@THE 'M EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE - SINCE 1987 If we take back our democracy, we’ll take back our stree This past February, the House of Representatives passed a bill which would kill the “exclusionary rule” the rule that says the evi- dence obtained in an illegal search cannot be introduced at trial. This bill was part of the “Taking Back Our Streets Act,” the Republicans’ attempt to rewrite last year’s $30 billion Crime Bill, to make it even tougher on criminals. However, the bill takes back some of our constitutional rights as well. The fourth amendment to the Constitution guarantees the nght of Americans to be “secure in their persons, houses, papers, and ef- fects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This right cannot be violated, unless the po- lice obtain a warrant from ajudge. To get the warrant, the police must swear an oath that they have “prob- able cause”: the belief that a crime has been or will be committed, and that evidence of this crime can be found in the location to be searched. The warrant must spell out in de- tail the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. Under the exclusionary rule, if the police went ahead witha search andseizure withouta warrantthat _ satisfied all these fourth amend-" ment requirements, then the evi- dence seized could not be used against the defendant. There have been occasions when highly in- criminating evidence, illegally ob- tained, has been excluded from a trial, leading to the acquittal of defendants who may have been guilty. Some of our lawmakers whose zeal in fighting crime has led them into murky constitu- tional waters have seized on these instances to justify doing away with the exclusionary rule. Critics of the exclusionary rule say that it puts obstacles in the way of police officers trying to do their job. But the exclusionary rule reinforces and supports the professionalism of our police, by ensuring that if they do not builda case within constituitional con- straints, then they have no case at all. The rule has given crucial pro- tection to people of color, whom the police often pursue without any regard for their constitutional rights. ; The lawmakers who want'to do away with the rule say they want to make allowances for occasions when the police make “good faith” mistakes. But something as basic as our Americn way of life as the right to be secure in ourown homes _should not be compromised to make allowances for official blun- ders. Reparations and Black Taxation pleadings and debate changes to direct action By: Robert Brock The direction of the Reparations Movement of Black Americans of slaves’ descent has changed from pleading and debate to that of action and a dramatic challenge to pay no income taxes to the fed- eral government based on a suit which questions the legality of forcing Black Americans to pay taxes, according to Robert Brock, Founder of the Self Determina- tion Committee, a Black national- istcommunity-based organization whose aim is to assist and direct Black U.S. slave descendants in obtaining the right of self-deter- mination and freedom, repara- tions, and repatriation. He said that the suit against the Internal Revenue Service was filedin April, 1993 using Interna- tional Law by Leonard Ashton who is refusing to pay taxes. The pleading and debate which involves filing complaints or mak- ing statements of what happened to Blacks in the past 1s what repa- rations have been about, but that is what is changing. The basis of the suit, Brock, common law attorney for Ashton said, is that emancipated slaves never agreed to be governed by the United States. Because they never mutually established alle- giance with the federal govern- ment, they are not required to perform the duties of citizenship, one of which is being taxed by the government. Asthe suit slowly moved through the United States District Court in Los Angeles, Ashton filed a motion for Request and Order for Judicial Notice of status of citizen- ship and the Fourteenth Amend- ment under Rule 201, and in open court before Judge Davies at a hearing on October 4, 1993 made a ‘bold disclaimer to the Court of the: 1.U.S. Constitution, 2.13,14th Amendments, and Civil Rights Laws 3. and all other laws, statutes, rules, regulations, orders and commands of the United States on the grounds that Leonard Ashton and 49 millions of U.S. slaves’ descendants of African Oni- gin National Ancestry had never consented, agreed to, or voted on or swore to uphold the U.S. Consti- tution and its laws and statues, one of them being the LR.S. Presently, the suit, on appeal to the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap- peals, lists four issues on which the refusal of slave descendants to pay taxes is based, said Brock: A. Mutuality B. Disclaimer, C. Domicile, and D. Jurisdiction based on Slavery. There is no showing nor have the U.S. Courts answered, of any mutuality or consent through a Jural process by Black slave de- scendants of the U.S. Constitu- tion and laws as to association by citizenship, and it appears that the Unites States has agreed to this issue by their silence and re- fusal to answer, said Brock. In support of Ashton’s issue on mutuality, Brock pointed out that the following seven slave clauses in the U.S. Constitution negates any mutuality to the U.S. Consti- tution, and further, said Brock, “the U.S. Constitution, used to enslave Blacks cannot be the means to free or make Blacks citi- zens.” Slave Clause: “The Migration or Importation of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for such Person.” Consti- tution, Article I, Section 9, Clause I) Slave Clause: “The United States shall protect..., and on Ap- plication of the Legislature, or of the Executive against domestic violence.” Constitution, Article IV, Section 4). Slave Clause: “No person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the laws theredf, escaping into another, shall,in Consequence of any law or Regulation therein Federal Court dodges sensitive issue of black taxation “The judge resorted to any ex- cuse as a rationale to dispose of this hearing, since if the merits of this case were to so much as get into the court, we would have won a-priori because al] of the premises of our action, from decades of re- search, are unimpeachable.” By Dr. Robert Brock, President, Self Determination Committee “We Blacks of U.S., Slaves’ De- scent are going forward on a foun- dation of just a few very simple premises: 1. The essence of a nation is people, not mere land mass; 2. Black people, slaves and slaves’ descendants had no par- ticipation, consent or mutuality in the creation— and/or establish- ment of the United States Consti- tution, its Amendments, nor and laws promulgated thereunder; 3. A circumstance wherein laws are made by one to be obeyed by another without his mutual con- sent constitutes slavery; and Blacks having recently discovered that their captivity and slavery is couched and hidden in obedience to laws and the judiciary, under the guise of “law enforcement” did the following in this lawsuit against the I.R.S. and the U.S: a. Recognized and states that Blacks of slave and slaves’ descent are heldin captivity and the condi- tion and status of physical slavery by acts of undeclared war of en- slavement as enemy aliens, and b. By force of arms, are pres- ently under- obedience and au- thority of the U.S. Constitution. Amendments, and laws, and, c. by the Fourteenth Amend- ment, without Blacks consent, are made: “Resident Aliens in the Ter- ritory of the United States, sub- jecting Blacks to the allegiance and duties of government and citi- zenship, one of them being taxa- tion.” 4. There never was any consent or mutuality to be under the laws of the United States nor its U.S. Constitution by slaves & U.S. Slaves’ Descendants and the fol- lowing