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Whitewash
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Civil and Human Rights Violations
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Fourteen articles describe racism and civil rights violations by Stephen A. Mitchell, directors, lawyers, staff, Kapos (enforcers), and some tenants at Council House during the past five years. They contain evidence of dereliction by government officials and their investigators which has resulted in unlawful evictions of physically and financially disadvantaged elderly people.
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Council House directors have shown indifference to tenant abuse by managers and their thugs. They have denied tenants their right to complain in violation of their constitutional right to freedom of expression. They have also either threatened them with eviction or evicted them for filing legitimate complaints with government agencies.
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Fully researched and documented, the articles allege that government officials have not dealt with complaints in accordance with law. They have consorted with Council House directors and their lawyers to conduct a whitewash of multiple instances of elder abuse and racism. By that, they violated Civil Rights Act Title VIII and Seattle Open Housing Ordinance.
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Investigation revealed an extensive pattern or practice of elder abuse, violation of civil and human rights, and denial of due process of law. The term "pattern or practice" means an intentional violation of rights granted by the Civil Rights Act evidenced by more than an isolated instance, or by regular repeated conduct in violation of that Act.
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John W. Meyers, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Thomas A. Carr, City Attorney, City of Seattle; Germaine W. Covington, Director, Seattle Office of Civil Rights (SOCR); Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney; and their employees, have neglected to investigate allegations of racism, elder abuse, and homicide by abuse. Evidently, they covered up those crimes for political expediency. Consequently, two Council House tenants filed in US District Court, Western District of Washington, for injunctive relief.
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Prior to publication, all people mentioned had a chance to refute statements that could negatively affect their reputations or cause investigation or prosecution.
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[Introduction to New/Updated Articles] [Constitutional Rights Initiative]
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A claim by Stephen (aka Stefan) A. Mitchell (40), Council House, Seattle, building manager, that no racism ever occurred in the building ranks as patently absurd and reflects his repeated practice of lying to authorities. A racist, he has employed at least three other racists as his assistants, and uses five racist Kapos (enforcers or thugs) to do his dirty work. Racism, condoned and financially supported by an all-Jewish* board of directors, has existed in that building for at least ten years.
The directors run Council House along Zionist lines which makes peaceful coexistence between Jewish tenants and other races and religions an increasingly intractable problem. Council House directors exclude all other races from board involvement or management of this government financially-assisted apartment block following Zionist exclusionary (racist) principles.
Zionism, an organized movement of world Jewry, arose in Europe in the late 19th century with the aim of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine. Modern Zionism supports the state of Israel to the exclusion of other races and religions. Currently, Zionism founds upon the support of two principles: the autonomy and safety of the state of Israel and the right of any Jew to settle there to the exclusion of everybody else.
Mitchell and his directors indulge in similar exclusionary practices. They rigidly enforce zero-tolerance policies using a team of Kapos (thugs) and exploit court rulings obtained by perjury that grant them impunity and anonymity. Government officials charged with oversight adopt laissez faire policies that allows racism, harassment, and eviction of minorities without due process of law. [Agency Accountability]
Council House (an apartment block for independent living) defines as racist and exclusionary by the very substance of its existence. Perniciously, managers single out then harass and discriminate in particular against the minority constituency least able to defend itself - the black community. Oversight agencies support a racist, sociopathic building manager who declares everyone at Council House vulnerable adults and considers them at his mercy. [Vulnerable Adults]
Posing as a social worker, Mitchell diagnoses everybody but himself as crazy and claims to act as fiduciary and protector for tenants. Using phony psychiatric credentials he has incarcerated at least four tenants, confined another in a mental institution, directly participated in at least two cases of alleged homicide by abuse, and conducted myriad witch hunts and unlawful evictions.
Mitchell arbitrarily evicts anyone who opposes him using specious arguments that they behave rudely and abusively. A current report (10 Sep 05) from a usually reliable Council House source concludes, somewhat tongue in cheek, that media: “will have a lot of work to do in the future as Mitchell attacks [dissenting tenants] one by one”.
Incredibly, Germaine W. Covington, Director, Seattle Office of Civil Rights, has become part of the problem and not the solution by condoning Mitchell’s behavior. She has whitewashed malfeasance by Mitchell, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officials, and her own staff. She has conveniently ignored the facts for political expedience.
