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This Is Something That My Colleague Anonymous Citizen Wrote In His Website Introduction. ACTIVIST PUT THEMSELVES IN JEOPARDY EVERY TIME THEY VENTURE OUT TO HOLD THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE.IT TAKES COURAGE TO DO WHAT THEY DO AND MANY HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED, ARRESTED, OR HAD THEIR LIVES RUINED BY THE ''THIN BLUE LINE.''SO SPEAKING ON MY BEHALF, I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS WEBSITE TO EACH AND EVERY CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT TYRANNY; AND ALSO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE THEM AND THOSE WHO WILL FOLLOW AFTER THEM.AND I AM ALSO DEDICATING THIS WEBSITE, IN LOVING MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED BY POLICE BRUTALITY, AND HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.BREONNA TAYLOR, GEORGE FLOYD, AHMAUD ARBERY, RAUNTE WRIGHT, RAYSHARD BROKS,DANIEL PRUDE, ATAIANA JEFFERSON, AURA ROSER, STEPHON CLARK, BOTHAM JEAN,JEAN PHILANDO CASTLE, ALTON STERLING, FREDDIE GRAY, TANISHA FONVILLE,ERIC GARNER, MICHAEL BROWN, TANISHA ANDERSON, AND MANY OTHERS.YOUR LIVES WILL LIVE ON, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY.IN EFFECT, IT'S MY GOAL THROUGH THIS WEBSITE TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS, ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THE POLICE AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS, AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS.ALTHOUGH THIS WEBSITE MAY DRAW SOME ATTENTION AND CRITICISM FROM BOOT - LICKERS COP - SUCKERS AND THE POLICE.ACTUALLY THIS WEBSITE IS MEANT TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC.AND IN DOING SO, I'LL ATTEMPT IN SOME SMALL WAY, THAT WITH THE HELP OF THIS WEBSITE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC CAN USE ITS COMBINED EFFORTS TO HELP MOVE THAT ''IMMOVABLE OBJECT'' THEMSELVES.AND ALONG THE WAY, I'LL ALSO PROVIDE SOME ADVICE AND CONSIDERATIONS, ONE CAN ENCOUNTER WHEN HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE POLICE OFFICIALS;WHETHER YOU FIND YOURSELF AS A SUSPECT, VICTIM, OR A WITNESS.I WILL ALSO TEACH YOU HOW TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS, WHEN THEY VIOLATE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.MY GOAL IS, IN THIS PROJECT IS THAT YOU FIND THIS WEBSITE USEFUL.AND I AM HOPING BY THE TIME THIS WEBSITE REACHES ITS CAPACITY TO THE MASSES ONLINE,THAT THE SUPREME COURT CASE LAW KNOWN AS; TERRY V.S. OHIO AND EVERY UNCONSTITUTIONAL SUPREME COURT CASE LAW WILL BE OVER TURNED AND ABOLISHED IN ALL 50 STATES.DISCLAIMER!!THIS WEBSITE IS NOT MEANT TO BE AN AUTHORITY ON LAW, AND ANY MISINTERPRETATION IS PURELY ACCIDENTAL.THE OPINIONS IN THIS WEBSITE ARE MY OWN, AND BASED ON MY VERY OWN OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIENCES, AND EXTENSIVE RESEARCH.I BELIEVE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS( ALSO CALLED PUBLIC SERVANTS )SHOULD BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS THEY HOLD US, IF NOT HIGHER.AND ANYONE WHO CHOOSES TO ABUSE THEIR POWER IN ANY WAY, MUST BE EXPOSED AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.PUBLIC SERVANTS ARE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD, BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR US!!BUT YET, ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE VERY PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE, AND THEIR ARE A LOT OF BAD PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND THEY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY UP TO THE RANKS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE SERGEANTS THAT ARE LEADING WITH BAD EXAMPLES OF PASSIVE AGGRESSION.IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INNOCENT CITIZENS ARE BEING HARASSED, DETAINED, HANDCUFFED, ARRESTED, PEPPER - SPRAYED, STRUCK BY BATONS, TASED, JAILED, PLACED IN A COMA, HAVING THEIR LIVES RUINED, AND NEEDLESSLY LOSING THEIR LIVES AT THE HANDS OF OATH BREAKERS.THERE IS MORE ACTIVISM IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY THAN WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE BLACK FREEDOM AND JUSTICE CAMPAIGNS THAT SO DEEPLY IMPACTED OUR NATION DURING THE TUMULTUOUS TWENTY YEAR SPAN OF 1953 TO 1973.UNITED STATES ACTIVISM TODAY EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AND EVEN RAGE OVER A BROAD SPECTRUM OF OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM THAT ABUSE AN ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE.MOST OF THESE SYSTEMS ARE IN TIMELY RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER, THROUGH THEIR CONVERGENCE IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD OR IDENTIFIED IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE.IT IS MY CONTENTION THAT IF ACTIVISM IS TO MOVE OUR NATION TOWARD A GENUINE EXPERIENCE OF EQUALITY, JUSTICE AND THE BELOVED COMMUNITY, WE MUST DELIBERATELY EMPLOY THE NONVIOLENT CIVIL RESISTANCE.THIS IS SOUL FORCE ( SATYAGRAHA ), A TERM INVENTED BY MOHANDAS GANDHI THAT PULLS TOGETHER HIS EXPERIMENTS IN BOLD, CREATIVE, AND CAREFULLY PLANNED ACTIONS THAT CAN DISMANTLE UNJUST SYSTEMS AND PROVIDE BREATHING ROOM FOR NEW LIFE - AFFIRMING POSSIBILITIES.THAT SENSE OF MOMENTUM AND GROWING ENERGY IS WHAT MARKS A MOVEMENT.LIKE THE BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENT, THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT AGAINST SLAVERY, OR THE FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT, MOVEMENTS ARE FORCES OF COLLECTIVE ENERGY, CHANNELING DEEP EMOTIONS LIKE ANGER AND LOVE AND MOBILIZED BY HOPES AND DREAMS FOR LARGE - SCALE CHANGE.THERE IS GREAT POWER IN MOVEMENTS,1ST AMENDMENT AUDITING IS AN IDEA FOR THE PURSUIT FOR CHANGE,1ST AMENDMENT AUDITING WAS STARTED WITH AN IDEA AND WAS GIVEN LIFE BY THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW IT.WE ARE TOLD TO REMEMBER THE IDEA, NOT THE MAN, BECAUSE A MAN CAN FAIL, HE CAN BE CAUGHT, HE CAN BE KILLED AND FORGOTTEN, BUT FOUR HUNDRED YEARS LATER, AND IDEA CAN STILL CHANGE THE WORLD.I'VE WITNESSED FIRST HAND THE POWER OF IDEAS,I'VE SEEN PEOPLE KILL IN THE NAME OF THEM, AND DIE DEFENDING THEM, BUT YOU CANNOT TOUCH IT,IDEAS DO NOT BLEED, THEY DO NOT FEEL PAIN, THEY DO NOT LOVE.ALL MOVEMENTS START WITH AN IDEA AND THE IDEA WILL ALWAYS GROW BEYOND THOSE WHO FIRST THOUGHT OF IT.AND WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD TO REAL CHANGE.WE ARE LOSING OUR PRIVACY TO THE GOVERNMENT, AND IN THE PROCESS, FOLLOWING IN ITS CONTROL.PRIVACY IS DEAD, CAUSE WE KILLED IT!!SO LET US NOT KILL OUR RIGHTS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T EXERCISE THEM AND DON'T KNOW THEM,THEN YOU WILL LOSE THEM AS WELL.BLUE LIVES DON'T EXIST!! YOUR CAREER IS A CHOICE!!WE THE PEOPLE WILL NO LONGER LET YOU TREAT US THIS WAY!! WE HAVE THE POWER TO FIGHT BACK!!WARNING!!IF YOU ARE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS AND OTHERS, THEN BE PREPARED FOR RETALIATION FROM YOUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS BY THROWING YOU IN JAIL.IF THEY ARE ABLE TO ARREST JESUS CHRIST AND KILL HIM, FOR DOING NOTHING WRONG!!THEN THE SYSTEM THAT HAS FAILED US, WILL DO THE SAME TO YOU.BUT WE MUST DEFEND OUR SELVES JUST AS JESUS CHRIST DID WHEN HE SAID '' IF I HAVE SPOKEN EVIL THEN BARE WITNESS AGAINST ME. ''THESE WORDS IN THIS WEBSITE ARE HYMNS OF FREEDOM, SING THEM, CHANT THEM,USE THEM NEXT TIME YOU ENCOUNTER A COP, AND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO AVOID IT, GO HOME INSTEAD OF JAIL.HOWEVER, IF THIS ARISES FOLLOW THE STEPS ON WHAT TO SAY AND ON WHAT TO DO IN THIS WEBSITE.I AM VERY PASSIONATE ON WANTING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE, AND WHAT TO DO WHEN THEY ARE VIOLATED.SO, IN ORDER FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND MY MISSION, I WILL USE THIS AS A SCENARIO.JUST AS JESUS SPOKE TO HIS DISCIPLES AND SAID TO THEM,''GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.''TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERYTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU.AND IN THE SAME WAY, I WANT YOU TO LEARN EVERYTHING THAT I AM TEACHING YOU, AND GO OUT INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS, CITIES, AND STATES.AND MAKE 1ST AMENDMENT AUDITORS, COP WATCHERS, INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS, AND ACTIVISTS.AND MAKE A COMMUNITY,MAKE AN ARMY!! <h4>From Anonymous Citizens Website Called:</h4><h4> American Gestapo</h4>

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Why Support PalestineSupport for Palestine stems from a long-standing history of displacement, occupation, and systemic human rights violations faced by the Palestinian people. The formation of Israel in 1948, supported by British colonial interests and later by the United States, led to the forced expulsion of at least 850,000 Palestinians during what is known as the Nakba, or "Catastrophe" This event marked the beginning of a decades-long process of ethnic cleansing and land seizure, facilitated by military operations such as Plan Dalet, which involved the destruction of villages and the expulsion of populationsSince then, Palestinians have lived under one of the longest and most brutal military occupations in modern history Over four million Palestinians endure daily violence, arbitrary killings, home