Maryland

AMERICA: The rapists were only put on probation, with the judge saying the crime was ‘waiting to happen’, writes LARA MARLOWE

A YEAR after the crime, Séamus T’s voice still quivers when he recalls how
he found his daughter Erin, then 15, lying on the roadside on the night of
January 3rd, 2009.

“Daddy, Daddy, get them off me,” she kept moaning. The girl was
semi-conscious, and was soaking wet because her assailants had put her
under a shower to wash vomit and menstrual blood off her after they
gang-raped her.

Séamus T, an Irishman who left Dublin 25 years ago, continues his job as
an executive in a mechanical contracting firm, but he has spent much of
the past year seeking justice for Erin.

The ordeal started as a cosy reunion of three high-school girls after the
holidays. Séamus T dropped his daughter off at an apartment in
Gaithersburg, Maryland, at 8.30pm, and was to have picked her up three
hours later.

Boys showed up at the party. “They gave her ‘jungle juice’, 100 per cent
grain alcohol,” Séamus T explains. Doctors at Shady Grove hospital later
found Erin had almost three times the legal limit in her blood.

Three teenagers, then aged 16 and 17, planned the rape. One waited in the
bathroom while the other two dragged Erin in. When the district attorney
read through the medical report at a seven-hour hearing on September 30th,
Erin’s family heard how the attackers tore flesh on three of the girl’s
body orifices. She banged her head when she fell against the bath tub, and
was covered in bruises.

Had the three young men not boasted of their crime, they would not have
been identified, because Erin cannot remember the rape. They were arrested
in late February, spent a couple of months in jail, and were freed pending
the hearing.

Erin was taunted by other students, who accused her of “snitching”’ on the
rapists. The girl was so traumatised that she slept with her mother or
older sister until she went to live with relatives in Nevada, at her
request.

The case shifted from adult to juvenile court, and Séamus T learned in
September that two of the three rapists were back at Magruder High School.
He filed a complaint with the board of education, and succeeded in having
them transferred.

“My daughter was the only white kid at the party,” Séamus T says.

“I don’t think the attack was racially motivated, but there were racial
and class undertones in the courtroom. On one side you had the three
rapists, an aunt and two single mothers, all African-Americans. On the
other side, everyone was white and middle class.”

Montgomery county circuit court judge Steven Salant so enraged Séamus T
that he filed a complaint with the Maryland Commission on Judicial
Disabilities, the body that disciplines judges, on the grounds his
daughter “was not treated with dignity and respect” as required by the
state constitution.

Salant did not respond to The Irish Times’s request for comment, which was
made through the court’s spokesman.

Séamus T says Salant blamed the victim and made excuses for the rapists,
who he sentenced to probation only. As recounted by the Gaithersburg
Gazette newspaper, the judge described the gang-rape as “horrific”, but
focused on Erin’s behaviour on the night of the party.

The victim was drunk and “engaged in risky and provocative behaviour” such
as sitting on people’s laps and talking about “hooking up”, Salant said in
court. “This was a disaster waiting to happen . . . There was a dynamic at
work here.

“There were things going on here. It doesn’t make the respondents any less
worthy of blame, but what it does mean is I have to determine whether what
we have here is sexual predators or respondents who . . . did not get that
when a girl is intoxicated and presents herself in that manner you do not
take advantage.”

“We were devastated as a family. We were destroyed,” says Séamus T.

“We went to court expecting some compassion. The system is upside down and
backwards. The judge was worried about the rapists staying in school,
getting evaluated, getting counselling and transportation. Everything is
lavished on them. Nobody knocked on my door and said, ‘I’ll show you
through the system’.”

Séamus T’s appeals to first lady Michelle Obama, Maryland governor Martin
O’Malley and state attorney John McCarthy have gone unanswered. He was
treated with kindness by the Irish Embassy, which promised to intervene if
he felt he was not being treated as a US citizen would be.

The state legislature has provided the most hope of redress.

