OUR VIRGINIA CORPORATE MEDIA ARE SELLING US OUT, THE RICHMOND-TIMES AND DISPATCH, THE VIRGINIAN PILOT, BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ARE COMPLICIT IN HARMING THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA BY THEIR REPREHENSIBLE SILENCE ON THE SAVAGERY OF THE VIRGINIA PRISON OFFICIAL By William Thorpe

When a Virginia prisoner is accused of harming, The Virginia Department of Corrections hurriedly sends out press releases to Virginia's Corporate Media, to which the media quickly presses in its publications and on its Web sites. During the Governorship of the racist George Allen, and his macaca infamy, Virginia Republicans abolished parole for Virginia prisoners. During its so-called debate, Virginia's Corporate Media, The Richmond-Times and Dispatch in particular went over and beyond in carrying water for George Allen and his stooges, by propagandizing, Republican talking points and their bizarre and outlandish crystal ball speculations, that such and such harm wouldn't had befallen such and such individual had parole not existed and had been abolished. The Richmond-Times gave us full page spreads amplifying George Allen's opportunistic ravings, in pursuit of his no parole fetish, which we now have proof was, because, Republicans again are claiming that Virginia has a crime problem, which we were told abolishing parole in 1995,would solve. I state all of this to say this: as People of Virginia we have to start reminding our Media that its function isn't to kowtow to partisan speculations, which we emphatically indict its systemic behavior of, yes it can still push a partisan tilt but as it presents to THE PEOPLE the requisite facts of an event. So for example, the argument isn't against THE SOCIAL COHESIVE function of LAW, but the argument is Virginia's Corporate Media is doing Virginia's SOCIAL CONTRACT a disservice when it presents political ideological speculations as ascertained, proven and established facts at the expense of its disastrous consequences. The abolishment of Parole in Virginia hasn't created one iota of fact that it improved and matured Virginia's SOCIAL CONTRACT. Just think about this the current Attorney General of The Commonwealth of Virginia, Jason Miyares has given us one of the most despicable displays of human contrivance when he wished and pined for recently released Virginia prisoners to effect a crime spree, meaning he wants Virginians harmed, all because, the abolishment of parole as political exploitation by Republicans isn't working as such the refuge desperate precipice of Republican Political Thought is to wish for a crime wave. We wouldn't have this as spectacle had our media actually presented the question of PAROLE, not as a liability or deficiency, an antebellum hold back of reactionary distraction, because the reality is, Virginia's justice infrastructure and its prison system is not healthy. I challenge THE RICHMOND-TIMES AND DISPATCH along with its Sisters, to scrutinize the claims in these below listed Virginia prisoner filed cases in Virginia Federal Courts and give us the ask, why are Virginia prisoners making such claims against Virginia's Prison Officials who have the privilege of the Virginia tax payer and are sworn to uphold law, yet are violating it.(1) GRUBB V. SMITH 2024 U.S DIST. LEXIS 70062 (2) JOHNSON V. CHAFFIN 2024 U.S. DIST. LEXIS 131645 (3) SMITH V. LARD 2024 U.S.DIST. LEXIS 3648 (4) ALLEN V. HURLEY 2024 U.S.DIST. LEXIS 143997 (5) OUALIA V. ESOCHAGHI 2024 U.S.DIST. LEXIS 151363 (6) GODFREY V. HAYMES 2024 U.S.DIST. LEXIS 166400 (7) CARTER V. ELY 2024 U.S. DIST. LEXIS 38334 (8) WILLIAMS V. GILBERT 2024 U.S. DIST. LEXIS 51918 (9) ARNOLD V. CREGGER 2024 U.S. DIST. LEXIS 35270 (10) ADAMS V .HORNE 2024 U.S. DIST. LEXIS 21519.Will our media treat prisoner claims as it does press releases?

