Howard Zinn: Civil Obedience is the Problem

Lawless Defiant White House Causes More Turmoil in Nation

[From article]
Goosed into action by an angry federal judge, federal immigration authorities will go door-to-door demanding illegal immigrants return the three-year amnesty approvals the Obama administration issued to them in defiance of a court order.
Those who don’t return their three-year permits will have them terminated at the end of this month, the National Immigrant Justice Center, one of the advocacy groups briefed on authorities’ plan, said in a statement preparing immigrants for what could be a traumatic encounter.
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They’re scrambling to meet an end-of-month deadline set by Judge Andrew S. Hanen for recapturing thousands of three-year amnesties the department issued even after the court had entered an injunction halting the new amnesty program.
Unless all of the permits are recovered, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson could personally have to appear in court to explain the foul-up, Judge Hanen said in an order earlier this month.
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In a new fact sheet, USCIS raised the number of erroneous “Employment Authorization Documents,” or EADs, it approved from about 2,500 to 2,600 — the third time it’s boosted that estimate.
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But Judge Hanen, in a case brought by Texas and 25 other states, ruled that Mr. Obama likely broke the law in forming his amnesty. The judge issued an injunction halting it on Feb. 16, and thought he’d nipped the entire program.
Several weeks later, however, administration lawyers admitted they’d been approving applications beginning in November, and that more than 100,000 Dreamers had been granted three-year status. Worse yet, the administration has twice come back to Judge Hanen and reported that thousands more approvals were sent even after the Feb. 16 injunction — a clear violation of the court order.
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“The government has conceded that it has directly violated this court’s order in its May 7, 2015 advisory, yet, as of today, two months have passed since the advisory and it has not remediated its own violative behavior,” the judge wrote. “That is unacceptable and, as far as the Government’s attorneys are concerned, completely unprofessional.”
He set an Aug. 19 hearing, and said unless the government can fix things by July 31, each of the defendants named in the case — Mr. Johnson and his top lieutenants in the immigration agencies — would have to appear to explain themselves.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/15/illegal-immigrants-obama-amnesty-approvals-to-be-s/#ixzz3gAqPBeDD

Feds going door-to-door to seize illegal immigrants’ Obama amnesty approvals
By Stephen Dinan

The Washington Times

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Updated: Contrasting Protesters In Ferguson, MO, Baltimore, MD and Waco, Texas

Posted May 20, 2015 3:59 PM ET; Last updated May 23, 2015 3:59 PM ET


Notice there are no bikers throwing rocks at police.


The differences again show the benefits of organized crime, with which the police charged the bikers, against disorganized crime as in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore, MD. Organized crime does not fight with the police. They are no threat to the peaceful travel of ordinary civilians. Whereas young black men often attack innocent white persons making them a threat to the peace and tranquility of society. Bikers keep to themselves and only attack others in response to an attack on them. They have rules unlike black youth who randomly attack others for no reason. Another reason for the lack of intense media coverage and lack of outrage from local citizens is that Waco is the scene of the Branch Davidian siege when the US Department of Justice left 80 dead, some women and young children, after a tank attack. In this case the police may have killed four of the bikers, yet there was no riot and no attacks on police. No bikers hired by George Soros throwing rocks at police. No demands for arrest of the police shooters. Many of these bikers are elder citizens. They do not have a misguided self image denying their responsibility for their actions.    