demolitions, and restrictions on movement due to checkpoints, barriers, and the construction of an illegal separation wall built deep within Palestinian territory—an act deemed unlawful by the International Court of Justice In Gaza, home to 1.9 million people, an Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed since 2006 has turned the region into what many describe as the world’s largest open-air prison The siege restricts access to food, clean water, medicine, and basic supplies, with over 80% of the population dependent on aid and more than half surviving on only one meal a dayThe humanitarian crisis in Gaza has been exacerbated by repeated military assaults. A three-week invasion in 2008–2009 killed over 1,400 Palestinians, 80% of whom were civilians, and destroyed thousands of homes More recently, ongoing Israeli military actions have resulted in widespread destruction, with MSF (Doctors Without Borders) reporting that hundreds of health workers have been killed and over 80% of Gaza’s population displaced MSF has condemned the use of starvation as a weapon of war and called for an immediate ceasefire, describing the current situation as genocideWestern powers, particularly the United States and European allies, continue to enable Israel’s actions through military, diplomatic, and economic support The U.S. provides billions in military aid annually, supplying weapons such as F-16s, Apache helicopters, and cluster munitions used in attacks on civilian areas Meanwhile, UK-based companies export arms and surveillance technology used in the occupation, while governments refrain from holding Israel accountableIn response, a global solidarity movement has emerged, centered on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign launched by Palestinian civil society in 2005 Inspired by the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, BDS calls for nonviolent pressure on Israel to comply with international law, end its occupation, and recognize Palestinian rights to self-determination Campaigns have successfully targeted companies like Caterpillar, Veolia, and Ahava for their roles in supporting settlements and military operationsSupporting Palestine is not about opposing any religion or people, but about upholding universal human rights and justice It means rejecting silence in the face of oppression and recognizing that peace cannot exist without freedom, equality, and dignity for all As global awareness grows—fueled by social media and movements like Black Lives Matter that have highlighted systemic state violence—more people are standing with Palestine, demanding accountability, and calling for an end to decades of injustice<h4>Six reasons why you should support Palestine</h4>1. Israel was formed out of imperialismBritain played a crucial role in creating Israel in the interests of its Empire. In 1917, Tory foreign secretary Arthur Balfour. publicly pledged to recognise a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. Colonising Palestine was part of Britain’s project to reshape its influence after the fall of the powerful Ottoman Empire and the First World War.&nbsp;Sir Ronald Storrs, the first British military governor of Jerusalem, said the Zionist state would be a “little loyal Jewish Ulster in a sea of potentially hostile Arabism.”These political aims also served to satisfy the plans of the Zionist movement, which had begun to emerge in the late 19th century.&nbsp;To escape the violence of European ruling classes, Zionists argued that Jewish people would only be safe in an exclusively Jewish state. Palestine, with its historic and religious roots, was just one suggestion.Other possible locations for a new state included areas in Argentina, Uganda, Azerbaijan, and “empty” land in the US.Zionism, which many Jewish people rejected, was never about seeking sanctuary for Jewish people. It has always been a colonial project to create a state where Jews are the majority, which is only possible through the expulsion of any other people from the land.&nbsp;The Balfour Agreement allowed British Zionist administrators to implement these colonial plans. &nbsp;One of these architects of colonisation was the first British high commissioner in Palestine Herbert Samuel.As commissioner of Palestine from 1920, he passed a series of laws that allowed Zionist settlers to seize land from Palestinians.From 1919 to 1923, the number of Jewish settlers doubled. The British colonists established the Department of Commerce and Industry to offer generous ­long‑term loans to Jewish businessmen and farmers.2. Zionism meant ethnic cleansingThe new Zionist state developed a systematic plan to grab Palestinian land and ensure a Jewish majority.