Privileged White Rape Suspect's Punishment Sparks Fury!

Rape suspect gets light sentence and the public is outraged.

There's controversy over the sentencing of an ex-Stanford swimmer who was found guilty of sexual assault. An Ohio man was sentenced in a California court for the charges. The charges were considered lenient by many in the junk food media.

Brock Turner is right now awaiting sentencing. He was sentenced to six months in the iron college, ten years of in-house and he will have to register as a TIER III for the rest of his life.

Turner was caught raping a woman who was intoxicated and some people noticed him getting it on behind a dumpster. When two men saw him, he took off. The woman was unconscious and partly clothed. The men caught Turner and held him until the law came.

Turner is appealing the decision. In the meantime, he is willing to serve his sentence at home.

Here's where the outrage begins. He is a privileged White man who got away with a very serious crime. Now he, his father and the judge are getting a slew of criticism and death threats.

And it's greatly deserved. There is a recall effort to take the judge out of power. He gave the sentence.

His father is facing flack for complaining about the sentence. He said that his son going to jail ruined his life for a mere "20 minutes of action".

The judge Aaron Persky handed Turner the lightest sentence ever imaginable. In the sentencing the judge said, "A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others."

The judge is an alumnus of Stanford University and that's giving the notion that it was I'll scratch your back, If you scratch mine.

Turner claims that the act was consensual but the victim denies that and feels that the judge ruined her life. She wrote a rebuttal saying that she can't live a normal life because of Turner. She gave up the booze and now hangs around her mom's home fearing the future.

Turner's weak charge brings up charges of racial injustice.

A former #BlackLivesMatter activist was sentenced to the iron college for four years for an alleged lynching charge. She was interfering with Pasadena Police as they were taking a suspect into custody and she got into a verbal confrontation with the law. She made a threat to the police and they arrested her for the crime. She was just found guilty on the charge. Richards is appealing the decision.

Jasmine Abdullah Richards was spared a four year bid. Many in the junk food media were criticizing the sentence because they felt that she was getting shafted by an obscure California law.

LAPD Kick The Genitals Of Alesia Thomas! Dies Of Suffocation!

Alesia Thomas' death sparks controversy with the Los Angeles Police Department. 

Black and Latino people vs. Los Angeles Police Department.

We're experiencing another dose of reality with America's most professional and yet controversial law enforcement agency. The boys in blue managed to get themselves wrapped up in another controversy. Like the New York Police Department, America's second largest city has a huge police force. Los Angeles County covers about 8 million residents. The City of Los Angeles has nearly 4 million residents. The Los Angeles Police Department has over 10,000 uniformed officers watching the quadrant of 498 square miles of city limits.

Often known for their aggressive campaign to stop gang violence, the LAPD sometimes gets wrapped up in controversy of its own. The LAPD has been copiously fictionalized in numerous movies, novels and television shows throughout its history. The department has also been associated with a number of controversies, mainly concerned with racial animosity, police brutality and police corruption.

Michelle Jordan was kicked in the face after LAPD pulled her over.

We want to seek justice for Michelle Jordan, a woman who was brutally abused by LAPD officers. The 34-year old mother was beaten down after she got into it with an officer. She was pulled over after being spotted talking on cellphone while driving.

Police say Jordan was pulled over for a cell phone violation and got out of her car and became confrontational with the officers.

According to Jordan, she merely got out of her car, and the next thing she knew she was being slammed to the ground and handcuffed.

Another person who was abused by the LAPD was a banking executive. Brian Mulligan has already filed a $50 million lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles.

According to Mulligan, police mistook him for a suspect going berserk near a fast food restaurant in Eagle Rock on May 14. He claims police searched him, found at least $2,500 in his car and then took him to a nearby motel.

Mulligan says he thought he had become bait in a sting operation and tried to leave and that's when officers attacked him.

Brian Mulligan was knocked out by LAPD.

From Redding News Service comes a buzz worthy story. We here at Journal de la Reyna want justice for Alesia Thomas. We want the FBI and U.S. Justice Department to investigate members of the LAPD for police brutality. 

