Latin King Gay Rape Victim Speaks Out

Original story appeared as Bronx Gay Rape Victim Speaks Out

 

It started when a 17 year old who is the grandson of Vic Power, one of the first black and Latino players to hit the major leagues, bumped into “Cheto”, a local thug and leader of the Latin King Goonies.  The youth was leaving the apartment of a well known Bronx resident, “La Reina”, “the Queen”.

What is a Latin King Goonie recruit doing in the apartment of a gay man? Cheto wanted to know.  

Idelfonzo “Cheto” Mendez, Nelson Falu, David Rivera and Jose Dominguez dragged the teen to a Morris Heights apartment.  They forced the boy to strip naked, and tied him to a chair for interrogation.

“Are you a fag?” they asked.  When they didn’t get the answer they wanted, they beat the youth.  During the two hour session, they raped the youth, using the handle to a plunger.

“Do you like it?” Cheto asked the terrified boy as he slid the plunger in and out of the boy’s anus.  “Are you a fag?”

Finally, the youth confessed.  He had sex with La Reina.  More, a potential recruit, also 17, was La Reina’s lover.

Satisfied, Cheto told the boy he had to be punished for having gay sex.

“Do you want the pipe or the bat?”

If the boy hated himself enough, the pipe would do plenty of damage.  He chose the bat, which was plastic.  The gang gave him a ritualized whipping.   With the score settled, the gang offered to take him to the hospital.  He was, after all, one of their own.

Before leaving, Rivera hit the boy in the head with a paint can, snarling, "If you snitch, your family is gonna get it!"

"It gets me angry that they beat me because these were my friends. We were like family. We went to church together. They just turned on me." the 17 year old said in an interview with the Washington Post.

"They told me the beating was not personal," the youth said, as the gang offered to let him remain in the gang.  "It was just that I violated one of the rules.” 

Gay sex is against the rules in most gangs.  The gang later attacked La Reina, his 17 year old boyfriend and La Reina’s brother.  The attack on La Reina was especially vicious, lasting over 10 hours.  His lover was forced to burn his nipples and penis with a lighted cigarette.  La Reina was sodomized with a plastic baseball bat, likely the same one used to beat the first 17 year old.

The 17 year old says he is not gay.  

"Gangs are no good for anyone," the teen said. "Being in a gang will get you nowhere."

Confused youth often seek older gay men for homosexual experiences in an effort to sort out their own feelings.   If this 17 year old is gay, coming to terms with his feelings will be difficult, after suffering the vicious face of hate for the LGBT community.

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Boy Dead, Two Youths Face Murder, It Was Just a TV

Article first published as Boy Dead, Two Face Murder In Botched Burglary on Technorati.

Johnathan Michael-Andrew Greth, dead age 17

The lives of three Arizona youths will be changed forever as a home burglary went terribly wrong. One of the three is dead. The other two face murder charges.  A community is taking sides, some against the boys, most for.

Johnathan Michael-Andrew Greth, 17, of Buckeye, Arizona died after reportedly being shot in the back. He was in a vehicle with two pals, Matthew Christopher Peters, 20, and Joseph Lambert Domingo-Metcalf Jr., 18, when he was shot while the three were fleeing a house they had just broken into.

 

Joseph Lambert Domingo-Metcalf Jr.

According to a report released by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department, two neighbors saw the three boys loading up a large TV into a blue Blazer.  One of the neighbors tried to stop the thieves by shooting his .22 caliber pistol “in the vicinity” of the truck the boys drove as a get-away vehicle.  Greth was hit in the back, went into convulsions, and died shortly afterwards.

 

The body of Greth was found dumped at the T/A Truck Stop in Tonopah, Arizona. The Sheriff’s Department rounded up Peters and Domingo-Metcalf Jr. in an apartment in Goodyear, Arizona. They will be charged under Arizona’s felony murder rule.

 

Under felony murder, when a person is killed during the commission of a felony, those who participated in the felony, or co-conspirators, can be convicted as if they are guilty of first degree murder, even if they didn’t kill the person. In this case, no violence was apparently intended by any of the boys, especially not one against another. Yet, the law allows prosecution of both surviving men as if they had intentionally pulled the trigger.