[From article]
more than 100 people with sensitive military and government connections that law enforcement is tracking because they are linked to “outlaw motorcycle gangs.”
A year before the deadly Texas shootout that killed nine people on May 17, a lengthy report by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives detailed the involvement of U.S. military personnel and government employees in outlaw motorcycle gangs, or OMGs. A copy of the report was obtained by The Intercept.
The report lays out, in almost obsessive detail, the extent to which OMG members are represented in nearly every part of the military, and in federal and local government, from police and fire departments to state utility agencies. Specific examples from the report include dozens of Defense Department contractors with Secret or Top Secret clearances; multiple FBI contractors; radiological technicians with security clearances; U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees; Army, Navy and Air Force active-duty personnel, including from the special operations force community; and police officers.
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The report predicted that six dominant OMGs — Mongols, Hells Angels, Outlaws, Pagans, Bandidos and Vagos — would continue to expand, with escalating violence. The groups are known as “one-percenter” clubs, a moniker they proudly use to denote their outlaw status. The report identifies the most violent as Bandidos and Hell’s Angels support clubs — the same groups involved in a deadly shootout in Waco, Texas on Sunday.
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The deadly confrontation involved the Bandidos and a rival club, the Cossacks MC, who are backed by Bandidos’ arch rivals, the Hell’s Angels. The shootout was part of a ongoing turf battle: Without permission from the Bandidos, Cossacks members have begun wearing a patch on their vests that claims Texas as the club’s territory — a figurative thumb in the eye of the Bandidos, long the state’s dominant motorcycle club. Nine people were killed and more than 170 bikers were arrested in the noontime showdown.

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/22/atf-report-warned-military-government-membership-outlaw-motorcycle-gangs/

EXCLUSIVE: LEAKED REPORT PROFILES MILITARY, POLICE MEMBERS OF OUTLAW MOTORCYCLE GANGS

BY JANA WINTER AND JORDAN SMITH

May 22, 2015 3:08 PM
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[From article]
there appears to be little societal concern about the gunplay at a restaurant in Texas, whereas politicians — including President Barack Obama — described violent looters in Baltimore as "thugs," and the media devoted hours of television and radio airtime to dissecting social ills that affect the black community.

http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/a574c5622f0043c4aa7254f19c776d97/US--Waco-Shooting-Perceptions

Differing responses to violence in Waco and Baltimore bothering some civil rights critics

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press First Posted: May 20, 2015 - 3:05 pm Last Updated: May 20, 2015 - 3:08 pm

Fifteen Baltimore Officers Injured, Multiple Still Images and Videos Embedded

Smoke billows from a CVS Pharmacy store in Baltimore on Monday evening after looters raided the store and set it alight



Fire hose slashed: As fire fighters tried to extinguish the flames in the CVS pharmacy, rioters slashed the hose

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3057819/Baltimore-police-Freddie-Gray-protestors-clash-violently-funeral.html

Huge fires set across Baltimore as Freddie Gray rioters torch city, loot stores and injure fifteen police officers as violence rages into the night and local politicians are left turning on each other
State of emergency declared in Baltimore just hours after funeral for Freddie Gray who died in police custody
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake branded the rioters 'thugs' and issued a 10pm-5am curfew starting on Tuesday
President has been briefed on the situation, more than 1,000 police and Maryland National Guard are on standby
Three rival gangs announced an unprecedented alliance to 'take out' Baltimore officers on Monday
15 police officers injured, two in a serious condition in hospital, and 27 people have been arrested
Looters seen raiding gun shops and check cashing stores. CVS set ablaze and rioters slashed fire fighters' hoses
Freddie Gray, 25, died after suffering severed spine in police custody on April 12. He died days later on April 19
His family has denounced the riots. But Eric Garner's daughter said she understood their frustration
Police said they needed help from the National Guard after the protestors 'outnumbered and outflanked us'
By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com
Published: 11:48 EST, 27 April 2015 | Updated: 07:18 EST, 28 April 2015

Super Rich Planning Escapes In Case of Civil Unrest

Hideaway: Rich people are plotting to escape to remote parts of the world
[From article]
Super rich hedge fund managers are buying 'secret boltholes' where they can hideout in the event of civil uprising against growing inequality, it has been claimed.
Nervous financiers from across the globe have begun purchasing landing strips, homes and land in areas such as New Zealand so they can flee should people rise up.
With growing inequality and riots such as those in London in 2011 and in Ferguson and other parts of the USA last year, many financial leaders fear they could become targets for public fury.
Robert Johnson, president of the Institute of New Economic Thinking, told people at the World Economic Forum in Davos that many hedge fund managers were already planning their escapes.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/panicked-super-rich-buying-boltholes-5044084

Panicked super rich buying boltholes with private airstrips to escape if poor rise up
Jan 26, 2015 12:14
By Alex Wellman

