NCADV: Privilege & Power: The Anatomy of a Movement

 

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Privilege & Power: The Anatomy of a Movement

“Shaped” by the same dynamics that shaped our society, the Battered Women’s movement has evolved … and where have we really arrived?

Since the beginning of this journey, we had to confront the established power structures of our society in order to introduce change. This “Reality” hasn’t changed. Many accomplishments like services and laws to protect victims of domestic violence have taken place and are sometimes helpful, but even those things put into place to protect “battered woman and her children” are not working all the time, or as they were intended. In fact, they deceive the purpose too often.

On a typical day in our nation -today- women victims of domestic violence lose custody of their children to their abuser, not because they are bad mothers but because they don’t have resources and the “law” is not protecting them. Many battered women find themselves in jail because they failed to show up to court to testify against their abuser, whose case gets dismissed for lack of witness. Many women today don’t find the help they need from programs, because they don’t speak the language, because the programs don’t have the capacity of meeting their needs. We need more inclusive programs and more types of services for women with different needs, like women with disabilities, with pets, who don’t speak the language or relate to the dominant culture and who can’t work to support themselves and their children, to name a few.

Although there are many programs in the nation addressing these issues and doing extraordinary work, is not enough. We are currently loosing funding and support for our programs. Perhaps, we can’t aspire to more until we create the awareness, the believe, at all levels, that “violence against women is wrong, that oppression and using privilege and power to control the unprivileged is not “cool” no matter who is doing it. When I hear how states are balancing budgets, cutting funding designated for domestic violence programs , I’m outraged but not surprised, since is the privileged with power making these decisions and again it is the women and children paying the consequences. Why? Because our society still blames the victim for the violence not the perpetrator. If you pay close attention to comments from the media and some law makers you will see how women are still been blamed for sexual and domestic violence. That is the only way that it could make sense to cut the vital emergency services needed by victims that are in its majority women.

It will be a great day for ALL women in the USA the day we heal ourselves…

… the day that is OK to use Federal money for a woman to get an abortion,

…the day an undocumented immigrant woman doesn’t have to prove a lawful entry into the country to be able to benefit from the waiver for victims of domestic violence,

…the day that the media reports domestic violence as a crime and as in any other crime the accountability lays on the perpetrator not the victim,

…the day that child protection penalizes batterers and not victims for being abusers and bad role models for the children and recognizes that separating a child from the non abusive parent is traumatic,

...the day that family courts stop giving custody of children to the abuser with the good attorney and the resources.

It will be a good day for all women when we don’t have to compete just to survive and that all the people with privilege and power think that is not cool to be an oppressor of any kind. We’ll make that day for ourselves. And yet first we must address within the movement the symptoms that indicate deficiencies. Inside our movement there are areas that need to be re-checked.

How is it that organizations with the same purpose have to “compete” for funding, for a voice and for an opportunity to do their work? Are we doing the same dance of privileged and power that kept our voices silent for so long? The goal doesn’t justify the means. We have walked a long way, but the road got longer, way longer. We have to help each other, come together, without hidden agendas and accept our differences. We’ll survive and thrive from these turbulent times with solidarity, dignity and respect.

By Maria Luisa O'Neill

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NCADV Child Custody & Domestic Violence

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NCADV News and Information October 2009

In This Issue

NCADV's Remember My Name Project

The History of DVAM

The Anatomy of a Movement

National Summit to End Domestic Violence

Events Around the Nation

Empower Your Life Coaching and Consulting

Volunteer for NCADV

Remember My Name^© Memorial Project

This October, Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2009, we ask you to take a moment to remember the many people who have lost their lives because of domestic violence.
NCADV, in conjunction with Ms. Magazine, started the Remember My Name^© project in 1994 to create a national registry of names of those who have been killed as a result of domestic violence. Since then, we have continued to collect information on incidents of people who have been murdered as a result of domestic violence. Each year for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we produce a memorial poster listing the names of those submitted to the project within the year. To date, over 7,753 people* have been memorialized through Remember My Name^©.
Names continue to be added daily.

Please click here to see a listing of names submitted to the Remember My Name^© project since 1994 and remember them in your thoughts as their names appear on the screen.
To purchase our newest poster or posters from previous years, please click here.
If you would like to submit a name to the Remember My Name^© memorial project, please click here.

