May 10, 2012: Presentation of Memorandum to the US Justice Department to Ms. Laurie Shestack Phipps, Team Leader - United States Mission to the United Nations during the proceedings of the 11th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues UN Headquarters, New York NY
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Attorney General Eric Holder
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
February 7, 2012
Dear Sir:
The long march in defense of civil rights for All Peoples which began with the dismantling of discriminatory racial profiling practices that benefit the European American "white" constituencies with ethnic preferences in electoral, educational, economic, and legal systems has many chapters, but it begins with the basic recognition of universal Human Dignity and compassion.
We now request a meeting on the ground with the representatives of your department to discuss and explore venues to address this ongoing and pervasive pogrom of "ethnic cleansing" under the guise of the "Rule of Law."
Please contact me at your convenience to discuss this proposal.
Sincerely,
Tupac Enrique Acosta. Yaotachcauh
Tlahtokan Nahuacalli
TONATIERRA
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
February 7, 2012
Dear Sir:
It has come to our attention via reports
in the media today that the department of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) will be opening up an office of community ombudsman to
address issues of concern by the public relevant to the scope of law
enforcement policies and operations of the agency.
We were also informed this morning that
officials of the Justice Department are meeting with community leaders
and organizations to discuss the current status of the US Justice
Department Letter of Findings regarding the investigation of the office
of the Maricopa County Sheriff, J. Arpaio.
The long march in defense of civil rights for All Peoples which began with the dismantling of discriminatory racial profiling practices that benefit the European American "white" constituencies with ethnic preferences in electoral, educational, economic, and legal systems has many chapters, but it begins with the basic recognition of universal Human Dignity and compassion.
The crossing of the Edmund Pettus bridge
and the anguish of Bloody Sunday on March 7, 1965 are significant
mileposts in this journey, and must be recalled now to contextualize the
actions of yet another Sheriff in yet another state, for as Martin
Luther King said after Selma in 1967 and before his assassination in
1968: "We have emerged from the era of Civil Rights to the Era of Human Rights."
Human Rights are inherent. The United
States of North America is a signatory of the United Nations Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. These two facts are realities that must be
brought to bear to evaluate the scope of the issues mentioned at the
beginning of the memorandum, but there is more.
On September 13, 2007 the United Nations
General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples. The US was one of four governments that opposed the declaration
including the anglophile states of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
who as derivatives, represent immigrant sovereignties that are residuals
of the colonies of the British Empire.
Governor George Wallace of Alabama and
Sheriff Clark of Selma also opposed the tides of justice, and in the
name of the "Rule of Law" committed acts of atrocity and brutality that
have left lasting wounds on the visage of the the concept of America as
"Land of the Free".
Therefore, in light of the fact that the
issues of racial profiling and discriminatory policing that have begun
to be addressed in the US Justice Department Letter of Findings
regarding the Maricopa County Sheriff's office and the Melendres vs. Arpaio decision by the US Court of Justice HAVE NOT mentioned the systematic practices of racial profiling against Indigenous Peoples in particular as fundamental to the overall violations of Civil Rights, Human Rights, and Indigenous Rights within the scope of law enforcement operations in Maricopa County:
We now request a meeting on the ground with the representatives of your department to discuss and explore venues to address this ongoing and pervasive pogrom of "ethnic cleansing" under the guise of the "Rule of Law."
Please contact me at your convenience to discuss this proposal.
Sincerely,
Tupac Enrique Acosta. Yaotachcauh
Tlahtokan Nahuacalli
TONATIERRA
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La Familia
Charcoal and Pencil portrait by Joaquín Chiñas
"Stopping Mexicans to make sure they are legal is not racist. If you have dark skin, you have dark skin! Unfortunately, that is the look of the Mexican illegal."
Files of Maricopa County Sheriff J. Arpaio,
quoted on page 28 of US District Court Case 2:07-cv-02513-GMS
Document 494 12/23/11
"Stopping Mexicans to make sure they are legal is not racist. If you have dark skin, you have dark skin! Unfortunately, that is the look of the Mexican illegal."
Files of Maricopa County Sheriff J. Arpaio,
quoted on page 28 of US District Court Case 2:07-cv-02513-GMS
Document 494 12/23/11
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