'Man Held Daughter Captive In Cellar'
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April 28, 2008
Austrian Admits 24-year Abuse of Captive Daughter
Austrian Admits 24-year Abuse of Captive Daughter
By Sylvia Westall
http://tinyurl.com/4y5c6k
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) -
(Additional reporting by Alexandra Zawadil in Vienna and Reuters Television; Writing by Karin Strohecker in Vienna and Madeline Chambers in Berlin; Editing by Stephen Weeks)
By Sylvia Westall
http://tinyurl.com/4y5c6k
AMSTETTEN, Austria (Reuters) -
(Additional reporting by Alexandra Zawadil in Vienna and Reuters Television; Writing by Karin Strohecker in Vienna and Madeline Chambers in Berlin; Editing by Stephen Weeks)
24 years of Abuse Hidden from the World
24 years of Abuse Hidden from the World
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April 20, 2008
The Blind Leading the Blind
The Blind Leading the Blind
[Published in the Cambridge Chronicle
April 21, 2008 online;
April 24, 2008 print]
Cambridge government has a relaxed sense of rectitude. That applies to the Office of the City Manager and more so to the City Council, which demonstrates its cavalier attitude toward laws at each meeting. City agencies and employees follow this de facto policy. In the latest issue (March-April 2008) of the AccessLetter, published by the Handicapped Commission the lead article "You Don't Look Disabled." is about the Americans with Disabilities Act. The authors, Jill Carni and Carolyn Thompson say "the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a disability as a 'physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual.'" That is true as far as it goes. But the ADA has two more equally valid definitions of a disability. The second definition is having a history of an impairment, which limits one or more major life activities. The third definition is being regarded as having an impairment, which limits a major life activity. Legally they are equal. This is an egregious omission by the authors and the Handicapped Commission. The stated mission of the Commission in the newsletter is "to eliminate discrimination, and to promote equal opportunity for people with all types of disabilities." By omitting two definitions of disability, the Commission excludes many persons with legal disabilities. That is an unlawful omission, a form of discrimination by omission of the Commission. Like the City Council, the Handicapped Commission has a statement on its newsletter saying "The City of Cambridge and the Handicapped Commission (the newsletter uses the non official title Commission for Persons with Disabilities) do not discriminate on the basis of disability." But here is one more example of how the city and the commission itself do discriminate. As with many activities of this lawless city here is more evidence of taxpayer-funded agencies, which are supposed to provide information, publishing incomplete information, which misleads the public. That is bad. But when citizens object to the misinformation and lawless activities of the city officials the response is harassment, ridicule and abuse. Coming from the city commission for vulnerable persons shows how depraved this city really is.
[Published in the Cambridge Chronicle
April 21, 2008 online;
April 24, 2008 print]
Cambridge government has a relaxed sense of rectitude. That applies to the Office of the City Manager and more so to the City Council, which demonstrates its cavalier attitude toward laws at each meeting. City agencies and employees follow this de facto policy. In the latest issue (March-April 2008) of the AccessLetter, published by the Handicapped Commission the lead article "You Don't Look Disabled." is about the Americans with Disabilities Act. The authors, Jill Carni and Carolyn Thompson say "the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a disability as a 'physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the individual.'" That is true as far as it goes. But the ADA has two more equally valid definitions of a disability. The second definition is having a history of an impairment, which limits one or more major life activities. The third definition is being regarded as having an impairment, which limits a major life activity. Legally they are equal. This is an egregious omission by the authors and the Handicapped Commission. The stated mission of the Commission in the newsletter is "to eliminate discrimination, and to promote equal opportunity for people with all types of disabilities." By omitting two definitions of disability, the Commission excludes many persons with legal disabilities. That is an unlawful omission, a form of discrimination by omission of the Commission. Like the City Council, the Handicapped Commission has a statement on its newsletter saying "The City of Cambridge and the Handicapped Commission (the newsletter uses the non official title Commission for Persons with Disabilities) do not discriminate on the basis of disability." But here is one more example of how the city and the commission itself do discriminate. As with many activities of this lawless city here is more evidence of taxpayer-funded agencies, which are supposed to provide information, publishing incomplete information, which misleads the public. That is bad. But when citizens object to the misinformation and lawless activities of the city officials the response is harassment, ridicule and abuse. Coming from the city commission for vulnerable persons shows how depraved this city really is.