The History of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month evolved from the first Day of Unity observed in October, 1981 by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The intent was to connect battered women's advocates across the nation who were working to end violence against women and their children. The Day of Unity soon became a special week when a range of activities were conducted at the local, state, and national levels. <

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Petition: Prosecute Roman Polanski no excuses for celebrity pedophiles-(www.StopFamilyViolence.org)

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Petition: Prosecute Roman Polanski

no excuses for celebrity pedophiles

http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/481

go directly to petition

October marks the beginning of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Ironically, it also marks the time that  hundreds of celebrity pals of child rapist Roman Polanski have signed a petition asking that the charges against him be dropped. 

Roman Polanski raped a child.  Then a 43 year old man, he held a 13 year old girl against her will, drugged her and then vaginally and anally raped her.  To spare this traumatized young victim from the additional trauma of having to testify about what happened, the prosecutor offered Polanski  a plea bargain that allowed him to plead guilty to statutory rape.  Polanski then fled the country rather than face sentencing.

And more than 100 celebrities and thousands of others have signed a petition saying that's OK - he shouldn't be punished.

For anyone needing their awareness raised about how prevalent men's violence against women is, about how socially acceptable men's violence against women still is, about how invisible women's and children's human rights are....   it doesn't get any more blatant than this. 

This year, let's do more than raise awareness about men's violence against women.  Let's make a commitment to speak out against it, a commitment to speak up in support of survivors and justice and accountability.  Beginning right now.  With Roman Polanski. 
Sign the petition below demanding that Roman Polanski be prosecuted.

© 2009

Prosecute Roman Polanski

We, the Undersigned, are writing to demand that Roman Polanski be extradited and prosecuted. 

The law should not reward fugitives for their successful efforts to evade justice, nor should there be different standards of justice for the wealthy and powerful.

Your decision in this high profile case will send a message to all perpetrators and potential perpetrators about whether they they will be held accountable.   And it will send a message to all victims and potential victims (that is all women) about whether their safety and civil liberties will be protected or whether they can expect to be treated as second class citizens.  

We urge you to uphold justice, safety and women's equality by extraditing and prosecuting Roman Polanski.

Click here to sign the “Prosecute Roman Polanski” Petition!

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Kristin HANSON (mother who lost custody to the sexual perp/dad) Interviews with William Wagener

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4z_4Sgxy9M&feature=channel_page

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Kristin HANSON 1

 

Kristin HANSON, says her daughter at age 8 complained to a head shrinker Ms. Hanson took her to that her Dad, Jerry had "abused" her. Kristin had been the unfettered custodial parent with dad, Atty. Jerry Morgan, being a non-Custodial Dad. Kristin then found herself in a royal battle, spending over $200,000 on atty.s she borrowed from her Mom, $80,000 on 1 attorney, just trying to get to a JURY TRIAL, and after all that money and time of 6 years WITHOUT her daughter. Custody was reversed without CPS doing a real investigation, she says. Now her daughter 14 years old is becoming desperate and despondent. All CALLs are monitor, because MOM ran away with her when she was 8, because her daughter, she says did NOT want to go to Dads house. Now 6 years later and more than 1/4 million dollars later, she has ZERO custody, and only monitored taped phone contact.

If the original allegation of abuse was false, both she and her daughter have paid dearly, and grandmother too. If it was true, it proves the CPS is incapable or recognizing TRUE abuse, and doing the correct thing. INVESTIGATE and give a Jury trial. For lack of a Jury trial much suffering and waited money has occurred. If Atty. Jerry Morgan used his inside knowledge of the Court system and his BAR brotherhood with Kristin's atty. to avoid a jury TRIAL on the merits, then a crime has been committed, but what atty. would take on such a case to bring justice? None. that is the problem today. Its all about $$, not the best interests of the child.

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Kristin HANSON # 2

 

The LIVE TV show with Kristin HANSON about the loss of her 8 year old daughter six years ago continues. LIVE on TV with host William

WAGENER. After investigation of over 400 similar child custody cases, it seem obvious to Wagener, that the best thing, is to NOT take the child from ANY Parent until a JURY TRIAL, if already done, Mandate a Jury Trial within 10 days of taking a child. More than 20 million American Children today have been done MORE HARM from CPS actions, more have died from foster care or CPS actions than from the natural parents, be they good bad or in between. Abolish Federal Funding for VAWA, CAPTA, and similar programs. they distort justice.

