Finally, it is our belief, that the only remedy for these abhorrent conditions is to release the self-interest and pre-eminent self gain of all parties concerned. Specifically the powers, who are in control and are in fear for no reason must come to the realization, the humanity is all we have. The justice we need is foundationally manifest in the power of God.
Without the intervention of justice in its finality, all are doomed.
Every creed, every color, every aspect of society as we know it must be included for a remedy to manifest.
Already, too many have died, too many have suffered. Too many families are emotionally, mentally and physically disabled because of society’s traumatic dance with death, mayhem and community violence.
It is our opinion, that families will heal, some to lesser and others to a greater degree, once the “newly reconciled society” has restored itself to its God given station in life.
Hatred, gone. "Togethered" bound. Life, Liberty, the pursuit of happiness – entirely. Justice, equity and mercy, for all.
Morehouse Parish's 4th Judicial District adjudicated Lee Alexander George of crime(s), assessing 10 (ten) years for an incident in which public employees fabricated some of the legalized testimony of the plaintiff in the court proceedings.
Not only that, while incarcerated in Morehouse Parish facilities, it became evident the powers-at-be, would fulfill a recompense against the convicted criminal.
Persons connected to the main-affiant, who testified the facts he swore to were the truth; specifically targeted George at the direction of the "system". It is now evident, the system, the selfsame system is continuing it's opppresive attacks in the convicts incarceration in Catahoula Parish's infamous correctional facility, known as the "Hill" in that George was viciously attacked requiring staples in his head.
The most safest place a convicted person should be, is in custody.
Position Paper and Policy Statement in reference to In-Custody-Deaths of individuals within the jurisdiction of Law Enforcement, the penal/correctional systems and the judiciary.
Our position and policy is that in custody deaths must end. And, that no person should die while in custody of any form of government arrest, detention, control or “holding for questioning”; period.
In-Custody-Deaths, must end. No person(s) should die in custody of any form of government arrest, detention, control or “holdings for questioning”; period. Herein it is declared that “in-custody-deaths” are a human rights issue. The killings of Americans, in “incarceration-centers” or in police custody, is a violation of human decency. Investigative outcomes must responsibly produce clear facts, in the lives of the murdered and killed, especially those who are increasingly, “Dead in Custody”. The reason(s) for all this societal mayhem involving guns and violence, is a “retaliative, reactionary mentality; invoked in to the land from “the wars of the middle-east, the lands of antiquity”.
Concerning, in-custody injury, illness & Death it is come to our attention once again, of the never changing and unchanging of the Louisiana Administration of Justice is antiquated and in the most desperate need of adjustment in it's penal institutions.
Severe discrepancies exist.
An individual entering an institution is very likely to lose his life.
Citizens should cease using the term criminal justice system on every level.
What was done is done. What is being done has no undoing. Attempting to continue with the same-old mechinations is futile. Juxtaposed disingenous operations will not render any positive, lasting outcomes of persistent value.
From the Governor to the Congressional Delegation, the Louisiana Secretary of State and the La. AG; the Senate President & the House Speaker shall not abridge the rights of the citizens.
the meat of this essay was penned August 2020 - LeSieur
Honest Services 24Jun10 | Enron-Skilling ruling | La. Public Defender Board Forging of America Injustice Justice Needed. Now!! Every facet of the judicial process in Louisiana is in dis-array. Jean Faria sat in a House Judiciary Committee on April 21, while State Senator Francis Thompson, floated a legislative instrument dealing with the composition of the Louisiana Public Defender Board. The instrument would have stipulated a board member from the northern part of the state. In his statements, the questions were raised as to why, the majority of the members on the La. Public Defender Board were from S. Louisiana. He stated, that the Governor was from S.La., as was the Speaker of the House and others. The Senate seat held by Thompson, was formerly held by Senator Charles D. Jones. In essence, Thompson's seat is in a minority district. Louisiana is not the only state with justice issues.
By the fact of blacks, being the majority in prison and the courts, and subsequently still disproportionately receiving stiffer sentencings, wrongful convictions, prosecutorial indiscretions and un-equal justice and ultimately "death-justice" as in the death of Baron "Skooter" Pikes in Winnfield, Louisiana, of whose trial is scheduled for June 2010 in Winn parish. When we consider, the accusations in Tensas Parish's, Waterproof, La. As we consider, the incident of un-equaled justice playing out in the home-parish of the -yet to be confirmed- Middle District US Attorney. In the Gosserand case, the defendant was allowed to absent herself from court and not held in contempt -said to be in a rehab. -31 July 2010 In Pointe Coupee - The new US Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana turns out to be Don Cazayoux. In Tensas parish the Mayor of Waterproof was convicted & the LASC denied his writ on July 23rd.
In Winnfield, Louisiana -Scott Nugent is scheduled for trial on August 31, 2010 in the death of Baron Pikes.