Abusing Vulnerable Persons
Abusing Vulnerable Persons
The shelter director convicted of rape, "told the victim that he
knew the system and that no one would believe her because she was
homeless." (Matt Dunning, "Man convicted of raping homeless woman at
Cambridge shelter," Cambridge Chronicle, Apr 18, 2008) He expresses a
pervasive paradigm among holders of power over vulnerable persons.
This is one type of abuse by power holders of vulnerable persons.
Homeless persons, prisoners, elder persons, students, and persons
with disabilities are freqently abused by persons who have a fiduciary
duty to protect them. Seldom do law enforcement authorities address
such abuses. That is what makes the story unusual.
In October 2006 the Cambridge Police Commissioner, the City
Attorney, City Councllors and others attacked a woman with a
disability during a city council meeting. They accused her of causing
the disturbance when it was their abuses of power. The loud silence
from Cambridge residents shows that they share support for abuse of
power and see nothing wrong with abusing vulnerable persons.
Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM
Man convicted of raping homeless woman at Cambridge shelter
By Matt Dunning/
Cambridge Chronicle Staff
Fri Apr 18, 2008, 04:13 PM EDT
Woburn -
The shelter director convicted of rape, "told the victim that he
knew the system and that no one would believe her because she was
homeless." (Matt Dunning, "Man convicted of raping homeless woman at
Cambridge shelter," Cambridge Chronicle, Apr 18, 2008) He expresses a
pervasive paradigm among holders of power over vulnerable persons.
This is one type of abuse by power holders of vulnerable persons.
Homeless persons, prisoners, elder persons, students, and persons
with disabilities are freqently abused by persons who have a fiduciary
duty to protect them. Seldom do law enforcement authorities address
such abuses. That is what makes the story unusual.
In October 2006 the Cambridge Police Commissioner, the City
Attorney, City Councllors and others attacked a woman with a
disability during a city council meeting. They accused her of causing
the disturbance when it was their abuses of power. The loud silence
from Cambridge residents shows that they share support for abuse of
power and see nothing wrong with abusing vulnerable persons.
Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM
Man convicted of raping homeless woman at Cambridge shelter
By Matt Dunning/
Cambridge Chronicle Staff
Fri Apr 18, 2008, 04:13 PM EDT
Woburn -
April 16, 2008
Story of the Three Lies
Story of the Three Lies
The ACLU of Massachusetts (ACLUM) defends a man arrested by the
Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for disorderly conduct, a
misdemeanor. This is a story of the three lies. (JAMISON A HILL, "HUPD
Rebuts ACLU Claims," Harvard Crimson, April 14, 2008) When there are
egregious abuses of police powers the ACLU leaps into action for a
minor arrest.
They escalate their legal fire power filing a Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request. The HUPD police and the FBI are
probably shaking in their collective pants. Some FOIA requests
languish for 4 years. Few persons charged with disorderly conduct
spend any time in jail.
Where was the ACLUM when Boston FBI agents and informants were
killing and framing civilians for murder? Where is the ACLUM when
wrongly convicted men and women complain? The MA courts are thoroughly
corrupt with little scrutiny. The ACLU focuses on a disorderly conduct
arrest on a college campus. Has the ACLU become an academic exercise
like most human rights committees? Why is the ACLUM silent about
psychiatric abuses which destroy the former lives of ordinary
citizens? Oh, Harvard's Provost promotes psychiatry.