Covington has apparently lost all sense of proportion. She has spent more time and taxpayer funds on preparing puffs for media stories about an emotionally disturbed honky with a dog problem, and queer housing rights, than she has done for people of her own race who have suffered humiliation and despair for centuries. While she seeks self-aggrandizing publicity, 150 people in an apartment block (many of them black) have lost their civil and human rights due to the activities of a crazed monster, an indifferent board of directors, and laissez faire polices employed by government officials.
Certainly, dogs and sexual proclivity do not take precedence over the rights of multiple black tenants at Council House who routinely suffer discrimination, humiliation, and threats of eviction. While all minorities need protection under law, individual cases of canine rights and queer copulation may get Covington more ink but do not address real issues.
Historically, black people only get media attention and provoke government interest in their plight when they revolt or die by the thousand. Then officials do nothing except use flaks to try to turn a negative profile into a positive achievement without addressing the real issues. Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle apparently relies entirely on a plethora of flaks, and photographers with wide-angle lenses, entirely out of proportion to the size of his administration to cover up malfeasance by city officials.
In the face of incontrovertible evidence of unlawful racist activity at Council House, and with knowledge of a pattern or practice of arbitrary eviction of tenants for reporting it, Covington determined “that there is no reasonable cause to believe that an unfair practice [racism] has been committed”. Although, SOCR received a valid complaint from Lauren Jeanne Hawk, its investigator Steven Zwerin whitewashed racial discrimination then used the same blanket statement to cover himself.
Disingenuously, Covington leaves herself a bolt hole by saying: “that no reasonable cause determination by SOCR means that there is not sufficient evidence to show that an unfair practice has occurred”. She has also neglected to respond to a public records request for a copy of the final investigative report. [Silent Withholding]
Seattle Open Housing Ordinance exists to prohibit unfair practices in housing that deny equal rights and opportunities. The ordinance designates that Seattle Office for Civil Rights must enforce its provisions. Covington has neglected to address issues which makes her ultimately responsible for any malfeasance at Council House. [Seattle Open Housing Ordinance]
In conversation with Zwerin, Hawk asked him why he had not used Contra Cabal (which has published details of repeated racism at Council House for five years) as a reference point for his inquiry. He acknowledged that he knew about Contra Cabal investigations and reports then claimed that: “He is not allowed to base anything on Contra Cabal and could get into trouble for reading it.” By that statement, Zwerin not only deprived himself of a higher education, he admitted negligence in not using all available means of critical inquiry to arrive at an unbiased conclusion.
Contra Cabal reports appear in a publicly accessible place with notification to government agencies upon publication. They classify as part of the public record. The publisher informs US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), City of Seattle (CoS), and other agency officials responsible for oversight of Council House, immediately upon publication. Individuals alleged to have committed crimes or misdemeanors receive advance warning which gives them an opportunity to refute any allegations they deem unfair.
Hawk says that Mitchell told her that she had no right to report the incident and that only victims of racial discrimination could file complaints. She said that Mitchell claimed that no racism had ever occurred in the building and that he would evict her if she raised the issue again. Zwerin evidently concurs with Mitchell by contempt prior to investigation.
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Fourteenth Amendment
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US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and City of Seattle (SOCR)
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Reversal of a Seattle Office of Civil Rights decision by Seattle Human Rights Commission.
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That no racism occurred at Council House, Seattle.
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Hawk claims that Mitchell retaliated against her for reporting racism after he violated the Fair Housing Act and the Seattle Open Housing and Public Accommodations Ordinance, SMC 14.08. The acts alleged in the complaint, if proven, violate Sections 818 and 804.38 of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended by the Fair Housing Act.
[Fair Housing Act] [Seattle Open Housing Ordinance]
On a formal complaint by Hawk, Seattle Office of Civil Rights (SOCR) began to investigate charges of discrimination that she made against Mitchell and Council House. Hawk says she also filed complaints with Glen Youngblood, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
City of Seattle procedures for civil rights complaints seem quite clear. However, SOCR, along with several other departments that come under the auspices of Thomas A. Carr, City Attorney, have ignored them, apparently for political reasons.
Under city rules, SOCR, after receiving a formal complaint, determines whether it qualifies, then calls for a full investigation. If a case does not qualify, then SOCR must refer the complaint to another agency for action. Covington evidently found reasonable cause to support the charge and appointed Zwerin to investigate it.
SOCR can only administratively close the case if they cannot complete an investigation or if the complainant chooses to settle in court. However, Covington arbitrarily closed the case twice, apparently with political motivation.
