you are now on the side of the undesirable.
OCCUPY GETS ALARMED
WHEN NOTARY WHISTLE BLOWER IS FOUND DEAD
Often I have discussions with my associates in Washington DC and New York. We closed our separate press office in D.C. just prior to the OccupyWS movement's beginning and decided not to get a new lease or move to the National Press Club until we see how far the Occupy movement grows. In less than 4 months, it has become a world wide phenom. When we have our weekly conference calls and try to recruit others to a nation sophistication to combat the massive monies Koch's and Rove plundered us and assault us with - we all knew that sooner or later - deaths would transpire.
Though this death we are now reporting is not on the doorstep of any Occupy camp, it is of major significance to the movement. Tracy Lawrence, a Las Vegas Notary, did come forward and confess her duplicity with her company in the robo signing mortgage crisis that is crushing America. The initial report is that she committed suicide - but they also said Kelly Thomas provoked the police. Unless we see a total independent and public review of the facts; Tracy's death will remain surreptitious. In asking the "cui bono" - obviously her demise benefits the people she was slotted to testify against. There's another whistle blower who is now (hopefully and purportedly) under lock n key with secure detail. You can see more from the online Examiner story (here).
Until we unite - there will be no justice. Such as the recent case of attorney Richard Fine. He discovered that California judges were getting $50,000 per year above the California Constitutional allowance. When he moved to correct the matter he was placed in prison without charge for 18 months. Only once a US Supreme Court brief was filed (though declined) - was he finally freed and the Judge resigned. However, Governor Schwartznegger decided to bury the matter, instead of letter then Jerry Brown investigate the case - Schwartznegger gave all the crimes a pardon. (See Richard Fine's story (here).
We are at fault. It is our responsibility to stop them from doing evil in our name.
Albert Eienstein and Sam Adams said;
Fear not evil that men may do - the true wrong is that that stand by and watch!
Nancy Pelosi and Arianna Huffington support the Occupy movement - Do YOU?
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