Communist Tactics On Display in Missouri

[From article]
CNN reporter Sarah Sidener’s on air stand up in Ferguson, Missouri was disrupted on Monday night when supporters of Michael Brown surrounded Sidener and her cameraman and demanded that they leave the area. The video at Ferguson, shot by Bassem Masri a local activist, includes Masri and others accusing CNN of lying about the Michael Brown case and supporting “Zionists.”
According to his FaceBook page, Masri is a Chesterfield, Missouri resident and pro-Palestinian political activist who also supports Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
In his blog talk radio profile he says:
Born in St Louis and raised here I lived in East Jerusalem in Palestine from 98-00 Al Quds Wad IL Jos neighborhood where my father is from. My mom is from Ramallah West Bank.
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Pro-Palestinian groups have been organizing in Ferguson since Brown’s death in August.
When it was apparent Sidener could not do her report, Lemon moved on to a guest interview segment. Masri continued to scream at CNN’s reporter as she spoke on her cell phone and communicated on her BlackBerry.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/10/21/Ferguson-Protesters-Chase-CNN-News-Reporter-Off-Live-Broadcast

FERGUSON PROTESTERS CHASE CNN NEWS REPORTER OFF LIVE BROADCAST
by KERRY PICKET
21 Oct 2014, 10:50 AM PDT

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[From article]
The heckling is audible in a video filmed by protester Bassem Masri, whose Twitter profile touts the Palestinian cause and reads “long live Palestine.”
“You fucking lie about Ferguson; you lie about Occupy Wall Street; you lie about Palestine. You’re all run by Zionists,” one protester said. “We’re holding y’all accountable.”
The hecklers threatened to shut down future CNN broadcasts. “They’re an AIPAC-run agency,” Masri said. “Don’t even think that we won’t.”

http://freebeacon.com/politics/ferguson-protesters-shut-down-cnn-broadcast-because-its-zionist/

Ferguson Protesters Shut Down CNN Broadcast Because It’s ‘Zionist’
BY: Kirsten Hunter
Follow @kirstenhunter1

October 21, 2014 4:10 pm

White House Assists Domestic Terrorists Destroying Civil Society

[From article]
The lies about why and how Officer Darrin Wilson shot Michael Brown started on day one and never ended.  The indisputable facts are that Brown was shot because he assaulted a police officer, attempted to take the officer's pistol resulting in two close range gun shots in the police cruiser, and then turned around and charged the officer as he was being pursued. The entire event was precipitated by Brown earlier stealing cigars from a local store and assaulting the owner.  

What we are witnessing now is the left's war on the civil society.  It's time to speak out in defense of law enforcement and others trying to protect the community and uphold the rule law.
I can only add that President Obama did the bare minimum in calling for nonviolent protest.  He could have done much more, in defense of civil society and the rule of law.  But that apparently is not his priority.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/11/the_lefts_war_on_civil_society.html

November 25, 2014
'The left's war on civil society'
By Thomas Lifson

Missouri Governor Activates National Guard Preparing for Violence After Grand Jury Verdict

[From article]
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed an executive order activating the Missouri National Guard on Monday afternoon.
According to a news release, the role of the National Guard is to “…support law enforcement during any period of unrest that might occur following the grand jury’s decision concerning the investigation into the death of Michael Brown.”
“As part of our ongoing efforts to plan and be prepared for any contingency, it is necessary to have these resources in place in advance of any announcement of the grand jury’s decision,” Nixon said in the release.
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Nixon’s order also established that the Missouri State Highway Patrol, St. Louis County Police Department and St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department will operate as a unified command to keep members of the public safe and protect property, while allowing citizens to exercise their constitutional rights.
Under the executive order, the St. Louis County Police Department will have command and operational control over security in the city of Ferguson in areas of protests and acts of civil disobedience, should such activities occur.
“All people in the St. Louis region deserve to feel safe in their communities and to make their voices heard without fear of violence or intimidation,” Nixon said in the release.

http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2014/11/17/nixon-activates-missouri-national-guard/

Nixon Activates Missouri National Guard in Response to Potential ‘Period of Unrest’
November 17, 2014 2:19 PM
CBS News St. Louis MO

Ferguson, MO Shooting Autopsy Shows Teen Was Shot At Close Range

[From article]

Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who waskilled by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, suffered a gunshot to the hand from close range, according to a copy of the autopsy published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The autopsy results could support claims by supporters of Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson that the Aug. 9 shooting of the 18-year-old was justified.