Upon qualification, the regulations require an investigator to contact the person charged and meet with the complainant before conducting interviews and gathering evidence. Zwerin contacted Hawk then with Covington and her staff proceeded to whitewash the whole affair deliberately to pervert due process of law. [Racial Prejudice and Civil Rights]
Many tenants will not report racism for fear of retaliation. Mitchell has frequently used private information recorded in personal files to intimidate them. He called an emergency contact person then tried to obtain information by slandering one resident. Subsequently, he unlawfully used his official position and power to threaten that resident with eviction.
Audrey Dunbar and Katrina Ramsb-rg, both unqualified as administrators, frequently accessed the same files then misused information recorded in them. The law requires residents to provide only financial information for HUD certification purposes. Moreover, the US Privacy Act 1974 protects them against misuse of it by prohibiting management agents from disclosing it without written consent. Intimidation, blackmail, and extortion classify as criminal offenses.
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Whitewash
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To commit malfeasance (misconduct) especially by a public official or state actor.
To cover up crimes and misdemeanors for political purposes.
To conceal violations of law and public policy.
To exonerate by dilatory investigation and biased reporting of facts.
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It is important to understand SOCR’s role of neutrality during the filing, investigation and resolution of your claim. SOCR does not take sides in a case. We do not "speak for" the Charging Party; nor do we "represent" the Respondent. Our job is to enforce the City of Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws. We strive to be fair, honest and impartial. [Hypocrisy - Germaine W. Covington, Director]
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Case Studies
These case studies cover some of the racism that Mitchell, Zwerin, and by extension Covington, claim never happened. Vignettes touch upon a few of the recent instances of racism at Council House. They describe, by no means exhaustively, typical behavior by Stephen Mitchell, his Kapos, and some tenants. They trace a pattern or practice that applies to dozens of unfortunate tenants whom Mitchell has ostracized, harassed, and evicted.
#1- Bryan/Ratcliff
Aggressor: Mary Bryan (#607).
Victim: Richard Ratcliff (#404).
Malfeasants: Stephen A. Mitchell and Steven Zwerin.
Witness: Lauren Jeanne Hawk (#307).
Lauren Jeanne Hawk, a white woman, who has actively supported civil rights for some years, filed a complaint about racism and racial discrimination with Stephen A. Mitchell, who manages Council House, Seattle, a government financially-assisted building. When he did not act upon her complaint she repeated it (05 Nov 04).
Mitchell claims to have written a reprimand (07 Jul 04) to Bryan, a rabid racist, and says that he wrote her another letter after Hawk’s complaint. He repeated to Zwerin that, “unfortunately, he could not evict a resident simply for being racist”. Accordingly, Jewish tenants publicly use the derogatory Yiddish term "shvartzer" (nigger) when referring to black residents.
Hawk, Mary Bryan, both white women, and Richard Ratcliff, a black man, all leased apartments at Council House. Hawk testified under an oath to Steven Zwerin that she witnessed Bryan call Richard Ratcliff, a black man, “nigger”.
Hawk says that she told Mitchell that he could not continue to allow government financed racism. Mitchell claimed that what she reported did not constitute specific information on which he could act and that he could not evict a person for racism.
Ratcliff wrote to Mitchell (05 May 05) after receiving a ten-day notice to quit his apartment that Mitchell had retaliated against him for attempting to make a complaint that Mary Bryan had publicly called him “nigger”. He claimed that Mitchell refused to accept his complaint so that he could write an informal warning to Bryan and stop Lauren Jeanne Hawk from making a civil rights case about it.
Mitchell later sent a letter (10 Nov 04) to Hawk threatening to evict her if she made any further reference to racism then commenced eviction proceedings against her and Ratcliff. Hawk has since stated that the most recent recorded incidence of racism occurred (08 Apr 05) and continues. She claims that Mitchell retaliated against her for making the complaints about Bryan.
This incident, follows a practice of setting up black people for eviction using unnamed tenants as complainants so that the victim never has an opportunity to face his accuser. The complaints follow the same pattern in each case. An anonymous person complains about excessive noise emanating from the apartment and objects to the tenants black guests.
Repeatedly, Kapos and their molls have harassed guests upon entering and leaving the building then filed complaints against them to manufacture evidence that Mitchell can use in eviction proceedings.
#2- Bryan/Weddington
Aggressor: Mary Bryan (#607).
