Friday, January 23, 2015

Demand Justice for Eric Garner: January 29 at NY Supreme Court

Press release by 

Vernon Eligah Williams

January 23, 2015

To All Those Who Care About Martin Luther King's Ongoing Struggle For Justice For All Americans

I need you to be at the Supreme Court on Staten Island, New York on January 29th at 9am when arguments are heard in the court case to try and get the Eric Garner grand jury transcript released. I need to get many people to be at the Courthouse. This is important for our Nation. The address is 18 Richmond Terrace Staten Island, NY 10301. It is across from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Be there. Please forward to those you know in the New York Area.

I also need you to call the Prosecutor Daniel Donovan and ask that he release the Eric Garner grand jury transcript as well as the names of the police officers who were given immunity. His phone number is (718)876-6300. He is running for Congress and has done all he can to make sure that the Grand Jury Transcript remains sealed.

Also a gag order was placed on the NYCLU and Legal Aid Society that filed the court case. When CNN called they were not allowed to speak with them. Now there has been no national media or press on this important story and court case. The American public does not even know that the court case is happening. This is wrong. Tell them to air the story NOW. CNN, MSNBC, and NPR have been silent as well as the other network's World News shows. Call the comment lines - CNN 212-275-7800 NY, and 404-827-1500 in Atlanta. See email addresses for media: MSNBC is 212-664-4444. Write Amy Goodman Democracy Now at NPR: stories@democracynow.org and Jeffrey Toobin at CNN jeffrey_toobin@newyorker.com. Washington Post's email box is national@waspost.com. It is vital that they cover this story immediately. [I doubt if they will.]

I hope you will be able to join us at the courthouse on January 29th at 9am. Justice For All In America Now. We all saw what happen to Eric Garner. It is time for America to be a better Country. Thank you for your attention.

"I Can't Breathe." - Eric Garner

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Alton Maddox, Jr. on WAOK Jan. 22, 2015 about "People vs. Orta"

Press Release by Alton H. Maddox, Jr.

Maddox in Atlanta with "Real Truth and Derrick Boazman"
By Alton H. Maddox, Jr.
("Attorney-at-War")

Derrick Boazman of WAOK-AM will interview Alton Maddox about his plans in "People v. Orta" in Staten Island on January 22, 2015, at 4:15 p.m. EST on WAOK. This is a retaliatory prosecution for Ramsey's videotaping of the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Under the Sixth Amendment and in a transcript, I am his counsel of choice. I am subject to an indefinite suspension whish is contrary to the Fifth Amendment.

"People v. Orta" raises broader questions including but not limited to the right of legal and political representation and the right of descendants of enslaved Africans to enjoy reparations. It also raises the question of whether the Freedom Party is the appropriate delivery system. Currently, Blacks have no legislative agenda. Last night President Barack Obama noted that we are not on his agenda.

Throughout today, Blacks and Latinos should use "311" to express any displeasure under the First Amendment. As many public officials as possible should hear your "pain and suffering." For starters, there is no enabling legislation for the Fifteenth Amendment. Black and Latino selected officials are simply political pawns.

WAOK-AM (1380) radio in Atlanta can be heard via the internet at:
www.waok.com or http://tunein.com/radio/WAOK-AM-1380-s27137/

Internet access to a noontime interview by Bro. Shabazz on WRFG in Atlanta is


Friends of Alton Maddox
P.O. Box 35
Bronx, NY 10471

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Announcements made at MaryLovesJustice Human Rights Events blog are usually also posted at Google+ and at Facebook. For example:

Alton Maddox, Jr. on WAOK Jan. 22, 2015, at 4:15pm about "People v. Orta". Orta is the man who videotaped Eric Garner's death by police choke hold who now faces charges that some believe to be police retaliation. Incidentally, the girlfriend of John Crawford, III, who was shot to death by police in an Ohio Walmart, was killed on January 1 when the car she was riding in suddenly reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour and crashed, killing her driver as well. The sister of 12-year-old Ohio victim Tamir Rice was handcuffed and made to sit in the back of a police car with Rice's killer sitting in front, and Tamir's mother was given the choice of staying with her 14-year-old daughter in police custody or riding in the ambulance with her dying son. The Neal family experiences retaliation for asking what happened to Larry Neal, a mentally, physically disabled Memphis police victim. People sometimes suffer retaliation when they expose and complain about police terrorism in the USA.
http://hreventsbymlj.blogspot.com/2015/01/alton-maddox-jr-on-waok-jan-22-2015.html