BRING BACK JURY TRIALS, and have CPS workers who commit perjury do mandatory 7 year in Prison, and 7 years out working for to pay restitution to their victims.

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Kristin HANSON # 3

 

3rd of 3 video clips on Kristin HANSON's trauma of complaining about ABUSE by bio-DAD, via a head shrinker, Ms. Hanson trusted, and CPS failed to investigate properly Ms. Hanson, and court, gave custody to the DAD, implying Kristin Hanson was alienating daughter from DAD

without foundation. Yet, the Courts and attorney's who promised a JURY trial, after milking Kristin and her mother, grandmother of Rachel of over $250,000.oo never got a JURY trial on the merits after 6 years. One wonders, if EVEN a mildly "Abusive" parent, with 50% time would not be better than have ZERO Time with the good parent and feeding the cabal of greedy attorney endless stream of hard earned and saved money.

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Force Shared Parenting and Get More Domestic Violence Deaths: That’s a Rotten Deal!

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Force Shared Parenting and Get More Domestic Violence Deaths: That’s a Rotten Deal!

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Filed under: Activism, Best interest of the child, Child Custody, Child Custody Battle, Child Custody Issues, Child Custody Mediation, Child Custody for mothers, Child Protective Services, Child Support, Child custody for fathers, Coparenting, Custody for dads, Custody for moms, Divorce, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Relations, Domestic Violence, Familicide, Family Court Reform, Family Courts, Family Rights, Florida, Getting screwed by the politicians, Hate Crimes, Human Rights, Husbands who murder wives,Maternal Deprivation, Murder, Murder - Suicide, Murdered Mothers, Non-custodial Mothers, Noncustodial Mothers, Parental Alienation Syndrome, Shared Parenting, parental alienation — justice4mothers @ 8:55 pm

In Florida, where there is forced shared parenting now, the domestic violence homicides have increased 74% this year.  It is certain that neither the police, CPS or the courts will help.  Florida’s shared parenting bill was based on old English property laws that state that children are the property of the man per the analysis of the Shared Parenting Bill SB 2532.

Miami Dade police investigate apparent murder-suicide

Robert Samuels, The Miami Herald

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide that shook a pristine gated community in South Miami-Dade.  Fabiana Vespa, 21, and her 27-year-old boyfriend were found dead in a home in the 2800 block of Southwest 152nd Court on Sunday morning, said Miami-Dade Detective Alvaro Zabaleta. Both died of apparent gunshot wounds.

Police arrived at the house about 8 a.m. after getting a call about a domestic disturbance. Neighbor Ana Ruiz was inside her home when she heard helicopters circling the community.  “I looked outside and there was already yellow tape and fire-rescue was leaving with their lights flashing, but silently,”  Ruiz said.   “It’s so sad. They were a good family.”  Vespa’s morning responsibility was walking the dog, neighbors said.

She lived at the home with her mother and her grandmother. Her boyfriend spent a lot of time at house.  One of Vespa’s relatives was in the house during the shooting, but police would not say which one. That relative was not injured.  By 9 a.m., a crowd of neighbors gathered around the house as seven police cars surrounded the scene in the Venetian Isles community.

The incident was one of two murder-suicides in South Florida on Sunday. In Sunrise, a husband, his wife and their 13-year-old daughter were found dead about 2 a.m. Sunday.

In Miami-Dade, groups that work with domestic-abuse victims have cited a 74 percent increase in domestic-violence homicides and suicides this year.

That statistic became very real for Ruiz and her neighbors on Sunday.  “This is a very, very quiet neighborhood,” Ruiz said.   “We were surprised, and a few of us went to tell police how shocked we were.”

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Verizon Program To Provide Free Legal Services to Low-Income Victims of Domestic Violence

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Verizon Public Interest Fellowship Programhttp://media-newswire.com/release_1100763.html

Created with a $90,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the Verizon Public Interest Fellowship Program is a collaborative effort to provide free legal services to low-income victims of domestic violence and create a cadre of knowledgeable and experienced lawyers dedicated to helping those affected by domestic abuse.

(Media-Newswire.com) - Created with a $90,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, the Verizon Public Interest Fellowship Program is a collaborative effort to provide free legal services to low-income victims of domestic violence and create a cadre of knowledgeable and experienced lawyers dedicated to helping those affected by domestic abuse.