seven U.S. Constitutional slave Clauses negate any mutual- ity or consent; 5. Amaxim of law is that silence means consent, baring the statute of limitation, this suit made a bold disclaimer of the above manner and way the U.S. Government and its White sovereign Citizens made us Black subject to allegiance and duties, and burdensof government, two of them being: a. “juristice artificial persons,” and by force arms, subjected to the jurisdiction of the United States ascitizens and resident of the State b. Direct Taxation of slaves’ de- scendants by IRS/FTB’s. 6. The Domicile of Black slaves’ descen- dants.19 that of Africa /’ 1. Jurisdiction can only be legal over Blacks if the above there: mutuality, mutuality, and domi- cile are legal from the beginning; 8. All 49 millions of Blacks of United States Slaves and Slaves’ Descent of African National] Ori- ‘gin, an Ethnic Group, presently resident in the Territory of the United States, through this U.S. District Court law suit has united and demanded the U.S Govern- ment and its White People, that if they and the.I.R.S. want 49 mil- lions of Blacks to continue paying ) income taxes every April 15, then they must “answer, this, our law- suit and prove by Judicial Notice of Black STATUS-"Not Verified” by bringing documents into open court as to the way and manner the U.S. Government made all Blacks part of its government was legal to begin with,” THUS: 9. All Blacks of Slaves Descent shall not pay any taxes, comes April 15, according to law, until such time as the Defendants United States and the I.R.S. and F.T.B’s, by legal and lawful means prove the above; 10. A slave-master/owner is re- sponsible for his slaves under the principle of Respondent Superior in the same manner that a parent is responsible for its children or an employer/business is for its em- ployees/agents; 11. Only the (White) slave mas- ter/owner cancommit acrime. The Black slaves’ Descendants can only disobey; 12. As to all 49 millions of Blacks of slaves’ descent being charged with a crime for not paying taxes according to the above way, man- ner and circumstances, on April 15, or not even responding to the L.R.S. Letter or other Command to pay taxes, this lawsuit states the following, and the U.S. is put on Notice: “This action having alleged Mutuality, Disclaimer, Domicile, and said jusisdiction based on sla- very and captivity, and that the making of all Blacks of slaves’ de- scent non persons and legislative persons after the law in violation of International Law,(Black Plain- (Continued on Page 5) be discharged from Service or Labour but shall be delivered up on claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.” Constitution, Article IV, Sec- tion 2, Clause 3. Slave Clause: “To provide for calling forth the mili- tia to execute the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions” Article 1, Section 8, Clause 15). Slave Clause: ...provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thou- sandeight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Sec- tion of the first Article”. (Constitu- tion, Article V). Slave Clause: “No Capitation, or other direct Tax, shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census of Enumeration herein before di rected to be taken”. (Constitution, Article, 1, Section 9, Clause 4). Slave Clause: “Representative and direct Taxes shall be appor- tioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other Persons”. Constitution, Article I, Section 2, Clause 3). (The three- fifths ofa Person was how all slaves were counted legally.) In descending order, Brock shows a negation of mutuality as follow: The 14th Amendment was forced on Black slaves and their descen- dants. The Dred Scott Decision (Continued on page 4) Sessaasun ou 9409 480 | havag WEEK OF APRIL 17- Pi There is no question that violent crime 1s a serious problem in America, for all our citizens. But we still live in democracy under the rule of law, which in America includes the precious guarantees embodied in the Bill of Rights. There is a long tradition of au- thoritanan regimes suspending civil liberties in the name of public safety. But thatis not, forthe most part, our American tradition. And it is astounding to realize that this bill is being championed by some of the very same Republicans who promised that once they were in charge, government wou!d not in- trude in our lives. Asif this bill weren pad enough, consider the process by which it was passed. The House Judiciary Committee held no hearings on the bill. There was, therefore, no public discussion or input from constitutional experts, police of- ficers or citizens advocacy groups. At one point during the vote, Rep. Mel Watts (D-NC), a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, offered an amendment to the bill in form of the text of the Fourth Amendment, to try to restore the rights that the majority of his col- leagues were so eager to take away. Rep. Watt’s amendment, actually the Fourth Amendment, was rejected by a vote of 303 to ‘121, showing how little regard our elected officials have for the basic laws and principles of democracy. Gun Ban Repeal To . Start in Earnest On Friday, March 31, the first of three hearings were held in the congressional effort to repeal Presi- dent Clinton’s gun ban. Friday’s hearing began at 10:00 a.m. in roon 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Testimony was given before the House sub-com- mittee on crime chaired by Con- gressman Bill McCollum. Testify- ing will be numerous people who have used firearms in self-defense, many of them used firearms cur- rently banned under the 1994 Crime Bill. Additionally, on the 3ist, re- nowned authorities on the issue of self-defense, the criminal misuse of firearms, and youth violence will also testify before the commit- tee. On April 5, the second hearing before Congressman McCollum’s committee will focus on the mean- ing of the Second Amendment. Re- nowned scholars, who are all cur- rently law professors, and whom have published books on the Sec- ond Amendment including the his- torical origins and current-day implications wil! give testimony. Also on April 5, aw enforcement officers of all ranks will testify that law enforcement is far from agreement with the Clinton gun ban. Clayton announces Water Grant (Washington, D.C.) Congress- woman Eva M. Clayton announces the award of a more than $2 million grant to the Warren County Water and Sewer District tocon- struct a central water distnbution system to serve the townships of Shady Creek, Shocco and Warrenton. “This grant will provide the area an opportunity to bolster its water service to hundreds of customers,” said Clayton. “I am delighted that North Carolinians continue to re- ceive resources to improve their way of life.” The Rural Utilities Service grant will be used to construct a central water distribution system to serve three townships. The project includes a storage. tank, a booster station and distn- bution lines. Water for the system will be purchased from the Kerr Lake Regional Water System and will serve more than 800 rural customers. “We welcome any opportunity to improve the receipt of services for the basic needs of our community,” said Clayton. “This is a great op- portunity.” Think tank thinks genocide By Abiola Sinclair Shahrazid Ali, in her controver- sial book The Black Man’s Guide to Understanding the Black Woman, while repugnant on many levels, did raise a few valid issues. She maintained that while poor Black women were in a reprehen- sible state, at least they were hav- ing children. And considering the decimation of the Black race which has dropped in number from nearly 28 percent of the total U.S. popula- tion to only 13 percent, any major drop in birth rate would be tanta- mount to nearing extinction. It is in that light that we must analyze and begin