Victim: Victor Weddington (#605) and Leon Harris (#403).
Malfeasant: Stephen A. Mitchell.
Witness: Gilda Kabbani (#203).
Gilda Kabbani, a Council House tenant for several years, describes Victor Weddington, as “a black man, and I might add, an extremely lovely human being with a serious heart problem”. She describes how Mary Bryan has repeatedly victimized her neighbor by making “as much violent sounding noises as she can to rid herself of Victor who is next door to her”. Kabbani says that Bryan has made it public that she has a fear of black men and wants him gone. She says that Weddington has complained to Mitchell about the harassment and racism yet Mitchell has done nothing about it.
#3 - Bryan/Harris
Aggressor: Mary Bryan (#607).
Victim: Leon Harris (#403).
Malfeasant: Stephen A. Mitchell.
Witness: Names withheld to avoid retaliation by Mitchell.
Bryan had an altercation with Leon Harris, another black man, whom she ordered out of a public room (22 Dec 00). She later said that: “She felt threatened”. Mitchell has known about her harassment of black people for at least five years yet has done nothing about it. Instead, he has either threatened eviction or evicted her victims using the term “rude and abusive” as a reason.
Mitchell openly prejudices black people while he gives people like Bryan absolute privilege to use whatever language they see fit without admonition. He supports privileged elitists who behave in whatever way they think fit while Mitchell and his enforcers manufacture complaints against their victims. Later, Mitchell unlawfully evicted Harris. [Trials of Leon L Harris]
#4 - LeMire/Weddington
Aggressor: Sharon J. LeMire (Assistant Administrator)
Victim: Victor Weddington (#605).
Malfeasants: Stephen A. Mitchell and Sharon LeMire.
Witnesses: Names withheld to avoid retaliation by Stephen Mitchell.
Victor Weddington, a black man, says that Sharon LeMire, an assistant administrator and bookkeeper, banged on his apartment door (09 Oct 03/18:30) and “howled” at him that he had not paid his security deposit of $228.00. Weddington, a heart patient with by-pass surgery, says that her shouting made him physically ill.
After she left, he gathered his rent receipts and stubs of three money orders proving he had paid what he owed. By this time he had developed chest pains; however, he went to the office to show LeMire the receipts to prove that he had paid what he owed. He says that LeMire shouted at him again: “There is no proof, there is no proof of your payment”.
Weddington says that he left and went to his apartment because his chest pain was getting worse. Back in his apartment, he verified that his blood pressure had risen to a high level.
The following day (10 Oct 03/08:30), Weddington says that he went to the main floor of the building. When LeMire saw him she shouted: “I will see you at 09:00 in my office”. He replied to her: “You ain’t going to see me. I do not need to feel ill again.” Two other tenants in the lobby witnessed the incident.
Weddington filed a formal complaint (07 Nov 03) in the manner prescribed by HUD with Mitchell. In it he recounted the door-banging and shouting incident after business hours and claimed that he had witnesses. There is no evidence that Mitchell ever addressed the complaint. LeMire has a history of notoriously bad bookkeeping and has harassed other tenants without cause on similar issues stemming from her own incompetence.
#5 - Lambert and Cowdin/Williams
Aggressor: Virginia Lambert (Kapo).
Victim: Willie Mae Williams. (#1002).
Malfeasants: Stephen A. Mitchell and Robert Cowdin.
Witness: Gilda Kabbani.
Willie Mae Williams, a black woman, lived at Council House for three decades and claimed not to have had a problem with anyone until she suffered a physical assault in the lobby. Virginia D. Lambert tried to strangle her for no particular reason other than racism and drew blood. Paramedics called to the scene said that she should go to hospital.
A white, female SPD officer interviewed Lambert and Cowdin at the crime scene then spoke to Williams at the hospital. She did nothing to pursue the complaint. When Williams asked the officer what she intended to do about the attack she responded: “Nothing, she’s just an old [white] lady and if I lock her up they will just turn her loose anyway”. The officer tended toward transferring blame onto Williams after first interviewing her attacker.
Interviews with black prisoners in King County Jail and a caring white public defender provided a hypothesis for Williams’s reticence in preferring charges. The prisoners said that police would probably have transferred blame onto Williams then transported her to jail where they would keep her for an extended period without legal representation until a court hearing. Then, she would probably have heard a public defender tell her to plead guilty on a plea bargain for expedience.