By William Thorpe

I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982

"QUALIFIED IMMUNITY," YES, YOU'VE HEARD OF IT BUT DID YOU KNOW THAT THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HOCUS POCUSED IT INTO EXISTENCE IN 1967? By William Thorpe

People, people, people its about us, its always about us, meaning our interests, our understanding and our ability to speak up. So I begin with this excerpt from a ruling by THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT, in the case ESTATE OF JONES v. CITY OF MARTINSBURG 961 F.3d 661 (2020). The opinion was delivered by Circuit Judge Floyd joined by Chief Judge Gregory and Circuit Judge Thacker."WAYNE JONES WAS KILLED JUST OVER ONE YEAR BEFORE THE FERGUSON, MISSOURI SHOOTING OF MICHAEL BROWN WOULD ONCE AGAIN DRAW NATIONAL SCRUTINY TO POLICE SHOOTING OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES......ALTHOUGH WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE OFTEN ASKED TO MAKE SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS WE EXPECT THEM TO DO SO WITH RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY AND WORTH OF BLACK LIVES.BEFORE THE INK DRIED ON THIS OPINION THE FBI OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO YET ANOTHER DEATH OF A BLACK MAN AT THE HANDS OF POLICE,THIS TIME GEORGE FLOYD IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS HAS TO STOP.TO AWARD QUALIFIED IMMUNITY AT THE SUMMARY JUDGEMENT STAGE IN THIS CASE WOULD SIGNAL ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY FOR FEAR-BASED USE OF DEADLY FORCE,WHICH WE CANNOT ACCEPT." (By the way, The Fourth Circuit, is the federal jurisdiction for The States of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina).I start with this excerpt on the issue of "QUALIFIED IMMUNITY" because the robust and aggressive recent assertiveness of supremacy and racism, has made its existence known to the Joe and Jane Blows of society as such, true to the adage if you wanna hide something expose it. The present focus on "QUALIFIED IMMUNITY" despite,the correctness of identifying its insidious harm, by the good, well intended and progressive minds amongst us, has naturally ran up against the reaction of those who exploit it, evidenced by the stunt by U.S.Senator Tim Scott in its pathetic defense. So a basic explanation of QUALIFIED IMMUNITY is this, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1967,came up with a scheme, (in the case, PIERSON v. RAY 386 U.S.547 (1967), a case, true to all things America and our foundation was RACE BASED and its RESISTANCE), that practically says, our GOVERNMENT THAT WRITES AND ENACTS LAWS, upon violating it, can abrogate its responsibility to repairing the harm with the gimmick that the law wasn't clearly established so we cannot hold it accountable or liable for the harm caused by the violation. The history of this gimmick, typically is anti-THE PEOPLE. I say typically, because notwithstanding the existence of a quasi-stability of (for this work) the terms of Virginia's SOCIAL CONTRACT and its relations, which, when violated, we see it repeatedly invoked by the Virginia prison official in excuse of their barbarity. The case JAMISON v. McCLENDON 476 F.Supp.3d 386 (2020) gives us one of the most comprehensive and honest examination of not only the origin and history of QUALIFIED IMMUNITY but most importantly its nefarious purpose, by Federal Judge Carlton W. Reeves of THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 5th CIRCUIT of MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DISTRICT, who said "ONCE,QUALIFIED IMMUNITY PROTECTED OFFICERS WHO ACTED IN GOOD FAITH.THE DOCTRINE NOW PROTECTS ALL OFFICERS, NO MATTER HOW EGREGIOUS THEIR CONDUCT, IF THE LAW THEY BROKE WAS NOT CLEARLY ESTABLISHED" then he goes on to enlighten us with "EVERY JUDGE MUST LEARN TO LIVE WITH THE FACT HE OR SHE WILL MAKE SOME MISTAKES, IT COMES WITH THE TERRITORY BUT IT IS SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY TO PERPETUATE SOMETHING WE ALL KNOW TO BE WRONG ONLY BECAUSE WE FEAR THE CONSEQUENCE OF BEING RIGHT".People speak up.