to understand the real intelligence behind the hue and cry against Black people in this county. There are major think tanks functioning in America in which so-oalled academics are funded for the sole purpose of studying the Black problem from a White stand- point. These think tanks recom- mend public policy, and think tanks like the American Enter- prise Institute and The Progress and Freedom Foundation, are re- sponsible for Republican policy directives on welfare, crime and social programs. Throwing ‘Bell Curve’ Charles Murray (The Bell Curve) is a fellow at The American Enter- prise Institute, and he has come up with measures based on his research that ifimplemented could further deter Blacks from having children, thus further lower the already low birth rate. These poli- \ cies would also have a detrimental effect on the children of the poor, putting added stress on their par- ents. When you consider that a single mother often gets little help rear- ing her children and usually lives in a high crime rate area, it is amazing that only onein four males have trouble with the law. Cut these think tank advocates fewer social programs for the poor (read Blacks); cutting back of educa- tional programs in prisons, which is insane; cutting back of educa- tion entitlement programs like Pell, cutting back on the building of federal housing (it was on think tank policy advice that the Reagan and Bush administrations refused to build any public housing, which resulted in homelessness, over- crowding and entire classes of people who could not afford to pay their raised rents). They also ad vocate cutbacks in day care, Job training, etc. Why? These programs only make sense as social policy if the objective is genocide by degrees. By aiming at poor Black women, they are tak- ing aim at the major group of Blacks who are still producing chil- dren. Consider the words of Charles Murray, the Josef Mengele of the New World Order: girls who get pregnant should give up their chil- dren for adoption. Most simply don’t know how to be good moth- ers. Agreat many of them have no business being mothers, and their feelings don’t count as much as the welfare of the child. Also, interra- cial adoption are to be encouraged to ensure that any bumper crop on new parentless babies find homes. These notions may well apply to drug addicts anda few slugs whose behavior makes the evening news, but by and large, women have ba- bies because they want them; don’t want to be in the world alone, and often, in an age-old, misguided attempt to trap a man. As for rich Blacks, they squeeze out one child, maybe two. They also often marry White, thus even- tually moving themselves out of the Black race entirely, as their children marry White 50 percent of the time. They also take their money out of the Black race. Thus a poor black woman can never even marry out of poverty as Black men with money won't accept her. When our situation is looked at from the Standpoint of a steady decline in our population due to fratricide and hostile and erratic public poli- cies of the last 13 years, one could make an arguable case for geno- cide. If even a portion of Gingrich/ Murray/GOP program is imple- mented now, by the year 2000, Blacks will not have jobs. The GOP program calls fora return to states rights, a rollback of Affirmative Action, which will mean neither municipalities nor private indus- try will be obliged to hire Blacks. And Whites will feel justified in the belief that all White males should have ajob before any Black person is hired. Their idea of mi- nority hiring will be to hire a White (Continued on Page 4) ‘7 Bawhec . SWIIAMIM KON PIO 4 * MOT PIO Take time to take a nap on Sun- day afternoon. Drink eight glasses of water a day. Never deprive somebody of hope. It might be all they have. 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The three R’s are important— Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic, but Equally important are good manners, discipline and respect for authority. — “A youth, when at home, should be respectful to his elders,” said Confucius and Ephesians 6:1 says, “Children obey your parents in the Lord for this nght.” Some Words to Live By: *Speak to people. There is noth- ing as nice as a cheerful word of greeting. you need to The workshop “An OSHA Visit: What You Need To Know”, will be offered by the ECU Center for Applied Technology at the Greenville Hilton Inn on Thurs- day, 27 Apmil 1995. The workshop deals with the logistics of an OSHA visit. Topics to be covered are: ¢ Visit prevention and prepara- tion ¢ Working with the compliance officer on your site * Post inspection activities * Appeal rights and prepara- *Smile at people. It takes 72 muscles to frown and only 14 to smile. *Call people by name. The sweet- est music to anyone’s ears is the sound of his own name. *Be friendly and helpful. If you would like to have friends..be friendly. *Be generous with praise. Cau- tious with criticism. *Be alert to give service. What counts most in life is what you do for others. *Be thoughful of the opinions of others. There are three sides to controversy; yours, the other fellow’s and the right one. One Nation Under God For many of us, the family we dreamed of never happened; abuse, alcohol, materialism, divorce, por- nography, drugs. These problems are real. But how do we deal with theseissues? Without strong moral values these problems will only get worse. People search for an- swers from government, money, or education..and find none. It seems like fun to get bombed. But the morning after is murder. I wonder where this party life is really leading? I’m getting a little light-headed. My good time party- life is not a party anymore. Having a baby is an awesome thing. Hav- ing a baby when I’m not married is something else...scary! We must have something be- yond ourselves...not just better laws or a higher standard. Evi- dence shows that Jesus not only took the punishment for our sin, he provided the way for us to be reunited to God. Do you realize how much Jesus has done for us? God gave us a gift that can’t be bought at any price. There’s no way to earn it...or deserve it. Fan- tastic! He is a friend who loved me even before I heard of him. I could use a real friend. Strength for Life: Phillippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Help for Problems: Matthew 11:28-29. “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest...” Home Rules If you sleep on it....make it up If you wear it........... hang it up If you drop it............ pick it up If you step on it......wipe it off If you open it........... close it If you empty it........ fill it up Ifit rings... eee answer it If it howls... feed it If it cnes....... eee love it An OSHA Visit: what know tion. The instructor for the work- shop is a former director of NC OSHA. The cost is $69.00, which in- cludes lunch and materials. An early registration discountis avail- able. For more information con- tact: Center for Applied Technology East Carolina University Willis Building Greenville, NC 27858 Ph. (919) 328-6708 Fax (919) 328-4356 April is Child Abuse Prevention Month Governor Hunt has again pro- claimed April as “Child Abuse Pre- vention Month” in North Caro- lina. Last year, over 95,000 boys and girls were reported abused or neglected in our state. And for every reported case of abuse, many more tragic incidents go unre- ported. Children of all social, eco- nomic, and ethnic backgrounds - here in our own communities are being deprived of basic necessi- ties, emotionally battered, even beaten or burned. These are not pleasant thoughts, but there is some good news. Pre- vent Child Abuse, North Carolina, the single, statewide, not-for-profit organization dedicated to prevent- ing the hurt before it happens, and thousands of other individuals, or- ganizations and groups