Waterproof Today, You Tomorrow... Get Involved!

Please read the attached accounting of what happened with Mayor Higginbotham and Chief Jenkins in Waterproof, LA. Being aware of the facts in this case, it is the most comprehensive I have seen so far. I then ask you to get involved and commit to bringing attention to this matter. Contact info for persons or organizations of interest is included below.

Miss Higgi Says, THANKS & GET INVOLVED!!!

http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/26366/2


The silence and apathy of America will be the death of America. This is not an isolated incident in the Delta. Other Black officials who dared speak out against sanctioned racism and a southern affection for the ways of jim crow have faced similar or worst fate.

Lost records? How convenient! Surely there is one alderman of moral substance to stand up and acknowledge that they did in fact vote for a raise for not only the Mayor but for themselves as well.

44 counts reduced to 2? If not signs of a witch hunt, what is it? Let's not overlook the fact that this DA is the same town attorney fired by Mayor Higginbotham. Can we call it revenge? Can we call for his recusal and a new trial? I'm Just Sayin'...

Two bogus counts remain and the “judge” is so confident in the DA and the strength of THEIR case that he issues poll slips to the jury with "guilty" marked off by the “judge”, and he still has a job. Really?

A court reporter who failed to take notes thereby thwarting efforts for an appeal? And what else was s/he doing during a trial where that is what s/he is paid to do? Is s/he fired yet?

A flight risk? Why because Mayor Higginbotham is an upstanding and professional Black MAN of means with a back bone, a passport and the will to fight as opposed to a Black MAN beaten down by an unjust system, impeded by threats of a criminal past and no means and/or no will to fight? Mayor Higginbotham's passport was confiscated long ago when his offices were raided. So how will he flee? Why would he flee? I'm Just Askin'... This is a MAN who has stood his ground and fought these folks from day one and continues to do despite their deeds.

Come on folks! This is ridiculous! Mayor Higginbotham and Chief Jenkins’ rights have been violated on so many fronts. Racism, institutionalized and otherwise, is alive and well... We are treated as we allow ourselves to be treated. What does it take for you to get angry? to get involved?

Today Mayor Higginbotham and Chief Jenkins. Tomorrow it could be YOU!

I'm Just Sayin'... Get Involved People!!!

• Contact your local media, radio or TV
  
• Contact your blog or talking head (i.e. Bill Maher, Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart)
  
• At a minimum, contact the following:
  
  Attorney General Holder & the Dept of Justice
  U.S. Department of Justice
  950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC 20530-0001
  202-514-2000
  AskDOJ@usdoj.gov
  
  Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell
  1885 North 3rd St.
  PO Box 94005
  Baton Rouge, LA 70804
  PHONE: 225-326-6079
  FAX: 225-326-6797
  Executive@ag.state.la.us
  
  President Obama
  1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
  Washington, DC 20500
  Switchboard: 202-456-1414
  FAX: 202-456-2461
  Email at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact
  

For those with more time on your hands, please contact some or all of the following who can also help:

Congressional Black Caucus
Chairman Emanuel Cleaver II
1433 Longworth
House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
202-226-9776
congressionalblackcaucus@mail.house.gov

NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
John A. Payton, President and Director-Counsel
99 Hudson Street, Suite 1600
New York, NY 10013
(212) 965-2200
mgagarin@naacpldf.org

National Bar Association
Demetrius D. Shelton, Esq., President
1225 11th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone: (202) 842-3900
Fax: (202) 289-6170

Hispanic National Bar Association
Zuraya Tapia-Hadley, Executive Director
1900 L Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: (202) 223-4777
Fax: (202) 223-2324
ztapia@hnba.com

Southern Law Poverty Center
Richard Cohen, President
400 Washington Ave Montgomery, AL 36104 334.956.8200
http://www.splcenter.org/contact-us

ACLU
Susan N. Herman, President
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York NY 10004
212-549-2500
media@aclu.org

Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Barbara R. Arnwine, Executive Director
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20005 202-662-8600 888-299-5227 (Toll Free) 202-783-0857 (Fax) barnwine@lawyerscommittee.org

The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Wade Henderson, Esq., President & CEO
1629 K Street, NW, 10th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
202.466.3311

NAACP, National Headquarters
Ben Jealous, President & CEO
4805 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore MD 21215
(410) 580-5777
Toll Free: (877) NAACP-98
btjealous@naacpnet.org

DON'T BE SILENT!

I'm Just Sayin'...