According to KTLA 5, the CW affiliate from Los Angeles, five LAPD officers have been removed from field duties and are under administrative investigation in connection with the death of a woman who suffocated while being taken into custody.

And now the family of 35-year-old Alesia Thomas is speaking out to KTLA News in a search for answers regarding her death.

"I think they killed her," Thomas's grandmother Ada Moses says. "She wasn't a bad girl. She was a good girl. I miss my granddaughter. That's all I have to say." 

The altercation in front of Thomas's apartment was captured by a patrol car's video camera.

LAPD Deputy Chief Bob Green confirmed that one officer, while trying to get Alesia Thomas into the back of a patrol car, told her something along the lines of "get your fat ass in the car."

The female officer then threatened to kick Thomas in the genitals if she did not comply, Green confirmed, and the officer followed through on her threat.

After officers forced her into the back seat of the police car, Thomas is also seen on the video breathing shallowly. She eventually stopped breathing.

LAPD Media Commander Andrew Smith said the investigation is in its early stages. "In the Academy we do still train people to use kicks in instances involving use of force," Smith said. "Whether it was appropriate in this instance, I don't know. That will be up to the investigation to determine."

"I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in a statement late Thursday. "I am confident we will get to the truth no matter where that leads us."

The incident comes a day after Beck announced he was transferring a captain from his command after a separate videotaped incident in which two officers were shown slamming a handcuffed woman to the ground.

Beck had said that video raised concerns and that the department was investigating the officers, who have been removed from field duty.

The Thomas incident occurred July 22 after she had left children. Officers went in search of Thomas, finding her at her home in the 9000 block of South Broadway.

After questioning her briefly, the officers attempted to arrest Thomas on suspicion of child endangerment.

Thomas "began actively resisting arrest" as officers attempted to take her into custody and one of the officers took her to the ground by sweeping her legs out from beneath her, the LAPD's official account said.

Two other officers then handcuffed Thomas behind her back and attempted to lead her to a patrol car while a supervising sergeant observed, according to the department's version of the incident.

Two more officers were summoned to the scene as Thomas continued to struggle.

Green confirmed that Thomas was a very large woman.

A "hobble restraint device"-- an adjustable strap -- was tightened around Thomas' ankles to give the officers more control over her and she was eventually placed in the back of the patrol car, the LAPD account said.

The official account, however, made no mention of what Green confirmed was a female officer's questionable treatment of Thomas.

The department's official account said the officers immediately notified paramedics.

Beck's statement said he wanted to find out whether Thomas had been under the influence of any drugs or suffered from a medical condition that could have caused her death before he passed judgment on the officers.

Four police officers and their sergeant were removed from field duties after the incident.

Investigators from the department's Internal Affairs unit opened an investigation into the death, Green said.

Chicago: Gang Of Thieves!

We at Journal de la Reyna mourn the death of Heaven Sutton. The young girl was gunned down by a gang member. She was caught in the crossfire of a shooting. Chicago, Illinois is becoming a gangland. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is demanding the Justice Department to curb the rise of gangs in the city. 

If you're planning to visit the Windy City, you're going to notice a controversy in the city of 3.4 million.

Chicago, Illinois, the country's third largest city is the heart of gang warfare. Over 250 homicides this year alone. A rise of violence in the city. With this controversy comes another theme conservatives and White supremacists pick up on. The rise of black violence in the urban communities is a talking point among those in the extremist wing of the Republican Party. They need to win this presidential election, and the key to do it, is get the angry White male to vote. When people react to these issues within the Black community, a conservative usually goes all out inflammatory when discussing this issue.

Of course the conservative word salad must include:

• Racial slurs. 
• The blaming of the Democratic Party or their progressive allies for the turmoils in urban communities. 
• Blatant attacks on domestic programs (low income single family homes, public schools, food stamps, welfare, disability, and unemployment benefits). 
• Blame the entertainment industry (rappers, video games and movies based on violent themes). 
• Making the case for extremism (anti-abortion activism, gun activism, vigilante justice, attacks on other races or LGBT community).
• Insulting public servants for not controlling the problem.
• Insert Barack Obama (namely calling these tragedies, one of "Obama's sons or daughters")!

Chicago is [Obama's] family, right?