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Wilson had said that Brown had the weapon pressed against his hip and charged at him even after being shot. The officer said the two struggled for the cop’s weapon inside the police SUV. He said he fired two shots and struck Brown in the hand. The teen fled but then turned back and rushed him, prompting Wilson to open fire.
The Brown family lawyer called the account “absurd from beginning to end,” the paper reported. A grand jury is considering charges against the officer.
The autopsy indicates that Brown’s hand was close to Wilson’s weapon, according to forensic experts interviewed by the Post-Dispatch.
It said an examination of Brown’s hand tissue showed particles “consistent with products that are discharged from the barrel of a firearm.” The medical examiner also found that Brown tested positive for marijuana.

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The county autopsy report differs in some ways from the autopsy conducted at the request of the family, according to USA Today. That autopsy found that the shots were fired from at least a foot away and as far as 30 feet.
Benjamin Crump, a family attorney, said Wednesday that he and the family don’t trust the autopsy report. The family maintains that Wilson tried to pull Brown into the car and that the teen was killed when, after running away, he turned around and raised his hands to surrender.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/22/michael-brown-shot-at-close-range-autopsy/

Michael Brown shot at close range: autopsy
By Yaron Steinbuch
New York Post
October 22, 2014 | 3:52pm

Civil Unrest In Ferguson MO, Not Warranted By Facts

[From article]
A hallmark of August was pointlessly destructive civil disorder, and it’s only gotten more pointless. In late September, the makeshift memorial to Michael Brown on the street in Ferguson burned down, probably set alight by its own candles.
This set off minor rioting, including the vandalizing of a beauty salon that has been hit multiple times for the offense of operating a business in a town where protesters are so committed to justice.
In nearby St. Louis a few weeks later, an off-duty cop working as a private security guard shot to death a teen who had fired at him with a Ruger 9mm.
It turned out the gun had been stolen two weeks earlier, and the teen, monitored with an ankle bracelet, had been awaiting trial on a felony concealed-weapon charge.
This event was nonetheless filtered through the lens of Ferguson. Protesters took the streets to demonstrate against what would strike most people as a legitimate act of self-defense, chanting the inapt “Hands up, don’t shoot!”
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FBI forensics show that the gun was indeed fired twice in the car, and Brown’s blood was on the gun and Officer Wilson’s uniform.
Sharpton and protesters maintain that all they want is justice. It may well be what justice demands in this case is no indictment of a cop who fired in self-defense.
Although, sadly, that is unlikely to be a formula for peace.

http://nypost.com/2014/10/20/justice-in-ferguson-the-politics-of-the-protests/

‘Justice’ in Ferguson: The politics of the protests
By Rich Lowry
New York Post
October 20, 2014 | 7:48pm

Ebola Riots In Sierra Leone

[From article]
Health officials in the West African country continue to be overwhelmed by the spread of the epidemic which has stretched health care facilities to breaking point.
Footage shot by BBC News shows residents staging irate impromptu protests over the failure to remove an Ebola victim’s corpse, with police resorting to tear gas to restore order.
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Last month, seven people were killed during rioting in Guinea after members of a delegation sent to educate residents about the Ebola virus were attacked by an angry crowd.
The World Health Organization has warned that Ebola cases could rise to 10,000 a week by December, ten times the current ratio. Only 4,300 treatment beds will be available by that time.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has warned that the Ebola virus is “winning the race” against efforts to halt its spread.

http://www.infowars.com/ebola-riots-hit-sierra-leone-as-authorities-overwhelmed/

EBOLA RIOTS HIT SIERRA LEONE AS AUTHORITIES OVERWHELMED
Police resort to tear gas after body of Ebola victim left in street for two days
by PAUL JOSEPH WATSON

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Published on Oct 15, 2014
Police in Freetown, Sierra Leone, have fired tear gas as people took to the streets to complain about the authorities' handling of the Ebola virus.
They were angry that the body of a woman who died from the disease was left on the street for two days.
US, British, French, German and Italian leaders are due to hold a video conference to talk about what to do next to prevent the spread of the disease.

