Critical Thinking 101
Critical Thinking 101
By Alton H. Maddox, Jr.
Should either Mayor Michael Bloomberg or his mayoral challenger, Fernando Ferrer, be allowed to appear at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Thursday, October 6, 2005 for a mayoral debate? Yes, if you have no insult level and no racial pride.
Should Rev. Calvin Butts, for example, invite William Bennett, former U.S Secretary of Education, to appear in the pulpit of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem to explain his terroristic threat to abort Black babies in order to reduce crime? Yes, if you have no insult level and no racial pride.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
A . Michael Bloomberg
The New York Police Department conducted a military exercise and targeted Alberta Spruill for “friendly fire.” New York City needs to prepare for an urban rebellion and a terrorist attack. Spruill was a sacrificial lamb. No other ethnic group permits an assault on women but Blacks who demonstrated their lack of mettle after the kidnapping and rape of Tawana Brawley. This unpunished rape inaugurated an open season on Black women.
Two nationally prominent ministers showed up in Newburgh, NY and promised to defend Tawana and Glenda Brawley with their lives. According to them, they still would be standing with the Brawley family in October 2005. The last time we saw them near Tawana and Glenda they were running for the tall grass. Treason is not a crime in the Black community and militant activists are the first to defend those who openly betray the Black community.
Like in the Brawley case, the District Attorney of New York County has refused to disclose any search warrant and supporting papers for the military action taken at Spruill’s apartment. Like in Brawley, with the state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, calling the shots, the district attorney has unilaterally designated this material as classified without any protest from Black leaders. This proves a cover-up.
The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause as demonstrated in a search warrant and supporting papers before the police are permitted to search a person’s home and effects. Dred Scott held that “no Negro has any rights that whites are bound to respect:” Which applied to Alberta Spruill?
Bloomberg has established a CIA operation in the NYPD. Its purpose is to treat the denizens of New York City as “enemy combatants.” CIA tactics are in operation and David Cohen, formerly employed by the CIA, is the chief honcho. Before this military operation could take effect, real lawyers had to be exiled. Why isn’t this issue of surveillance a mayoral issue and a critical subject in any mayoral debate?
B. Fernando Ferrer
Ferrer is the only person who has the nerve to say that the assassination of Amadou Diallo is not a crime. He is neither a lawyer nor a medical doctor. Moreover, he did not serve on the grand jury nor the petit jury investigating Diallo’s death which decided the guilt or innocence of the four assassins.
From the medical examiner to the illegal petit jury in Albany County, and everyone in between, no one has claimed that pumping 19 bullets in a person and also firing 22 failed missiles fell short of constituting a crime. Every judge and the defense lawyers said it was a crime. Otherwise, the indictment would have been dismissed at some point before jury instructions.
The NASH system is used to classify deaths. The medical examiner decided that the shooting constituted a homicide. This meant that the shooting was a crime but a criminal defendant could escape criminal liability by showing justification.
This classification triggered a criminal investigation. A homicide is a crime. A jury may decide that the homicide is a justifiable crime. The taking of basic necessities is a survival crime. If Ferrer had been the mayor, he would have directed the medical examiner’s office to classify the shooting as either a natural death, a suicide or an accident.
This is exactly what Ed Koch did in the fatal beating of Michael Stewart. Dr. Eliot Gross initially signed an autopsy report saying that Stewart died of a cardiac arrest after consulting with Koch. It took more than shadow boxing, as is in vogue today, to force Koch to change the autopsy report. Afterwards, it took more than shadow boxing to get the Manhattan District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau, to jumpstart a grand jury investigation and issue an indictment. This was a first for Morgenthau in a fatal police beating.
While I was fighting New York City as an attorney for the family of Michael Stewart, Morgenthau filed criminal charges against me for zealously and competently fighting the criminal justice system. For the next eighteen months, I had no law practice. If I had been convicted, I would have been immediately imprisoned and disbarred.
Judge William Erlbaum instructed the jury to find me guilty. The criminal justice system had decided to convict me and then rule on an appeal that any error was harmless. Erlbaum was seeking a promotion. This is the price that you pay for fighting police brutality and defending the Black community. Today, we are cheering shadow boxers. Real boxers are not around.
No prominent Black leader today who is supporting either Bloomberg or Ferrer in 2005 attended my jury trial except David N. Dinkins and Basil Paterson. Unfortunately, Black people are like sheep. If Judas goats refuse to support you, the Black masses will take a hike with them even though it is in their best interest to enjoy strong and effective, political and legal representation.
If given the opportunity to enjoy free public housing at Gracie Mansion, Ferrer will be a combination of former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode and Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans who put his head in the sand while the Army Corp of Engineers dynamited the levees. Goode bombed a Black neighborhood to destroy MOVE.