 

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Border Patrol Using “Peep Show” Mobile X-Ray

The US Border Patrol has deployed “see through” mobile X-Ray vans they can use to see into vehicles and houses.  This is the radar technology which allows operators a private “peep show” of body parts underneath clothing which has been the subject of controversy at airports.  You don’t have to worry about agents checking out your bod, though, at least not on purpose.


Conservative voices clamor for border security.  Ted Tancredo, running for the governor of the state of Colorado, and Jan Brewer, running for the governor of Arizona, have made national headlines in their anti-immigrant rhetoric.  The U.S. Border Patrol has met the demand for better security, in part, by acquiring mobile X-ray machines placed in vehicles the size of cargo vans and small motor homes. 

The benefits to the government of using a portable machine that allows them a clear picture of the contents in vehicles and buildings is obvious.  Time.  They don’t even have to stop the vehicle to see if the contents are of interest, much less ask for a driver’s license or insurance.  The technology has already resulted in drug busts and the apprehension of undocumented workers being smuggled.  So why object?

When an air traveler consents to a body scan that reveals as much as if he or she were standing in line buck naked, the traveler gets notice with the option of a private body check.  Not so with border control vans.  Have you heard a polite question from your border patrol agent lately? 

“Excuse me, mam.  Would you mind if I shine this X-ray machine at your car.  I promise not to pay attention to your tommy knockers.”

The vans have been used as early as August, 2009, and most of us have not been the wiser.  Thus, matters of unreasonable search and seizure were not given a second thought.  Your consent has been presumed.

In the past, the government has been required to get a search warrant in order to gain the level of inspection into buildings and vehicles that this slick device provides.  Since law enforcement does not have to enter the vehicle or premises to inspect it, they may argue no intrusion has occurred.  In fact, inspection can be made without the owner having any idea he got zapped.  The potential for abuse is immense.
















A second problem with the Backscatter X-Ray machines is exposure to harmful rays.  Supposedly, it takes 800 blasts from a law enforcement X-Ray gun to equal one hospital X-Ray, the manufacturer claims.  You know the X-Rays, where the radiologist dressed in green disappears behind a lead wall as he flips the “take picture” button.  With 800 of these units planned in the border patrol alone, and thousands possible as the rage catches on with law enforcement, those living in high usage areas could be exposed to 800 blasts fairly quickly. 

The units reportedly require a fair amount of maintenance to keep the level of X-Rays safe.  Devices subject to constant movement, like mobile vans, likely will need even more maintenance.  Don’t worry, though.  As the government contemplates budget cuts and layoffs, you can be sure they would never skimp on maintenance for the “peep show” device.

This technology is so efficient at inspecting private spaces it will be hard to keep it out of the hands of law-enforcement, absent legislation.  Since governors and senators will be able to side-step the inspection, they will have little incentive to pass such legislation.  At the same time, the price of security is a another slice of freedom from the intrusive eyes of Uncle Sam.

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GEO Asks PA For Another Jail Modern Slave Trade

Private Jailers Ask PA For More">Private Jailers Ask PA For More">First published on Technorati, Private Jailers Ask PA For More

GEO, a private company that runs contract prisons, asked a Northampton County Council to support the building of another private prison in Easton, Pennsylvania.  The council voted to move ahead with the project, a decision they could regret for a long time based upon the history of GEO with other facilities.

There is nothing pretty about an ICE bus.

After neighboring landowners voiced concerns over safety, GEO Group Development VP Cloid Shuler said:

“I don't think it's fair to call it a prison. We operate prisons and those are for violent offenders.”

Shuler does not need approval of the county council to build his prison.  He needs the blessing of their finance committee to make it pay. He plans to charge tax payers to incarcerate undocumented workers apprehended through ICE raids.

“This is detention. Detaining people until they get their hearings or be deported to their country of origin or another country.”

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet." said Shakespeare.

Let’s rephrase.

“What’s in bullshit? That which wafts a wretched stench by any other name smells so foul.”

The incarcerating of people for profit reeks of the rotting moral flesh of slave traders from centuries past. When it comes to making money, the name “jail”, “prison” and “detention” roll off Shuler’s lips as if the process of holding people against their will in a 150 million dollar facility differs greatly, one from another. In the case of GEO, not only is it one of the world's largest private jailers, it also has one of the worst records of human rights abuses and problems.  Opponents to the proposal may want to check out this link.