Alton Maddox, Jr., "Attorney at War"
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Alton Maddox on Black Power Block

Post-December 13, 2014 Search for Rev. Sharpton? ©
By Alton H. Maddox, Jr.
("Attorney-at-War")

Attorney Alton H. Maddox, Jr. on "Black Power Block"
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wohradio/2014/12/24/baba-alton-maddox-attorney-at-war-critical-thinking-2015  (available 24/7 at this link)
Listen by Phone - 347-850-1836
Tuesday, December 23, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. EST

            "Silver rites" leaders can make great use of mobile phone technology.  Yet, it is not a solution to the hands-on approach to combatting state-sponsored killings of unarmed Black and Latino men.  These killings are happening throughout the United States. The U.S. Justice Department is hiding behind the Compromise of 1877.  The first step is for "freedom fighters" to define it.

            Rev. Al Sharpton was last seen in "Hollywood" seeking to add to his "peace" chest which seeks racial calm and harmony and not racial justice.  The Garner family was seen at the office of NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer to extract "hush money."  The "Central Park 5" has just been seen hauling off with $41 million dollars and is reportedly back in line for another haul.

            Attorney Jonathan Moore represents the so-called "Central Park 5."  He also represents the Garner family.  When I demanded that the case of Michael Stewart had to go to trial "to air dirty laundry," Mayor Ed Koch, Chief Medical Examiner Eliot Gross and Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau panicked. When the smoke had cleared, Moore was representing the Stewart family and divvying up "hush money."

            The effective representation of the Stewart family had made great strides before Jonathan Moore came on board.  The goal was to seek justice.  This would require both a criminal prosecution and a civil action.  We never had an opportunity to secure a civil trial. After the impaneling of two grand juries, eleven police officers went to trial in a criminal prosecution for the death of Michael Stewart. This was a milestone over "hush money."  There were also reforms in the medical examiner's office of New York City.

            Street protests must continue.  Economic sanctions and a withdrawal of Blacks and Latinos from the Democratic Party must follow.  It is no accident that both Gov. Jay Nixon and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are Democrats.  "Ambulance chasers" grease this political party's money line.  They feast on dead, Black bodies as a quid pro quo.  Municipalities have "deep pockets."  Blacks and Latinos are financing their own oppression. 

            I am not opposed to Rev. Sharpton living large.  Excesses like "excessive force" should be avoided, however.  He is trafficking in sumptuous living.  Unlike Prince David engaging in and using commercial airlines, Rev. Sharpton was last seen heading to "Hollywood" in a Learjet.  Rev. Jesse Jackson's destination was "Silicon Valley."  Both men departed without leaving a plan of action.

            One eye of this civil rights movement should be on the streets.  The other eye should be on unjust laws.  These unjust laws arise out of violations of the Bill of Rights.  On this past Monday, both men should have been focusing on the 223 anniversary of the Bill of Rights.  A nationwide effort must be made to enforce them coupled with the enforcement of the Reconstruction amendments.

            Twenty unjust concepts must be brought back in line with the Bill of Rights.  The first step is to give meaning to unjust concepts. Black lawmakers should run with this agenda to their respective legislatures.  This will require securing legal tools for research. Rev. Sharpton is spending his parasitic wealth on sumptuous living. These unjust concepts must be fully explored and adequately defined and should include but not be limited to the following: 