The program supports a Postgraduate Fellow and six Summer Fellows working in five agencies serving Newark and six New Jersey counties. Participating in the program along with Seton Hall Law School’s Center for Social Justice are:

Essex-Newark Legal Services

Partners for Women and Justice

Legal Services of New Jersey

Northeast New Jersey Legal Services

The Rachel Coalition

Manavi Inc.

WISE Women’s Center of Essex County College

For the victim of domestic violence, virtually every encounter with an attorney is a victory. They receive the safety and security that comes from knowing and pursuing their legal rights and the empowerment of moving forward as they start a new journey free from abuse. Thanks to funding provided by the Verizon Foundation, Seton Hall Law School students also have the opportunity to have a life-changing experience assisting others in need by receiving specialized training in family law with an emphasis on domestic violence representation as they work under the guidance of experienced lawyers in a paid Summer Fellowship position.

THE FACTS

According to the most recent State of New Jersey Domestic Violence Offense Report ( 2007 ), there were a total of 71,901 domestic violence cases reported in New Jersey in 2007; 26,192 of those occurred in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic and Union counties, the areas served by the Verizon Public Interest Fellowship Program.

Many victims of domestic violence are trapped in abusive relationships because they are financially dependent upon their abuser and lack the resources to seek independence.

Poverty leaves many women unable to obtain legal representation to gain protection from their abuser, leaving them at risk.

THE NEED

The demand for free or subsidized legal assistance to gain protection from an abuser far exceeds the availability of those services.

To attain safety and empowerment, domestic violence victims typically need legal services that fall under the rubric of family law, including restraining orders, divorce, child custody, and child and spousal support matters.

While many domestic violence victims are employed, many also lack the knowledge to effectively manage their finances.

THE MISSION

To meet the need for free legal services to assist low-income victims of domestic violence.

To provide Seton Hall Law students with training and experience in the practice of family law, with an emphasis on domestic violence representation.

To offer financial literacy and employment resources to assist with the rebuilding of lives.

To create a pipeline of pro bono attorneys and form a network of lawyers committed to a common goal.

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For further information, please contact Madeleine Kurtz, Associate Director of Public Interest at 973- 642-8242 / madeleine.kurtz@shu.edu.

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Wendy Murphy JD, Blasts Whoopi Goldberg –Roman Polanski Child Rapist

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“Thank you Wendy!!”

 

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AN OPEN LETTER TO WHOOPI GOLDBERG

Dear Whoopi;

Yesterday on "The View", you said Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to "unlawful sex with a minor", but that it wasn't "rape rape". So I've been wondering -

What the hell is "rape rape"?

I know you said your point was to articulate the nature of the crime to which he pleaded guilty - which, you said, was somehow DIFFERENT from "rape".

It isnt.

"Unlawful sex with a minor" IS the crime of child rape in California.

So again - I ask you - how is "rape rape" different from "rape"?

Regular folks understand "rape" to mean "sexual penetration without consent" - and of course, consent is irrelevant when the victim is a child.

The law says "rape" means: "sexual penetration".

The dictionary says "rape" is: "forced sexual intercourse".

No matter which definitional source you use, Whoopi, Polanski "raped" his victim.

So I'm trying to understand what you meant when you say it wasn't "rape rape".

Did you mean it wasn't "real rape"?

What wasn't "real" enough about the crime for you, Whoopi?

A 43 year old man forced his penis into a 13 year-old child's vagina - and then he forced his penis into her anus. How is this "rape", but not "rape rape"?

The victim was not only a child, she was also intoxicated because Polanski gave her booze and drugs before the crime. The child protested - told him to stop - but he continued. She was incapacitated to a point where she could barely walk, much less defend herself against her 43 year-old attacker. Is that enough for "rape rape", Whoopi?

What would have done it for you? If he'd used a knife - or jumped on her in a dark alley instead of a bed? If it had happened at a homeless shelter instead of the mansion of a famous Hollywood actor? If he'd had to remove a trench coat before committing the crime, rather than silk underwear from a fancy shop on Rodeo Drive?

What if the victim had been a little black girl from a triple decker in the poorest part of Los Angeles? Would that have been "rape rape", Whoopi? Or would you have still offered the same lame excuse you came up with on The View - that "people in other countries see things differently" when middle-aged men force themselves on children.

If it's true that 13 year-old kids in France are so disrespected they can anticipate being attacked by men - you can and should condemn the practice - not chalk it up to a "cultural difference" - as if to suggest that the United States might evolve one day to a period of enlightenment when we will be "liberated" enough to celebrate the sexual abuse of children.