Judge delays Gosserand's arraignment hearing
Posted: Apr 08, 2010 5:38 AM CDT Updated: Apr 12, 2010 5:35 AM CDT
NEW ROADS, LA (WAFB) - A woman who faces a vehicular homicide charge in connection with a deadly crash was scheduled to stand before a judge Thursday morning to tell how she pleads in the case, but the hearing has been postponed.
According to her attorney, Victoria Gosserand is currently in a rehab facility outside of the state. The judge rescheduled her arraignment for Aug. 26.
Gosserand stands accused in the death of Terri Parker, 23. Parker was killed in a crash in December on a Pointe Coupee Parish roadway. gssc/end
When we consider all things, relating to the judicial process, equity & un-equal justice due to socio-economic status, there is no other choice but coordinated MASS DIRECT-ACTION NON-VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS.
THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE & COMMUNITY COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS TO RE-CONVENE IN LOUISIANA.
The New GRASSROOTS MASSMOVEMENT AGAINST UNEQUAL JUSTICE!!
Legislation hasn't Secured Unequal justice's demise. The courts have refused to rectify the problem because the law stipulates harsh punishments, exercised at the indiscretion of prosecutors, judges & the 1844 ruling class mentality. Nothing will change, unless we move, Now.
postscript:23Apr2010 16minutes aftermidnight
Analysis:Torch Passes in Civil Rights Struggle
Analysis: Torch passes in civil rights struggle
By ERRIN HAINES (AP) – 21 hours ago
ATLANTA — The recent deaths of Dorothy Height and Benjamin Hooks, two icons of the civil rights era, nudge those who have come behind them closer to the control for which they have clamored.
It is a prospect that is at once enticing and intimidating for the movement's heirs, who have waited years for their turn and a chance to further the progress of black America. Those years have caught up with both groups, as the graying civil rights generation has no choice but to step aside.
The next generation must decide whether they will step up as the nature of the struggle is in question and the future fight takes on a new identity.
It's put up or shut up now, said the Rev. Al Sharpton.
"I remember for years we said, 'Give us a chance,'" Sharpton said. "Well, we're center stage now. What are we gonna do?"
At 55, Sharpton is considered young among civil rights activists. He was groomed by people like Height and Hooks to lead after they left.
"They knew the struggle would continue beyond them," said Sharpton, who founded his National Action Network nearly 20 years ago. "We are facing more institutional inequities. These matters are not as dramatic as they were in their time, but they're just as insidious."
For years, the heroes of the 1950s and 1960s kept us connected to a time when the battle for equality in this country was real and present for millions of black Americans, decades away from the election of the first black president.
The larger-than-life examples of Andrew Young, Joseph Lowery and John Lewis — who marched alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and lived to tell us about it year after year — were constant reminders that the fight is not over.
When she died Tuesday at 98, Height was one of the few female voices of the movement. Her activism stretched from the New Deal to marching alongside King before she witnessed the historic election of President Barack Obama.
Hooks led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People for 15 years after he was inspired to fight against social injustice and bigotry as a young soldier guarding Italian prisoners of war while serving overseas in the Army during World War II. Foreign prisoners could eat in "for whites only" restaurants but he could not. He died Thursday at the age of 85.
The struggle they leave behind is far different from the one they inherited under a segregated America. Today, the Rev. Raphael Warnock of MLK's Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta is carrying the mantle of social justice theology, fighting for voting rights and financial literacy and against disparities in the criminal justice system — without the permission of his elders.
"I don't know that anybody handed that generation the leadership," said the 40-year-old Warnock. "I think they took it. And the onus is on us to assume leadership and not wait on somebody to give it to us. We are clearly witnessing the changing of the guard."
This generation does not live in fear of biting dogs or the sting of a fire hose, but must still fight to ensure equal access to education and employment. Hundreds of black elected officials across the country do not eliminate the need to advocate the right to vote.
"Losing Dr. Height hurts immeasurably, but it also inspires unconditionally," said Julianne Malveaux, president of the all-female, historically black Bennett College. "When we think about the struggles she identified with and the work that she did, she's really left us with a social, economic and legislative agenda."
Malveaux said that many young people are respectful of history and may be ready to carry on with Height's mission, but others may see her labor as part of a bygone era.
"They have been seduced by our progress to feel that the civil rights movement may not be necessary," she said.
The call to action now extends not to an aging few, but to countless blacks from 18 to 70 — still young, compared to the those who were stirred to action in the last century. Already there are those who have answered. The NAACP has at its helm the youngest president and chairwoman in its 101-year history. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is preparing to install as its new leader Bernice King, the youngest daughter of King, the organization's most famous founder. And the executive director of Sharpton's National Action Network is under 30.
Whether they can rally their peers as their predecessors rallied for the betterment of a people remains to be seen. But after years of asking, they will soon get their wish.
Don't Call It "criminal justice" it is