            1.  State-sponsored group defamation
            2.  Badges of slavery
            3.  Judicial gerrymandering
            4.   Stop, question and frisk
            5.  Chokehold as a crime in New York
            6.   Public selection of grand juries
            7.   Use of transactional immunity or use  immunity
            8.  Instructions to the grand jury
            9.  Preference of a preliminary hearing over an investigatory grand jury when probable cause is settled
            10.  The criteria for a special prosecutor
            11.  Retaliatory arrests
            12.  Use and misuse of deadly force
            13.  Tennessee v. Garner
            14.  Psychological testing
            15.  Use of non-deadly force
            16.  Probable cause and immediate arrests
            17.  Decertification of police unions
            18.  Community control of law enforcement agencies
            19.  Use of cameras to record police misconduct
                        20.  Jury trials in all police misconduct cases

            Rev. Edward Pinkney, head of Black Autonomy Network Community Organization (BANCO), is the victim of a retaliatory prosecution and conviction by an all-white jury for demanding justice and opposing police brutality in Benton Harbor, MI which is the subject of white minority rule.  Whirlpool, a Fortune 500 Company is the "puppet master."

            I have asked the Freedom Party to join Bro. Clarence Canty and Bro. Randy Short to find the means for Rev. Pinkney to enjoy a competent and zealous attorney for an appellate review of this conviction. Retaliatory actions are also involved in People v. Ramsey Orta (Richmond County) and CPW Towers, LLC v. Maddox (New York County).

The above-mentioned efforts should arise from a grassroots movement.  To give legs to those demands, calls should be made to the NYS Attorney General at: (212) 416-8000 and the New York Public Advocate at (212) 669-7200 to personally appear at the Brooklyn Christian Center on this Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.

             Demands should also be made on all elected officials and public officials by phone or on the internet:  the office of NYS Attorney General at http://www.ag.ny.gov/questions-comments-attorney-general-eric-t-schneiderman and the office of NYC Public advocate outreach@pubadvocate.nyc.gov.

Visit WWW.REINSTATEALTONMADDOX.COM for my political and legal writings.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
                        For more than two decades, several thousand persons have received my invaluable, writings on politics, law and military science, free of any cost, even though the fixed costs to publish them including research, writing, editing and publishing have exceeded over Twenty-five Hundred Dollars monthly.  There is also now a need to upgrade equipment, legal literature and software and to resume the practice of law as the private attorney general without “judicial bullying.”  “Freedom is not free.”  No one should ride the back of another person.  This is an accounting principle.

            Make contributions for a free and educational press and for a legal defense fund for the U.S. Supreme Court to redress an odious grievance and provide an emergency, legal defense fund for Tawana Brawley and Ramsey Orta only to:

                        Friends of Alton Maddox
                        P.O. Box 35
                        Bronx, NY 10471
12/17/14


Alton Maddox, Jr., "Attorney at War"
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Thursday, November 6, 2014

Webcast: U.N. CAT Examines USA Nov. 12 and 13

By: UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR)

GENEVA, Nov. 6, 2014 - The UN Committee against Torture is due to review the USA on 12 and 13 November in sessions that will be webcast live.

The USA is one of the 156 States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and is required to undergo regular examinations of its record before the Committee of 10 independent experts. The Committee will engage in a dialogue with the US government delegation and also hear from NGOs.

Public sessions: 10:00-12:00 (04:00-06:00 EST) on 12 November, 15:00-18:00 (09:00-12:00 EST) on 13 November
Venue: Room XVII, Palais des Nations, Geneva. Live webcast:
http://www.treatybodywebcast.org/.

Among the possible issues to be discussed: extraterritorial application of the Convention; CIA’s secret detention, extraordinary rendition and interrogation programme; Guantanamo Bay detainees held indefinitely without charge or trial; investigation and prosecution of those responsible for torture or ill-treatment of detainees; immigration enforcement abuses; death penalty, alleged administration of untested lethal drugs; police brutality; prolonged solitary confinement; protection of prisoners against violence; sexual violence in US military.

Further information and the USA’s report are available at:
The Committee will publish its concluding observations here on Friday 28 November.

A news conference is scheduled for Friday 28 November at 14:00 at Palais des Nations in Geneva when the Committee will discuss its concluding observations on the USA and the other countries being reviewed – Sweden, Ukraine, Venezuela, Australia, Burundi, Croatia, and Kazakhstan.

