Monday, 11 August 2008
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All's Fair in Fargo
Leon Francis , an African American male, was physically assaulted in front of his child by Officer Stanger,(kglaser.blogspot.com) when Police/CCSS sought to take his children into custody for a spanking report of one of the children—made to CCSS—by a WF school official. In this two page report, the school official notes other abuses such as his son not being allowed to prepare his own snacks( the rules in their home is adults prepare healthy snacks for the children), Mr. Francis extra homework for his children, and the child crying because he misses his father who was out of town on business in Kansas City ( where this family is from).www.xanga.com/kelseyport101.
In contrast, Rod Haines, a WHITE male has spanked, slapped, threatened, and failed to provide medical treatment for his daughter.( all documented) Not to mention the fact that he has committed numerous acts of domestic violence on his daughter’s mother as the child watched. He has provided numerous false statements—slanted facts—concealed facts—but then Leon Francis is black (with a white wife) in a town where it is documented using racial epithets as a police officer does not get you terminated!
And, Officer Robert Stanger , the Officer that assaulted Mr Francis, has also been the subject of a complaint filed by Dakota Boys Ranch employees—after he pressure pointed an 11 year old 100 pound child , who was already handcuffed and detained (on his knees) by two other officers. Leon Francis made a big mistake—he wanted to take his kids to a doctor for an independent evaluation and speak to an attorney—and we all know how cell phones have an uncanny resemblance to firearms!
Did Officer Stanger treat Rod Haines the same? No, Rod claimed, after he was caught coming back to our apt after being criminally trespassed, that officer Stanger had only told him “ it would not be in his ‘best interest ‘ to come back”.
Other white males with funds for private legal counsel have also been treated differently than Mr Francis, Myself and other women/minorities/disabled people/and other protected class members—which I know. TheY alleged child molester here in Fargo was allowed to cruise around town despite a widely known; newspaper documented, warrant out for his arrest and was given the right to surrender with his attorney. No one beat on his door or his person to bring him to justice.(after that, two other little girls were found) Clearly two different set of standards here in Fargo.
North Dakota, it appears—has one of the lowest standards for child abuse—‘some credible evidence’ is all that is needed to rend a family asunder, even if the report contains obvious, easily disproved , false material facts from an admitted ‘unsure if he broke her nose’ kinda guy .( Rod Hains to Ruby Knoll—Cass County Family Services.)
Cass County is half of the child deprivation/termination cases in North Dakota—how many federal/state dollars are spent where children who are in no immediate danger are taken from their parents? How many times are children’s lives ruined by UN-CONSTITUTIONAL acts—with reckless disregard for their best interest based on a carpet of false material facts/misrepresentation/concealment of material facts? CCSS, and the city of Fargo ND has a lot to answer for.
Contact info; 701 306 6906 .....kelseyport101@aol.com (Leon/Nichole Francis)
This was submited by a freind an fellow advocate. It is an excerpt from an A.P peice she submitted. Thanks Margi (Dragonslayer)
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this should be no big suprise to anyone here.. This attitude is very prevelent in the fargo/ moorehead areas Police depts! Do you remember fargo police cheif Cris Mugnus? He went to richmond and in very short order his true colors(pardon the pun) were out for everyone to see. Here is an excerp from CBS 5 IN CALIFORNIA...CBS 5 reported Tuesday that three police captains and three lieutenants filed formal complaints against Magnus with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
The six officers, all black men, claim that they have been harassed and denied promotions because of their race, association with other minorities and opposition to racism within the department, according to the complaints.....
One Richmond police commissioner, who did not wish to be identified, said the six officers who lodged the complaints against Magnus are upstanding, respected and represent "the cream of the crop" among the city's police force.
Additional complaints were expected to be filed soon, other officers told CBS 5 on Wednesday.
The complaints are the precursor to a possible lawsuit against the city of Richmond -- which could be brought in as soon as 60 days -- and prompted the city to open an internal probe into Magnus' conduct.
"We take charges like this very seriously," said City Manager Bill Lindsay. "We intend to do a complete and thorough investigation."
The officers -- who include Patrol Capt. Eugene McBride and School Public Safety Capt. Cleveland Brown -- are seeking a thorough and impartial investigation into the allegations, disciplinary action against senior officials who have engaged in discriminatory behavior, a change in policies regarding the hiring and promoting of officers, an apology and financial compensation for the harassment they have had to endure, according to Chris Dolan, the San Francisco attorney representing the six complaining officers.
Dolan said one of the most blatant examples of Magnus making racially derogatory remarks came when he promoted a white woman to the post of deputy chief.
"He was saying, wouldn't it be funny to see this white female with a whip over the Black captain saying 'Dance, jigaboo, dance,' " Dolan said.
With this type of attitude at the top , (this was Ternes mentor, the new fargo police cheif) what do you expect.
This kind of thing is all to common in many American cities, I've done some chatting about the upper mid west, north and south Dakota in particular and from the guys I've spoken with, the sentiment is that there is a very tangible air of elitism up there, especially among law enforcement agencies..What is really disturbing is the fact that the media there
has pretty much blacked out anything that portrays Fargo in a less than stellar light.The television, radio and print media there should really ask themselves who are they beholden to? the citizens or the authority. To cover up obvious abuses of power is to enable bigotry .