havejoined together to provide education, sup- port and programs that can pre- vent child abuse and neglect. If you would like to join our ef- forts to keep our children safe from harm during April, Child Abuse Prevention Month, and all year long, please contact Prevent Child Abuse, North Carolina at 1-800- 354-KIDS or the Craven County Council on Women, Inc. at 919- 636-3381. Blue Ribbons for Kids For more than a decade, April has been proclaimed “Child Abuse Prevention Month” in North Caro- lina. In our continuing efforts to educate and raise awareness on the increasing incidents of child abuse and neglect, prevent child abuse, North Carolina and hun- dreds of thousands of North Caro- linians are taking part in the Blue Ribbon Campaign. Our goal for April, 1995 is to distribute 250,000 blue ribbons across our state to symbolize our commitment to keeping North Carolina’s Children safe. One person can make a differ- ence. The Blue Ribbon Campaign was started by a grandmother NC Mutual contributes Nathan Garrett, a Certified Pub- lic Accountant from Durham, is among the first friends or alumni of North Carolina Central Univer- sity to take advantage of a new Heritage Plan insurance policy offered by North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. The plan per- mits the purchase of a life insur- ance policy from the insurance Black facts By Okeora Keoba The ankh is a symbol that be- came very popular among the populations in ancient and mod- ern Egypt. It means everlasting and eternal life. Isis and Horus were the world’s first mother and child. Their story can be traced back to Africa, in Kemet (Egypt) 10,000 years be- fore Christ. The native African inhabitants named their land Kemet, mean- ing the Blackland. Egypt was the name the Greek invaders gave it. Geographically, Egypt is located in Northeast Africa. Writing, medi- cine, philosophy, surgery, science and mathematics were developed in Egypt. Africa is so huge that Japan, the United States, Europe and India can fit inside it. Africa covers 11,700,000 square miles. Africa is the richest and second largest dontinent in the world. Over 300 minerals and resources can be found in Africa. Africa contains 52 countries. The human race began in Af- rica. whose grandson was killed as a result of child abuse. This cam- paign, which has spread nation- wide, is her personal effort to stop this senseless tragedy. If you have been part of our Blue Ribbon for Kids Campaign in the past Thank You - and we hope you will join us again this year. If you have not participated, we encour- age you to be a part of this effort. Simply contact the Prevent Child Abuse, North Carolina office at 1- 800-354-KIDS or the Craven County Council on Women, Inc. at 919-636-3381 to receive your blue ribbon for kids and additional in- formation on how you can prevent child abuse. Life to NCCU company with a built-in contribu- tion to NCCU. Shown with Mr. Garrett are Chancellor Julius L. Chambers of NCCU; Charles Blackmon, senior vice president of North Carolina Mutual Life In- surance Co., second from nght; and Leroy Walker, Jr., executive director of the NCCU Foundation. Letter My name is Samuel Atknson of Greenville. lam writing this letter to let the black/white community of Pitt County know that unjustice was brought against me in my case. I been charged on several felony drug charges; I never sold any drugs in my life time. The depart- ment of Pitt County violated my constitutional rights concerning the way they found me guiity. The officer in charge A.P. White didn’t have a search warrant or read me my rights during the arrest but the court went along with the case. I have three charges of selling and delivering to an undercover officer against me based on his word against mine, but his word stood upin court even though they had no evidence. I just want the community of Pitt County to know that the justice system has their own ways of making the laws. We as a black community need to get involved with the justice system. I would like to thank you all for taking time out to read this letter. Samuel Atknson 1570 Prison Camp Rd. Williamston, N.C. 9A, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. TDD (919) 946-0062 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY NATIONAL ORIGIN IMPORTANT NOTICE TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN BETHEL, N.C. Mid-East Regional Housing Authority is taking applications for one, two and three bedroom apart- ments at Quail Ridge, on Elm Street in Bethel, N.C. You may make your application with the Quail Ridge site manager, Yvette Stanley at’ Apartment We Do Business In Accordance With The Federal Fair Housing Law (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) *IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY PER- SON BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR “In the sale or rental of housing or residential lots. “In advertising the sale or rental of housing. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY IMPORTANT NOTICE TO LOW AND MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES AND ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS IN FOUNTAIN, N.C. Mid-East Regional Housing Authority is taking applications for one, two and three bedroom apart- ments at Deerfield |, and Deerfield || on Lynch Street in Fountain, N.C. You may make your appli- cation with the Deerfield site manager, Maggie Farmer at apartment 8A, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. TDD (919) 946-0062 We Do Business In Accordance With The Federal Fair Housing Law (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) “IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY PER- SON BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR | NATIONAL ORIGIN “In the sale or rental of housing or residential lots. “In advertising the sale or rental of housing. HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE ; «fi t ' mere | ! ~ Community News _THE "M"-VOICE- WEEK OF APRIL 17- ~- Wicker First Annual Conference on Civil War Period in North Carolina The N.C. Civil War Tourism Council is providing a three day opportunity to be immersed in Civil War history during their first an- nual statewide conference, “North Carolina: The Civil War Connec- tion,” April 21-23. Retired New York Times columnist and Civil War novelist Tom Wicker will be the keynote speaker at the confer- ence, to be held at the Omni Durham Hotel and Durham Civic Centerin downtown Durham,N.C. Registration for the conference is $130, which includes meals, re- freshments, a Friday evening ban- quet featuring Wicker and a Sat- urday reception. For registration information. call (919) 328-6143 or The Civil ida 21 Noon-1:30p.m. Registration 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. Introduction Remarks Gordon Clapp, executive director of the N.C. Civil War Tour- ism Council. 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Session 1: “Con- federate Golialh: The Battle of Fort Fisher” Rod Gragg, author of the best selling Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher, will dis- cuss the Confederate’s largest earthworks fort and the final battle of Fort Fisher which led to the fall of Wilmington and the cutting off of supplies to General Robert E. Lee’s army in Virginia. 3:00 -4.15 p.m. Session 2: “Who's Confederacy?” North Carolina’s decision to join the Confederacy was not made quickly nor unani- mously. A panel discussion by Wil- liam Barney, professor of history at UNC-Chapel Hill; William Har- ris, history department chairman at N.C. State University; and David Smiley, professor of history at Wake Forest University will focus on the attitudes of North Carolinians towards the conflict and the state’s position. All three are authorities on the Civil War, Reconstruction and the southern history. 