Fryer protests at immigration detention center

Shuler failed to mention, according to reports, the 2500 bed facility will “detain” more than just undocumented workers. Only 20% would be held just for immigration violations. The balance of the prisoners would be jailed on additional criminal charges, according to 6 News. Some of the inmates presumably would be over-flow U.S. citizen criminals from over-crowded jails and prisons.

In 2000, the Justice Department sued Wackenhut Corp., the predecessor company to GEO.  As part of the settlement, the company was required to close it's Louisiana juvenile facility.  The head of security plead guilty to charges after beating a 17 year old boy with a broom stick while his hands were cuffed.

GEO Flag

In 2005, the company was forced to close its juvenile facility in Michigan.  It escaped continued prosecution by closing it's doors and leaving the state.

In a 2005 lawsuit, an employee reported that his superior displayed a hangman’s noose in his office and took pictures in his prison uniform donning KKK garb.

At the Val Verde, Texas, facility, four inmates came down with a mysterious illness. Three of the four died. The cause was never determined.

GEO guards were accused of widespread sexual abuse of female inmates in one Texas facility.

Allegations of abuse in the Aurora, Colorado, facility have been made.  At times, inmates disappear into a maze of ICE "sub-holding facilities".  One of the complaints levied against third world countries is the disappearance of persons into unknown jails.

The Texas Youth Commission closed the GEO Texas Coke County Juvenile Correctional Center. Inspectors said it was "filthy" with "unsafe" conditions including feces on walls and fire exits chained shut.

While GEO appears to be forthcoming as they seek favors from the County, they are less than cooperative when being investigated.  GEO forced the Dallas Morning News to submit questions rather than speak with their investigative reporter.   A public office which answers to voters could not get away with those kinds of tactics.  

Immigration protests continue throughout the nation at various sites including the GEO facility at Aurora, Colorado near Denver.  If there is no local police department at the proposed Pennsylvania GEO site, then this is an unwise place to put a jail.

Even Dan Rather got into the act with his investigative piece regarding two prison riots in 2009 in Texas. Inmates were injured and fires set in March of 2009.

Shuler said the prison would employ about 500 people and use about 350 local subcontractors to build the prison. As Americans face overwhelming debt, we are smart enough to know there is no free lunch. GEO charges the government for every person they imprison. They have to compete in the private market for labor and materials. They have to make a profit. At the end of the day, it is another cash cow for private contractors at the expense of the people.

Instead of advising the county council of these matters, Shuler appealed to greed. “One of the most important things I haven't said is that we'll pay property taxes.” he said.

A prior housing development proposed for the property was sacked because it would not provide an adequate tax base, Ron Angle, Northampton County Council President, said.  Angle abstained from voting for the measure but spoke about the tax benefits.  Angle reportedly owns property nearby which could get a value boost as a result of the deal.

According to reports, some of the neighbors remained unconvinced. A local prison, complete with razor wire, prison buses, armed guards and court rooms, was not the kind of neighbor and tax payer some had in mind.

"At the meeting, you're always going to get the best of the best,"  said County Supervisor Jerry Geake to the Morning Call.   "I have absolutely no idea on the downside of them … now, the actual questions have to come."

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Ken Buck Talks Toxic Gay Teens At Risk

 

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Senatorial candidate Ken Buck says being gay is a choice rather than a condition acquired a birth.  “Toxic” talk similar to Buck’s led to the suicide of gay teen, Zach Harrington, in Norman, Oklahoma, in Early October.  Zach was the 6th teen to take his own life during the past two months. 

 

Michael Bennett and Ken Buck on Meet The Press

"I think that birth has an influence over it, (homosexuality) like alcoholism and some other things” Buck said during a debate between himself and Michael Bennett on Meet the Press.  Buck and Bennett are in a horse race for the U.S. Senate in Colorado.

“But I think that basically you have a choice."  Buck continued.

Alcoholics lead a tough life and often harm others.  For those who don’t get help, the end comes in an insane asylum, a prison or the morgue.  No one wants to be an alcoholic. 