Your audience is filed with women who need and deserve the empowerment potential in a show like yours. Cultural values are created, in part, through the dissemination of ideas. You had a chance to explain to millions of people why the personal autonomy, bodily integrity and liberty of all women and children is at stake when even one rapist is not held accountable for his actions. At a minimum, you could have explained how backward we really are in this country - and how the epidemic of rape and child sex abuse serves as a kind of domestic terrorism that interferes with the freedom of millions of people who are affected by the disproportionate failure of our legal system to redress sexual violence. According to a study submitted to Congress in support of the Violence Against Women Act in the 1990s, by then Senator Joseph Biden, only 2% of rapists spend even one day behind bars. Violence against women and children is grossly underreported and underprosecuted, and the data consistently shows that crimes against property are punished much more harshly than crimes against female bodies.

Rather than highlight this profound and pervasive injustice, you bemoaned the fact that Mr. Polanski was compelled to flee the United States after pleading guilty to child rape because he was about to go to jail for "a hundred years".

Many people would argue he deserved such a sentence, and under California law today, but not back then, drugging and raping a child would expose Mr. Polanski to a mandatory minimum term of 25 years. But because he was allowed to plead guilty to only one of six felonies with which he was originally charged - he faced no more than four years behind bars, and some reports say the judge intended to impose a sentence of only a few weeks of incarceration.

Mr. Polanski arrogantly decided that he shouldn't spend any time in jail, and he fled this country spinelessly for a nation he knew would not extradite him for his crime. If it's true, as has been reported, that he took off because he thought it was unfair that he should go to jail after his lawyer worked out a "no jail" deal with the prosecutor, he had a right to withdraw his guilty plea and go to TRIAL - not PARIS.

That Mr. Polanski would show such disrespect for this country's legal system is a reason to punish him MORE, not less, for his crime. It may be a decades-old case, but it bears stating the obvious that the law should not reward fugitives for their successful efforts to evade justice.

Nonetheless, Mr. Polanski is a man of wealth and power, and kids don't vote or have any money. Which is why people like you are so quick to say things that degrade children. Admit it Whoopi, you'd be talking out of the other side of your mouth if filmmaker Polanski were garbageman Polanski.

Next time, try reading the Constitution BEFORE speaking on this topic. There's nothing in there that says people of influence should not be held accountable for their crimes. In fact, try focusing on the 14th Amendment for a few minutes - especially the part about how all citizens are entitled to "equal protection" of the laws. Then try reading some of our most basic court decisions that discuss how the law is supposed to protect the weak, and deter the cunning.

You have a 13 year-old granddaughter, Whoopi. What does she call you? "Nana"? "Grandma"? What if she told you that she had been "raped" by a 45 year-old man who stripped her naked and then penetrated her private parts even as she cried "no". Would you correct her for using the word "rape"? Would you say, "sorry sweetheart - what happened to you was not a 'rape rape'".

No matter how hard some people try to make the crime seem harmless and full of gray areas - - it really is quite simple if you think about it the way someone famous once did: "rape is to sex what a punch in the mouth is to a kiss". Not all punches knock teeth out - but nobody ever says "it wasn't a 'punch punch'".

I will say one thing, Whoopi - in your defense. Maybe we SHOULD give up the term "rape" altogether, and start calling it "bodily enslavement". We could put it in the Constitution as a civil rights crime, rather than in the lowly statute books alongside shoplifting.

I'm thinking if we had initially codified the offense in law where it truly belongs - under the umbrella of fundamental liberty - you might have stopped yourself before saying "it wasn't a violation of civil rights civil rights".

Can you see how dumb that sounds, Whoopi?

I hope so - because you are an important voice for women and children and I want you to sound smart.

Yours truly,

Wendy Murphy

New England Law|Boston

POSTED BY WENDY MURPHY AT 8:59 PM

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The Family Court Mafia by MamaLiberty

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Just When You Think You’re Out, They Pull You Back In…

September 29, 2009 in Child Custody Issues, Child Custody for fathers, Children's Rights, Family Courts, activism, child abuse, domestic violence | Tags: aaron krzewinski,abused, abused children, abusers, abusive men, bad fathers, battered women,batterers, Carrie Silbernagel-Burke, corruption, court whores, CPS, custody, domestic abuse, domestic violence, Ed Burke, family court, family court corruption, father rights,frank m. calvert, government corruption, judge david miron, judge richard delforge,Judges, killer fathers, marinette county, maternal deprivation, misogynists, mother,mother rights, mothers, oconto county, parental alienation, pedophiles, protective parent, Rape, restraining orders, sexual abuse, stalkers, stupid men, Title IV Grants,violence against women, women haters

Do you spend time with your family? Good. Because a man that doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. Don Corleone

FAMILY COURT A.K.A. ORGANIZED CRIME IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD.