&nbsp;At least 850,000 Palestinians were forced from their homes during the Nakba, meaning Catastrophe. Half of their villages and towns were “wiped out, leaving only rubble and stones”.Supporters of Israel still say that no such plan existed. They claim Palestinians fled because of a war with neighbouring Arab states.But the Plan Dalet was an approved military operation to clear out Palestinians. The techniques it used were clear—“By destroying villages (by setting fire to them, by blowing them up, and by planting mines in their rubble).“In the case of resistance, the armed forces must be wiped out and the population expelled outside the borders of the state.”Settlers rolled oil barrel bombs into villages, as they drove vans with loudspeakers telling people to flee for their lives. These techniques developed in the months leading up to Israel’s formal creation, as well as after.The Zionist army, the Haganah, carried out atrocities and massacres. In the city of Haifa, where Jews and Arabs both lived, the Haganah besieged Arab areas with heavy shelling and sniper fire.&nbsp;The brigade’s commander Mordechai Maklef—who later became the Israeli army’s chief of staff—gave simple orders. “Kill any Arab you encounter. Torch all inflammable objects and force open doors with explosives.”David Ben-Gurion, the then-prime minister of Israel, signed Israel’s founding declaration on 14 May 1948. The UN ratified the declaration, stating that 55 percent of Palestine would be given to Zionist settlers.&nbsp;Before 1948, just 600,000 Jewish settlers were living in Palestine. This number almost doubled in three years following the Nakba.&nbsp;The first country to recognise Israel as a state in 1948 was the United States—Israel’s biggest imperialist ally.3. How Palestinian resistance was formedDuring the 1950s, the slow process of building a national liberation movement gathered pace in the refugee camps scattered around the region.Palestinian refugees accessed meagre support from UN agencies but were denied political rights by their host countries. Wealthy or middle class Palestinians gravitated towards the Gulf, where they played key roles in public services and the media.&nbsp;It was among these circles that a new Palestinian movement was born. Fatah was founded in 1959. Among its founders were Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas is the current president of the state of Palestine.&nbsp;One of Fatah’s core principles was “non-interference”—Palestinians should not take sides in the struggles within the Arab countries they live in.&nbsp;Deeply problematic but it meant it focused on Palestinians’ armed resistance against the Israeli state, inspired by the guerilla tactics of other anti-imperialist groups.The Six Day War in 1967 saw Israel obliterate a coalition of Arab states, including Egypt, Syria, and Jordan.&nbsp; By the end of the war Israel seized control of Gaza, the West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Sinai Peninsula. Israeli troops defeated and captured resistance fighters, many of which were exiles.But it suffered an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Fatah fighters in Karameh in Jordan in 1968. Fatah began to dominate the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), set up by the Arab regimes in 1964 as the official representative of the Palestinian people.&nbsp;The Fatah-controlled PLO moved away from the idea that it was possible to liberate the whole of Palestine. It made concessions to the idea that a mini-Palestinian state alongside Israel would be enough and was drawn into false peace negotiations.The leaders of the PLO, because of their own class position, imagined they could be part of the Palestinian ruling class, closely backed by Arab leaders.4. The first Intifada changed everythingFrom the 1950s until the 1980s, political and military direction lay with the Palestinian leadership in exile, not within the Occupied Territories themselves.&nbsp;In 1987 frustration with the misery of life under occupation exploded in an uprising, or Intifada. It took both the Israelis, the US and the PLO leadership by surprise.The First Intifada revealed the brutality of the Israeli occupation to the world. Protests were sparked after Israeli forces rammed their truck into a line of cars, killing four Palestinians in the Jabalia refugee camp in December.Only a day after their funeral, attended by 10,000 people, Israeli soldiers shot into a crowd of protesters. They killed 17-year-old Hatem Abu Sisi.&nbsp;Across the Occupied Territories Palestinians rose up and mobilised protests, riots, strikes and created networks of local committees to provide health care and education.