Kathleen Dumais, a Maryland state delegate, and Nancy King, a Maryland
state senator, have taken up the case. Dumais is drafting legislation that
would ban juvenile sex offenders from attending normal public schools and
place their names on a register. If passed, it may be called Erin’s law.

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Funny how the cop isn’t “sure if the beatings are racially motivated”. Way to protect and serve pal.

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Economic impact could reach $22 million in 3 years; foes try to sway Congress, courts

By Tim Craig

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The District was on the verge Tuesday of becoming the sixth place in the country to legalize same-sex marriage after the council gave final approval to its bill allowing the unions.

The legislation would allow gay couples from anywhere in the country to marry in the city. Those couples who live in the District would be entitled to all rights afforded to heterosexual married couples under District laws.

Although a final signature on the bill by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) could come by the end of the week, same-sex marriage opponents vowed to step up their effort to get Congress or a court to block the initiative during the 30-day congressional review period.

The 11 to 2 council decision, which caps a nearly year-long debate, set off a wave of excitement across the gay community, both locally and nationally. “In many ways, this is the final prize,” said council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), one of two people on the council who are openly gay.

According to an analysis by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, more than 10,000 same-sex couples from across the country could get married in the District over the next three years if the measure becomes law.

The analysis, created in the weeks leading up to Tuesday’s historic council vote, estimates that 2,000 gay couples who live in the District will marry shortly after the law takes effect. But the bulk of the weddings, which could pump millions of dollars into the regional economy, would probably be out-of-state couples unable to marry in their own states, according to the analysis, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post. It concludes that at least $5 million, and perhaps as much as $22 million, would be generated by same-sex weddings in the District over the next three years.

Local and national gay rights leaders note that opponents face a difficult fight: Both the Democratic-controlled House and Senate and President Obama would all have to block the legislation, which is unlikely.

But council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), the bill’s sponsor and the other openly gay member on the council, cautioned that Congress also could unravel the measure through budget maneuvers in future years.

“There is no question: We are going to have to be defending it and defending it and defending it until the other side realizes they are losing more votes by being tethered to the past,” Catania said.

Several opponents of same-sex marriage warned that the celebrations were premature. They are seeking a public vote on the issue, and some are meeting with members of Congress on Wednesday.

“God’s war has just started,” Bob King, a community activist who lives in Northeast, said a few minutes after the vote. “Shame on them. We’re going to get to the ballot box through either the courts or the Congress. So tell everyone: Don’t let the marriage licenses start flowing.”

Still, same-sex marriage supporters heralded the council’s action, saying it helps the movement rebound from the stinging defeat suffered two weeks ago when the New York Senate rejected same-sex marriage.

“This is a place people come to see the Constitution and understand what it means to be equal, so symbolically this means a great deal,” said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights group that co-sponsored a party with the council Tuesday night.

 The Hoelzer Reich clothing company out of California has been banned by the UFC and other fight teams because their imagery offends some people. The images in question are said to be representative of Nazi Germany but in fact date back hundreds of years before that point in time. At the same time people like Jeff Monson who has communist symbols tattooed on his body is allowed to continue fighting. Communist governments have been responsible for the deaths of over 100 million people world wide, well more than Nazi Germany.

In another double standard, fighter Cain Velasquez has Brown Pride tattooed across his collar bone. If a white guy had White Pride would he be allowed to fight? I doubt it. Certain people have been pushing hard to ban several white fighters because they believe in the preservation of their European heritage. These people who openly take a stand for us deserve our support. It is an uphill battle in this society where wanting to preserve White European culture is the ultimate evil and those who openly do so are literally putting everything on the line.

Aside from supporting those who support us we need to stop supporting those who don`t. More importantly, we need our own special interest groups to defend those that have become dispossessed because of political reasons.

