“Trump in Triumph.”
The news that special prosecutor Robert Mueller would return no additional indictments and no charges of wrongdoing by incumbent president Donald Trump has hit Washington like a thunder clap.
Leading democratic politicians are in a state of shock as if they never considered the possibility of such an outcome. Shock and awe abound.
Dems, who learned their politics and political classes in college, seemingly never learned the true role of the FBI which showed in the woeful history of the 1960s that were profoundly political and agents of the imperial executive as shown by the monstrous attacks on Dr. Martin Luther King, the Black Panthers, and activists from a score of social change groups.
They rarely, if ever, attacked the wealthy and powerful, and Trump, equipped with a weapon no president has ever seen before, blasted his way out of what seemed like an insurmountable trap, sending shock waves once again throughout the system.
That weapon: Twitter, with over 50 million recipients, changed the dynamics between the accused and the accuser, for the FBI was formed to serve the imperial executive, not to oppose it. Like a corpulent Roman emperor, Trump plays on the links while the case against him sinks beneath the green.
From imprisoned nation, this is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
These commentaries are recorded by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
![Prison Radio is sharing an abbreviated version of a press release covering recent racist incidents at SCI Rockview in PA and the organizing to demand accountability. We are reaching out to people incarcerated at Rockview as well as recently transferred folks, inviting them to call, in hopes of hearing commentaries from them.
Benner Township, PA.-
On November 24th, 2023, imprisoned people at SCI Rockview found two nooses hanging in the CO’s office, displayed visibly for many prisoners to see. When the prisoners asked the staff why the nooses were hung, they were told it was a joke.
By December 4th, prisoners filed a grievance to document what they saw, noting that the hanging of the nooses was “unethical, racially motivated, hateful, [a] deliberate debasement of black inmates" and “unsafe for inmates, staff, [and] the whole prison in general.” In the grievance, they demanded that Sgt. Mosser and CO Richard be fired and investigated for a hate crime, and for CO Kirchner to get therapy. Captain Andrews, the head of security, denied the grievance.
The sergeant and COs are still working in the prison to this day, with no repercussions...
As of March 10th, prisoners have reached out to Pennsylvania officials at the Dept. of Corrections in a letter campaign, sending 100 copies of the grievance. Copies of the letter also were mailed to Governor Shapiro, Senator Fetterman, Senator Street, and various advocacy groups. The demands for relief in the original grievance have now become the platform of demands for this campaign. About 20 of the 100 letters were withheld by the prison.
Activists on the outside are joining forces with prisoners to elevate their demands, flooding the phone lines of DOC offices, assisting with outreach to media, and circulating the stories of prisoners who have found unity in opposition to the facility's virulent institutional racism.
In any other workplace, hanging a noose would be grounds for immediate termination. However, Nicki Paul, the superintendent's assistant and "grievance coordinator" informed the public that they self-investigated their staff and found they did nothing wrong.
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