By William Thorpe

I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982

THE SAVAGERY OF VIRGINIA PRISON OFFICIALS HOG TYING A HANDICAPPED, DISABLED PRISONER---WHAT THE INCIDENT OF BURKE v. STANLEY YOUNG INSTRUCTS AND WHY ARE OUR POLITICIANS NOT LISTENING By William Thorpe

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When our form of Government gives us accountability, we recognize it.The incident of the case, BURKE v. STANLEY YOUNG 2024 Va. App. Lexis 550 (9/24/24) is an instance, a moment and we recognize it. Our Virginia State Courts do not have a track record of much dealings with the circumstance of the Virginia prison officials' created conditions and nature of Virginia's prison system, because the Virginia prisoner for certain historical reasons normally goes to the Federal Courts for redress and attempts at exacting accountability, but there are a few instances i.e. OGUNDE v. PRISON HEALTH SERVICES 274 VA. 55 (6/8/2007), BILLUPS v. CARTER 268 VA.701, so when a Virginia court as the Court of Appeals recently gave us accountability in the Burke Stanley Young case, I won't say its momentous but we recognize it. I speak specifically from the vantage of a Virginia prisoner, under the Commonwealth's jurisdiction, but exiled to the Texas prison system. As I've noted due to certain historical specifics, prisoners all across the Nation typically go to the Federal Court system seeking accountability. Yes it is an indictment against States and The States Right leeway but that's a discussion for another day, what I want to focus on is what the Burke v. Young case present and enables .BURKE,Conrad Burke is a Virginia prisoner who was held and confined during the facts that brought cause of the case in question at Virginia's POCAHONTAS STATE CORRECTIONAL CENTER. IN 2019, Prisoner Burke filed a grievance on a Pocahontas guard, JAMES POORE. First of all prisoner filed grievances are mandated by United States Law,at 42 U.S.C.S 1997(e) and Virginia also has its mandatory grievance law at Virginia Code 8.01-243.2.What these grievance procedures simply mean is regardless of the facts a prisoners claim will be dismissed when the prison official and their representative, The Virginia Attorney General attacks the prisoners compliance with the grievance law. So Conrad Burke's grievance on James Poore was necessary to save Mr Burke's option of going to court. Then, Pocahontas prison guard James Poore retaliated against prisoner Burke by claiming ,Burke had the cell's intercom covered, that he had extra clothes, food in the cell and had cussed out a nurse, then Poore claimed Burke had pushed a meal tray at him in a manner where food got on him, the claim was found to be "meritless". Now prisoner Conrad Burke suffers from, "SEVERE THORACIC SCOLIOSIS, DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE and CONGENITAL HIP DYSPLASIA" and Pocahontas Prison Officials had him assigned to a special medical cell, with hand railing e.t.c to stabilize his mobility. So this is the context where a number of Pocahontas prison guards on February 22,2019, fully cognizant and aware of his medical condition, ordered Prisoner Burke to strip to his boxers, hog tied him with shackles, handcuffs, chains and a black box that keeps ones hands rigid and left him without food, bathroom breaks for appx.21 hours,during which he fell and couldn't right himself up. The prison guards who subjected prisoner Burke to this savage and barbaric treatment told him it was under the direction of the prison's warden, Stanley Young, because of the claim that he had tossed food. I ask you the reader to get the case and read it. We congratulate his lawyers, DANNY ZEMEL (ALLAN STUART GRAF, JOHN F.PREIS, DAVID FLORES, THE KRUDYS LAW FIRM, UNIV.OF RICHMOND SCHOOL OF LAW DAVID FLORES)

By William Thorpe

I'm William Thorpe Virginia exiled me to the Texas prison system. I'm solitary confined at the Wainwright Unit and if you feel any kinda way about this work contact me by Securus email using the Texas prison number #2261982