2049 [When I first
posted this- I added the names and addresses of the events- this post redacted
those from the public version. But I still felt it was important to post it].
WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE
EAR- SHOUT ON THE MOUNTAINS [2nd post on this subject- 5 more to
come-].
THE POOR AMONG MEN SHALL REJOICE- FOR THIERS IS THE KINGDOM
OF GOD
This
week I want to cover some of the police abuse cases that have been reported to
me since I have told the local homeless population that it was time to document
any illegal activity that they know about.
At
the end I want to tell a story of how harassment works- and effects people.
But
first.
Last
time I posted I simply wanted to document little cases- how it works.
Today
I want to report cases- things that have been reported to me- that rise to the
level of Felony indictments.
At
the start- I want to say I DO NOT KNOW if these cases are valid- when the local
guys have come to me I told them flat
out ‘I DO NOT WANT REPORTS UNLESS YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE REAL- I NEED NAMES AND
EVENTS THAT CAN BE INVESTIGATED’.
Ok-
first.
It
had been reported that Officer [redacted] told [redacted] [Lives in Flour
Bluff- C.C. Tx.] ‘LEAVE THE BLUFF- OR I
WILL MAKE YOU DISAPPEAR’.
If
this is true- it would be in the category of a terroristic threat.
I
asked the person who reported this to me- ARE YOU SURE!
He
told me that [redacted] did tell others at the time- and he’s afraid to go to
the cops because [redacted] might do something.
[Note-
the reason I’m posting this is because this is not the first time I heard that
this officer has threatened people to ‘leave the bluff and don’t come back’- it
seems to be a 25 year pattern].
The
other case involves [redacted].
Here
where I live there’s a local gang that goes by the name of the AB’s.
It
has been reported to me that [redacted] went to his place- a trailer park
located at [redacted] Corpus Christi Tx.- and took the guns that were stored
there.
I
asked the person who reported this to me ‘was it in his official capacity-
simply confiscating illegal weapons’.
He
believes he took them for either personal use [re-sale?] or to give them back
to the gang.
3rd
case.
I
want to be careful here- and I debated about adding this one in.
When
the guys on the street found out that I was collecting cases- this is one that
I have heard for many years [20?].
So I
knew this has been talked about for a long time.
It
has been reported to me that [I redacted this one]
This story has been around for a very long
time.
2
things- if this is not true [as well as the other cases] then GOOD!
Let’s
put an end to the story then.
I
only mention this one because the people on the street feel like over the years
this might have been used to cause[ redacted] to either not report crimes
[because of black mail].
[redacted
stuff here]
Now-
when stuff like this happens- people respond in various ways.
You
hide- or get very mad.
I
got very mad.
[redacted
stuff]
Sure
enough- Huey got arrested- and a couple of days later- Mark Baker.
Mark
was [is] a cook at the local mission.
He
was arrested on the charge of the murder of Sam More [look it up- it was Feb.
2013- I think the 6th homicide of last year?]
Now-
you would think ‘gee John- this sounds strange- after all- he did murder
someone’.
No
he didn’t- it was indeed a false arrest.
You
must understand- at this point- I began to believe all the stories about [redacted
name]
[redacted]
Mark
was plastered all over the news- and Walla- they let him go 3 days later.
The
way the media explained it was ‘oh gee- we made a mistake.’
I
recently met the actual guy [who was later arrested and they did not indict].
He
looks nothing like Mark.
This
was all over the news!
Mark
Baker was working with me at the time- he would give us extra food that Timons
couldn’t use- I would take it to the halfway house.
ROGER-
I have known Roger for around 25 years.
Roger
is a local drunk who [redacted] hates.
A
few years ago Roger- drunk- cursed at [redacted] while drunk and threatened
him.
[redacted]
charged him with a terroristic threat- and Roger did 4 and a half years in
prison.
Roger
is harmless [there are others who indeed are not].
Roger
used the same sort of language that [redacted] has reportedly used on others-
hundreds [thousands?] of times.
Yet
for one instance- Roger did over 4 years in prison [This is what I posted about
the other day- God hates unjust scales- when the law is not applied evenly]
During
my experience with [redacted]- the ‘huffing and puffing’ action described
above.
I
read a verse at the time ‘I WILL DELIVER THE POOR FROM HIM WHO PUFFS AT THEM’.
Years
ago at the fire dept. I told a good friend
‘You
can put in your time- do your best- but if you work under a captain that takes
out his problems on the fire fighters- then it’s hard. Just work your shift-
and after 24 hours- you go home’.
