Frank, I'll take your word. You know better than I, what you "look
like". And can you picture the two of us standing on a street corner
anywhere in America? You, as you say you would be seen, and me, an 84
year old, white haired, totally blind, White Skin, waving a long white
travel cane, White Skin(that counts double). And a cop pulls up
alongside the curb, jumps out with his entire culture and his Racist
Schooling, and his Dad's voice ringing in his ears..."If they look
like that, they must be bad!" And he's looking straight at you. He's
coming in like the Lone Ranger, to do what he's been trained and
conditioned to do...save the old _WHITE blind man.
I grew up on Queen Anne Hill, an up and coming neighborhood just north
of down town Seattle. I was the gangly kid with the thick bifocals
and wearing last years school clothes, sitting among the children of
privilege, clothed in all the latest finery from Frederick and Nelson.
Even being White did not spare me from discrimination. Different.
Different was what made me stand out as the class Whipping Boy.
Later, while in my early twenties, I worked for a drapery factory.
The majority of workers were older women(Girls), who called me, "Boy).
Being White, this did not bother me in the way it bothered my helper,
who was a Black college student, but I believed that if the women
continued to call me Boy, the boss would continue to pay me a boy's
wage. So I would answer, "What can I do for you, Mom?" They finally
all called me Carl.
But I was White, and my helper was Black...and he would explode when
the "Girls" called him Boy. Some of them told me in private...because
we never show our true feelings...that they feared they might be hurt.
As if I could do something about him.
In those days I believed that I was not prejudiced...not in the
slightest. But I think back and recall that I saw this young, strong,
hard working helper as someone I could load up with all the jobs I
didn't want to do...proving that Capitalism reaches its tentacles even
down to the lower levels of the Working Class.
All of us who have been raised up in these United States of America,
have been conditioned. Our thinking, the decisions we make, the
mental picture we have of ourselves has been heavily impacted by the
constant conditioning being pressed down on us by our friendly,
neighborhood Oligarchy. Victors and victims, alike. Black, Brown,
White, Male, Female, and Other. Our public schools, despite efforts
to sell it to the Privateers, has been controlled and slanted to teach
us...condition us...to the "Truth Everlasting", that America is the
Land of the Free(White), and the home of the Brave(those who knuckle
under). We say "Education" when we should be saying, "Conditioning".
But, I do go on...
Carl Jarvis, who still struggles to throw off the chains of conditioning.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/16/19, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carl, not quite. If one of those cops saw you and me interacting they would
assume I was there to assail you due to my appearance. That is how they
think and that is how they react.
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 9:35 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: [blind-democracy] RE: [blind-democracy] Re:
[blind-democracy] Eric Garner case finally heard — in a cops’ court
And therein lies the problem. These police officers are neighbors and
brothers and uncles and aunts. My son-in-law is a detective in the Pierce
county Sheriff's Department. My uncle Bill worked for the FBI.
My former neighbor was a detective in the Seattle Police Force. And on and
on. They are regular folks doing regular jobs, just as I worked for 17
years in the Department of Services for the Blind, doing government work.
Just as for the past 25 years Cathy and I have worked for the System,
providing services to older blind and low vision folks. None of us are bad
people...well, most of us are not bad people, but we work for, and answer to
the same Master, the Grand Old Oligarchy. The one that our Constitution was
set in place to protect.
Somehow we need to stretch that Constitution so it covers All Americans,
not just the privileged.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/15/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is the NYPD that is in tight control. My son-in-law's father was
a NYC police department detective. The woman who drove me around to do
errands and shopping for 25 years had a husband who was an NYPD
officer and her son joined the police department when he grew up. So I
have difficulty just seeing what this particular police department
does as an abstract concept of ruling class domination. This stuff is
done by real people, possibly people I've known, or supported by those
people.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 1:16 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: [blind-democracy] Eric Garner case
finally heard — in a cops’ court
How many times and how many ways does the Great American White
Oligarchy have to take in order to make clear that it is still in tight
control?
And why do underpaid, over worked police treat fellow Americans in
ways which they would never allow their loved ones to be treated?
The answer to that last question is simple. Security! Join the
Powerful Oligarchy and you will be protected, so long as you follow
orders and do the bidding of your Master.
Can we all sing that refrain from the old Ernie Ford favorite, Sixteen
Tons?
"I owe my Soul to the company store!" Of course we can!
Journalists write of their shock over Persons of Color and Women who
climb aboard the Donald Trump Roller Coaster. But why should they not
do so? The Democrats have not been able, or willing to provide
protection.
The weak protection offered by the Democratic Party is tantamount to
fighting a Grizzly Bear with a Fishing pole.
Which reminds me, on a personal note, we found Bear scat just outside
our garage door yesterday morning. "Where's the Bear Spray?" I asked.
"We have two cans," Cathy replied. "Whew! I should have one by the
deck door", I insisted.
"Ah, I think both cans are down at the barn."
And in a way, that is the story of today's Democratic Party. The
danger is right at our doorstep, but our defense is off watching over an
empty barn.
Carl Jarvis(and Smoky the Bear)
On 7/15/19, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
https://socialistaction.org/2019/07/14/eric-garner-case-finally-heard
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in-a-cops-court/
Eric Garner case finally heard ??? in a cops??? court
/ 20 hours ago
July 2019 Gwen Carr, (Marty)
Gwen Carr, Eric Garner???s mother. (Marty Goodman / Socialist Action)
By MARTY GOODMAN
??? NEW YORK ??? The 2014 chokehold murder of Eric Garner, an unarmed
43-year-old African American man, by a city cop, Daniel Pantaleo,
finally got its first public hearing in June???not in a court of law
but at an NYPD hearing!
