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The Machinations of Mackey (Part Seven)
Repudiating the 'political prisoners' dogma
of the Millions More Movement
What does Mackey really believe?
If this was any 'ol' election (for Dog
Catcher or President) reporters would be
asking the candidate (or candidates) about
their views, their affiliations and how they
would do their job, if elected. Chipp Bailey
answered questions, Mackey refuses to. In
the last month the debate has turned to the
Democrat Party's problems however the focus
turned away from the dangerous and strange
views that Mr. Mackey seems to hold by
association with the organizations he is
affiliated with.
One of the great unanswered questions of the
great Mackey Machination debate is about
Mackey and his affiliations with the
'Millions More Movement' and their stated
desire to release Black men and women in
jail claiming they are 'political
prisoners'?
It seems that no one in the mainstream media
is interested in knowing the answer to that
hot potato question though his views on that
are directly related to what he would do as
Sheriff, if put into that post.
I received a variety of questions about this
issue and decided to go into a little more
detail.
The MMM (Millions More Movement) National
web site contains the following:
http://www.millionsmoremovement.com/about.htm
- Prison Industrial Complex:
"We
demand freedom for all political prisoners
held in U.S. prisons and detention
facilities, both foreign and domestic. We
demand an end to police brutality, mob
attacks, racial profiling,
the herding of our young men and women into
prisons
and the biological and chemical warfare
perpetrated against our people."
Conversations with the local Millions More
Movement indicate that they are trying to
protect Mackey by claiming that the local
chapter is 'not affiliated with' the MMM
National movement. This is, of course, a
diversion but it shows the level of stress
associated with this issue if it gets out
into current political discourse. The
leadership of the local MMM chapter are
trying to distance themselves from the
national organization and Farrakhan until
the decision on Mackey has occurred.
The response I received from the local
leaders of the MMM Charlotte (to my last
newsletter) was
"Please do read, understand and support the
Millions More Movement Charlotte, Inc. We
are incorporated in North Carolina and an
independent entity. Everyone that knows
anything about the MMM Charlotte, Inc. knows
that we are not a part of the Nation of
Islam. Please do pull up our website,
http://www.mmmcharlottenc.org/.
Harvey Fierson, VP, Sylvia L. Grier,
Executive Director - MMM Charlotte, Inc."
I took them at their word and pulled up
their web site. I have no doubt that they
are a separate incorporated entity but that
is hardly the point (or the problem). On the
MMM National web site (under affiliates) it
lists the MMM Charlotte. Under the MMM
Charlotte web site it lists Nick Mackey as
the 'chair' of the 'law and justice'
Committee.
The local MMM Charlotte web site says:
"MMM activities in Charlotte MIRROR the
'vision, Mission and Strategies of the
National Movement".
Hmmmm............
So.........if the local MMM mirrors the
'vision' and 'strategies' of the MMM
national organization doesn't that make
them a part of the MMM National movement and
Mackey a part of it as a leader of the
Charlotte organization?
The phone number listed for the Charlotte
office of the MMM is essentially the same as
the number listed on the National web site
for its Charlotte affiliate.
National web site 333 1691
Mecklenburg site 333 1690
Now as to the question of whether the MMM
is associated with Farrakhan (and
therefore the MMM Charlotte would be) that
is more opaque.
Clearly there is a connection but it is also
correct to say that the MMM is not a
subsidiary of the Nation of Islam.
Farrakhan is well known for founding the
Million Man March and its successor
organization the Millions More Movement (MMM)
so they are 'related' at some level.
Minister Farrakhan was the keynote speaker
on October 16, 2007 at the MMM national
convention according to the MMM national web
site. On the Nation of Islam web site is the
following statement:
http://www.noi.org/statements/advisory_press_071010.htm
"We
must remember, and never forget, that the
ultimate aim and the denial objective of the
United States Government towards Black
people is that we must never become
effectively organized. -The Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan"
If Nick Mackey is to be taken seriously (as
he wishes) he has a responsibility to answer
directly why he is associating himself with
an organization or individuals who
believes in the 'vision' of the national
organization.