See Princeville, NC where the Congressional Black Caucus fought UAM because UAM chose to go on Capitol Hill to get relief for the victims of Hurricane Floyd instead of the National Mall, which is reserved for Blacks provided you secure a sunrise to sundown permit. In the 1960’s no self-respecting Black leader would seek permission from the government to exercise a human right.
The government is on Capitol Hill. The First Amendment says that we have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Because we chose the proper venue, Blacks in Princeville were able to get some relief. Blacks must stop knocking on the wrong door, talking to the wrong people and asking the wrong question.
C. William Bennett
William Bennett shares one common thread with both Bloomberg and Ferrer. They all condone, if not encourage, the killing of Blacks with impunity. This position is not unusual. It is unusual for any Black person to stand with any of them. Yes, you can believe your lying eyes. They all have supporters in the Black community. Their supporters are “our” leaders.
The Black community operates like a bond market. Etymologically, capital arises out of the word, “head.” Bond is associated with slavery. Slave auctions are still in effect. Black leaders periodically sponsor “special” events to get a head count for their white sponsors. A large gathering ensures retaining the title of HNIC and the fringe benefits that are associated with the title.
If there is a mayoral debate in Harlem, for example, it is also designed to give a head count. This is plantation politics. If there is a large gathering, the slavemaster is assured that the HNIC can still control the Black community. HNICs are unconcerned about the outcome of a mayoral race since their services are available to any occupant of Gracie Mansion.
D. Solution
It is not my responsibility to create new solutions or answers for the Black community. Like any intelligent person from any race, I recognize that I must research the teachings of my revered ancestors to provide solutions. Malcolm X said, “Of all the disciplines, history is best qualified to reward our research.” They maintain that strong independent organizations are critical. Out of strong organizations, there must arise a strong political party to voice Black grievances. Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Kwame Ture et. al. concurred. We are afraid to organize because of associational restrictions in the slave code.
We must leave all HNICs and form our own political party. HNICs will never bite the hands that feed them. They are fixtures in the one party system. Their role is to be media commentators rather than problem solvers. Before South Africa and Zimbabwe enjoyed any semblance of sovereignty and self-determination, political parties were established to voice their grievances.
After the Civil War, Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts warned newly-emancipated Africans to stay away from either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party unless they were seeking a return to the plantation. Sumner authored the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which was stronger than the Public Accommodation Law of 1964.
Now Blacks have the nerve to ask why are we catching so much hell?
10/4/05
By Alton H. Maddox, Jr.
Should either Mayor Michael Bloomberg or his mayoral challenger, Fernando Ferrer, be allowed to appear at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Thursday, October 6, 2005 for a mayoral debate? Yes, if you have no insult level and no racial pride.
Should Rev. Calvin Butts, for example, invite William Bennett, former U.S Secretary of Education, to appear in the pulpit of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem to explain his terroristic threat to abort Black babies in order to reduce crime? Yes, if you have no insult level and no racial pride.
CONNECTING THE DOTS
A . Michael Bloomberg
The New York Police Department conducted a military exercise and targeted Alberta Spruill for “friendly fire.” New York City needs to prepare for an urban rebellion and a terrorist attack. Spruill was a sacrificial lamb. No other ethnic group permits an assault on women but Blacks who demonstrated their lack of mettle after the kidnapping and rape of Tawana Brawley. This unpunished rape inaugurated an open season on Black women.
Two nationally prominent ministers showed up in Newburgh, NY and promised to defend Tawana and Glenda Brawley with their lives. According to them, they still would be standing with the Brawley family in October 2005. The last time we saw them near Tawana and Glenda they were running for the tall grass. Treason is not a crime in the Black community and militant activists are the first to defend those who openly betray the Black community.
Like in the Brawley case, the District Attorney of New York County has refused to disclose any search warrant and supporting papers for the military action taken at Spruill’s apartment. Like in Brawley, with the state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, calling the shots, the district attorney has unilaterally designated this material as classified without any protest from Black leaders. This proves a cover-up.
The Fourth Amendment requires probable cause as demonstrated in a search warrant and supporting papers before the police are permitted to search a person’s home and effects. Dred Scott held that “no Negro has any rights that whites are bound to respect:” Which applied to Alberta Spruill?
Bloomberg has established a CIA operation in the NYPD. Its purpose is to treat the denizens of New York City as “enemy combatants.” CIA tactics are in operation and David Cohen, formerly employed by the CIA, is the chief honcho. Before this military operation could take effect, real lawyers had to be exiled. Why isn’t this issue of surveillance a mayoral issue and a critical subject in any mayoral debate?
B. Fernando Ferrer
Ferrer is the only person who has the nerve to say that the assassination of Amadou Diallo is not a crime. He is neither a lawyer nor a medical doctor. Moreover, he did not serve on the grand jury nor the petit jury investigating Diallo’s death which decided the guilt or innocence of the four assassins.