&nbsp;From 21 December, Palestinian workers struck mainly in the fruit and hospitality industry. The Palestinians’ ferocity during the First Intifada was impossible for the Israeli state to contain for more than five years. &nbsp;The First Intifada ended because of the promise of peace talks with the Israeli state in the early 1990s. &nbsp;The PLO had never seen the road to liberation as being through revolts of ordinary people and was happy to be part of these talks.5. The peace process was an imperialist trap for PalestineSupposed “peace deals” brokered by the West have always been a sham. One such was the Oslo Accords<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://socialistworker.co.uk/features/oslo-deal-betrayed-palestinians/">&nbsp;</a>signed in 1993.The true purpose of this was to enshrine Israel’s hold over land under the pretence that Palestine would be handed a state that could exist alongside Israel.&nbsp;The deal was accepted by the leaders of the PLO after they had squandered the opportunities won by popular struggle through the Intifada. But Palestinian academic Edward Said called the Accords “an instrument of Palestinian surrender”.PLO officials were satisfied with the weak promise of a small amount of Palestinian self-governance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. These were to be implemented over five years.&nbsp;Meanwhile the rest of what was Palestine would be kept under Israeli sovereignty.&nbsp;The newly formed Palestine Authority (PA), dominated by Fatah, was handed 18 percent of the occupied West Bank. Around 22 percent would be supposedly governed by the Israelis and the Palestinians together.&nbsp;The rest—66 percent—would be left to the Israelis, including control of imports and exports. The Oslo Accords made it even more impossible for Palestine to survive without Israel.Border closures strangled the Palestinian economy. Before the Accords, one third of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip worked in Israel. By 1996 that had collapsed to 15 percent, while earnings from work in Israel dropped from 25 percent of Palestinian GDP to 6 percent.Today the PA might have some appearance of power. It has an elected body of 132 representatives. It even has its own police force—a condition of the Oslo Agreement.&nbsp;But Israel still does what it likes in areas assigned to Palestine. The PA, controlled by those who once dreamed of waging armed resistance against Israel, is a mechanism for maintaining colonisation.&nbsp;Hamas soon became the party representing the disillusionment of the Palestinian people, offering a more radical and military alternative that the PA. Hamas was central to the Second Intifada.&nbsp;This sparked after the Camp David Summit in 2000 between Israeli prime Minister Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat, PA chairman, failed to achieve anything.6. Only a single state for Arabs and Jews offers a solutionThe Palestinians have suffered more than 100 years of violence, brutality and racist laws at the hands of the Zionist settlers and their backers. Promise after promise has been broken, while Israel has continued to snatch more Palestinian land for its own.While Palestinians have been left with worse than nothing, Israeli settlers have been emboldened. A so-called two-state solution has failed. It will continue to fail because the Israeli state is still committed to building a Jewish majority and expunging all Palestinians.&nbsp;Israel will never willingly hand the Palestinians a state from the land it has stolen or allow return for the millions of Palestinian refugees.&nbsp;Today, the Israeli state continues to strengthen its own one-state solution. Israeli settlers, backed by the Israeli government, seize homes and land from the Palestinians.&nbsp;Socialists must argue that a secular and democratic state where Muslims, Jews, Christians and others live together is possible. This kind of state existed before Balfour’s agreement, so it is possible again.Even if the Oslo Accords had produced a viable Palestinian state and dismantled Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Gaza there would still not be justice.This would not address the historic crime on which Israel’s existence is based. It would also leave in place a racist, colonial state, armed by US imperialism to be its watchdog in the region.But winning this will take revolutionary upheaval across Palestine and the Middle East region that can upend the Israeli state and its imperialist backers.

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