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11:02 pm PDT, May 29,
Paul Nash, Australia
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11:46 pm PDT, May 14,
VictoriaM Stong CivilRights Activist, New York
I pray the U.N. will help us all get our privacy and rights back! I recently witnessed 4/27/08 @ 4am. after breaking up a crowd and a fight on Roosevelt Ave. in Jackson Heights; a cop viciously brutalizing a latino(I think Columbian)man. I had gotten everyone to get out of the way(I didn't realize they were trying to stop the cop beating the man) except the victim lying flat on the street with a latino man trying to pull him away from the cop. I yelled at the (of course I didn't know he was a cop at the time as he was in plain clothes)cop to get off and when he ignored me I pushed his shoulders back & he yelled back at me "It's okay; I'm a cop, I'm a cop" at which time I immediately backed up and he proceeded to pull his closed fist back & punch the man 4 times with all his might. I was so shocked and hurt but was afraid to stop him as I was trained as a Former Auxiliary Police Officer, just having 4 Police personnel in my family & life experience that people should never interfere with an Officer. I had to think quickly and I had to make the decision that I thought was best, though I felt so powerless and helpless to protect the defenseless man(he seemed drunk & unable to defend himself). My heart broke as I watched this cop punch him four times as his friend/a man tried to pull him away from the cop unsuccessfully. I watched the blood pouring out of his mouth as the cop punched him over and over all over his face. I was traumatized and very hurt over this. I cried. Then I watched as there was approximately 40 Police Officers there and yet they just let the brutalizing cop just walk away in front of me! It's like it was just another day and it was just no big deal; like hey, we do this all the time. This really shocked and hurt me. I am so frustrated I couldn't do anything as I am very professional when breaking up fights and must do what I believe I must do as a citizen responsibly and lawfully. I also was afraid to stop this Police Officer(actually I believe he is an undercover Detective from either the 115th Pct. or the 110th Pct.)because the Police could easily turn it around somehow on me and charge me. I say this because of Police Service Area 9/114th Precinct's ongoing attempts to falsely arrest, stalk/follow me and antagonize me in retaliation for numerous(very justified) Internal Affairs Bureau complaints I've made against them and other Queens Precincts. Of course most Police stick together and use each other to hurt me as they are very complacent and/or abusive to me and I then make the I.A.B. complaints against them. I have been a battered woman for 1 year and 9 months years ago as a result of their neglect to arrest my X Boyfriend. I remember having to move 4 times to try and escape him. He was constantly stalking me & attacking me. Police never, ever arrested him regardless of my wounds and bruises when I showed the 110th Precinct P.O.'s. It seems men stick together regardless, with all due respect. The 114th Precinct when making their false arrest of me on 3/22/06(one month after my Grandmother died)and attempt to falsely arrest me the day before my Grandmother's Wake when I was attacked by a very streety woman who I never met and who first pushed me from behind 2 times as I reached into the Associated Supermarket(on 41 Ave. between 10 & 12th Street in L.I.C., N.Y.)freezer. The cop, Anthony, who owns it even held me back from defending myself as she hit me! The 114th Precinct(I have no proof though)directs him to have his employees harass me and follow me around his store which I once reported for having rats to the Dept. of Agriculture, in retaliation for the complaint & conveniently when the 114th Pct. is angry with me for the I.A.B. complaints. The Police need to stop abusing their authority, take responsibility and be responsible with their powers and stop abusing and neglecting the rights of all citizens. I am so disgusted especially with the horrible treatment non-white people are getting on an ongoing basis due to the inbred racism and prejudice. We are all God's children and DO all deserve equal treatment most white people enjoy too. I do NOT enjoy this good treatment as I am a Civil Rights Activist and they don't like caucasian women living in African-American & Latino neighborhoods as I am told in various ways, shapes and forms through the years. I almost have never lived in a white neighborhood though I am white/caucasian in all 30 years I'm lived in N.Y.C.. It's a shame that most Police are not accepting of Activists as we are truly very patriotic mostly and don't get paid like them to better the Community for ALL people; not just white people. God knows the lies and abuse and neglect in the Police Departments across the U.S.A. and especially in the South needs to stop NOW!!~*~*~*~*~Racism is an insult to God~*~*~*~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~P.S. Despite N.Y.C. Police's attempts to CONSTANTLY criminalize me and directing N.Y.C.'s Criminal Courts to keep me going to Court month after month collectively for years; I HAVE NO RECORD AND ALL MY CASES ARE SEALED AND DISMISSED BECAUSE I A M A LAW-ABIDING, UPSTANDING AND PATRIOTIC CITIZEN! I am in my forties and if I was a "guilty" person, despite Legal Aid Attorney's that want us all to say "Guilty" and sometimes convincing us to say guilty when we aren't, I WOULD have gotten a record by now! Legal Aid Attorney's want to get rid of the case so they tell you to say guilty to make things easier for THEM. I fell for that trick once, but NEVER AGAIN. I thought of all Lawyers as so ethical and everything. I though very well of them until they victimized me and realized that when the Network A.B.C. did a story on this very issue years ago. I then realized my mistake and was shocked about how rampant it was and is. So If you know your innocent.....FIGHT LEGALLY LIKE HELL AND NEVER, EVER SAY "GUILTY" TO ALL THOSE FALSE CHARGES, IF THEY INDEED ARE! There are a lot of good cops out there, but if they really cared about their Department and citizens; they'd speak up about brutality!~~~~~~~Respectfully and Sincerely, Ms. Victoria Mary Stong / Humanitarian, Peacemaker, 9/11 Family Member of John Charles Jenkins, Former 1st Responder & Ground Zero Volunteer Worker @ mostly Building # 7 from 9/11-11/10/01, F.D.N.Y. "Flag Lady" & Civil Rights & Community Activist in Long Island City, N.Y.-Well Seasoned! / **This is a picture of my extended family member Aunt Barbara Roberts on the left and I Victoria Mary Stong on the right. |
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11:52 pm PDT, May 11,
Kim S, United Kingdom
As an American living abroad, I am appalled by the actions of the current administration toward the American people and citizens of other countries. 1. The stripping of constitutional rights granted by the founding fathers of the US under the guise of 'The War on Terror' and the so called 'Patriot Act' are prime examples of the madness which has gripped the US under PNAC and the current regime. 2. The illegal war in Iraq has cost not only the US many young lives, but has also taken a country which was one of the most liberal in the Arab world and made it unstable and violent. The Iraqi people as a whole suffer more now than under the rule of Saddam Hussein; Women who enjoyed freedom under Saddam's rule now fear for their lives, adult and child education has fallen to a dismal record low, where previously Iraq had been the best educated country in the Arab world; and hunger now reigns where once markets prospered. The people of Iraq have not been liberated, but suppressed while the corporations of the US become fat. 3. The voting process in the US has become corrupted, as can be seen in the 2000 and 2004 elections. The machines used have been shown beyond a shadow of a doubt, they can be manipulated to show victory to the 'chosen' candidate in spite of the cries of the people who say no, we didn't vote for this candidate. I urge the UN to send in voting observers for the next election to assure these elections are not stolen as the previous elections. We the people of the US desire what people all around the world desire, the opportunity to live free and prosper, without the fear of threat. |
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5:54 pm PDT, May 10,
AniTa H Picasso, California
I am sick of this administration and it's rule of terror! |