Mitchell relies on police dealing with black people this way as will become apparent in the Donald Jackson case study. Witnesses swore that Lambert physically attacked different black women in the building on separate occasions. They said that Lambert often lost control yet Mitchell took no action on every occasion.
Mitchell blamed her victims and punished witnesses by using ostracism and other harassment against them. He allowed Lambert to continue to live at Council House after the Williams incident and forgave late rent payments and the disgusting condition of her apartment.
After the assault, Williams moved away from Council House. Whether she left because of the assault, racism, or for other reasons, the perception of racism exists supported by ongoing racist administrative patterns or practices. An established elite continues to implement those policies. [Racism] [Trials of Leon L Harris]
#6 - Lambert and Jacques/Harris
Aggressors: Virginia Lambert and Felippe Jacques (Kapos).
Victim: Leon L. Harris. (#1002).
Malfeasant: Stephen A. Mitchell.
Witnesses: Donald Jackson (#1003), Gilda Kabbani (#203), Jerry Laners (Pastor).
Mitchell consistently provoked and publicly humiliated Leon L. Harris a quiet, retiring black man, former aide to the Governor of Oregon, until he spoke out against racism. Mitchell then constructively evicted him although he won a frivolous antiharassment law suit brought against him by Mitchell using Lambert as proxy.
Harris obtained a pro bono attorney and an ethical judge found in his favor. Mitchell and Jacques, his Kapo, then unleashed a campaign of racial abuse and intimidation against Harris until he had to leave his home and find another place to live. They also intimidated witnesses as they have done on at least ten other occasions. [Five Kapos] [Noblesse Oblige]
Judge Maureen Howard denied Mitchell and Lambert an antiharassment order for lack of proof of severe emotional stress. She said that broadcast statements may offend but do not cause emotional stress. Harassment describes what people do, not what they say publicly. She remarked that Lambert initiated contact most times and admonished Mitchell for not taking care of problems administratively.
Despite Harris winning his case, Jacques later threatened him in a court room. Police records show that he said to Harris in front of Mitchell and court officers: “I’m going to blow your fucking head off”. Mitchell condoned the behavior and Seattle police claim that they referred the incident to the district attorney who has apparently done nothing about it. Malicious harassment classifies as a class C felony. [Trials of Leon L Harris]
#7 - Mitchell and Jacques/Jackson
Aggressor: Stephen A. Mitchell (Administrator) and Felippe Jacques (Kapo).
Victim: Donald Jackson. (#1003).
Malfeasant: Stephen A. Mitchell.
Witnesses: Names withheld to avoid retaliation by Mitchell.
Donald Jackson (a black man on oxygen support), attended court as a witness for Harris. He said that he had spoken to Mitchell after the hearing to ask him about Lambert’s physical violence toward long-time resident Willie Mae Williams. Jackson said that Mitchell told him that the incident occurred during Mark Mullen’s watch as administrator. The record shows that Mitchell worked as Mullen’s assistant at that time.
Affronted by Jackson’s questions (similar to questions by other tenants that he has repeatedly considered “interference” in management), Mitchell set his principal Kapo and moll team (Felippe Jacques and Kathryn McKinley) to maintain surveillance with security cameras and repeated complaints about Jackson and his care-giver Rose (a black woman reputedly his wife). Mitchell used “evidence” that they manufactured to evict Jackson, a quiet man who had helped several tenants and testified in their behalf which made him ripe for termination.
McKinley set up verbal confrontations and reportedly pushed and shoved Rose as she left the building. Then Jacques filed a series of written complaints with Mitchell stating that McKinley “feared for her safety”. Mitchell obtained “no trespass” orders from SPD then used them to have Rose arrested and jailed all without due process of law.
Audrey F. Dunbar has since filed a police report suggesting that Rose slashed tires on her car without a scintilla of evidence to prove it. She has also filed a similar complaint suggesting that this reporter slashed the same tires.
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To Whom It May Concern:
Mr. Donald Jackson (SS# 000-00-0000) has been a patient of mine for 9 years.
He has severe lung disease which requires oxygen treatment and multiple medications. Stable housing is absolutely essential to his health, and even a brief period of homelessness could be life threatening. He also requires assistance with some of his activities of daily living due to his shortness of breath and chronic arthritis pain.
I have had extensive conversations with Mr. Jackson about his housing, and he agrees to comply with any necessary regulations in order to avoid eviction. We are working with our support staff to see if chore services could be provided by an agency.