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01 Keep running tabs on local politics.
02 Write or visit P.O.W.’s.
03 Adopt and raise white children.
04 Take self-defense classes.
05 Patronize a pro-White magazine with financial support.
06 Learn to work a shortwave radio.
07 Tutor a “new recruit”.
08 Copy White Power music onto demo tapes and distribute it to
teenagers.
09 Order sausage pizzas for your local rabbi.
10 Put business cards in library books.
11 Learn to use and maintain all weapons at your disposal.
12 Build or rent a clubhouse.
13 Start and maintain a web page.
14 Build archives-collect old books, magazines and textbooks.
15 Post up warning signs if a pedophile or drug dealer moves to your
neighborhood.
16 Grow organic food in your backyard.
17 Form an pro-White book club.
18 Learn a second or third language.
19 Disinformation campaign! Apply to Jews, Homos, leftists, Anti-Racists
and more. Be creative.
20 Study up on other cultures-objectively.
21 Marketing-think of new and creative themes to get the message across.
22 Start up an pro-White college fund.
23 Boycott local stores that employ minorities.
24 Recruit the elderly living in multicultural neighborhoods.
25 Put “our” CD’s on consignment in stores.
26 Create or fund pro-White comic books.
27 Establish pro-White libraries for local believers.
28 Warn other activists about movement losers.
29 Form a “mainstream” business staffed by movement activists.
30 Exercise.
31 Have and raise as many children as you can afford.
32 Be as active in the mainstream white community as possible.
33 Write lyrics and poetry.
34 Start an internet radio station.
35 Find a “free newspaper” magazine rack. Grab all the junk you can,
toss it away, & replace with pro-White material.
36 Buy bulk rates of good literature.
37 Gift for speaking? Call up universities and high schools and ask if
you can speak to a class about our beliefs.
38 Start up or patronize daycares for young pro-White families.
39 Find bookstores to sell our literature.
40 Invest in a White Power record company-financially.
41 Patronize our artists.
42 Support good white companies.
43 Go to colleges and distribute literature
44 Combat our “movement driftwood” by any means necessary.
45 Designate one day of work a month to “Activist Day”. Use the money
earned that day to fund a project.
46 Sign up leftists for junk mail.
47 Relocate racially aware families into the same towns to form
communities.
48 Print up bumper stickers.
49 Send our magazines to Factsheet Five and our CDs to radio stations.
50 Design and print up new pro-White posters.
51 Donate time, space, or energy for a band.
52 Recruit prison wardens, police officers, inner-city school teachers,
and soldiers.
53 Volunteer in a local civic group(s)
54 Join a good pro-White organization.
55 Watch the Hate Watchers.
56 Skinheads-keep a professional image at all times.
57 Network with activists worldwide.
58 Put pro-White videos on cable access.
59 Set up a booth at any event that will let you.
60 Form an pro-White sports league.
61 Gather statistics and facts pertinent to the cause.
62 Put out classified ads in local papers for movement literature,
organizations, CDs, or businesses.
63 Learn a second trade to fall back on.
64 Take night school or night school classes in areas of interest.
65 Learn European folktales, myths, legends.
66 Organize European folk festivals.
67 Protest Hollywood Nazi protests. Make sure you say that you are a
National Socialist.
68 Go listen to anti-white speeches, concerts, etc.. and keep tabs on
organizers and attendees.
69 Take your kids to the art museum.
70 Brainstorm new ideas for the cause.
71 Design a “Movement introduction starting kit”-keep the price low.
72 Keep tabs on Death Metal, Oi, Goth, and hardcore scenes-watch for
possible recruits.
73 Print up pro-White flags.
74 Give up a bad spending habit. Use the money that you would feed to
the habit for the cause.
75 Run for a local office.
76 Make subtle pro-white t-shirts.
77 Research “Holocaust” studies, find flaws, and pass on the word.
78 Invite a lefty out to dinner sit down with him/her and discuss why
they believe what they believe.
79 Send free copies of intelligent movement publications to
schoolteachers.
80 Turn off the TV and do something with your children.
81 Give pro-White lectures to those with ears to hear them.
82 Fund “American Dissident Voices” to be put on your local station.
83 Passing through? Leave literature with tips at restaurants.
84 Crash punk concerts, raves, Lilith Fairs, and raise hell.
85 Design or fund new pro-White posters.
86 AMTV-Design, fund or create Aryan music videos.
87 Be as independent from modern American culture as you can.
88 Teach your kids how to think instead of what to think.

