Do Blacks Fear Empowerment?

At Harambee in 2000 former Judge Russell Stamper, Sr., Harambee Community School Headmaster Administrator presented "Moving into the 21st Century With Power" to the Harambee School Board, Harambee Development Board and Harambee Endowment Board.

What happened to Harambee?  The facts are now available in my newest book entitled "How To Get Away With White-Collar Crime". . . coming soon.

Hararbee Community School Day

May 6, 1994 - to be Harambee Community School Day throughout the city of Milwaukee- John O. Norquist mayor; Harambee means "Pulling Together" and the school's history of students, parents, staff and alumni striving together for quality education is responsible for the school's success. . . "Whereas, Harambee Community School offers an environment of cultural and educational enrichment in kindergarten through 8th grade. . .F. Thomas Ament County Executive of Milwaukee County, do hereby proclaim May 6, 1994, Harambee Community school Day throughout Milwaukee County. . .a statement entered into the congressional record, Congressman Tom Barrett; "Harambee is a national model for educational quality, innovation and commitment in face of adversity". . .Herb Kohl, U.S. Senate, "the Harambee Community School is a shining example of people working together- parents, students, teachers and administrators- to make a difference in their own lives and the greater communities".  The book is coming soon "How to get away with White-Collar crime".

White-collar crime committed by government officials against taxpayers of the United States.  1993-2001.  We shall Rise Again!

How to get away with white-collar crime?

I have completed all my legal proceedings with State and Federal Courts.  Now it is time to document my experience in a book:  "How to get Away with White-Collar crime" the abuse inflicted by government officials whose crimes are not legally recorded.  It is about government deliberate attempts to legally kill the hopes and dreams of oneself, marriage, family, business and community by our American legal system that promotes lying witnesses, thieving investigators, assassin prosecutors, egoist peddling attorneys and destabilizing courts.

Lee v. Denise Symdon at the Wisconsin Supreme Court

On December 18, 2014 I received this communication from State of Wisconsin Department of Justice:  I represent Denise Symdon.  I write to inform you that the State will not file a formal response to Cleveland Lee's petition for Supreme Court review.  The Supreme Court should not grant review, however, because the petition does not present special and important issues warranting review.  Let me know if the court would like a formal brief opposing review of this case.

When all else fails document your experiences in a book.  I will be publishing "Legalcide Prose" very soon an insider's view of our justice system in America.

Wisconsin Attorney General Office January 2010

As to the merits of Lee's claims, it is true that his judgment of conviction contains sentences for crimes committed prior to December 31, 1999 (counts 1 and 3), which implicate Wisconsin's old, indeterminate sentencing scheme.  Under that old scheme, absent extenuating circumstances, offenders were released on parole after serving two-thirds of their court imposed sentence.  Wis. Stat. 302.11.

However, Lee's judgment of conviction also contains sentences for crimes committed after December 31, 1999 (counts 2, 4-15), which implicate Wisconsin current determinate sentencing scheme know as truth-in-sentencing.  Under the current scheme, there is no parole, and offenders must spend the entire term of their initial confinement in prison.  Wis. Stat. 973.01.

Because the circuit court in Lee's case ordered all his sentences to run concurrent with one another, Lee is required to serve the period of confinement in prison under the indeterminate sentences (up to two-thirds of seven years) concurrent with the period of confinement under the determinate sentence (the full seven years).  Thus, in order to satisfy all of his sentences, Lee is required to serve seven years in prison beginning the day of his sentencing, which was November 9, 2005, less any sentence credit.

Under the indeterminate sentences the confinement portion is two-thirds of seven years...what happened to the other required one-third of those sentences?  I am currently serving extended supervision (parole) under counts 2, 4-12, according to the courts.  The required parole portion of counts 1 and 3 was served in prison and the required extended supervision portion (parole) for counts 13, 14, and 15 was also served in prison according to the Discharge Certificate issued by the Secretary of Prisons July 27, 2012.  All the sentences were current to count 1, it has expired, completed, done with, no longer in existence. This is the United States of America where all are treated fairly and equal.

Section 1983 - 1871 to 2014 The Justice Game Is The Same

Section 1983 was originally known as Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871.  It was supposed to help Black people enforce the new constitutional rights they won after the civil war.  The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution had prohibited slavery, established the right to "due process" of law and Equal Protection of the laws and guaranteed every male citizen the right to vote.

However, white racist judges in the state courts refused to enforce these rights, especially when the rights were violated by officials of state and local government.  The open-minded members who then controlled the U.S. Congress passed Section 1983 to allow citizens to sue in Federal Court when a state or local officials violates their Federal Rights.

Liberty

It doesn't matter if it's a short sentence or a long sentence - especially when you are in expectation of statutory entitlements - all that really matters at the end of the prison day is liberty.