HOPE IS ONLY A DAY AWAY, MONTGOMERY! MARCH LIKE A FOOT SOLDIER AND “PUT IT DOWN” TOMORROW AT THE POLLS!

Alabama is where our hope began, and TOMORROW IF WE SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT at the polls…Montgomery WILL BE THE CITY OF HOPE AND CHANGE that Dr. King shouted about from the Capitol steps right here in Montgomery… 

“How Long! NOT LONG!”

Hope is only a day away!  Many of our youth, poor, disenfranchised and uneducated live with a sense of hopelessness.  Many feel as if voting won’t change anything in THEIR lives. BUT MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HOPE IS ON THE WAY, AND IT’S CALLING YOUR NAME TO  BRING IT HERE!

The only mayoral candidate that understands this and has spoken about this is Ella Bell. Ms. Bell has spoken truth to power about the revolution of hope that is needed in Montgomery.  Listen for yourself…

WSFA Interview of Ella Bell – August 18, 2015

Family, we have to remember that Ella Bell was in that crowd on her 17th birthday on March 25, 1965.  She marched for us so that we could even have the right to vote.  Now, it’s time for us to march not only towards and for her, but also for ourselves..  We can’t let Dr. King down….AGAIN!   It’s been 50 years and 5 months since Dr. King stood right here in Montgomery on the steps of the capitol and made this promise to us:  “How Long? NOT LONG!”.  He kept his end of the bargain, have we?

Speech: “How Long? NOT Long!” Dr. Martin Luther Kings, Jr.  (March 25, 1965)

Montgomery, Alabama is a majority African American city, but we have NEVER showed up at the polls strong enough to elect a Black mayor.  Forget all this talk about how the Black vote is being split in different directions.  The bottom line is, Black folks CONTROL 61% OF THE VOTE IN MONTGOMERY.  If we, the majority come out strong and vote for the candidate that we KNOW truly represents us and our communities to the core….all the split talk in the world can’t make numbers lie.

And, we already know that Todd Strange is NOT FOR US.

Have you seen the lawsuit that was filed against Mayor Todd Strange on Thursday?  (Here’s a link)  Yes, on Thursday August 20th, a MAJOR AMENDED CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT WAS FILED AGAINST Mayor Todd Strange, Judge Les Hayes III, The City, The Chief(s) of Police, Judicial Corrections Services and others.  When you read the article and the actual copy of the official lawsuit which was filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division, TRUST….you might start marching to the polls today and just wait for them to open tomorrow.  It’s THAT bad.  

You’ll see terms in the lawsuit like: “racial profiling, arresting African Americans, punishing people for being poor, illegal traffic stops, debtors’ prison, prison labor…”

Like I said, it’s THAT BAD.

ELLA BELL  WILL TURN MONTGOMERY’S HOPE UP TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL

But only if WE “BRING IT”, Family.

The most powerful force on earth is God, and the most powerful gift He bestowed to us is our minds.

In this earthly world, the most powerful tool that man has given us is the ballot.  It pierces deeper than any bullet ever made.

Family, we have to make the most educated choice to:

1) Go to the polls, and

2) VOTE

God bless you and I’ll see you tomorrow at the polls,

M. Kita Williams

Mayor Todd Strange SUED August 20th in Major Class Action Lawsuit, Along with Montgomery Police Chief, Judge Les Hayes III and More

On Thursday, August 20th, a very disturbing Class Action Lawsuit (attached in entirety) was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division, against:

• Todd Strange, Mayor of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacity
• The City of Montgomery, Alabama
• Ernest Finley, Jr., Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacity
• Kevin Murphy, Former Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacity
• Les Hayes, III Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacities
• Judicial Correction Services, I C., a corporation

 Case Number 2:15-cv-463-WKW-WC

civilrightsagenda.files.wordpress.com/ class action suit filed august 20, 2015 against Mayor Todd Strange and City of Montgomery / Officias2.pdf

The class action lawsuit was not only filed on behalf of the 10 named Plaintiffs, BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF ANY UNNAMED PLAINTIFFS YET INCLUDED IN THE SUIT.  

A class action lawsuit can be explained as one which is “open” to ALL individuals /  parties who have been victimized by the same defendants, for the same alleged offenses to join in the law suit for legal damages.

ALSO, THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW MATTER, NOR IS IT A POLITICAL TACTIC.  As you will see in the court document, this amended class action lawsuit results from nearly two years of legal entanglement with the City, Mayor Strange, Judge Les Hayes, the City Police Department, Judicial Correction Services, and all other named Defendants.

Sources say that “political road blocking” , bureaucracy, and favoritism resulted in lacking media coverage of this highly important legal matter which affects the general public of Montgomery, Alabama.

Sources also report that many tactics were employed by City representatives which stalled, delayed and ultimately ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE LAWSUIT FROM BEING FILED IN COURT UNTIL AFTER THE CITY ELECTION.  