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Session 3: “Sounds of War” Sherrill Martin, professor of music at UNC- Wilmington, along with other music colleagues, uses a mixture of period music and slides to ex- plore the types, purpose and influ- ence of music during the Civil War. 6:00-7:00p.m. Reception 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dinner and Key- note address - “North Carolina: A Linchpin of the Confederacy” Rec- ognized as a retired associate edi- (800) 767-9111. In addition to his distinguished career as a journalist, associate editor -and columnist at The New York Times Wicker is the author of four non-fiction books and eight novels, including Unto This Hour, a Civil War novel. The battle of the Second Bull Run, which took place August 28-30, 1862 in Manassas, Va., provides the setting and fac- tual background for the book. Wicker writes in his postscript to the novel that Unto This Hour was the culmination ofa decade of read- ing about the war and five years of research and writing. A native of Hamlet, N.C., and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, Wicker spent the early part of his journalism career writing for North Carolina papers such as the Sandhill Citizen The Robesonian and Winston-Salem Journal be- fore joining The New York Times from which he retired in 1991. ° Wicker claims . that he first had the idea of writing a Civil War novel when he was a very young man reading romantic accounts of the war. Unto This Hour takes a realistic and sometimes gory look at the war and how it affected all types of people. Published in 1984, it soon became a best seller, as have several of Wicker’s other books. His keynote address will provide an overview of North Carolina’s role in the conflict. In addition to Wicker, the con- ference brings together some of the foremost authorities on the state’s 19th-century history. Schol- ars from six of the state’s univer- sities and several published au- thors and historians will examine many different aspects of the Civil War. Topics range from discus- sions of specific battles to explora- tions of how the war affected the state’s citizens, including women and African Americans. The N.C. Civil War Tourism Council is a non-profit organiza- tion comprised of individuals rep- resenting private and public orga- nizations working to develop, pro- War connection agenda tor and columnist for The New York Times, Tom Wicker is also a North Carolina native who has been a long time student of the Civil War and has written a best selling fiction, Unto This Hour, about the battle known as the Sec- ond Bull Run. The many years of research Wicker completed before writing this novel has provided him with a vast knowledge of not only the battles, but of the people who lived and died during the war. Saturday, April 22 ; 9:00 -10.15 a.m. Session 4: “The War & Slavery” John Hope Franklin, aJames B. Duke Profes- sor Emeritus at Duke University and a professor of legal] history with the Duke University Law School, will be joined by Freddie Parker, associate professor of his-. tory at N.C. Central University, and John David Smith, professor of history at N.C. State Univer- sity, to examine the issue of sla- very and discuss the lives of Afri- can-American during the Civil War. , 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Session 5: “Last Stand in The Carolinas: The Battle of Bentonville” Although it was the largest battle in North Carolina, anda significant conflict of the war, the Battle of Bentonville has received only cursory cover- age in Civil War publications, un- til now. After extensive research and hours spent retracing the steps of soldiers on the battleground, Mark Bradley is releasing his find- ings in a new book due out this summer. During the conference he will discuss detaiis previously unpublished and new insights to the struggle that occurred there March 19-21, 1865. 11:45 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch presen- Read to your children tation: “The Civil War Woman” Sylvia Kidd Ray, journalist and historian from Newton, N.C., has compiled a wealth of knowledge and anecdotes about the role of women during the war. Her lunch time presentation examines the many types of lives women led during the war. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Session 6: “The Washington Duke Family—Typi- cal and Atypical Tarheels” Robert Durden, professor of history at Duke University, focuses on the life of tobacco magnate Washing- ton Duke. Like many North Carolina’s in the 1860s, Duke was a hardworking yeoman farmer with little education who joined the confederate army when drafted. However, unlike the typi- cal Tarheel, after the Civil War Duke capitalized on the Northern- ers’ newly developed taste for the Bright Leaf and made his fortune. 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Question and Answer Session Conference speak- ers and panelists return to the stage to answer questions from the audience. Moderated by Dr. William Price, director, N.C. De- partment of Archives and History. 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Reception at Bennett Place in Durham Confer- ence participants attend a special after-hours tour and program at the Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham. Guides in cos- tume will provide tours of the farm home where the largest surrender of Civil War troops occurred while period cavalry will demonstrate tactical moves. Showing off the fashions of the day, men, women and children will don Civil War period uniforms and civilian cloth- ing for a fashion show. Sunday, April 23 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Reenactment of the Surrender at Bennett Place The war ended for the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida on April 26, 1865, when Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered his confed- mote and preserve the history of North Carolina during the Civil War period. This conference is one of many ways the Council is work- ing to educate the public and en- courage visitation to Civil War related historic sites. The confer- ence is cosponsored by East Caro- lina University’s Division of Con- tinuing Education and Summer School. erate troops to Union Gen. Will- iam T. Sherman at the Bennett family farm home, close to the Durham Station. 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We Do Business In Accordance With The Federal Fair Housing Law (Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968) HANDICAPPED HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE SING EQUAL HOU ACCESSIBLE OPPORTUNITY *IT IS ILLEGAL TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY PER- SON BECAUSE OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION OR NATIONAL ORIGIN *In the sale or rental of housing or residential lots. *In advertising the sale or rental of housing. pe | | _VHI00°}°}CZMHLt te eee CeCe SSeS SSS eae eS THE VOI WEEK OF APRIL 17 - APRIL 23, 1995 from Page 1 Federal Court dodges © tiffs having presently disclaimed all local or U.S. Constitution laws and statutes and rules,etc) Hu- man Rights Provisions of the Char- ter of the United Nations Organi- zation, the Genocide Convention, Slavery conventions, Interna- tional Covenant on civil and Po- litical Rights, Chapter XIII, XII, and XI, Article 73 abcde of the Charter of the United Nations, a Treaty, the Defendants United States must overcome the follow- ing two jurisdictional rules in the Judicial Notice of Status-Not Verified requested by Plaintiff Blacks before the I.R.S. and the U.S. can obtain jurisdiction by all legal means which is necessary before Blacks or obligated by law to pay taxes: Ruleone: “That in view of the true and legal status of United States of America slaves and slaves descendants of African ori- gin ancestry an ethnic grou, alien resident in the Territory of the United States, as per their con- tract of citizenship and associa- tion, wherein there is a disclaimer of said citizenship and associa- tion, no indictment can lie in ab- sence of proof of crime.” Rule two: “The Government of the United States must have jurisdiction of said U.S. Slaves’ Descendants (variously and sundrily called “Negroes”, “:col- ored" “African-Americans”) and that there is no prosecution in the absence of jurisdiction and before a crime by slaves’descendants there must be a violation of the law and the Courts must have jurisdiction.” 