You may have heard about Senator Kamala Harris' comments on Wednesday 11-14-18 comparing ICE to the KKK in a Senate hearing meant to determine if acting ICE Director Ronald Vitiello will become the agency's official director. Senator Harris said that in some communities there is the perception that ICE is a "domestic terrorist group" that uses "fear and intimidation" to target immigrants coming from Mexico and Central America based on their racial or ethnic background. I am somewhat surprised and disappointed that Senator Harris would make such a comparison between ICE and the KKK, an organization based on white supremacy. The KKK was clearly a terrorist organization with no legitimate law enforcement function. However, many local law enforcement officials in the South were members of the KKK. I am sure Senator Harris is aware that the KKK, in its early years after the Civil War, used fear and intimidation to discourage newly freed blacks in the South from participating in the political process by committing lynchings and other acts of violence. In the 1950's,1960's and 1970's the KKK used the same fear and intimidation tactics to discourage black participation in the Civil Rights Movement. I doubt very seriously Senator Harris believes ICE is a domestic terrorist organization with no legitimate law enforcement function. So far, I am not aware of any ICE agents that are accused of being white supremacists or being members of the KKK. I don't believe Senator Harris presented any objective evidence that ICE officials are trying to stop immigrants from voting or engaging in the political process. ICE is a federal agency. The KKK was mostly associated with local and state government officials.
I find Senator Harris' reference to the KKK to be somewhat hypocritical being that she has remained silent about the high tech lynching I suffered at the hands of San Jose city officials and officials with the US District Court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. I am black/African American. The flagrantly bigoted manner in which I was treated by San Jose city officials after I retired from the City's police force and how I was treated by the federal courts during litigation of two discrimination lawsuits I filed against the City is more similar to the operations of the KKK than ICE officials doing their constitutional mandated job of enforcing immigration laws. Senator Harris' reference to the KKK is nothing more than a shameful attempt to gain media attention in order to enhance her political ambitions. This entire blog has been devoted to the racist and criminal misconduct of San Jose city officials, the US District Court and 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. My message for Senator Harris is that the high tech lynching I suffered is not a perception, it is a reality. In addition to this blog, you can find more details about this matter on my group facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/624131267713226/
Below is a letter I sent to Senator Harrris:
Below is a letter I sent to Senator Harrris:
Frederick Bates
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Folsom,
CA 95630
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August
7, 2017
Senator
Kamala Harris
501
I Street, Suite 7-600
Sacramento,
CA 95814
Re:
Public Corruption Complaint
Dear
Senator Harris,
Enclosed are copies of letters and
documents I sent to the Judiciary Committee, the Department of Justice and FBI
making a complaint of public corruption against several San Jose city
officials, and officials with the US District Court for the Northern District
of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
relative to two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose. It should be
noted that when you were Attorney General, I sent you a letter in May 2014
requesting an investigation into public corruption by many of the same
officials named in my current complaint. No investigation was completed.
I respectfully request that you seek
an investigation into my current public corruption complaint by the Department
of Justice, the FBI, and Congress because public corruption undermines our
institutions of government just as the meddling into our past presidential
election by the Russians. Congress and several agencies of the government have
gone to great lengths to ensure that future presidential elections are not
marginalized by the interference of nations hostile to our democracy. Yet,
there has been very little done to ensure Americans that they will have a level
playing field when settling disputes with the government in our federal courts.
It is undeniable that the US District Court and San Jose city officials
conspired to obstruct justice in my two lawsuits by falsifying court records,
by creating false documents, by staging a fake hearing on a Rule 60 motion I
filed, and by creating a fraudulent transcript for that hearing. It is also
undeniable that the courts failed to follow federal laws relating to issue
preclusion and a stipulation of dismissal that places strict limitations on
their discretion.
The misconduct of San Jose city officials
and the courts in my lawsuits represent one of the most egregious breaches of
the public trust imaginable, as well as, a case of brazen and persistent cheating.
These officials have made a conscious decision to place themselves above the
law. I respectfully remind you that you retweeted a tweet by Senator Blumenthal a few days ago
directed to the President stating that “no
one is above the law.” It is my hope that you take the same view concerning
my public corruption complaint.
Sincerely
yours,
Frederick
Bates
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