THE SLEEPY SMILING SOUTH HAS BLOOD ON ITS MOUTH
“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the
power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's
power. Because they control the minds of the masses."
~Malcolm X
"The people must know before they can act, and there is no
educator to compare with the press." ~Ida B. Wells-Barnett
"Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively
maladjusted."~Dr. Martin Luther King
Tha Artivist: My Reasons For Getting Involved In The Frederick Jermaine Carter Hanging Case.
My name is Bro. Ron Herd II aka
R2C2H2 Tha Artivist. According to my definition, “an artivist” is a person who
actively uses his/her talents to serve and uplift humanity in a progressive and
righteous manner. In other words, an artivist is a person who is both an
artist and activist.
The Frederick Jermaine Carter case
struck an emotional chord with me…Being a Memphian I heard about what happened
to Emmett Till ever since I was 9 years old from my Mississippi relatives and I
am 30 years old now…Seeing that picture of Bro. Frederick hanging from the tree
reminded me of the first time I saw a pic of Emmett Till’s mangled face after
they lynched him…Those type of images stay with you for the rest of your life…
I felt like the brother deserved the
justice in death that he couldn’t get in life…Talking to his spiritually
gregarious and agape love filled mom, Mrs. Brenda Carter-Evans, truly inspired
me to be as persistent and diligent as possible in keeping and growing public
interest in this case as well as putting pressure on the authorities to do the
right thing…Just like Frederick Douglass said “power concedes nothing without a
demand”…The work of a truth worker is never wasted… To me that meant doing
whatever I can with whatever I had to ensure that the truth in this case shall
prevail…
I knew that the ruling of suicide less
than 48 hours after Bro. Frederick’s body was discovered by the Leflore County Sheriff’s
Office and the Leflore County Coroner’s Office which was further amplified by USA
Today and other U.S. corporate media outlets could not be true and sounded
suspicious…Especially since his body was discovered in an area not friendly to
African Americans…The fact that they tried to further add insult to injury by mis-labeling
this brother as mentally handicapped as if to justify this tragedy without any
explanation or confirmation from close family members further disturbed me (and
still does)…
It normally takes 8-12 weeks for
autopsy results to come back and there were no extensive forensics done by the
Leflore County Coroner Debra Sanders…As a matter of fact the official state autopsy
was done by Dr. Adel Shaker at the state medical examiner’s office and his
office will be mailing the official first autopsy results Monday morning March
21, 2011 to his family…
I also felt that like with the death
of Emmett Till over 55 years ago that this case could be a catalyst for
starting a new chapter in our people’s liberation movement here in the USA and
beyond…Our generation is running out of key pivotal moments to actually create
change we can believe in…Yes we are great in utilizing and uniting around key
moments in our recent history to rally around like the Hurricane Katrina, Jena
6, Sean Bell and Oscar Grant movements respectively…But aside from a few fund
raisers, marches, rallies and some biased and limited media coverage from the
corporate mass media machine what have we truly accomplish in terms of
building institutions, opportunities and a foundation for the current and
future generations to actually create and sustain new paradigms and
possibilities for our people???
I also hope to break the
generational curse and yoke of fear that has a spell over so many of our
beautiful people…This fear is causing us to live shorten, bleak and mediocre
lives which in turns cripple our family unit and quality of life…Our people
should have pride and dignity and also be willing to help each other in need
and to support each other in endeavors that empower the individual and enables
the collective…Strong communities produce strong leaders and not the other way
around…
My maternal grandfather, a native Mississippian, fought in World War 2
for other folks’ agendas and still was called a boy when he got home…As a
matter of fact African Americans has fought in every war for this republic
while still fighting a war for our own self respect at home…So I know now’s the
time for us to fight for our own self interests this time around as a people
without any apologies or hesitation, by any means necessary.
I know that I am continuing the
legacy work of Ida B. Wells-Barnett, a phenomenal journalist whose courage and writing
truth to power while pursuing a 7 year one-woman crusade against lynching made
her enemies both black and white, both an icon and iconoclast, a shero and a villain,
a prophet and a charlatan according your perspective and whose book you are
reading…Just like her I am using the media and technology tools of my day to shed
light on atrocities that are normally overlooked by the corporate mass media…When
you have truth and faith on your side then GOD and Fear can’t reside in the
same room…
For more on The Frederick Jermaine Carter Hanging case please check out the previous press releases and other W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Media links:
(3/18/2011) BREAKING NEWS! Miss. Deputy Medical Examiner Signs Off On Frederick Jermaine Carter’s First Official Autopsy Results…Apologizes For Delay & Offers Condolences To The Family
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2011/03/3182011-breaking-news-miss-deputy.html
Take Action! Help Us Get The Truth:
For more on The Frederick Jermaine Carter Hanging case please check out the previous press releases and other W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Media links:
(3/18/2011) BREAKING NEWS! Miss. Deputy Medical Examiner Signs Off On Frederick Jermaine Carter’s First Official Autopsy Results…Apologizes For Delay & Offers Condolences To The Family
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2011/03/3182011-breaking-news-miss-deputy.html
(3/16/2011) Frederick Jermaine Carter Update: Tha Artivist Confronts Coroner's Office Over Autopsy Delay.
***Breaking News: Frederick Jermaine Carter Hanging Update***
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: All Eyes On Mississippi: Min. Abdullah Yasin Muhammad On The Frederick Jermaine Carter Hanging
W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: Suicide Or Strange Fruit? You Decide. A Bro. Frederick Jermaine Carter Update.
Like
Bro. Frederick Douglass said “power concedes nothing without a demand”
and so please contact the U.S. Department of Justice and tell them you
want a federal government investigation into the death of Frederick
Jermaine Carter so that the truth can finally come out.
Contact the U.S. Department of Justice:
By Mail:
Correspondence to the Department, including the Attorney General, may be sent to:
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
By Phone:
Department of Justice Main Switchboard - 202-514-2000
Office of the Attorney General Public Comment Line - 202-353-1555
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