13. The Defendant United States having failed to answer or respond to Black Peoples demand as to their status through judicial determination at Rule 201 hear- ing in open Court,and having dis- claimed all U.S. laws, there being no showing on the part of the United States to prove such, the 49 millions of Blacks of slave’ de- scent lists the the following items and actions through “direct action struggles” to achieve liberties, freedom, and self-determination and all of its attendant benefits, such as: a. not to comply with the illegal laws to pay taxes to the I.R.S. and the United States on April 15th, b. To recover all illegal paid taxes, c. To organize and sup- port actions for self-determination, liberties and reparations, d. To use all means of international law, law of self defense to obtain these rights. In support of the above items 18a,b,c. and to obtain self-deter- mination, having disclaimed De- fendants Laws, the Black People will continue to use international laws, such as: “The U.N. General Assembly Resolution 2625, ex- presses the options available to a people entitled to exercise the right to self-determination by that people” Preamble: “The estab- lishment of a sovereign and inde- pendent state, and the free asso- ciation or integration with an in- dependent state on the emergence or any other self influence stat- utes freely determined by a people; constitutes modes of implement- ing the right of self-determination by that people.” “Itis a violation of International Law for a state to attempt to criminalize the Black U.S. Slaves’ Descendants’ “direct actions struggles” listed here in 13abcd above to achieve self-determina- tion. Black Slaves’ Descendants have the right by law not to pay taxes, and the right to exercise self defense,” and according to the au- thoritative United Nations Reso- lutions 2625 of 1970: “Every state has a duty to refrain from forcible action which deprives people...of their right to self-deter- mination and freedom and inde- pendence,” and “resolutions 33/22 and 33/24 (1978) which condemns the imprisonment and detention of people fighting colonialism (sla- very).” Algiers Declaration: Affirms that the peoples of the world have an equal right to liberty, the nght to free themselves from any foreign interference and to choose their own government and the right, if they are under subjection (here, the United States has violated this law and has put Black People here in the United States under subject ion by the following words in the U.S. Constitution, 14th Amend- ment: “...and subject to the juris- diction thereof,..”), to fight for their liberation. “This assurance is specified in Article I: ‘every people has a nght PickOr THE to existence’, and Article VI; every people has the right to break away from any colonial or foreign domi- nation whether direct or indirect and from any racist regime”. Finally, the two international covenant’s on economic, social and cultural rights and the interna- tional covenant on Civil and Po- litical rights are initiated by acom- mon Article (1) indicating a place of primacy for self-determination. Also, the violation of the ‘core’ of Slaves Descendants Human Rights: A. self-determination, B. non-self-governing peoples under Article 73abcde, C. forced associa- tion and subjection to the U.S. jurisdiction under the 14th Amend- ment, and D. acts infringing prin- ciples of law creating rights the beneficiaries of which do not have legal personality as required by Articles 2 4 & 6 of Universal Dec- laration of Human Rights. 14. Enslavement is an act of war. “Through the unilateral ac- tions of Invasion of the Lands of Africa, the committing of an unde- clared war of enslavement by the United States against Africans by U.S. Constitution, Article I, Sec- tion 9, Clause 1, and the hereafter listed slaves clauses; 15. If a Black man kills a white man, it is an act of self-defense/ rebellion against a captor in war, the whites being the aggressors and the war is one continuous act to date; 16. The laws of Nature, law of self-preservation, and Interna- tional Law are here the applicable laws, since the United States can- not be sued for slavery, since it allowed Negro slavery by its laws and Constitution, but then,howcan the United States use its Consti- tution to tax Blacks of slaves’ de- scent? Are we to say the United States is immune from slavery charges? You see, slavery preceded all founding documents of the United States of the North American con- tinent — both state and federal, there fore, there can be no docu- ments tending to prove associa- tion with the United States by legal means, and until such docu- ments are presented here in open Court, Black are not obligated by law to pay taxes. The circumstances and status of Blacks of U.S. Slaves’ Descent re- sults from one continuous and con- tinuing act to the present date. We Blacks are in hot pursuit of the very same issue which was the focus of the famous U.S. Supreme Exterior Flat Latex ane FREE Co.or MATCHING WITH ACCUMATCH TCH E House § Paint (562583)(6-650) > a(clarelme)l| Wood § Primer (581491)(6-B09) TODAY? =a FOR AN EASIER WAY TO PAY! rr TTe BURGH PAINTS Exterior Latex Semi-Gloss House & Trim sb alcialels : | Flat Latex rouse Paint Of Greenville 125 W Greenville Bivd,. Greenville + Pelican Building Center 756 7144+ Hours MF Prices Effective Through April 21, 1995 730-5.30 «Sat 8:00-1.00 Exterior Latex Semi-Gloss hicinin & Trim 19” a = es Court ruling regarding Dred Scott’s status. We Blacks are in complete agreement with the Court’s ruling. It is clear that Dred Scott did not come under the pre- view of the United States Consti- tution. We Blacks just want the White Courts to take cognizance of this indisputable fact and abide by and according to this funda- mental fact.” From all of the above, it is obvi- ous as to why the Federal Courts “dodged” the sensitive issue of Black. Taxation by the Dismissal.The dismissal was not of the lawsuit, but of a Motion by Plaintiff Leonard Ashton, a slaves descendant of African Origin, fora Request of Judicial Notice of Citi- zenship-Not Verified to be heard in Federal Courtin Los Angeles on February 27, 1995 at 1:30 p.m. Over 225 Black men and women of U.S. Slaves Descent, concerned about their rights to self-determi- nation, and No Black Taxation Before Black Reparations showed up to the doors of Court Room 890 in the Roybal Building to hear the case, but were locked out. Judge John G. Davies, the jurist who recently heard the second trial of the Los Angeles police officers accused of violating the civil rights of Black motorist Rodney King, and who handed down extremely short sentences to the two cops who were convinced, issued an Order Dispensing with Oral Argu- ment and Taking Motion for Judi- cial Notice of Citizenship Not Veri- fied Under Submission. Plaintiff Leonard Ashton had not received this Motion as of the date of hear- ing, nor was the Motion of file in the U.S. Clerks office on February 27, 1995. The actions of Judge Davies is surely one of “Dodging” the issues which prevented Plaintiff Leonard Ashton from making a record by both his oral input as well as his objection to the United States, to be used for future Appellate Re- view by the Courts and by the World Court, the International