Richmond Times Dispatch Deleted My Comments

I know I keep saying I will post the testimony by the accuser but I keep hoping that the USDOJ in Washington DC will respond to say it will investigate this case. I don't want the excuse of I posted something that would keep the defendant from getting a new trial - a fair trial. As we all know, it seems to take officials a long time to do things, so I'm still hoping that Mr Holder or whatever department my e-mail was directed to will respond. There seems to be many things going on right now that the USDOJ is dealing with, but one would think that an e-mail would be sent to say it has been received and it has been sent to the appropriate department, and tell which department so that I (and others) would know which department to contact for a follow-up. To just ignore citizens is wrong. How can government be open and transparent when citizens don't have access to our officials - don't have access to the law?

I have posted comments on other sites, the most recent at Huffington Post and Richmond Times-Dispatch. At Huffington Post, my comments were not removed. At Richmond Times-Dispatch I commented on two articles that was about Virginia's legal system. I made a comment at both of these articles and both comments were removed. When I asked why my comments were removed but the comment by someone else saying black people committed more crimes were not removed, the Richmond Times-Dispatch removed that comment and removed the comment about black people committing more crimes. It is okay to say negative things about black people as a whole group but it is not okay to say negative things about corrupt officials.

Today I posted again at the same two articles at Richmond Times-Dispatch. Removing my previous comments just proves what I have said about southern white-owned media denying access to citizens who want to talk about corrupt officials. If you go read the two articles, notice that it is okay to say something negative about a senator by name but saying something negative about corrupt Virginia officials who violate citizen's legal rights are not allowed. Notice that someone commented on the man's beard and not the article and it was not removed. I will check back later today to see if my comments, which were on the subject of the articles, have been removed.

At Huffington Post, a lot of people commented on the article about Michael Green who has been exonerated after spending 27 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Many people commented at that article showing compassion for Mr Green and telling about corruptiong and wrong doing by officials in their states. Those comments were not removed, people were allowed to speak and share what was going on in their states.

Someone from Ireland commented that America has a lot of people incarcerated compared to other countries. Some countries view America as being arrogant and violent. And some racist Americans think black Americans are more violent and commit more crimes than anyone else in America. Just because American prisons are filled mostly with black people does not mean that more black people commit crimes - more like it is easier to convict black people, which doesn't speak well of America. By different people commenting about is going on in their area with our legal system, then more people will start to see a clearer picture that incidents of wrongful convictions and corruption are not just isolated occurrances. This injustice needs to be fixed and not just studied.

The media should tell more of these stories and not just when someone is released from prison. If the media covered major cases and truthfully reported on them and allowed citizens to publicly report corrupt officials then that would improve the legal system. You can't fix what is broken by just saying it is broken but don't do anything to fix it. America's legal system need some expert repair because this mess can not be fixed with duct tape.

> Bill would try to curb wrongful convictions
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/26/inno26-ar-350108/

> House backs Webb's criminal-justice study
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/2010/jul/29/webb29-ar-353748/#comments

> Michael Anthony Green
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/30/michael-anthony-green-freed-dna-evidence_n_666011.html

Just in case the comments I made today at Richmond Times Dispatch has been removed this is what I said:

--------my comment at study article
Aug. 1, 2010 - 1:03 p.m. More than a study needs to be done. If officials are really concerned about wrongful convictions then why do they ignore complaints against officials who violate defendants constitutional rights? If those doing the "study" have the attitude of the of the officials who ignore the complaints against corrupt officials then nothing will change.

Why do officials ignore the complaints of citizens and do nothing about corrupt officials who violate citizens legal rights? Why are citizens denied access to the media when we want to talk about officials who violate citizen's legal rights? Richmond Times-Dispatch will probably remove this comment like it did my other comments because in the south the white-owned media STILL deny access when Black citizens want to talk about corrupt/racist officials.

----------my reply to talker2's comment
Aug. 1, 2010 - 1:05 p.m. When Warner was governor he claimed not to have the authority to do anything about a defendant being denied his constitional rights. Now that he is a senator, he will do nothing for the citizens he is suppose to be representing.

----------my comment on bill article
Aug. 1, 2010 - 1:16 p.m. Some wrongful convictions are due to racist officials violating the constitutional rights of defendants. If officials were really interested in "curbing" wrongful convictions they would not ignore complaints and do something about the officials who violate people's legal rights. Richmond Times Dispatch will probably delete this comment like it did my others because citizens are not allowed to tell the truth about corrupt officials.