Separate Research Examines Impact on Prince George’s County Schools

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Simultaneous studies, released this week by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), document the true costs of illegal immigration in Maryland and demonstrate strong voter objections to the burdens placed on them by illegal immigration. The price tag associated with providing education, health care and incarceration of criminal illegal aliens is at least $1.3 billion a year, finds The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders. The impact is clearly recognized by Maryland voters. A new Pulse Opinion Research poll of 1,000 likely voters across the state found that, by a large margin, Marylanders believe that illegal immigration is harming their state.

The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders found that taxpayers spend:

• $1.1 billion a year to educate illegal immigrant children and the U.S. born children of illegal immigrants.
• $167 million a year on unreimbursed health care for illegal aliens.
• $29 million a year to incarcerate criminal illegal aliens.
• The total represents an annual cost to each of Maryland’s native-born headed households of $625.

The cost study is based on an estimate that the illegal alien population in Maryland is now 250,000 persons. The illegal alien population of Maryland has grown exponentially during this decade, nearly quadrupling since 2000.

In a separate report English Learners and Immigration: A Case Study in Prince George’s County, Maryland, FAIR examines the impact of mass immigration in local schools in Prince George’s County. Because of large-scale legal and illegal immigration, the county has seen its non-English proficient student population grow from 7,064 in 2004 to 13,825 today. Programs to teach immigrant students English cost the county more than $66 million a year.

The Pulse Opinion Research poll found that:

• 73% of Maryland voters say illegal immigration has a negative impact on the state. Only 20% believe it has a positive impact on Maryland.
• 77% of Maryland voters believe illegal aliens have a negative impact on the state budget, versus only 15% who believe their impact is positive.
• 65% of Maryland voters believe that illegal immigration harms the state’s schools. Only 18% believe illegal immigration has had a beneficial effect on education.
• 55% believe illegal immigration should be reduced through better enforcement of immigration laws. Only 36% of Maryland voters favor amnesty or legalization for current illegal aliens.

“Voters in Maryland, like voters everywhere, want their elected officials in Washington and Annapolis to protect their interests, their jobs, and their tax dollars from the impact of mass illegal immigration,” said Dan Stein, President of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). “The failure of government at all levels to institute and enforce sensible immigration policies is costing Marylanders jobs, billions in tax dollars, and their children the opportunity to get the quality education they need and deserve. At a time when state lawmakers are slashing budgets, spending on illegal immigrants in Maryland continues to rise over the strong objection of voters.”

The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Marylanders, English Learners and Immigration: A Case Study in Prince George’s County, Maryland and a summary of the Pulse Opinion Research results are available at www.fairus.org.

(CNN) — A Salvadoran immigrant, backed by two immigrants’ rights organizations, is suing the sheriff’s office in Frederick County, Maryland, and federal immigration officials, claiming that she was unconstitutionally interrogated and detained last year because of her Hispanic ethnicity.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court, Roxana Orellana Santos says that two Frederick County deputies improperly questioned her about her immigration status after they spotted her sitting on a curb, eating lunch. She is seeking compensatory damages of at least $1 million, according to the lawsuit.

The suit also names federal officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement as defendants.

According to the complaint, the deputies had no probable cause to question Orellana Santos, who didn’t speak much English and could not communicate well with the officers, about her immigrant status. She was detained for five weeks without charges before being released, the court document states. The incident happened in on October 7 of last year; she was held by federal immigration authorities who released her on humanitarian grounds on November 13, 2008.

“Despite having committed no criminal offense under Maryland law, Ms. Orellana Santos was detained, taken into custody and subsequently transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,” the complaint alleges.