We have too much violence in our communities. Unfortunately, this is an issue that you'll see in the media.

Crime is down. Let repeat this again, crime is down according to those who look into statistics of urban area crime. According to the Christian Science Monitor, the crime rate for serious crimes, including murder, rape, and assault, has dropped significantly since the early 1990s in part because of changes in technology and policing, experts say.

James Alan Fox, a professor at Northeastern University in Boston charted out the patterns of urban crime in major cities and determined that there's a decline. He stated that [America] is roughly safer since the past 20 years.

Some factors to violence and ways of curbing it.

• Increased incarceration, including longer sentences, that keeps more criminals off the streets.
• Improved law enforcement strategies, including advances in computer analysis and innovative technology.
• The waning of the crack cocaine epidemic that soared from 1984 to 1990, which made cocaine cheaply available in cities across the US.
• The graying of America characterized by the fastest-growing segment of the US population – baby boomers – passing the age of 50.

Chicago, Illinois

When Black males have firearms, the mayors and governors (and even lawmakers) would rather have gun control in the cities. They would throw the book at a Black male when they commit a crime. An automatic 15 year sentence for gun crimes in the United States. If you're in state prison, you commit a murder, the possibility of parole is unlikely if you're a Black person. A Black male could serve over 20 years in prison before he could ever get a probation. If you're charged in a federal crime, you're not going to get probation. Trust me, a federal sentence is a full term in prison. The court system is likely to give a Black male the death penalty or life sentence in a firearm crime. 

The hypocrisy lies within those who point fingers.

When White males have firearms, the same people want to give them full fledged rights to own and use firearms. The Republican led governors signed bills to allow firearms in public and private establishments. They pass "stand your ground" laws that could lead to vigilante justice. Places such as hospitals, bars, and even the church may have a person armed and ready to fire. A person could become trigger happy if they see a group of individuals and even though they'll be minding their business. This person may take it upon a use of a firearm as defense of a potential threat. Gun control advocates are calling these laws, Russian Roulette.

As a concealed carry firearm user, I believe that individuals have to practice restraint when it comes to firearms. I don't want to use deadly force. But if I had too, I would! A bullet has no eyes and no sense. Where a bullet travels, it's going to mark! It doesn't matter where goes, it's going to find a target. Firearms are used in hunting, sports, trade, and politics. Animals are killed with firearms. Buildings and traffic control signs are vandalized by firearms. If you're a human being, you're likely going to suffer a fate that's life-changing.

Uptown Chi

Again, I am not trying to justify the violence of gang members in Chicago. This is a domestic terrorism issue that the United States Justice Department must stop. The city has experienced a deficit of unemployment, major privatizing of the public sector, lack of school programs due to legislative budget cuts, and of course the perception of being Black "automatically assumes you're a criminal!"

Republicans are so focused on trying to give White males firearms so they could stockpile for the "Great Race War!"

Gang warfare is a political dog whistle and yes, white conservative males are going to milk this tragedy for political gamesmanship.

Look at The Drudge Report. Again, I said look at The Drudge Report. The gay conservative agitator has made it clear that he's helping get Mitt Romney elected for president. Any stories involving Black or Hispanic/Latinos is juicy news for the White supremacists or rabble rouser in talk radio.

The tipping point of gang warfare came in the death of a 7-year-old girl. Heaven Sutton, was a little child trying to sale some treats in front of her mother apartment complex and this young life was taken by a thug.

According to CBS News/Associated Press, a 26-year-old suspected gang member has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated battery in the shooting death of 7-year-old Heaven Sutton who was gunned down while selling snow cones near her house last week.

Jerrell Dorsey, 26 was the shooter of Heaven Sutton and another person. He's held in custody.

Police say Jerrell Dorsey of Chicago was taken into custody Friday night and charged early Sunday. He appeared in court later Sunday, where a judge ordered him held without bail.

Heaven Sutton was with her mother Wednesday night when police say someone walked up to another group of people and opened fire down the street. The girl was struck by a stray bullet as she ran away.

According to CBS Chicago, a 19-year-old man was also injured during the shooting, suffering a gunshot wound to his ankle.