I sincerely hope any eviction proceedings will be reconsidered given his serious medical issues. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
(Signed) Lisa Erlanger, MD.
8 November 2004
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On hearing of intended eviction by Mitchell, this reporter (under ethical rules that require reporters to hold people harmless) wrote to both John W. Meyers, Regional Director, HUD, and Thomas A. Carr, City Attorney, City of Seattle, to advise them of an impending and unlawful eviction by Mitchell that could cause death to a tenant. He also sent them copies of the doctor’s letter that supported his allegation.
Those letters also drew attention to two previous instances of alleged homicide by abuse in which Mitchell had complicity. However, they ignored the reports by adopting their usual laissez faire stance and apparently took no action to stop this particular instance of elder and racial abuse. They have over a five-year period consistently ignored similar complaints that have resulted in unlawful evictions and elder abuse.
Despite the medical report which stated that eviction “could be life threatening", Mitchell ordered the Environmental Services Director (a black man who suffered indignity by this enforced action) to throw all Jackson's furniture and possessions into the street. Local scavengers descended upon them and took anything of value.
The next day, neighbors complained about the mess the scavengers had left. Mitchell again humiliated the director. He called him after hours and ordered him personally to clean the area and take the remaining possessions to a dump.
Jacques, probably Mitchell's most virulent and violent thug and a self-proclaimed racist, orchestrated Jackson’s eviction over an extended period before and after Jackson had a spell in hospital intensive care. Immediately after the eviction, Mitchell moved McKinley into Jackson's vacated apartment apparently as a reward for helping him evict Jackson. Jacques achieved his objective of having his moll living in an apartment situated across the hall from his own. Jackson died shortly afterwards. [Noblesse Oblige]
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Fourth Amendment
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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Washington State Constitution - Article I, Section 7
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No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home invaded, without authority of law.
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Conclusion
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Mitchell's
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Racist Thug
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Felippe Jacques
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The Harris police report recorded only one of many similar felonies committed by Jacques yet Mitchell continues to lease an apartment to him as he did with Lambert and continues to use him as a Kapo to intimidate predominantly black tenants. Jacques' overt hatred and violence against black people and other minorities goes back many years. On other occasions, Mitchell has sanctioned unlawful search and seizure of apartments by LeMire, Dunbar, and Ramsburg. LeMire and Dunbar removed property from one of them.
Jacques wrote about his vigilantism. He claimed to have rolled over a black pimp in a heavy Ford Bronco while he enjoyed the terrifying noise of breaking the man's legs and reducing them to pulp while he screamed. He also recounted how he told a Chinaman to remove his shoe then shot his big toe off and threatened the man that he would continue to shoot his toes off one at a time until he did what Jacques wanted. A doctor had to amputate what was left of the man’s big toe. [Noblesse Oblige]
These self-proclaimed incidents against minorities only touch upon this man’s violence yet Mitchell treats him as a valued collaborator. Several courts have informally found courthouse conduct by Mitchell and Jacques obstructionist and indefensible. They both physically threatened this reporter with violence in the courthouse on several occasions and courts granted him the protection of court officers. Jacques later attacked this reporter with a metal rod in the street.
Mitchell follows a pattern of humiliating tenants and denying their professional and community accomplishments to intimidate and provoke them. That pattern became abundantly clear in the Harris trial. Later, Mitchell’s racism showed clearly when he publicly questioned why this reporter would write about Harris with the rhetorical question: “Why would he do that - he’s white and Harris is black?”
The racial prejudice stems from the decisions and actions of directors. Several Council House directors met as a search committee to discuss hiring a replacement administrator. They voiced concerns about advertising nationally because it would result in black people applying for the position and conspired to exclude them. They designated the building as Jewish.
By planning to manipulate employment criteria they violated both the spirit and intent of federal equal opportunity laws. Those laws preclude discrimination in both housing and employment. They require the directors to advertise in a way that provides equal opportunity to all qualified applicants notwithstanding race, color, creed, national origin, gender, age, or familial status. Directors must by law make their selection based on merit without ethnic or racial prejudice.
They must advertise nationally for a competent, permanent administrator or management company according to HUD regulations and publicly show that they have complied with all state and federal laws. Instead, they employed Mitchell and forged documents and filed them with HUD to support their decision.
[Nmesis]
*Apart from Mitchell the token goy.
*Ages shown (30 Jun 05).
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