Tying homosexuality to drunk drivers, or to something society detests, is to suggest both are bad people.  This is the kind of subtle hate-speak and “toxic talk” which led to the suicide of Harrington and some of the other 6 dead teens. 

Alcoholism is considered a disease by the international organization Alcoholics Anonymous.  It is acquired at birth or shortly thereafter, their literature says. 

Homosexuality was considered a disease under decades old psychiatric theory.  However, in 1973, it was dropped as a mental disturbance in the DSM II, just as leeching blood was dropped as a useless cure in medicine long before.  Buck’s remarks tying sick alcoholics with “sick” homosexuals is a slur to gay people.  

That is where the “choice” part comes in.  If Buck is right and being gay is a choice, then those who consider it an immoral choice claim the high ground.   Decades of studies show the part of choice in sexual orientation is, whether to practice or not.  The desire and attraction remain forever and are not a choice. 

Forcing gay men into straight relationships spells disaster.  The wife never feels truly loved.  The man may cheat with another man.  The children are raised by a father who is never able to be himself and a mother who feels she deserved better.

Michael Bennett said "I absolutely believe he's (Ken Buck) outside the mainstream of views on this."

Unthinking adults and youth have bullied and belittled young gay teens for years.  Recently, such thoughtless actions led to a rash of of gay teens suicides.  In Norman Oklahoma, the remarks, some subtle some not, suggest gays are not normal people, that others don’t want to live with them, gays and pedophiles the same.  A lifetime full of rejection overspills and the teen takes drastic action.  This especially happens when the teen feels adults are judging him, like state senators.  If the adults are against him, then there will never be justice.   There is no where to turn, no way out.

This is not the first time Buck has been in hot water about sexual issues.  He has received criticism from women’s groups for not prosecuting a 2005 rape case when Buck was working for the District Attorney's Office in Northern Weld County, Colorado.  The victim insisted she was drugged and subjected to date rape.  The alleged perpetrator admitted the victim said “no” to sex.  Buck still would not take the case saying it was just a matter of “buyer’s remorse”.

Ken Buck is defining himself.  His archaic thinking on gays and date rape are clear.  He is against abortion even in the event of rape.  This thoughtless ”toxic” talk is the kind of speech that encourages juvenile bullies to molest their  gay peers.   Will voters move ahead in progressive thinking or will they take a large step back in gay rights, abortion and the right of a woman to say “NO”  to sex?  Stay tuned to Colorado.

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Hickenlooper up 13% Over Tancredo for Colo Gov

 

Article first published as Hickenlooper Leades Tancredo 13 Points For Colo Gov on Technorati.

 

Mayor John Hickenlooper from web site

 

Public Policy Polling (PPP) says John Hickenlooper is far ahead of both the Republican candidate Dan Maes and American Constitution Party candidate Tom Tancredo in the race for the Colorado governorship.  According to the poll, Hickenlooper has a 47% to 33% lead over Tancredo.  Maes has the final 13%.

 

Former Colorado House of Representatives Tom Tancredo

Tancredo, formerly a Republican, angered Republicans and Tea Party members when he left the Republican Party and signed his allegiance to the American Constitution Party in order to get onto the ballot.  That placed him into direct competition with the winner of the Republican primary, Dan Maes.

 

 

Tancredo chose not to oppose Maes during the Primary.  However, when Maes failed to make a strong showing afterwards, Tancredo switched party allegiance in order to get on the ballot.  A legal challenge was filed asserting state law requires a candidate who switches parties to do so within one year prior to the party primary.  Tancredo’s switch was at the last minute.  A judge ruled the by-laws of the party controlled and Tancredo could run.

Dan Maes

Some Tea Party members were unhappy with the Tancredo switch because Tancredo had urged them to continue their support of the Republican Party in 2009.  His party switch was a reversal of own advice.

“Tom Tancredo has nobody’s interest in mind other than his own,” Dick Waldham, head of the Republican Party said. 

Tancredo and Maes met recently to see if one or the other would drop out of the race.  Tancredo insists Maes should drop since he trails in the polls.  Maes was the rightful winner of the primary and wants to continue his role as is his obligation as the party nominee.  Tancredo insists it is the voice of the conservative that counts, not the party.

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I am a witch…I think…

I am a witch! I think...

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