Repeated calls for comment to the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office were not immediately returned.

Her detention by immigration authorities suggests that Orellana Santos possibly was held for being in the country illegally, but her attorney, John C. Hayes, would not confirm her immigration status.

“We’re not commenting on that at all,” Hayes told CNN.

Orellana Santos had given the deputies a Salvadoran national identification card in hopes of appeasing the officers, Hayes said.

Despite the language barrier between Orellana Santos and the deputies, the officers arrested her, according to the complaint.

At issue is a nationwide federal agreement with local law enforcement agencies that allows trained local officers to enforce federal immigration laws in certain instances.

Under the arrangement, known as a 287(g) agreement, local officers are limited to asking about immigration status to instances where a crime is being committed. But in Orellana Santos’ case, the officers had no reason to arrest her, the complaint states.

Furthermore, the two deputies who arrested her were not trained or certified in the proper procedures, as stipulated in the agreement, court documents say.

In addition to attorney Hayes, two immigrants’ rights groups, — CASA de Maryland and LatinoJustice PRLDEF — are representing Orellana Santos.

While the current case is about a single incident, Jose Perez, an attorney for LatinoJustice, told CNN that it draws attention to the “misguided efforts” of 287(g) agreements.

“This evidence shows all the reasons why this program is wrong,” Perez said.

Greg Weeks, associate professor of political science at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, who has followed the debate over the use of 285(g), said there’s a disconnect between local and federal authorities that makes the arrangement fail.

Federal authorities devised the partnerships as a way to deport criminals who were in the country illegally, freeing up prison space and court resources, Weeks told CNN.

But at the local level, the goal of law enforcement in some places is to expel undocumented immigrants, period, he said.

The result is an environment where local officials find themselves profiling potential illegal immigrants, creating a climate of fear among the Latino population, Weeks said.

“What this case shows is that people are being picked up for any reason,” Weeks said. “There is not supposed to be any profiling at all.”

Perez said that profiling is what happened in the case of Orellana Santos.

“This is only the tip of the iceberg,” he said. “We’re going to see more as more people come forward.”

The lawsuit is not the first time the 287(g) agreements have been in the spotlight.

Last month, federal authorities renewed such an agreement with Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Jose Arpaio, but with limitations.

Under the umbrella of the agreement, Arpaio’s deputies conducted street-level enforcement of immigration laws that typically fall to federal officers. The sheriff also checked the immigration status of everyone booked into his jail. Arpaio’s strategy was scrutinized by critics who accused the sheriff’s office of racial profiling.

The new agreement allowed for the continuation of the jailhouse checks, but put an end to the street stops.

According to Montgomery County, Maryland’s Chief of Police J. Thomas Manger, his
jurisdiction is experiencing an increase in gang violence, particularly from
Hispanic gangs like MS-13 and the Latin Kings. A great majority of these gang
members are illegal aliens, as detailed in our recent Center for Immigration
Studies report, “Taking Back the Streets.”

The fact that Maryland is experiencing an increase in gang violence does not
come as a surprise. Neighboring Virginia has been cracking down on illegal alien
gangs – and illegal immigration, generally – for a number of years. New
anti-gang legislation, increased police cooperation with federal immigration
authorities, and tightening of drivers license policies, for example, have made
Virginia less welcoming for those violating the law.

Because Maryland is one of the most pro-illegal immigration states in the
country, Virginia’s immigrant gangs have naturally begun relocating there.
Maryland’s sanctuary cities, taxpayer-subsidized day labor centers, support for
non-citizen voting, and lax drivers license laws are a magnet for illegal
immigration and immigrant gangs.

Chief Manger reports that incidences of murder, rape, assault, burglary, and
robbery increased in Maryland in 2008, much of it attributable to gangs. In
fact, the FBI recently reported that gangs are responsible for up to 80 percent
of crime in the United States. Aaron Escorza, chief of the FBI’s MS-13 National
Gang Task Force, says that gangs “evolve and adapt” to changes in policy and
that gangs “know what law enforcement is doing. Word of mouth spreads quickly.”
It seems immigrant gangs are spreading the word that Maryland is a safe haven.