CHILDREN AND MOTHERS ARE VICTIMIZED EVERYDAY BY THE “GOODFELLAS” THAT RUN IT.

LET’S BREAK DOWN ALL THE CRIMINALS THAT BELIEVE THAT THE BEST INTERESTS FOR CHILDREN IS TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER, USUALLY THE MOTHER, AND PLACING THEM IN THAT HANDS OF ABUSERS, USUALLY FATHERS.

THE FLAWED FAMILY COURT SYSTEM STARTS OUT WITH A JUDGE OR “GODFATHER” WHO TAKES HIS CUES FROM HIS CONSIGLIERE OR GUARDIAN AD LITEM. EVEN THOUGH THE GODFATHER ULTIMATELY MAKES THE DECISIONS HE RELIES HEAVILY ON WHAT HE SAYS.

THE UNDERBOSS OR FAMILY COURT COMMISSIONER IS USUALLY THE ONE WHO CARRIES OUT THE ACTIONS OF THE GODFATHER AND CONSIGLIERE, ALTHOUGH HE’S NOT A REAL “JUDGE” HE’S APPOINTED BY HIS GODFATHER.

NOW IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE “CRIME FAMILY” THEY NEED THE HELP OF THE “CAPOS” WHO ARE LAWYERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, MEDIATORS AND ANY OTHER COURT WHORE WHO TAKES MONEY IN EXCHANGE FOR LOOKING OUT FOR THE “BEST INTERESTS” OF YOUR CHILD(REN), THE ONES THAT MAKE YOU AN OFFER YOU CAN’T REFUSE.

THESE CAPOS ARE IN CHARGE OF THE “SOLDIERS” WHO CARRY OUT ORDERS THAT COME DOWN DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM “THE GODFATHER”.

IN A SMALL COUNTY IN WISCONSIN THERE IS SUCH A SET UP OF MAFIOSOS THAT PILFER AND PILLAGE GOOD PARENTS BY TAKING THEIR MONEY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEIR CHILDREN.

THIS ORGANIZATION IS KNOWN AS OCONTO COUNTY FAMILY COURT WHICH IS AIDED AND ABETTED BY ANOTHER CRIME FAMILY, MARINETTE COUNTY FAMILY COURT.

THE GODFATHERS, EITHER JUDGE RICHARD DELFORGE OR JUDGE DAVID MIRON AND THEIR UNDERBOSSES, FCC FRANK M. CALVERT AND FRANCIS BOYLE DO EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THE PROTECTIVE PARENT (MOTHER) PAYS DEARLY, MOSTLY IN MONEY BUT ESPECIALLY IN FEAR.

THEY INTIMIDATE, THREATEN AND EVEN GO AS FAR AS RIPPING LOVING PARENTS AWAY FROM CHILDREN WHO BEG NOT TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE ABUSER (THE FATHER).

THIS CRIME FAMILY HAS ONE OBJECTIVE AND THAT IS TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR ALL OF THEIR FRIENDS. THE POPULAR CONSIGLIERE AND “GOLDEN BOY” OF GUARDIAN AD LITEMS, AARON KRZEWINSKI, IS ALMOST ALWAYS HANDPICKED BY HIS UNDERBOSS AND/OR GODFATHER. HE’S THE ONE THAT SMILES TO YOUR FACE, ACTS INDIFFERENT AND NEVER DOES HIS JOB. EVEN WHEN HIS JOB DETAILS THAT HE MUST MAKE SURE THERE IS NO HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WITH A LAW ENACTED ENTAILING,

“a rebuttable presumption against awarding a parent joint or sole legal custody if the court finds that the parent has engaged in a pattern or serious incident of abuse.”

click here for a .pdf file of Act 130

he apparently doesn’t make use of the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access as a tool to actually DO his job, which would provide him with details of patterns of abuse, but that matters not to the Consigliere, he wants to keep the Godfather and Underboss happy because those are the men that send business his way.