Again, this Class Action Lawsuit was filed on behalf of the 10 named Plaintiffs, AND ON BEHALF OF ANY UNNAMED PLAINTIFFS YET INCLUDED IN THIS SUIT WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF:  

1.  “Punishing a person for his poverty” by arresting and incarcerating individuals such as Plaintiffs because of their inability to pay court-ordered monies, including fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges or bonds, violates long-established federal constitutional principles of equal protection and due process as well as other state2
   and federal laws.

2.  Plaintiffs are individuals who have been subjected to a “judicial [and law enforcement] extortion racket,” including a modern day “debtors’ prison, as part of a scheme designed to increase municipal budgets by using the City of Montgomery’s law enforcement and courts to generate and collect revenue rather than to protect public safety and to administer justice.4 This scheme has been implemented through illegal policies, practices or customs, including but not limited to, unlawful stops, ticketing and arrests; racial profiling and targeted stops, ticketing and arrests of African Americans; extortionate imposition and collection of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges and bail  or bond and related charges, including through imprisonment for nonpayment; the use of threatened and actual probation revocation as a means of collection of these debts; and the use of coerced jail labor. Through the adoption and implementation of these policies, practices or customs, Defendants have trapped Plaintiffs in a cycle of debt by preying upon the City’s largely voiceless poor and minority residents to pay the City’s bills and  replenish its public coffers

3.  The extortionate imposition and collection of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges and bail or bond and related charges, including through imprisonment for nonpayment; the use of threatened and actual probation revocation as a means of collection of these debts; and the use of coerced jail labor. Through the adoption and implementation of these policies, practices or customs, Defendants have trapped Plaintiffs in a cycle of debt by preying upon the City’s largely voiceless poor and minority residents to pay the City’s bills and replenish its public coffers.

4.  The extortionate scheme composed of these illegal policies, practices and customs has been operated by the Defendants City of Montgomery, Mayor Todd Strange, Chief of Police Ernest N. Finley, Jr., Former Chief of Police Kevin Murphy, Presiding Municipal Court Judge Les Hayes, III, and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “JCS”). Plaintiffs allege that all Defendants have acted under color of state law and as state actors in pursuing a pervasive intentional and deliberate scheme of acts and omissions through systemic and related policies, practices and customs that separately, and taken together, caused injuries to Plaintiffs that violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Thirteenth Amendments (and related anti-peonage laws), 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §2000(d), et seq., the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), as well as constitute state law violations of false imprisonment (including false arrest), abuse of process, and support a claim for money had and received under Alabama law.

5.  The named Plaintiffs bring this case individually, and as representatives of proposed classes of similarly situated individuals who have been or will be similarly injured by Defendants’ policies, practices or customs. Plaintiffs seek compensatory, punitive and treble damages, as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, to redress their personal injuries (including humiliation, anxiety, stress, emotional distress, and other injuries) and the injuries to their real or personal property that they have suffered, or face a real and imminent threat of suffering, as the direct and proximate result of the Defendants’ challenged policies, practices or customs.

Please see attached a copy of the COMPLETE OFFICIAL LAWSUIT for more information.  Class Action Suit Against Mayor and City Officials

THIS IS  A VERY SERIOUS LEGAL CASE AGAINST MAYOR STRANGE, JUDGE HAYES, THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, AND ALL NAMED DEFENDANTS.

Please be advised that http://www.civilrightsagenda.com submitted this official, filed, legal court document in its entirety to WSFA Channel 12 and WAKA Channel 8 on Friday afternoon, 8/21/15.

TELEVISED AND PRINT NEWS REPORTING OF THIS CRITICALLY URGENT LEGAL MATTER WHICH HAS A DIRECT AFFECT ON THE CITY AND IT’S CITIZENS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IMMEDIATELY – ESPECIALLY SO, BECAUSE THE CITY ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IS ONLY 3 DAYS AWAY.

Mayor Todd Strange SUED August 20th in Major Class Action Lawsuit, Along with Montgomery Police Chief, Judge Les Hayes III and More

On Thursday, August 20th, a very disturbing Class Action Lawsuit (attached in entirety) was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama Northern Division, against:

• Todd Strange, Mayor of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacity
• The City of Montgomery, Alabama
• Ernest Finley, Jr., Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacity
• Kevin Murphy, Former Chief of Police of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacity
• Les Hayes, III Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Montgomery, in his individual capacities
• Judicial Correction Services, I C., a corporation

 Case Number 2:15-cv-463-WKW-WC

civilrightsagenda.files.wordpress.com/ class action suit filed august 20, 2015 against Mayor Todd Strange and City of Montgomery / Officias2.pdf

The class action lawsuit was not only filed on behalf of the 10 named Plaintiffs, BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF ANY UNNAMED PLAINTIFFS YET INCLUDED IN THE SUIT.  