Law of the United Nations. The large gathering of Blacks who was locked out by the Court, met out- side of the Court Room and planned direct actions of not paying taxes until the Defendant United States responded to the issues, instead of their “ducking” and “dodging”. Several Black participants noticed that the O.J. trial got much public- ity. Judge Davies, having not al- lowed Ashton, and his Common Law Counsel, Robert Brock to have Oral Arguments, “Dodged” the is- sues again by issuing an Order Denying Plaintiff Leonard Ashton’s Motion for Judicial No- tice for Citizenship Status—Not (Continued on Page 5) Reparations & Black Taxation was forced on Blacks, The U.S. Constitution was forced on Black, The territorial jurisdiction and laws are forced on Blacks, The taxing, tax codes and laws are forced on Blacks. There is no lawful showing on the part of the United States in this suit of any mutuality or con- sent to any act orlawsof the United States. Thus. said Brock, the act of taxation is by force, and acts or attempts to arrest Blacks for not paying taxes before proof, hear- ing, or dismissal by the Court and the United States is a violation of International Law and law or self- defense and is war continued, and this causing direct action is what is changing in the strategy of Blacks to direct action said Brock. Disclaimer (2) The disclaimer maintains that the federal government shall prove citizenship by association of 49 millions Black slave descendants of African National Origin before any Blacks are obligated to pay taxes tothe .R.S. Brock is personally providing forms to any and all U.S. slave descendants in support of this suit and disclaimer of paying taxes, and Black people as a group orga- nized can now change from plead- ing to direct action, which is doing something about our condition. -In support of Ashton’s dis- claimer, the United States and the Courts are put on Notice by filing the following war clause: “That in view of this war pres- ently continuing Blacks, Appel- lants, who also have the rights to enforce a decision, suspend this war in favor of legal means through this suit in an attempt to resolve this war by Defendants I.R.S. and U.S. stop and not continue to use law and motion until after and before a judicial determination of status anddisclaimer, beginning at the point of the 13th Article Amendment.” Domicile, unless the United States can show that there has been achangeof 49 million Blacks’ “Alien status” by mutuality and consent, said Brock, all acts from the original war (taking captive Blacks from Africa) and captivity continuous as one act and one con- tinuous act to the present date hereof. 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Domicile being a re-resi- dence and official place by choice as to where one wants to live, then Blacks have never estab- lished domicile here in America in that Blacks for 300 years were held as properly as seen in the Constitution Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 and later by the 14th Amendment were “made” a juris- tic artificial person” with resi- dence citizenship under the 14th Amendment, but no domicile. As to domicile, Brock said, “The domicile gained by free birth of Africans in Africa cannot be changed by a slave birth in the United States, and the Rules are: 1. It lies upon the other side (U.S. & I.R.S.) to show that the clear, unquestioned domicile, gained by birth of Africans in Af- rica was abandoned and given up. 2. That the domicile of origin is the domicile of every person until that is abandoned and another gained. 3, That no domicile can be ac- quired, until the person is free and sui jursi. Jurisdiction based on slavery The Defendant United States contended in its Appeal Brief that: “It is simply indisputable that in abrogation of the Dred Scott Decision the 13th and 14th Amendments abolished slavery and made each and every person born or naturalized in the United States citizens of the United States.” This-statement is an admission by the United States that the present jurisdiction is based on slavery and not free and mutual choice of Blacks. The jurisdiction and Negro sla- very existed before the Dred Scott Decision and it existed after the Dred Scott Decision, and the 13th Amendment only ended and abol- ished chattel and individual own- ership of slaves as chattel, said Brock, andit certainly didnotend captivity and physical slavery. The suit having alleged dis- claimer, mutuality, domicile and jurisdiction based on slavery as defense for Blacks not to pay taxes, until the Defendant I.R.S. and U.S. overcome these defenses, the suit also alleges two jurisdictional Rules: Rule 1: “That in view of the true and legal status of Appellant Leonard Ashton, and all other 49 millions of Appellants’ class or group of: United States Slaves and Slaves’ descendants of Afn- can National Origin, an ethnic group, resident in the territory of the United States, as per their contract of citizenship, wherein there is a disclaimer of citizen- ship and association, no indict- ment can lie in absence of proof of crime.” Rule 2: “The government of the United States must have jurisdic- tion of Blacks of Slaves’ Descent, and that there is no prosecution in the absence of jurisdiction, and before a crime by 49 million of Blacks for not paying taxes etc., there must be a violation of the law and the violator must be sub- ject of the law, and the Court must have jurisdiction. If the Court does not have jurisdiction to hear this matter at-Law, it also doesn’t have the jurisdiction to make a determination, judicial to Dismiss such matter or to use any other such rule and law and or- ders. | from Page 1 Think Tank woman. Have a baby, now! So real is this genocidal threat that I suggest every healthy single Black woman in America who can afford to have a baby or two. Now! Just on general principle! Because if you wait, you may not have any! You are continually being pro- grammed to hate yourselfand your own life-giving abilities. You are being punished for being a woman and for the natural biological in- clination to bring forth life into the world, even under the worst situa- tions. In fact, if these so-called scien- tists knew as much about life as they think they do, they would realize that the worse things are the more life force struggles to assert and maintain itself. That is why the better off people are, the less they are likely to produce. There needs to be a Black baby boom among married Blacks also. If you plan to have one, have two; if you plan to have two, have three. And Blacks should not give up their children for adoption under any circumstances. We must do as we've always done. Adopt within the family, or pick where you want to drop the baby and come get them later when things are better. The result of these think tank policies will simply be to further banaryelue the sum total of Black life. a ’ from Page 4 Federal Court dodges Verified. without hearing and oral input. The Defendant US Attorney’s failed to file an answer responsive to the pleading of Ashton which alleged slavery, genocide, viola- tion of treaties on human rights, status not verified, disclaimer, fail- ure of Defendant to have jurisdic- tion by lawful and legal means, but U.S. jurisdiction was acquired by war, slavery, captivity, and force, domicile and lack of mutual- ity was also in the pleadings; and to all of these allegations, some of which are crime and violation of MM Gift Certificate law by the US was not answered by U.S. Attorneys Norma M. Manela, Edward M. Robbins, and Darwin Thomas, butinstead these Attorneys gave a one paragraph reply as following: “Please take notice that the US opposes the motion of Plaintiff Leonard Ashton for judicial notice of his citizenship status on the grounds that his citizenship sta- tus is irrelevant to any issue in this action