John has an old friend from Peterson High School named Roger Brozinich. Roger was once part of an independent "Civil Rights Task Force" of sorts, with a mission of promoting Civil Rights in and around Santa Clara County. While involved in this task force; Roger saw first hand what lengths law enforcement will go to squelch dissent; as Santa Clara County has a long history of lax Civil Rights enforcement (Roger was once placed in jail cell overnight; in a sense molested by being stripped of his clothes naked as punishment -- Roger can be considered an expert witness regarding Johns' situation; Roger can be reached @ 1-408-244-3389).
Due to Rogers' extensive experience regarding negative experiences with local law enforcement; what John has experienced involving Civil Rights violations is obviously nothing new; as it has been an accepted practice here in Santa Clara County for a very long time.
Roger has an excellent legal mind; and Roger has been helping John avoid convoluting his testimony to keep it on point and therefore on track. (In fact; if Roger were allowed to represent John in court; Roger could easily win the case for John); leading to this point:
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blakes' order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. And because of this singular event; a protest movement began that exists to this day. But this event did not transpire only for the benefit of African Americans; this singular event pointed to the need for ALL PEOPLE to be protected equally; that we could not consider ourselves to be a civilized society until Civil Rights were addressed.
Freedom of speech and non-violence is the focal point of Civil Rights; and President Obama ran on a platform of Civil Rights protections; but John has not enjoyed or experienced the same kind of protections others have experienced during the Obama administrations' tenure. (because actions speak louder than words) In fact; the very first day President Obama was elected; John went down to the Santa Clara police department to gather files regarding his abuse and mistreatment; thinking President Obama was going to be some kind of MLK reincarnated or something. But this clearly has not occurred; as it was apparently all talk.
Furthermore; JOHN HAS NOT MERELY BEEN DENIED A BUS SEAT! John has IN FACT been attacked SEVERAL TIMES! (go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRVG-rWpemk&list=UU13_WfEgp0MBd6w_RqN1oug&index=6); as well as denied a seat at a local bar where he attended for 10 years without incident AFTER HE WAS ATTACKED BY SOMEONE WHO HAD MADE SEVERAL PRIOR CRIMINAL THREATS TOWARDS JOHN WITH NO ACTION TAKEN BY THE STAFF OTHER THAN EVASIVE ACTION (SOMEONE WHO IS STILL EMPLOYED BY THE BAR); AND/OR ATTACKED ABOUT 15 OTHER TIMES WITH NO ARRESTS MADE; ETC ETC ETC!?!
But after five years of bringing attention to this subject since the 2008 presidential election; the Obama administration has taken NO ACTION to correct what has transpired. John even called the FBI public corruption hotline NUMEROUS TIMES with no action taken on their part to correct the situation. And the only person who took action; a now ex-CIA agent who actually cared enough to help John; but was then reprimanded and fired for doing so (!?!); and now afraid to speak out.
(Note: shortly after the September 11th, 2001 attacks; the FBI admitted to 25 years of actively destabilizing activists [source: ACLU]; and especially African American and/or black activists. And with the passing of the USA Patriot Act; THIS DIRTY LITTLE SECRET WAS MADE INTO LAW)
IN RETROSPECT; what John has experienced here is much like
what women used to often experience in the recent past (and sometimes no doubt still experience to this day in some places); being rebuffed after going to the police for help
after being assaulted; but while women have been vocal about this and
brought change; most men continue to be silent and therefore violently attacked. When a woman is attacked; it
is almost never seen as being her fault; BUT WHEN A MAN IS ATTACKED; there is almost always a
double-standard where the man is more often than not blamed for causing the attack. So much progress needs to be made in this area;
understanding that most civilized men want nothing to do with violence;
therefore they should not have to deal with it in their lives in any form whatsoever.