From the medical examiner to the illegal petit jury in Albany County, and everyone in between, no one has claimed that pumping 19 bullets in a person and also firing 22 failed missiles fell short of constituting a crime. Every judge and the defense lawyers said it was a crime. Otherwise, the indictment would have been dismissed at some point before jury instructions.
The NASH system is used to classify deaths. The medical examiner decided that the shooting constituted a homicide. This meant that the shooting was a crime but a criminal defendant could escape criminal liability by showing justification.
This classification triggered a criminal investigation. A homicide is a crime. A jury may decide that the homicide is a justifiable crime. The taking of basic necessities is a survival crime. If Ferrer had been the mayor, he would have directed the medical examiner’s office to classify the shooting as either a natural death, a suicide or an accident.
This is exactly what Ed Koch did in the fatal beating of Michael Stewart. Dr. Eliot Gross initially signed an autopsy report saying that Stewart died of a cardiac arrest after consulting with Koch. It took more than shadow boxing, as is in vogue today, to force Koch to change the autopsy report. Afterwards, it took more than shadow boxing to get the Manhattan District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau, to jumpstart a grand jury investigation and issue an indictment. This was a first for Morgenthau in a fatal police beating.
While I was fighting New York City as an attorney for the family of Michael Stewart, Morgenthau filed criminal charges against me for zealously and competently fighting the criminal justice system. For the next eighteen months, I had no law practice. If I had been convicted, I would have been immediately imprisoned and disbarred.
Judge William Erlbaum instructed the jury to find me guilty. The criminal justice system had decided to convict me and then rule on an appeal that any error was harmless. Erlbaum was seeking a promotion. This is the price that you pay for fighting police brutality and defending the Black community. Today, we are cheering shadow boxers. Real boxers are not around.
No prominent Black leader today who is supporting either Bloomberg or Ferrer in 2005 attended my jury trial except David N. Dinkins and Basil Paterson. Unfortunately, Black people are like sheep. If Judas goats refuse to support you, the Black masses will take a hike with them even though it is in their best interest to enjoy strong and effective, political and legal representation.
If given the opportunity to enjoy free public housing at Gracie Mansion, Ferrer will be a combination of former Philadelphia Mayor Wilson Goode and Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans who put his head in the sand while the Army Corp of Engineers dynamited the levees. Goode bombed a Black neighborhood to destroy MOVE.
See Princeville, NC where the Congressional Black Caucus fought UAM because UAM chose to go on Capitol Hill to get relief for the victims of Hurricane Floyd instead of the National Mall, which is reserved for Blacks provided you secure a sunrise to sundown permit. In the 1960’s no self-respecting Black leader would seek permission from the government to exercise a human right.
The government is on Capitol Hill. The First Amendment says that we have a right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Because we chose the proper venue, Blacks in Princeville were able to get some relief. Blacks must stop knocking on the wrong door, talking to the wrong people and asking the wrong question.
C. William Bennett
William Bennett shares one common thread with both Bloomberg and Ferrer. They all condone, if not encourage, the killing of Blacks with impunity. This position is not unusual. It is unusual for any Black person to stand with any of them. Yes, you can believe your lying eyes. They all have supporters in the Black community. Their supporters are “our” leaders.
The Black community operates like a bond market. Etymologically, capital arises out of the word, “head.” Bond is associated with slavery. Slave auctions are still in effect. Black leaders periodically sponsor “special” events to get a head count for their white sponsors. A large gathering ensures retaining the title of HNIC and the fringe benefits that are associated with the title.
If there is a mayoral debate in Harlem, for example, it is also designed to give a head count. This is plantation politics. If there is a large gathering, the slavemaster is assured that the HNIC can still control the Black community. HNICs are unconcerned about the outcome of a mayoral race since their services are available to any occupant of Gracie Mansion.
D. Solution
It is not my responsibility to create new solutions or answers for the Black community. Like any intelligent person from any race, I recognize that I must research the teachings of my revered ancestors to provide solutions. Malcolm X said, “Of all the disciplines, history is best qualified to reward our research.” They maintain that strong independent organizations are critical. Out of strong organizations, there must arise a strong political party to voice Black grievances. Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Kwame Ture et. al. concurred. We are afraid to organize because of associational restrictions in the slave code.
We must leave all HNICs and form our own political party. HNICs will never bite the hands that feed them. They are fixtures in the one party system. Their role is to be media commentators rather than problem solvers. Before South Africa and Zimbabwe enjoyed any semblance of sovereignty and self-determination, political parties were established to voice their grievances.
After the Civil War, Sen. Charles Sumner of Massachusetts warned newly-emancipated Africans to stay away from either the Republican Party or the Democratic Party unless they were seeking a return to the plantation. Sumner authored the Civil Rights Act of 1875 which was stronger than the Public Accommodation Law of 1964.
Now Blacks have the nerve to ask why are we catching so much hell?
10/4/05
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