Many are pessimistic that Maryland will change its policies any time soon. But
the state’s sanctuary status is simply not sustainable. Maryland legislators
have a choice – be part of the solution by following Virginia’s lead, or expect
increased illegal immigration and gang activity.

Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, the head of the local NAACP is trying to introduce legislation to keep a white person from becoming mayor on the basis that Baltimore is a majority black city.

The continuing legal troubles of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has prompted the Maryland State Conference of the NAACP to approve a push for legislation that would limit the governor options for choosing a new mayor, if she is convicted of misconduct while in office.

The conference voted at its convention this weekend in Columbia to endorse a resolution seeking support from the legislators to pass a law that would change procedures outlined in the state constitution governing mayoral transitional in the event Dixon, or any other mayor, is convicted while serving.

“We are friendly with the mayor,” said Roland Patterson Jr., head of the NAACP’s legal redress committee. “But it appears that there is the possibility she could be convicted, and if so, we want to make sure the law is clear.”

Citing a loophole in the state constitution that would allow the governor to appoint anyone to the city’s highest office if a sitting mayor is convicted of “misconduct,” NAACP officials said they want the law changed to ensure that either the city council president automatically becomes mayor, or that a specially appointed successor could not run in a special election.

“In a majority African-American town the governor could technically appoint a white mayor,” said Marvin “Doc” Cheatham, president of the Baltimore Chapter of the NAACP. “Or in a traditionally Democratic city a Republican governor could appoint a Republican mayor.”

The city charter designates the city council president as the successor if the sitting mayor dies in office or resigns. But the state constitution supersedes the city charter if the mayor is convicted of “misconduct” while in office, Patterson said, granting the governor right to appoint anyone to the post and set a date for a special election, powers that Patterson said are ill-defined.

“The issue is what happens between the time the governor makes the appointment and the special election,” Patterson said.

“In the 21st century it could plausibly take quite a long time to set up a special election,” he said.

The constitution is also unclear as to how soon, or if ever, a special election would be held. The intervening time between appointment of a new mayor by the governor and election, as well as the flexibility afforded the governor needs to be addressed, officials said.

“We don’t have any issue with Mayor Dixon, we are supportive,” Patterson said. “But this has to be addressed.”

The proposed legislation, which the organization plans to bring to the state’s black legislative caucus soon, would bar any person appointed by the governor from running for mayor in the special election.

Another proposal would create legislation that would legally designate the city council president as the automatic successor, barring the governor from choosing.

“Basically the worst-case scenario is we want an interim mayor to be a caretaker until the special election, not an incumbent,” Patterson said.

Both Cheatham and Patterson said the NAACP is concerned an appointee could be out of sync with the city electorate, using the time between his or her appointment and the special election to consolidate the power and run as unelected incumbent.

The only scenario that Patterson said remained somewhat unclear is if Dixon appealed her conviction while in office.

“I can’t speak on that directly,” Patterson said. “But it’s doubtful an appeal of the criminal conviction would change the governor’s powers.”

Dixon has been under investigation by State Prosecutors since 2006, when it was revealed that she voted to approve contracts with the city that employed her sister Janice while serving as president of the city council.

Prosecutors indicted Dixon last year on 12 counts of perjury, theft and misconduct, but a judge later threw out the perjury charges after agreeing with her attorneys that she had legislative “immunity” from prosecution for her actions as a legislator.

But prosecutors indicted Dixon in August on new perjury charges, this time bolstered by the cooperation of her former boyfriend Ronald Lipscomb, from whom Dixon is accused of receiving undeclared gifts. Last week a judge tossed a motion by her lawyers to have the perjury charges dismissed, a ruling her lawyers have appealed.

State Delegate Jill P. Carter said she would give the proposal “half-hearted support.”