and the motion is pa- tently frivilous.” The above one paragraph reply by the Defendant is not a factual Towards your next visit. Not good with any other special. Dollars 920 Dickenson Ave. Greenville, NC Hair Reflections answer responsive to the plead- ings, and to say that acts of sla- very, genocide, war, subjecting Blacks tothe U.S. jurisdiction with- out consent and mutuality or an- swering the disclaimer is another act of “dodging” the issues by the dismissal. No facts were introduced by the Defendant United States to show how the allegations were frivilous. In fact the U.S. Attorneys vio- lated the rules of Court, which Plaintiff Leonard Ashton brought to the attention of Judge Davies in a Reply Motion that the Defendant had failed to comply with Local Rules of Court by not filing an answer based on law and memo- randum of a factual nature, and not-the above asinine “frivilous” statement without facts. Judge Da t é Davies refused to rule on this Re- ply or require Defendant U S At- torneys to lawfully answer. In Judge Davis above Order De- nying Plaintiff Ashton’s Motion for Judicial Notice of Citizenship— Not Verified, the Judge stated: “Plaintiff contends that he need not pay income taxes because he is not a citizen of the United States of America” Plaintiff never made the above contention not to pay taxes based on his not being acitizen of the US, | rather Plaintiffs contended in his| Complaint the Defendant United: States violated Plaintiffs Human Rights by using illegal methods, laws without there being at any- time mutuality, answer to dis- claimer, domicile, and proof that; the United States had acquired’ resen ted by SO $5 Gift Certificate Redeemable at Phone: 830-2281 Signature jurisdiction over the physical bod- ies of slaves descendants as free people, or was the jurisdiction the same as that jurisdiction of Dred Scott and the slave ancestors and antecedents of Plaintiffs, and the legal methods to acquire that ju- risdiction, from which the status JUST TRY US FOR $19. 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The legality and way or method of how Defendant obtained jurisdiction over Plaintiffs is stated in Paragraph (3) as following: «_.and the said class was brought | Federal Court dodges | | about by unilateral means of the Defendant through U.S. Constitu- tional Provisions and Amendments and laws made pursuant thereto without consent or consultation with said U.S. Slaves’ Descendant, nor by any mutual means, law or agreement, mutuality,...” This Paragraph shows the contention of how or no legal means was used to bring slaves and their descen- dants into US jurisdiction by con- sent or mutuality, which has noth- ing to do with citizenship, but with jurisdiction. Paragraph (6) states: “Therefore, there presently ex- ist two citizenships in the US Ter- ritory...the citizenship of slaves and their descendants are based upon unilateral legislation, which is class legislation—having no ba- sis in law; and the citizenship of whites are based on mutuality— the basis of all law” Hereis shownjurisdiction forced on Plaintiffs as citizens. The white people are in the government by choice and the Black people are in government by force, unless the US can prove by consentand docu- mentation the laws on which citi- zenship or the present jurisdiction of laws by United States over Slaves’ Descendants is by force of original captivity and slavery, and Blacks are not obligated by LR.S. laws and Codes and 1040 forms to pay any taxes to the US. U Building Permit. I, youre in the market for a new home, why not begin nailing down your mortgage loan right now. 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The main issue “Whether in view of the true and legal “status” of chattel slaves, emancipated by Presidential Procla- mation, Lincoln, 12 Stat- ute 1268 and by the Thirteenth Article of Amendment and the present ‘United States of American National Origin Ances- try , an ethnic group, captured in a ‘War Of Enslavement’ by au- thority of Article I, Section 9, Clause l,of the Constitution of the US of America, and likewise by said ‘slaveclause’ Imported & held in the landed Territory of the United States of America as physi- cal captive slaves,have,to the present date, obtained their origi- nal ‘liberties:-natural, personal, and civil?” . No indictment can lie against the US must have jurisdiction of said U.S. Slaves’ Descendants and that there is no prosecution in the absence of jurisdiction and before a crime by Black slaves’ descen- dants, the must be a violation of the law and the courts must have jurisdiction. The above two issues shows that Plaintiff did not contend, nor did Plaintiff allege citizenship sta- tus as a method for not paying taxes, as stated by Judge Davies in his order denying plaintiff's motion forjudicial notice of sta- tus. Acareful readingof Plaintiffs allegations in his motion and memorandum for judicial notice will show that Plaintiff put for- ward facts to prove his disclaimer and his request that the Defen- dant and the (Court not use any ‘law and motion’ against him un- til such time as the argument could be hadon the disclaimer and docu- ments produced by Defendants. Judge Davies “dodged” the oral arguments on Plaintiffa Judicial Notice and disclaimer by not hav- ing any court hearings, and in- cluded in his Dismissal the fol- lowing “law and motion”: “The law is clear that individuals working following craft personnel: Construction Opportunities Local industrial contractor is accepting applications for upcoming construction work in Greenville, NC for the Electricians Millwrights Sheet Metal Mechanics Must have prior industrial construction experience. Call (919) 756-0690 between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm (Monday - Friday) for more information and application procedure. Employment contingent upon passing drug screen. An Equal Opportunity Employer Employment Opportunity Greenville Utilities Commission Stores Clerk Position available for responsible person to plan, direct and supervise the overall operations of Greenville Utilities central warehouse operations. 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Section — 871(b) (1) les: “A nonresi- — dent alien individual engaged in | trade or business within the US — during the taxable year shall be taxable as provided in section 1, income which is effectively con- nected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U S.” Plaintiff has never stated that he must not pay taxes because he is notacitizen, but PlaintiffAshton and Counsel Brock has alleged that it is the legal or illegal manner in which way Slaves’ Descendants of African origin was made to be in the laws andjurisdiction of Defen- dant US, which is now in violation of slaves descendants rights un- der treaty and international laws. Robert Brock maintained that if the I.R.S. want 49 millions of U.S. Slaves’ Descendants to pay taxes April 15, then the US shall provide facts to overcome the disclaimer, prove mutuality, and show that Blacks of African Descent has do- micile in the US and that the De- fendant US and the I.R.S. has ju- risdiction based on law and con- sent and not on slavery and cap- tivity. Plaintiff Leonard Ashton and his Common Law Counsel, Robert Brock appealed Judge Davies Or- der of Dismissal to the Ninth Cir- cuit Court of Appeals in San Fran- cisco, California on March 10, 1995. Brock stated that by direct ac- tion struggle, Blacks are not obli- gated by law to pay any taxes to the Defendant slave holding U S, until such time as the I.R.S. le- gally answer our complaint, in view of the disclaimer, mutuality, do- micile, and jurisdiction by inter- national law & treaty” 1-800-849-3355 PROGRAM CARS nol 4 TOWN CARS Good Selection Starting at $21,900 also choose from... 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