Mr. Mackey has a responsibility to answer
whether as a leader of the MMM in Charlotte
(Chair of 'law and justice') he believes
that Blacks are being held as 'political
prisoners' in the jail he wishes to run.
Lke a lot of MMM Charlotte leaders, being in
the MMM doesn't mean that they are followers
of the "nation of Islam". The key
distinction is that the MMM in Charlotte
(and therefore one presumes Mackey as a
leader of it) follows the National MMM views
regarding Blacks as being 'political
prisoners' as oppsed to law breakers.
Regardless of the religious views of the
individual running for office (which are
irrelevant in my opinion), holding a belief
that large portions of the Mecklenburg
County jail population are there as
political prisioners is a dangerous view
for the potential Sheriff to hold. He
should be required to answer that question
directly along with his associations whth
the MMM.
IN OTHER NEWS ON THE MACKEY FRONT:
Yesterday, Craig Madens, past Democrat
Mayoral candidate and current talk show host
jumped into the debate effectively claiming
that the white Democrats on the Commission
are basically 'racists' for refusing to
approve Mackey. His pithy quote was
essentially that commissioners don't mind
Blacks being 'in the jail' but don't want a
Black man to 'run the jail'. That is my
paraphrase but you can view the WBTV segment
here and see (and hear) for yourself.
WBTV
news segment 1-9-2008 on Craig Madens and
the Democrats
WMV (windows Media File, 256K)
Mr. Madens then demanded that at-large
Commissioner Dan Ramirez (a US Citizen)
provide his 'green card' to prove he was
here legally. The only thing missing from
this fight are brickbats and knives.
Night before last, the Mecklenburg County
Democrat Party Executive Board (10 members)
voted 6-1 to demand that the Commission
Democrats (Helms, Roberts, Mitchell and
Clarke) vote to confirm Mackey (Woodard is
already in support). The Chairman of the
Party (David Erdman) effectively ducked
under the proverbial table and 'abstained'
from the vote pleading the 5th. The Vice
Chairman, Pat Patton voted 'no' (she is one
of those that has filed a complaint about
the Democrats internal processes).
In the meantime, Black activists are trying
to get Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to come
down and do a 'beat down' on Jennifer,
Parks, Dumont and Norman to whip um into
line for Mackey but the activists are having
trouble raising the money necessary to pay
them to come (and they don't do it for free
unless they think they will get more
national media attention to make it
worthwhile).
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Here are some Farrakhan quotes that I found
referenced on Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrakhan
Note: These have not been verified, just
taken from the Wikipedia web site though the
references or citations are listed where
known
Many of the Jews who owned the homes, the
apartments in the black community, we
considered them bloodsuckers because they
took from our community and built their
community but didn't offer anything back to
our community. Louis Farrakhan
"So I said to the members of the press, 'Why
won't you go and look into what we are
saying about the threats on Reverend
Jackson's life?' Here the Jews don't like
Farrakhan and so they call me 'Hitler'. Well
that's a good name. Hitler was a very great
man. He wasn't great for me as a Black man
but he was a great German and he rose
Germany up from the ashes of her defeat by
the united force of all of Europe and
America after the First World War. Yet
Hitler took Germany from the ashes and rose
her up and made her the greatest fighting
machine of the twentieth century, brothers
and sisters, and even though Europe and
America had deciphered the code that Hitler
was using to speak to his chiefs of staff,
they still had trouble defeating Hitler even
after knowing his plans in advance. Now I'm
not proud of Hitler's evil toward Jewish
people, but that's a matter of record. He
rose Germany up from nothing. Well, in a
sense you could say there is a similarity in
that we are rising our people up from
nothing, but don't compare me with your
wicked killers." Sylvester, Monroe. ""They
Suck the Life From You"", Time (magazine),
February 28, 1984. Retrieved on 2007 10 14.
"White people are potential humans, they
haven't evolved yet" (March 2000, Brown,
Darek. "Quotes from Louis Farrakhan", The
Guardian, July 31, 2001. Retrieved on 2007
10 14)
"Murder and lying comes easy for white
people", "Million Man March", CNN, October
17, 1995. Retrieved on 2007 10 14.
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