As I
went thru [and continue] this experience.
Someone
who knows about [redacted] told me he used to get bullied in school.
He
is a local kid [man].
Went
to the bluff schools and all.
Over
the years- to be honest- some of what I hear the guy’s say- when they are
dealing with him.
It
seems like some of this might be true.
Guys
have told me [redacted] will argue with them ‘you will respect this badge!’
And
stuff like that.
Hell-
I wouldn’t’ engage with them [if I were the cop].
I’d
just arrest you- and that’s that.
It
gave me the same ‘feel’ of when I told the guys at the Fire Dept. ‘just put up
with the captain [if he is like this] and when you leave- your home’.
I
get the sense that [redacted] is sort of like that.
This
week I just give you a few cases- the serious ones are being documented and
sent to the proper authorities.
When
some of my friends heard that [redacted] was ‘looking for me’.
They
gave me advice ‘oh- get a different car- don’t come out during the day’.
That’s
how harassment works.
Some
have said ‘John- it’s like I’m living in a police state’.
WHISTLER
[Don]
The
other day my buddy Whistler told me about his experience with [redacted]
Now-
to understand the pettiness- but also relentless harassment- this story fits.
Whistler
was riding his bike on the sidewalk one day [there must be more John- I mean
surely cops aren’t out to get bike riders!]
There
is!
Whistler
‘whistled’ at another person as he rode by [redacted] car.
[redacted]
put the lights on- and yeah- was in hot pursuit.
For
what?
The
guys on the streets have lots to deal with- I’m sure the cops are looking for
gang activity- or a drug thing- right?
[redacted]
had 3 possible- severe- violations.
1- Riding
a bike on a sidewalk
2- Having
no rear light
3- Possible
‘assault’
Huh?
During
this serious incident- something touched [redacted] on the back- he accused Don
of assaulting him.
With
a leaf [this is really quite unbelievable].
A
leaf fell on him from a tree.
Of
course the assault would be a felony- that was dropped.
Oh-
I forgot- one violation was not using a turn signal [hand] while turning.
Each
one of these violations- beside the assault- are about 150 bucks.
So-
for all 3 [no reflector- no hand signal- and riding on the sidewalk] your
facing a 500 dollar set back.
The
homeless don’t have that kind of money.
This
is not the first time I have heard this- there are hundreds of these stories.
John-
you must be fibbing.
That’s
what’s sad- this is true!
Normally
the guys don’t make it to court- so they lose the case- have no money for a
fine.
And
yes- the city puts out a warrant for you.
Then
[redacted] has you out on a warrant- and the saga goes on.
Whistler-
to [redacted] surprise- went to court.
What
happened?
The
judge thought it was laughable- and asked Don if he could pay 20 and end it.
He
did.
Now-
all the time and money on this.
And
this cop will wait for you- and do it again- for 20 years.
This
is the flavor of harassment.
WHOSOEVER
SHALL GATHER TOGETHER AGAINST THEE SHALL FALL FOR THY SAKE
NOTE-
Let me make a note here. As I listened to these stories over 25 years. I really
got the sense that [redacted] sort of sees his job like I mentioned above [the
fire dept example].
You
master every possible violation of the law- what in biblical terms you call
‘the letter of the law’. Then you use this knowledge- and badge- to go after
those you deem unworthy to live in your area.
When
this cop engages with these guys- using the same language.
Then
one day- arrests one of them on a terroristic threat and puts them in prison
for 4 and a half years.
It’s
not funny.
He
seems [and what I sense] to kind of be- in a way- one of them.
Having
grown up in the area- all the guys having lots of instances like this.
He
has become comfortable with it.
Possibly
to the degree that some serious crimes- committed by him- he seems to have a
sense of impunity.
If
you engage in this same language [I’ll make you disappear- etc.]
Someone
like myself- does not see it as a game at all.
Do I
have to now worry that my kids might go to jail because they rode their bike
without using hand signals?
I
don’t see any of this as a game at all.
Hopefully
my documenting all this will put an end to it.
Recently
our Police Dept. did a big public campaign on how they are not going to respond
to minor events.
So
they could put more cops on the street for serious crimes.
I
applaud our new chief- I think he’s doing a good job.
But
then to have a cop like this- tying up the system for the ‘bike event’ seems
counterproductive to say the least.
BILL
Bill
volunteers at the mission where I meet the homeless.
Bill
is an injured vet- around 62 years old [ If I remember I’ll post his pic on
FaceBook]
I
met him a few years ago- very nice guy.
I
was helping at a food ministry on the other side of town one day.