The ACLUM boasts of its close association with the Boston
Police. They celebrate their connections with US Court judges and US
Attorneys. Is this an example of public posturing by the former
defenders of the Bill of Rights, lie number 2?
Is this like when Barack Obama declared he opposed NAFTA and
sent a campaign emissary to the Canadian Ambassador explaining that
what he said was only politics?
Are those ACLUM lawyers sitting next to the police at their press
conferences going -- nudge, nudge, wink, wink?
HUPD has police powers with no government oversight. They
regularly abuse their powers and unlawfully harass civilians. The
Cambridge police facilitate these abuses by ceding territory to the
campus cops. HUPD has students, faculty and administrators fooled into
thinking that they have exclusive jurisdiction on Harvard property.
Some Cambridge cops support that unlawful less-work-for-them policy.
HUPD conducts undercover operations frequently for their academic
priorities catching unsuspecting civilians in their private
territorial abuses of power.
The third lie of this essay is that the FBI does not film
protests. They use informants. If their surveillance is illegal they
can "leak" the product to friendly journalists who will humiliate the
targets for the FBI and police.
--
Roy Bercaw - Editor
ENOUGH ROOM
Cambridge MA USA
enoughroom.blogspot.com
enoughroomvideo.blogspot.com
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523051
HUPD Rebuts ACLU Claims
HUPD says there is no undercover political intelligence unit
Published On Monday, April 14, 2008 11:39 PM
By JAMISON A HILL
Crimson Staff Writer
The ACLU of Massachusetts (ACLUM) defends a man arrested by the
Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for disorderly conduct, a
misdemeanor. This is a story of the three lies. (JAMISON A HILL, "HUPD
Rebuts ACLU Claims," Harvard Crimson, April 14, 2008) When there are
egregious abuses of police powers the ACLU leaps into action for a
minor arrest.
They escalate their legal fire power filing a Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) request. The HUPD police and the FBI are
probably shaking in their collective pants. Some FOIA requests
languish for 4 years. Few persons charged with disorderly conduct
spend any time in jail.
Where was the ACLUM when Boston FBI agents and informants were
killing and framing civilians for murder? Where is the ACLUM when
wrongly convicted men and women complain? The MA courts are thoroughly
corrupt with little scrutiny. The ACLU focuses on a disorderly conduct
arrest on a college campus. Has the ACLU become an academic exercise
like most human rights committees? Why is the ACLUM silent about
psychiatric abuses which destroy the former lives of ordinary
citizens? Oh, Harvard's Provost promotes psychiatry.
The ACLUM boasts of its close association with the Boston
Police. They celebrate their connections with US Court judges and US
Attorneys. Is this an example of public posturing by the former
defenders of the Bill of Rights, lie number 2?
Is this like when Barack Obama declared he opposed NAFTA and
sent a campaign emissary to the Canadian Ambassador explaining that
what he said was only politics?
Are those ACLUM lawyers sitting next to the police at their press
conferences going -- nudge, nudge, wink, wink?
HUPD has police powers with no government oversight. They
regularly abuse their powers and unlawfully harass civilians. The
Cambridge police facilitate these abuses by ceding territory to the
campus cops. HUPD has students, faculty and administrators fooled into
thinking that they have exclusive jurisdiction on Harvard property.
Some Cambridge cops support that unlawful less-work-for-them policy.
HUPD conducts undercover operations frequently for their academic
priorities catching unsuspecting civilians in their private
territorial abuses of power.
The third lie of this essay is that the FBI does not film
protests. They use informants. If their surveillance is illegal they
can "leak" the product to friendly journalists who will humiliate the
targets for the FBI and police.
--
Roy Bercaw - Editor
ENOUGH ROOM
Cambridge MA USA
enoughroom.blogspot.com
enoughroomvideo.blogspot.com
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523051
HUPD Rebuts ACLU Claims
HUPD says there is no undercover political intelligence unit
Published On Monday, April 14, 2008 11:39 PM
By JAMISON A HILL
Crimson Staff Writer
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