WHITE ON BLACK or BLACK ON BLACK: RACISM IS RACISM
EDITORIAL BY ANONYMOUS
Fani Willis causing chaos… she wrote an ex parte message to everyone about “an UBER driver’s opinion.”
Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
In 1921, a terrible event happened in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A white mob attacked a successful Black neighborhood called Greenwood, also known as “Black Wall Street.” This attack was triggered by a false accusation against a young Black man named Dick Rowland. The violence resulted in the deaths of many Black residents, the destruction of homes and businesses, and the displacement of thousands of people. This event is known as the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Fulton County Jail in 2024
Today, in 2024, a different but far more serious problem is happening in Fulton County, Georgia. Hundreds of Black men are being kept in jail without being charged with a crime. Many of them were arrested for trespassing, which means they were just “hanging around.” The Fulton County Attorney, Fani Willis, received millions of dollars from the Department of Justice to fix the overcrowding in the jails, but the problem still exists. Willis signed for and accepted mega millions from the DOJ and now says that as a constitutionally elected official “she answers to no one.”
Systemic Injustice in Fulton County
The situation in Fulton County is unfair at the very least and racist at most because hundreds of Black men are automatically being denied their civil rights along with their constitutionally guaranteed right to a speedy trial. They are kept in bad conditions for years at a time without ever being charged and are used by prosecutors as a potential “pool” of witnesses or defendants in the YSL trial.
The community is not protesting much because the prosecutors and jailers are mostly Black, which makes it harder for the community to recognize the racism in this horrific, underlying situation.
DOJ RELEASED REPORT ON GEORGIA PRISONER RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OCT 1, 2024
WHAT DID FANI WILLIS DO WITH THE DOJ MILLIONS SHE’S RECEIVED?
State law enforcement and Federal law enforcement both have an activity that should be illegal. Both a local sheriff and a federal agent can accuse you of committing a crime or take your funds and “force you” to have to prove that you sold a car or won the money playing poker or won a lottery. However, you obtained your money doesn’t matter.
If a federal or state officer or agent decide that your money was illegitimately obtained, they can seize it from you. They don’t have to and usually don’t arrest you because frankly, you’re useless to them. It’s your money they seize. In every state, Millions are made monthly by federal and state agents in the form of money they seize from civilians. That’s the definition of civil asset forfeiture.
State Civil Asset Forfeiture Funds refer to the proceeds from the seizure of property by state law enforcement agencies. This property is typically suspected of being connected to criminal activity, even if the owner is not charged with a crime. The funds generated from these seizures are often used to support various state and local law enforcement activities.
https://legaldictionary.net/asset-forfeiture/
https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-rights/what-is-civil-asset-forfeiture.html.
Federal Civil Asset Forfeiture Funds are similar but operate at the federal level. These funds come from the seizure of property by federal agencies under federal laws. The proceeds are used to support federal law enforcement operations, compensate victims of crimes, and fund other law enforcement-related activities.
SHARING SEIZED ASSETS BETWEEN STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
https://www.justice.gov/afp/assets-forfeiture-fund-aff
HOW MANY OF THESE ASSET FORFEITURE REPORTS HAS FANI WILLIS FILLED OUT?
Comparing Tulsa and Fulton County
Nature of Injustice: In Tulsa, it was an immediate violent attack by a white mob. In Fulton County, it is a long-term, unfair denial of rights to Black men in particular by an “old-boy’s-club” legal system.
Perpetrators: In Tulsa, White residents motivated by pure racism attacked Black residents. In Fulton County, Georgia, Black Fulton County officials keep young Black men in jail (for prosecutor’s and law enforcement’s convenience).
Impact on the Community: In Tulsa, there was an immediate loss of life and property. In Fulton County, there is a long-term psychological and social harm that is encouraging the division of an entire community.
Response and Accountability: In Tulsa, the racism was covered up for decades resulting in no justice for survivors. In Fulton County, there is a clear lack of transparency and accountability. And since the majority of the people in authority are Black, the Black community remains silent.
Both the Tulsa Race Massacre and the situation in Fulton County show the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America. Even though the forms of injustice are different, the main issue is the same: the devaluation of Black lives and rights.
To fix these problems, we need to recognize past and present wrongs and commit to making changes that ensure fairness and uphold everyone’s rights.
The Department of Justice has already provided Fulton County, Georgia, with millions of dollars to address these issues, and these funds were accepted by Fani Willis. However, the money has not been used to alleviate the jail problems, leading many to suspect this is intentional. Worse still, she claims she answers to no one.
It appears convenient for law enforcement and prosecutors to keep young Black men incarcerated and in legal limbo for years, often for minor offenses like trespassing. This means they were arrested simply for being in the wrong place at the wrong time with nothing to do.
Incarcerating hundreds of young Black men for the convenience of prosecutors and law enforcement, so they don’t have to go “find them,” is not only racist but also highly damaging. It seems this practice is maintained to ensure a readily available pool of individuals for legal proceedings, such as the YSL trial, allowing prosecutors and law enforcement to “choose” whomever “best fits” when they need to fill a gap in their RICO case. This is one of the most racist practices being conducted in any American court system.
Imagine if all the phone calls anyone ever made or anything anyone ever said throughout the last ten years were scrutinized—how many of us would not wind up in prison? This RICO trial is using every email, voicemail, text message, and recorded or spoken statement made by these Black men over the last ten years against them.
Fulton County prosecutors are using recordings and interviews conducted ten years ago, when most of these men were teenagers, to hold them accountable for what they said or didn’t say back then. What adult of any race remembers what they said or did ten years ago as a teenager?
As for these 10 and 12 year old plea deals – these Black men in their thirties and forties now currently on trial, they signed these plea deals when they were mostly teenagers. They are still mostly illiterate and don’t understand what the plea deals mean. These documents were signed in 2013, 2014, 2015, and now, ten years later, the accused’s reading comprehension has not improved.
If any other county, city, or state in the United States attempted to single out a single group of people, ethnically and deny them their constitutional rights by not charging them with anything, and then incarcerating them for long periods without reason, people of any ethnicity would rebel, and all hell would break loose.
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921: White against Black
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