To learn more about the Committee against Torture, please visit: 

Members and friends of Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI") are asked to watch the webcast. You are invited to discuss it during broadcasts on "Human Rights Demand" channel on Nov. 12 and 13 (the time will be announced here). AIMI plans an action in International Court in 2015 involving up to 100 claimants of (i) persons with mental illness and/or drug/alcohol addictions, and (ii) people who were victimized by mentally ill people and/or drug/alcohol addicts who were denied timely, appropriate treatment. We seek restitution for and/or relief from police brutality, prison torture, long-term homelessness, and other discrimination against mentally disabled people in the USA. Visit the blog AIMI-HumanRights for more information at
http://AIMI-HumanRights.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Alton Maddox, Jr. on Carl Nelson Show Nov. 6

Alton Maddox, Jr. will appear on the "Carl Nelson Show" on Thursday, November 6, at 4:00 p.m. EDT. The show is aired from Washington, DC on WOL-AM (1450) radio and over the Internet at www.woldcnews.com - See the announcement below:

United African Movement
Alton h. Maddox, Jr., Chairman
P.O. Box 35, Bronx, NY 10471
Tel.: (718) 834-9034  Fax : (718) 884-8241

Alton Maddox with Carl Nelson in D.C.
by Alton H. Maddox, Jr ("Attorney-at-War")

There has been a sea change in the political structure of the United States. My people were hit the hardest after the General Election. Whites have accelerated the timetable of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the United States Supreme Court. We are still giving great deference to "Black faces in High places."

On February 4, 1861, states that had already seceded from the United States met in Montgomery, AL and formed the Confederate States of America. The Cobb brothers, who had already founded the University of Georgia Law School would become its architects. Giving great deference to the Cobb brothers, white supremacists murdered Khallid Abdul Muhammad in Cobb County, GA.

Some people would like to flatter Blacks by claiming that the Civil War was waged to end slavery. President Abraham answered this concern. Lincoln sought to save the Union. Only former "slaves" could save the Union, however. After Confederate soldiers fired on Fort Sumpter, the Union started to lose the Civil War. On July 17, 1862, Lincoln and Congress authorized the use of Blacks in the Union army.

After Black soldiers had saved the Union, the United States had to draft a reorganization plan. Blacks know it as Reconstruction. Unfortunately, for Blacks it was ephemeral. The object was to cement the United States. Blacks were used as political pawns. Reconstruction ended in 1901. Congress had ridded itself of Black representation.

Alton Maddox will submit a reorganization plan for the United African Movement, Freedom Party. Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls on this Wednesday, November 5, 2014, at the Brooklyn Christian Center, 1061 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. The Black community is bankrupt. A reorganization plan is used under Chapter 11. It will be a paradigm for Blacks nationwide.

Alton Maddox will appear on the "Carl Nelson Show" on Thursday, November 6 at 4:00 p.m. The show is aired from Washington, DC on WOL-AM (1450) radio and over the Internet at www.woldcnews.com.


Alton Maddox, Jr., "Attorney at War"
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Drinan Chair in Human Rights: Eric Rosenthal

DRI's Eric Rosenthal Appointed Georgetown University Law School 2015-2016 Drinan Chair in Human Rights 
 
Washington, DC -- November 4, 2014 -- Georgetown University Law Center today announced the appointment of Eric Rosenthal, Disability Rights International's (DRI) founder and executive director, to the 2015-2016 Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Chair in Human Rights.

"This appointment recognizes Eric Rosenthal for his invaluable contributions to international human rights," said Georgetown Law Dean William M. Treanor.  "We are very pleased that it will allow the Law Center to continue Fr. Drinan's extraordinary legacy."

As the Drinan Chair holder, Rosenthal will teach a course during the fall semester of 2015 focused on international human rights advocacy for children and adults with disabilities - allowing J.D. and LL.M. students to benefit from his expertise as a leader in the global disability rights movement.

DRI Founder and Executive Director Eric Rosenthal
Rosenthal, who was featured in the spring 2013 issue of Georgetown Law magazine, is the founder and executive director of DRI, one of the world's first and leading advocacy organizations dedicated to the protection and full inclusion of children and adults with disabilities under international human rights law.