I
met some guy I never knew before.
He
asks me if I know Bill- from the Bluff.
‘Sure-
he’s a great guy’.
Once
again [out of thousands of stories] he says to me
‘You
know [redacted] gave Bill a 150 dollar ticket- for not using the Crosswalk’.
Bill
has a leg injury- and drags his foot.
Bill
had a hard time walking to the crosswalk- and instead cut under the overpass
[on his way to volunteer his time at the mission].
Got
busted- with a 150 dollar fine.
He
was saving up for an apt. - it set him back a month or 2.
[NOTE-
Iv’e since spoken to Bill and asked him about this story- it did indeed happen
like I wrote it- but- it was another cop. I could have simply left it as
written- because it was reported to me that way- but- I want to be honest with
these- so this example was not [redacted].
All
of these examples- are to me- true harassment.
Once
again- the cop will park- wait- watch.
Do
it again- over and over- yeah- it becomes oppressive after a while.
Why
does he do this?
He
has said- thousands of times- that he wants to rid the bluff of the homeless-
and the ministries that help them.
This
is no secret- he has reportedly threatened them thousands of times.
Just
one time should have been enough for a terroristic threat.
He
has been doing this for 25 years- it’s time for it to stop.
‘And
they journeyed- and those who were around them did not pursue after the sons
any more- for the terror of God was on them’ [when you finally document stuff-
those who have a history of harassing the poor will stop].
‘For
the oppression of the poor- for the sighing of the needy now will I arise saith
the Lord- I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him’
‘He
will regard the prayer of the poor and not despise their prayer’
RACISM-
This report came to me from an older lady- whose daughter was an addict.
It
happened a few years back- but I never wrote on it.
The
woman [who I know to be honest] told me she met a nice Black man at the pool.
As
they spoke- he gave her an account where 2 cops- seeing him walking- followed
him and repeatedly said ‘what you doing here Nigger- don’t you know Niggers
don’t belong here’. The man told the lady that he just kept walking- agreeing
with the cops. He knew they were trying to cause him to react. I add this
because I never wrote on it- and being I’m sending these out- I wanted to
document it. [I don’t know the names of the cops- but it was not [redacted].
A
few things;
Because
I heard- well let me say- it’s ‘more’ than just heard.
I
have spent the majority of my life with street guys.
Over
the years I have taken them out to eat- had them at the house [many have slept
here during tough times- Huey had some busted ribs- spent a few days in a room
for the street guys].
[As
a matter of fact- as I write- Huey is sitting here- watching Shawshank
Redemption]
So
these thousands of stories- ‘[redacted] did this- threatened so and so’.
These
stories came to me right after the incidents.
It
did indeed always bother me- I felt I needed to write on it.
Over
the years- I used to kid a friend of mine- a street guy.
Whenever
I mentioned the police- he never cursed- or got angry [well it was Henry- a
good Christian man who is homeless].
There
just came a sense of oppression on him.
You
might think I’m going overboard- by sending all these documents out to just
about every outside law agency in the country.
But-
in a real way- this needs to end this year.
In the coming weeks I’m collecting just a few
of the accounts that rise to the level of a federal crime.
A
cop can’t continually use language like ‘ leave- never come back- I’ll make you
disappear’.
Thousands
of cases over 25 years.
THE
NET THAT HE LAID TO TRAP THE POOR HATH CAUGHT HIMSELF
HE
HATH SAID ‘NO ONE WILL SEE’
THE
LORD GOD OF THE HOMELESS SAYS GO
[
redacted] He reported to me that Officer [redacted] told him to leave the Bluff
and never move back- if so- he would arrest him without cause. Hugh’s testimony
to me is that’s exactly what happened. Let’s find out.
NOTE- Before I posted this- I sent multiple copies
out- including Eric Holder- the U.S. attorney General- Governor Rick Perry-
Greg Abbot- Texas Att. General- just to name a few.
NOTE;
This
week- as I have been getting the names and addresses of these cases.
I
also am praying about how much we should post- and mail out.
Why?
Aren’t
you simply reporting what the guys are telling you?
Yes.
At
the same time- I don’t want this site to simply be a sounding board for
disgruntled guys.
As
of now I think I’m going to redact some from the public version of this post
[above].
One
I’m not going to post- because even though I have heard this story the most- It
would be too personally damaging to [redacted]
I
think it probably happened- but for now I’m just going to drop that.
Yesterday
I had a good home meeting at our halfway house.
I
was [am] pretty sick right now- think I must have the flu.
Was
dead tired yesterday- had no plans on a meeting.