The Chicago Tribune reports that Dorsey's lawyer, Eric Dunham, said Dorsey was in the area when the girl was shot but was not the gunman.

The girl's family is accepting donations for Heaven's funeral expenses, CBS Chicago reports. Donations can be made to the Heaven On Earth Fund at any U.S. Bank location.

The station reports that Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office said in a statement Saturday: "No parent should have to endure this type of pain. Bringing Heaven's shooter to justice will not bring her back, but I hope it will provide some level of solace to her family. We cannot lose another innocent child to violence and I will continue to fight to make sure the Chicago Police has (sic) the resources it needs to stop the violence."

Before I end this, I want to say this clearly about these issues with gang violence.

GANG VIOLENCE IS DOMESTIC TERRORISM. 

It is no different than any White supremacists plotting an armed revolution against a group they deem as a threat to their livelihood.

Courtesy of CBS News.

Brian Banks Lost 10 Years Of His Life To A Wrongful Conviction!

 
Texas, California, New York and Florida are notable for how they sentence Black and Hispanic men to prison. In state prison you can appeal for a release. In federal prison, you have to serve the required term.

The judge and jury throw the book at Black men more than any other race combined. These people don't even bat an eyelash!

Well today, after ten years of trying to prove his innocence, Brian Banks, 28 is a free man. After the Los Angeles Superior Court found the evidence that proves that a rape and kidnapping charge was proven false.

The woman who accused him of rape and kidnapping confessed to him and a "friend" that she and her family made up the story. That friend was a private investigator who videotaped the conversation. With help of the Innocence Project, it was proven that the woman Wenetta Gibson framed him.

After spending five years in prison, Brian Banks was released on parole. He was on home arrest and registered as a sexual offender, and out of nowhere a friend request from Facebook. It was Wenetta Gibson and she wanted to talk to him.

Brian Banks, 28 has spent years trying to clear his name. After having spent time in prison, there's a new lease on life for a former star athlete who was wrongfully accused of rape by a fellow classmate.

Gibson confessed to him on hidden camera that when she was fifteen, she and Banks had made out and I guess she was afraid of her mother finding out about it. So Gibson lied about it and had him arrested for it.

Her family then went on to sue the Long Beach Unified School District for $1.5 million.

In a report by KABC 7/ABC News, Gibson collected $1.5 million after suing the school over lack of safety on campus. Banks spent five years in prison and five years on parole, finally reaching out to California Project Innocence.

But the case turned when the alleged victim contacted him through Facebook asking to be his friend.

"Why would you friend request me?" Banks asked Gibson over Facebook. "The reply was, 'I figured you and I could let bygones be bygones. I was immature then, btu I'm much more mature now.'"

Banks could have spent over 41 years to life in prison for this charge, but he agree to a plea deal.

Banks had an attorney that encouraged him to make a plea deal.

"She told me I was a big black teenager and no jury would believe anything I said," said Banks.

Gibson did not attend the hearing on Thursday. It remained unclear if she would have to pay back the money. Nonetheless, Gibson's admission paved the way for Banks' exoneration.

"He's had a monitor on his ankle since that day, it's been difficult for him to get work, he's been struggling in the community with people looking at him like a sex offender," said Justin Brooks with California Project Innocence.

Soon the ankle monitor will come off. But for now, he says there are things of greater importance.
"To finally have my freedom back, I couldn't ask for more," he said.

Banks also said that he is no longer bitter over the situation and that he learned to eliminate those feelings in order to make the day he dreamed of possible.

While his lawyers say he has grounds to file a lawsuit against Gibson, Banks has not yet decided if he will do so. Rather, his big focus is on football once again. He wants to finally make that NFL dream a reality.

When you look at the situation, Banks counts for an example of how juries look at Black men as natural born criminals. Innocent victims suffer for people who commit crimes. And those who are framed for crimes are sent to prison without having evidence or a chance to understand their rights by law.

In many states, Blacks are likely to face harsher sentences for crimes as compared to Whites. It's likely that when a father is in prison, his children may follow and it's high in the Black community for incarceration.

It's a tragedy for Banks to lose his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit. The outlook looks good for him and we here at Journal De La Reyna wish him well on his journey.