Is Democratic Party Using Shooting Death of Teen in Missouri to Get Votes?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/31/us/getting-ferguson-majority-to-show-its-clout-at-polls.html?_r=0

Getting Ferguson Majority to Show Its Clout at Polls
By MONICA DAVEY

AUG. 30, 2014

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http://nypost.com/2014/08/31/washington-heights-block-party-turns-violent/

5 arrested after NYC block party turns violent
By Kirstan Conley, Tom Wilson and Larry Celona
August 31, 2014 | 6:49a
New York Post

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http://www.clickorlando.com/news/police-man-escapes-custody-after-large-crowd-gathers/27813762

Man in handcuffs escapes police custody in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach police search for escaped prisoner
Author: Lisa McDonald, Assignment Editor, lmcdonald (at) wkmg.com
Published On: Aug 31 2014 10:46:40 AM EDT Updated On: Sep 01 2014 07:31:48 AM EDT

Taxpayers Fund Lawyers, Thriving in Immigration Disorder, Chaos

[From article]
there are currently more than 366,000 pending deportation cases with average wait times nationally of nearly 600 days. There are a measly 59 immigration courts staffed by a meager 235 judges to handle all those cases.
Insiders have told me again and again over the years: "It ain't over 'til the alien wins."
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As they clamor for mass illegal alien amnesty, left-wing immigration lawyers and ethnic activists operate a lucrative industry whose sole objective is to help illegal aliens and convicted criminal visa holders evade deportation for as long as possible. Groups such as the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and the American Friends Service Committee make their livelihoods off administrative bottlenecks.
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It's a program for illegal alien victims of trafficking or domestic violence that was supposed to grant temporary legal status if the beneficiaries assisted law enforcement, but has morphed into an ever-expanding path to residency, work authorization and citizenship for virtually anyone who applies.
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Expedient promises by both parties to "secure the border" are worthless unless America shuts down the litigation boondoggle that rewards foreign law-breakers, their saboteur lawyers and their amnesty advocates.

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin071014.php3#.U-r2AN0--yM

Jewish World Review

July 10, 2014 / 12 Tammuz, 5774
Obama's Immigration Lawyers' Enrichment Act
By Michelle Malkin

NAACP Calls For United Nations Troops in Missouri

Finally an appropriate forum to address the extreme institutional abuses of the United States. Women are in chains and stoned to death for adultery. Black people are prevented from voting and running for office. Homosexuals are not allowed to have sex. Where has the United Nations been? The President is a racist. The Attorney General is a racist. The Secretary of Labor is a racist. The Governor of Massachusetts is racist. President of the University of California is a racist. Bring on the blue helmets to free oppressed peoples of the world. End these atrocities. What? You mean black people can vote? Since when? 



NAACP says the world is watching Ferguson MO. Why not Los Angeles where a 25-year-old black man was shot dead by police. What is the distinction? Why is there no call for the United Nations to investigate the 100,000 annual deaths due to medical negligence? 

[From article]
Shelton praised Attorney General Eric Holder and President Obama for responding quickly to the crisis, raising its national profile.
“Clearly this issue is resonating here at the United Nations, and they knew of it before we got here,” he said, pointing out that the story was getting wide circulation in the news in Geneva.
“The world is watching what happens in Ferguson, Missouri,” he said.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/13/NAACP-Michael-Brown-Shooting-Front-and-Center-at-the-United-Nations?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

NAACP: MICHAEL BROWN SHOOTING 'FRONT AND CENTER' AT THE UNITED NATIONS
by CHARLIE SPIERING

13 Aug 2014, 2:11 PM PDT

Drug War in Jamaica

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1281334/Jamaica-11-dead-Kingston-hunt-Christopher-Dudus-Coke.html

'They're ready to die for him': At least 60 dead in Jamaican slum standoff as police storm den of druglord wanted by U.S.

By Mail (UK) Foreign Service
Last updated at 9:28 AM on 26th May 2010