Blacks must tread softly in New Jersey

Amsterdam News ^ | 08.16.07 | ALTON H. MADDOX JR.

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Any reputable, criminal profiler will tell you that an execution-style shooting involving multiple victims will, invariably, include missiles and a message. It will also involve victims and a target. These are the earmarks of state-sponsored or state-tolerated terrorism.

The recent executions of three Black college students in Newark meet these criteria. They attended Delaware State University. A fourth youth survived a gunshot wound to the head. This was not a botched robbery, and the Black community in Newark needs a Black detective, like in the Tawana Brawley case, to side step a cover-up. Assuming arguendo that the murder suspect, Jose Carranza, was the ringleader in these terroristic acts, he may be convicted of murder, but he will never serve a day in prison. The first clue is the fact that he was originally given bail after these executions. Bail would be unavailable to any Black executioner.

The prison industrial complex is a maze, and there is enough cover for Carranza to flee the cuckoo’s nest, especially since he is an “illegal immigrant” enjoying apparent diplomatic immunity. Today, many prisons are privatized and they ship human cargo in intestate commerce to accommodate state mischief.

To be sure, the criminal justice system is coddling Carranza. An “illegal immigrant” is a misnomer. Carranza is, by definition, contraband. If the government seized two hundred pounds of cocaine, there would be a major investigation if a property clerk were unable to locate the contraband. Similarly, bail was unavailable to enslaved Africans. The United States and New Jersey have carved out a revolving door for Carranza. New Jersey grand juries have indicted him, at least, twice this year. He walked both times with low amounts of bail, which are even generous by standards enumerated by the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

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It doesnt’t work. I remember schundler going to all the projects and black neighborhoods touting the school choice programs he had to offer. He lost by a landslide.

He tried hope. Fear and envy are far stronger motivators.