The charges against Pantaleo were brought by the semi-independent
Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). The NYPD Deputy Commissioner
of Trials, Rosemarie Maldonado, has 90 days to decide whether to fire
Pantaleo, fine him or dismiss the charges. She cannot jail Pantaleo
since it is a non-criminal case. Maldonado???s decision???which does
not have to be released to the public!???will be read by Mayor de
Blasio???s top
cop, James P. O???Neill, who will ultimately rule on Pantaleo.
A possible Justice Department decision on civil rights violations
must be rendered before the fifth anniversary of Garner???s death on July
17.
It has been reported that the agency has reached a decision, to be
announced sometime in July.
Not one of the half-dozen cops present at Garner???s murder in 2014
have served a single day in jail, despite hearing Garner cry out ???I
can???t breathe??? 11 times! The lethal chokehold used by Pantaleo
was banned by the NYPD in 1993, but was used with deadly effect on
Anthony Baez in
1994 and on other victims of police brutality like Eric Garner.
Leaked documents show that citizen complaints against Pantaleo were
among the NYPD???s worst (see ThinkProgress.org, March 21, 2017).
Pantaleo and his partner, Justin Damico, were told by commanding
officer, Lt. Christopher Bannon, to arrest Garner for selling
???loosies,???
or single cigarettes, a misdemeanor, at a storefront on Staten Island.
But, witnesses say, Garner had just broken up a fight when the cops
arrived. Upon learning of the death of Garner, Lt. Bannon texted with
racist indifference to arresting cops, ???Not a big deal.???
Pantaleo???s lawyer, Stuart London, claimed his client was using an
approved ???seat-belt hold.??? However, Inspector Richard Dee, head
of training at the New York City Police Academy, testified that
Pantaleo???s action was ???the definition of a choke hold.???
Outrageously, London implied that Garner caused his own death by not
moving when ordered by police! An additional video showed that all of
the cops and an EMS crew left Garner lying on the ground for several
minutes without attempting resuscitation or using available oxygen.
Anti-racist activists packed the courthouse and maintained a noisy
picket line outside the hearings in lower Manhattan where
well-attended press conferences were held. Speaking after the
concluding session on June 6, Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, said
that the hearing sends ???a clear message that Black lives do not
matter.???
Pantaleo is now on desk duty, with 35% more in earnings (N.Y. Daily
News). He was present in the courtroom but refused to testify and
thereby submit to cross-examination by CCRB attorney Suzanne O???Hare.
His lawyer, Stuart London, said Pantaleo would be ???reckless??? to
take the stand because the Justice Department is still investigating.
After almost five years, President Barack Obama, New York Mayor Bill
de Blasio, and Donald Trump allowed Pantaleo to keep his job after
the entire world saw him choke Garner on a cell-phone video!
In 2015, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer issued a $5.9
million check to the Garner family, saying that the payout was ???in
the best interests of all parties.??? The police union denounced the
settlement.
The payment was made by the city without conceding liability, which
insulated New York???s power structure from a drawn-out court suit
that would further expose the racist NYPD and ???progressive??? Mayor
de Blasio???s cynical inaction on police violence.
Phony ???socialist??? De Blasio campaigned for mayor on reforming
racist police practices, yet refused to fire Pantaleo, merely calling
Garner???s death a ???terrible tragedy??? for all concerned???despite
compelling video
evidence!
Ramsey Orta, the quick-thinking activist who vide-oed Pantaleo
choking Garner, was arrested three weeks later on weapons charges. He
was released on bail in April 2015 and rearrested in 2016 on drug and
weapons charges and sentenced to four years. Orta says that what
happened to him is retaliation for the video. Orta says he???s
endured harassment and beatings.
Orta has been in solitary confinement at least four times. Orta???s
fianc??, Deja Richardson, told Socialist Action that he is currently
in solitary on a 90-day sentence. Orta was thrown back into solitary
following his testimony against Daniel Pantaleo via video from
Groveland Correctional facility in upstate New York. His release date
is December 2019. It remains an outrage that Ramsey Orta???a
hero???is the only person to be jailed in the Eric Garner case!
(Letters of support for Ramsey Orta should be addressed to: Ramsey
Orta, Ramsey Orta 16A4200, Collins Correctional Facility, Middle Road
P.O. Box
340 Collins N.Y. 14034. Your return address and Orta???s number are
critical since his prison changes. Send no cash. Prison authorities
will read all letters. Email: officialramseyorta@xxxxxxxxx or
deja.richardson.dr@xxxxxxxxx.)
In December 2014, a closed-door grand jury on the Garner case was
held in the conservative stronghold of Staten Island and led by
Republican District Attorney, Dan Donovan. The grand jury decided on
Dec. 3 not to proceed to a trial, provoking large, militant protests
in New York City and across the U.S.
Grand jury hearings are almost always prosecuted by white attorneys
who decide on the evidence and witnesses and are not subject to cross
examination. Politicians like Donovan depend on cops as witnesses in
other cases. If prosecutors are seen by racist police unions as
anti-cop, it could mean trouble prosecuting cases. The Garner grand
jury, its testimony sealed, was denounced as a sham, especially given
the video evidence.
James Cohen, a law professor at Fordham University, said, ???There is
no question that a grand jury will do precisely what the prosecutor
wants, virtually 100% of the time.??? Whatever the outcome, we must
remain alert and ready to mobilize. Fire and jail Pantaleo! Jail
???em all! Justice for Eric Garner!
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