Recognizing and protecting the human rights of persons with disabilities was the topic of a seminar paper Rosenthal wrote as a student at Georgetown Law. Since establishing DRI a year after graduation, in 1993, he has trained human rights and disability activists and provided assistance to governments and international development organizations worldwide.  Rosenthal helped establish six independent disability rights organizations run by people with disabilities around the world. He has served as a consultant to the U.S. National Council on Disability, UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture and the UN Special Rapporteur on Disability. 

In 2008, Rosenthal received the Henry A. Betts Award from the American Association of People with Disabilities for his role in helping to inspire and build support for the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 2013, he was the recipient of the Charles Bronfman Prize, which "celebrates the vision and endeavor of an individual or team under fifty years of age whose humanitarian work, combined with their Jewish values, has significantly improved the world."

"We are delighted that Eric - an alumnus who created a very effective human rights organization to address a major gap in international law in order to protect a very vulnerable group of people - will be teaching our students next fall," said Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute Director Andrew I. Schoenholtz.

"Fr. Drinan was my first human rights professor in law school," said Rosenthal. "But he was much more than a law professor. He was the embodiment of what it is to be a human rights activist - someone who stands up for his values and for people who are downtrodden around the world - whatever others may think. I have always sought to live up to that standard, and I am deeply indebted to Fr. Drinan for his mentorship, friendship and support. It is a true honor to serve as a human rights professor in his name."

Rosenthal received a B.A. from the University of Chicago and a J.D. cum laude from Georgetown Law, where he has also served as an adjunct professor, teaching courses in public interest advocacy. 

The Drinan Chair was established in 2006 in honor of Professor Robert F. Drinan, S.J. Drinan was a professor at Georgetown Law from 1981 until his death in 2007, as well as a priest, scholar, lawyer, politician, activist, ethicist and one of the nation's leading advocates for international human rights. He dedicated his life to humanitarian causes and to improving the legal profession.  

See Georgtown's announcement on Rosenthal's appointment, here.


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Friday, October 31, 2014

Black Is Back: March, Rally, Teach-in Nov 1-2


Announcing "Peace through Revolution" rally and march
November 1, Malcolm X Park in Washington, DC
Teach-in focusing on organizing
November 2, Howard University

From Glen Ford, of Black Agenda Report:

Well, the fog is lifting, people are once again trying to get in motion, and the Black Is Back Coalition returns to Malcolm X Park, in Washington, for a rally and march on the White House, on Saturday, November 1, under the theme “Peace through Revolution.” Then, on Sunday, November 2, the action shifts to Howard University, for a teach-in where activists and strategists will tackle the problems of organizing for the battles that have already begun. Speakers at the rally will include New York’s fighting city councilman and former Black Panther Charles Barron, Philadelphia’s Pam Africa, a prime mover in the campaign to free Mumia Abu Jamal, Omali Yeshitela, veteran organizer and chairman of the African Socialist Party – and I’ll have a few things to say, as well.

The teach-in will bring together some of the freshest young minds and seasoned veterans of the liberation struggle. So, now you know: November 1st and 2nd is an important time to be in Washington, where the Black Is Back Coalition and its allies will chart a path to “Peace through Revolution.” The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, the Hands Up Coalition, United Against Police Terror, Friends of Congo, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, NCOBRA, and both the ANSWER Coalition and the United National Anti-War Coalition have all endorsed the march, rally and teach-in. On November 1st and 2nd, Black Is Back!

“The Black Is Back Coalition held firmly to its founding principles of unity in struggle against imperialism, white supremacy and the rule of the rich.”

For Black Agenda Radio, I’m Glen Ford. On the web, go to http://www.blackagendareport.com . And, while you’re there, sign up for free email notifications of our new issues, each Wednesday.

BAR executive editor Glen Ford can be contacted at 
Glen.Ford@BlackAgendaReport.com.

For more information on the Black Is Back Coalition march, rally and teach-in call:
224-572-9887 or call 727-821-6620, or visit blackisbackcoalition.org

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