A class action lawsuit can be explained as one which is “open” to ALL individuals /  parties who have been victimized by the same defendants, for the same alleged offenses to join in the law suit for legal damages.

ALSO, THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT A NEW MATTER, NOR IS IT A POLITICAL TACTIC.  As you will see in the court document, this amended class action lawsuit results from nearly two years of legal entanglement with the City, Mayor Strange, Judge Les Hayes, the City Police Department, Judicial Correction Services, and all other named Defendants.

Sources say that “political road blocking” , bureaucracy, and favoritism resulted in lacking media coverage of this highly important legal matter which affects the general public of Montgomery, Alabama.

Sources also report that many tactics were employed by City representatives which stalled, delayed and ultimately ATTEMPTED TO BLOCK THE LAWSUIT FROM BEING FILED IN COURT UNTIL AFTER THE CITY ELECTION.  

Again, this Class Action Lawsuit was filed on behalf of the 10 named Plaintiffs, AND ON BEHALF OF ANY UNNAMED PLAINTIFFS YET INCLUDED IN THIS SUIT WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF:  

1.  “Punishing a person for his poverty” by arresting and incarcerating individuals such as Plaintiffs because of their inability to pay court-ordered monies, including fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges or bonds, violates long-established federal constitutional principles of equal protection and due process as well as other state2
   and federal laws.

2.  Plaintiffs are individuals who have been subjected to a “judicial [and law enforcement] extortion racket,” including a modern day “debtors’ prison, as part of a scheme designed to increase municipal budgets by using the City of Montgomery’s law enforcement and courts to generate and collect revenue rather than to protect public safety and to administer justice.4 This scheme has been implemented through illegal policies, practices or customs, including but not limited to, unlawful stops, ticketing and arrests; racial profiling and targeted stops, ticketing and arrests of African Americans; extortionate imposition and collection of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges and bail  or bond and related charges, including through imprisonment for nonpayment; the use of threatened and actual probation revocation as a means of collection of these debts; and the use of coerced jail labor. Through the adoption and implementation of these policies, practices or customs, Defendants have trapped Plaintiffs in a cycle of debt by preying upon the City’s largely voiceless poor and minority residents to pay the City’s bills and  replenish its public coffers

3.  The extortionate imposition and collection of fines, fees, costs, restitution, surcharges and bail or bond and related charges, including through imprisonment for nonpayment; the use of threatened and actual probation revocation as a means of collection of these debts; and the use of coerced jail labor. Through the adoption and implementation of these policies, practices or customs, Defendants have trapped Plaintiffs in a cycle of debt by preying upon the City’s largely voiceless poor and minority residents to pay the City’s bills and replenish its public coffers.

4.  The extortionate scheme composed of these illegal policies, practices and customs has been operated by the Defendants City of Montgomery, Mayor Todd Strange, Chief of Police Ernest N. Finley, Jr., Former Chief of Police Kevin Murphy, Presiding Municipal Court Judge Les Hayes, III, and Judicial Correction Services, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “JCS”). Plaintiffs allege that all Defendants have acted under color of state law and as state actors in pursuing a pervasive intentional and deliberate scheme of acts and omissions through systemic and related policies, practices and customs that separately, and taken together, caused injuries to Plaintiffs that violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Thirteenth Amendments (and related anti-peonage laws), 42 U.S.C. § 1981, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §2000(d), et seq., the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), as well as constitute state law violations of false imprisonment (including false arrest), abuse of process, and support a claim for money had and received under Alabama law.

5.  The named Plaintiffs bring this case individually, and as representatives of proposed classes of similarly situated individuals who have been or will be similarly injured by Defendants’ policies, practices or customs. Plaintiffs seek compensatory, punitive and treble damages, as well as declaratory and injunctive relief, to redress their personal injuries (including humiliation, anxiety, stress, emotional distress, and other injuries) and the injuries to their real or personal property that they have suffered, or face a real and imminent threat of suffering, as the direct and proximate result of the Defendants’ challenged policies, practices or customs.

Please see attached a copy of the COMPLETE OFFICIAL LAWSUIT for more information.  Class Action Suit Against Mayor and City Officials

THIS IS  A VERY SERIOUS LEGAL CASE AGAINST MAYOR STRANGE, JUDGE HAYES, THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, AND ALL NAMED DEFENDANTS.

Please be advised that http://www.civilrightsagenda.com submitted this official, filed, legal court document in its entirety to WSFA Channel 12 and WAKA Channel 8 on Friday afternoon, 8/21/15.

TELEVISED AND PRINT NEWS REPORTING OF THIS CRITICALLY URGENT LEGAL MATTER WHICH HAS A DIRECT AFFECT ON THE CITY AND IT’S CITIZENS SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IMMEDIATELY – ESPECIALLY SO, BECAUSE THE CITY ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IS ONLY 3 DAYS AWAY.