But at the end of the day when all the Mafiosos gather to play poker, drink beer above lawyer/ wannabe Godfather, Ed Burkes’ law office and think of new ways to keep them all rich and in jobs, including his child protection worker wife, they don’t realize the ramifications of all of their actions collectively as a organized crime organization.

What all the crime families/Family Courts don’t know or realize is that a lot of intelligent, strong and persistent Mothers are not going to let them get away with their crimes any longer. The truth is out and the line in the sand is drawn…because I’m not going to shut up, give up or go away!

WORD TO THE WISEGUYS….THE RICO ACT ISN’T JUST FOR LA COSA NOSTRA ANYMORE!

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Dad wants visitation w. 3-month-old baby, So He Shoots GF's Father, Brother, then self

Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Whos Killing Families?.

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http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_webcustody29.f8faba.html

Custody battle becomes shooting

07:20 AM PDT on Tuesday, September 29, 2009

An infant custody dispute turned bloody when a man shot his girlfriend's father and brother at a home in Valinda, then fled from pursuing deputies, stormed into a second home and shot himself in the head, authorities said today.

Three people were hospitalized today with gunshot wounds, including the alleged gunman, who was listed in serious condition, said Lt. Pete Cacheiro, a watch commander at the Los Angeles County sheriff's Industry station.

The shootings were first reported as "a man with a gun call" at 6:46 p.m. Monday in the 16200 block of Benwick Street in Valinda, between West Covina and Industry, Cacheiro said.

Bryan Ornelas, 21, of Chino was arguing with his girlfriend, Stephanie Rizo, 20, about visitation rights regarding their 3-month-old infant, when Ornelas pulled a handgun and shot Rizo's 40-year-old father and her 16-year-old brother, both in their left arms, Cacheiro said.

As a sheriff's helicopter hovered overhead, deputies in patrol cars arrived moments later as a black Dodge Charger sped away on Benwick, Cacheiro said.

The deputies pursued the Dodge a half-mile to the 1600 block of Mullender Avenue, where Ornelas got out of the Dodge and ran into a home, Cacheiro said.

Owners of the home then rushed outside. Deputies went in and found the man suffering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, a handgun nearby, Cacheiro said.

Ornelas was taken to a hospital and listed in serious condition early today, Cacheiro said.

Rizo's father and teen-aged brother were hospitalized and considered stable, Cacheiro said. Rizo and the baby were not injured.

--City News Service

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Judge David Bruns; A Topeka Child Abuse Profiteer and Batterer Criminal Rewards Awarder- Named to board

Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] I will not SHUT UP , GIVE UP and I WONT go away!!.

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http://cjonline.com/news/state/2009-09-29/topeka_optimist_named_to_board

A known Judge who severs contact between battered mothers and their children, while REWARDING the BATTERER gets another appointment.. how many kids did you kill for this Judge Bruns?? (a Topeka Optimist good fucking god!)

Topeka Optimist named to board

BY THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

September 29, 2009 - 1:01pm

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - David Bruns, a District Court Judge for Kansas and founder of the Topeka-Shawnee County Youth Court, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Optimist International.

His three-year term begins Thursday.

For more than 25 years, Bruns has been involved with Optimist International, an organization that aims to "bring out the best in kids" by conducting positive service projects that reach more than six million young people each year. He was elected to the organization's board of directors by delegates at the 2009 Optimist International Convention in Kissimmee, Fla.

In addition to many years of service to children in Topeka, Bruns has been active at all levels of the international organization since first joining the White Lakes Optimist Club of Topeka in 1983. Bruns was the White Lakes Club's secretary/treasurer in 1987-1988 and followed that with a year as president in 1988-1989.

While Bruns was president, his club was recognized at the international level for its accomplishments. Bruns moved up to the district level in 1991-1992 as a lieutenant governor and was governor in 1997-1998, when the Kansas District received the highest honors possible for its progress.

For the international organization, Bruns served as an international vice president in 2004-2005. From 2006 to 2008, he served as chairman of the committee that oversees Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI), the organization's youth component.

He also just completed a year as chairman of a committee that focuses on membership growth and retention. Bruns has served on international committees for governance and activities as well as a convention committee when the organization's convention took place in Kansas City in 2003. He continues to lead volunteers in workshops at the convention each year as well.

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