But
John David texted [my partner in the halfway house].
And
he was wanting to do the meeting.
I
teach/pray for the guys.
We
had a good meeting- I brought the usual guys from the Bluff- and another old
friend of David’s who he used to do meth with years ago.
Chris
Mcusker was not there- he’s a good old boy- studied for the priesthood at Notre
Dame- as his brother Jude.
Chris
is a severe alcoholic.
He’s
been in and out of our halfway house a few times.
Real
smart- good guy.
The
guys told me he was back in the ICU unit- again.
He’s
even been on his death bed a few times this past year.
Then
he always seems to recover.
As I
left the meeting- dead tired [thought I was gonna pass out- almost hit a car in
the HEB parking lot- and sober!]
But
I wanted to stop at Memorial Hospital and pray for Chris.
I
seen him- he’s on a respirator- I think he’s not going to make it this time.
I
said a short prayer- committed his soul to God- and blessed my buddy- maybe for
the last time.
In a
way- we [me- the ministry stuff I do] we are all- along with the cops- trying
to achieve the same goal.
We
want to stop crime.
If
we can get some of the guys to recover- to change- then that prevents crime.
But
in many cases [the bike story- the injured vet] when the law comes against them
in petty ways like this [heck- the cop should have given the inured vet a ride-
not a 150 dollar ticket for heaven’s sake!]
It
defeats the purpose- it sets the guys back from moving forward with their lives.
As
of now- I’ll post this post.
Maybe
this will be enough for people to see some of what goes on behind the scenes.
I
don’t write these things to get even with [Redacted] [though I think some of
the many reports I have been getting might be for this reason].
I
write these things so he- all- can get a better grasp on the total picture.
Last
year I told people ‘you don’t know- this cop will arrest you for nothing- if he
has a grudge’.
Most
people thought that never happens- now you can see- at times this does indeed
happen.
When I do these posts- I start at the
beginning of the week- and as the week moves ahead- I pray about what to leave
in- and what to take out.
I
try to hear God ‘do you want me to post- do you want me to delete the whole thing’.
I
always leave that option open.
Yesterday
I read Psalms 85- it says ‘Mercy and Truth shall meet together’.
I felt the Lord said ‘John- I want you to post
the truth about this stuff- but do it in mercy’
So-
I’m trying- very hard- to strike a balance here.
I’ll
end with one last example.
Last
year I felt like the Lord was going to let me deal with this- but I knew it
would take time- and I actually didn’t want to deal with it.
In
another post I mentioned how I collect the prayers of the prisoner.
When
[redacted] charged Roger with a terroristic threat- for the same language that
he has reportedly used on the guys- I was mad.
Roger
was charged with the same crime as if you were indeed a terrorist.
Roger
is a harmless drunk.
I
have been running into Roger these past few months.
One
day I asked him- remember- I’m ‘collecting’ these guys prayers in a way.
‘Roger-
when [redacted] put you in prison for 4 years- what did you pray’.
Roger-
at first- said ‘no- you can’t know- don’t ask me’.
Then
he said ‘John- I prayed for [redacted]- I even prayed for Mendoza’s wife
[another cop] when she was sick’.
Yeah-
mercy and truth met together.
NOTE-
Let me give you an example of how posting/ writing letters has an effect.
Last
year- right before I ‘moved’ back to New Jersey.
John
David [Huey’s brother] called me ‘Yeah- had to bail out my brother Huey last
night- [redacted] busted him’.
David
told me the story- some trespassing violation at stripes.
Supposedly
Danny Gil made a complaint on Huey- Huey hit him a few weeks before [even
though Gil hits people all the time!]
Anyway-
Huey got busted [I wrote this above].
I did write letters- complaining about it-
sent them to the chief [Huey told me that he did not have a no trespassing in
place any more- they expire after 2 years.]
About
a week later- Huey comes by.
Now- I know Huey ‘talks’ to [redacted]-
everyone knows this.
It
was kinda funny- to be honest.
Huey-
for some strange reason- went on about his arrest- but he added a caveat-
Yeah
John- ‘when Officer MENDOZA arrested me last week’
He
went on- about 15 times- and said ‘when Mendoza arrested me’.
He
said ‘I asked him- why did you arrest me’ [now- at this point I knew [redacted]
probably asked Huey to tell me this].
Huey
said ‘Mendoza’ told him ‘we just want to get the street people off the street-
it hurts the tourism- value of the properties- etc.’ [though this was a fake
story about Huey’s arrest- yet old Freud can be seen here- I think this is
indeed one of the reasons [redacted] goes after the guys].
I think
[redacted] probably got a note from the chief ‘hey- John’s mad’ [I was irate in
my letter about all of this- and Hueys arrest was part of it].
And
[redacted] simply wanted me to think he didn’t make the arrest.
But-
I knew it was [redacted]
As a
matter of fact- when I got back from New Jersey- Huey brought something up at
the halfway house- and I said ‘who arrested you again’.
He
almost slipped- then couldn’t think of what ‘other’ name he used in the story
he told me 3 months ago [see- I’m more of a detective then Huey! Plus- Meth
effects the mind].
Then-
I kinda snapped ‘Huey- I know who the f— arrested you- and were gonna deal with
it this year’.
The
guys saw my ‘demeanor’ change.
Andy-
Huey’s brother- said ‘Gee- I see you’re still paranoid about [redacted]’
Yeah-
I have a temper problem.
But-
it shows you that my one simple letter- did get results.
Huey
did say ‘you know John- the cops don’t even look at me when they drive by now’.
I
have more of an advantage to write on this stuff- because my ministry is unique
in a way.
I
live with these guys- hear stuff- and people do tell me stuff.
I
also see- that even though Huey is one of the guys that has been on the ‘bad
side’ of it.
Yet-
he was doing this favor for [redacted]- trying to get John to ‘calm down’.
THIS
SHALL BE WRITTEN FOR THE GENERATION TO COME FOR HE HATH LOOKED DOWN FROM THE
HEIGHT OF HIS SANCTUARY TO HEAR THE GROANING OF THE PRISONER TO LOOSE THOSE
THAT ARE APPOINTED TO DEATH
THOU
SHALT KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH SENT ME UNTO THEE
FOR
HE THAT TOUCHETH THE POOR TOUCHETH THE APPLE OF HIS EYE
HE
WILL REGUARD THE PRAYER OF THE POOR AND NOT DESPISE THEIR PRAYER
I
WILL CONTEND WITH HIM THAT CONTENDS WITH THEE AND I WILL SAVE THY CHILDREN
[POOR]
NOTE-
‘John- are you trying to get even- or being petty by making this public’?
I’ve
prayed about this- I even sent a letter and email to the local chief when I saw
the pattern.
Many
of the guys who have experienced this- even actual threats- are simply afraid
to say anything- that’s part of harassment.
You
view- not just one cop- but all- thru this lens.
They
don’t want to go to the police- they don’t view them as a source of help-
because one of them is pursuing them like this on a daily basis [bike example].
When
the Trayvon Martin case came up- as a blogger- I took the side of Trayvon and
his mom [who was a Christian].
I
lost many readers at the time.
During
the trial- one of Trayvon’s friends said ‘we [Black people] don’t call the
police- we see them in a different way’.
When
any community of people [Black- Poor- etc.] have a history of being harassed-
this creates in them a negative view of all of them.
When
you try to address it at the local level- multiple times- and it gets worse-
then you go to the next step[note- there was indeed an initial result- when I
first sent a letter to the chief- I’m sure he talked with the cop. But then he
started doing it again. Understand- harassment- like any other ‘sin’ is
addictive- at times- you cant help yourself. But- when a cop engages with the
guys like this- both sides- getting ‘use’ to it- then boom- Roger does 4.5
years in prison- no longer a game.
Before
I posted this- I sent this letter out to multiple agencies- including Eric
Holder- the U.S. attorney General.
Like
I said when we started this- we want to put an end to it- this year.
HE
THAT LEAD INTO CAPTIVITY SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY- HERE IS THE PATIENCE AND
FAITH OF THE SAINTS
THEY
OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF THEIR TESTIMONY
GOD
RULES IN THE COURTS OF MEN
EVERY
WORD SPOKEN IN THIS COURT [GOD’S COURT] WILL COME TO LIGHT
YOU
HAVE NO POWER [AUTHORITY] OVER ME EXCEPT WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN YOU
AFETR
3 AND A HALF DAYS THEY STOOD UPON THEIR FEET AND GREAT FEAR FELL UPON THEM THAT
SAW THEM
THERE
WAS GIVEN HIM A REED LIKE UNTO A ROD- AND WITH IT HE WILL JUDGE THE NATIONS
WOE-
WOE- WOE- FOR THE OTHER ANGELS WHICH ARE YET TO SOUND
Note-
Do me a favor, those who read/like the posts- re-post them on other sites as
well as the site you read them on. Thanks- John. Don’t forget to scroll down on
the timeline [FaceBoook] - I have posted lots.