FBI, Be Honest About Prisoner Abuse

Is there really any federal effort to prevent prisoner abuse and
demand accountability for past crimes against humanity?

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Russia Today reports "FBI investigates private prison company’s oversight of Idaho’s ‘Gladiator School’"
http://rt.com/usa/fbi-cca-prison-idaho-566/
The American Civil Liberties Union sued CCA on behalf of inmates of the correctional center in 2010, claiming the violence in the prison – due in part to understaffing – was so bad, it was called “Gladiator School.”

People are excited and hopeful to read about the FBI investigating prisons and jails or municipalities for patterns of misconduct. If a pattern of inmate abuse, police brutality, or corruption is found, the facility or municipality may be placed under federal overview by the USDOJ and sign an Agreement to follow federal recommendations for Change. If racketeering, brutality, and violations against human and civil rights continue in the facilities and municipalities after being placed under federal overview, most people do not know what happens then. I know. The feds sometimes help the facilities and municipalities hide their crimes, such as regarding the secret arrest and Wrongful Death of Larry Neal in Memphis Shelby County Jail in 2003, while that correctional facility was under jurisdiction by the United States Department of Justice after lawsuit by the USA for inmate abuse. http://WrongfulDeathOfLarryNeal.com

Therefore, the investigation, government lawsuit, and federal oversight are lies to defraud the people. Survivors' families may then be surveilled, censored, and financially persecuted to prevent disclosure about the unrequitted murders of inmates or other continued patterns of abuse. The solution is much simpler than those being employed. Try justice. It works.

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I just sent the message above via email to info@messages.whitehouse.gov and AskDoj@usdoj.gov with copies to my own email boxes. I received no receipt and therefore assume the cyber stalkers prevented the addressees' receipt. Pretending not to know about crimes by having NSA interrupt emails will not work, since I have return receipts from the U.S. Postal Service showing that these matters have already gone to the attention of parties who are responsible for demanding accountability and rendering justice for the police kidnapping and murder of a disabled American, Larry Neal.

from:		MaryLovesJustice Neal marylovesjustice@gmail.com
to:		"David Axelrod, The White House" ,  AskDOJ ,  Mary Neal ,  Mary Neal
date:		Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:27 PM
subject:		FBI investigates private prison company's oversight of Idaho's 'Gladiator School'
mailed-by:		gmail.com

After no receipt arrived to my email account saying that my message was received by the White House or the United States Department of Justice, I went to the White House online and entered the information above as a comment. Again, I received no receipt. Even when receipts do come, officials usually deny having received my correspondence, as happened when I filed a complaint with the Office of Inspector General over the United States Department of Justice.

When the Neals sued The Johnnie Cochran Firm in federal court for defrauding our family to help Shelby County Jail hide the secret arrest and murder of Larry Neal, and Judge Timothy Batten dismissed our lawsuit, saying that whatever The Cochran Firm did to prevent accountability for the police kidnapping and murder of Larry Neal, in the jail that was already under federal oversight, was "IMMATERIAL." Whether that is because my family is too black and poor to demand accountability after the government murder of our disabled relative, I cannot say. For whatever reason, our requests for records and accountability are still treated as being "immaterial" today.

Federal officials should be honest about prisoner abuses that happen AFTER federal oversight is in place. Kidnappings and murders such as Larry Neal experienced should not be covered-up after the feds have oversight of facilities and municipalities, but they should be investigated and accountability demanded, no matter how much money or prison stocks may be offered to withhold justice (see the Chaney and Gonzales indictment in Wallacy County, Texas, 2008). Investigations and overview by criminals only yield more crimes and racketeering.

Mary Neal

Website:  Wrongful Death of Larry Neal

http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill

Dog Justice for Mentally Ill

Human Rights for Prisoners March

Davis-MacPhail Truth Committee

Legal Victories

Maitri Klinkosum Blocks Nyamodi Trial

Elizabeth Crudup discusses her son, Shannon Nyamodi, 19, who has been wrongly incarcerated in Franklin County Jail since August 16, 2012. He was charged with robbery and attempted murder on a Caucasian woman who he actually helped after a white youth allegedly shot her. Even the victim denies that Shannon is her assailant, but Shannon was arrested and is being held in solitary confinement torture to FORCE a plea deal. His attorney is apparently his worst enemy. See a video embedded below with Crudup requesting help:
http://youtu.be/Ee9rbljXQF8

Rhonda McClean was shot in the face at point blank range and robbed of nearly $65,000.00 on August 16, 2013. Shannon heard her screaming for help and rendered aid. Later the same day, he and his family were surprised that Shannon was arrested for the crime. Donald James “DJ” Chalk posted the picture below wherein he is surrounded by cash on his Facebook wall the next day. The People's Champion reports, "He just happens to be the source from which the conspiracy theory between Shannon Nyamodi and the victim’s daughter originated." See more at:
http://thepeopleschampion.me/bombshell-nyamodi-youth-frame-case-prosecutor-suppressed-evidence-exonerating-black-teen-home-invasion-story/#sthash.3ZJ0Fxsd.dpuf

The defense attorney is apparently double-crossing this family. Shannon's family raised a substantial fee and retained the defense attorney, who is a former prosecutor: MAITRI (MIKE) KLINKOSUM. He seems to be working with the prosecution instead of working for his client. He tries to get Shannon to take a plea deal instead of motioning for a bond reduction and a speedy trial on these trumped up charges. Shannon is apparently denied a trial because his attorney wants Shannon to lie on himself. Klinkosum requests a continuance in the pleading below, saying he is too involved in another case. Meanwhile, Shannon has been jailed under torturous conditions for nearly two years awaiting trial.
"Maitri (MIke) Klinkosum Requests a Continuance"
http://media.wix.com/ugd/effe2c_fce2b86013d647c3bcc01ba00dcbef57.pdf

More info is at the website
http://electbeth.wix.com/shannon

Elizabeth Crudup requests letters and cards of encouragement for Shannon. Protests are being planned for Shannon's immediate release or trial on the charges (Google "Justice for Shannon Nyamodi Protests Planned"). Tell the innocent, tortured youth that "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" (MLK).

Shannon Nyamodi

285 T. Kemp Road

Louisburg, NC 27549

“Segregation, isolation, separation, cellular, lockdown, Supermax, the hole, Secure Housing Unit … whatever the name, solitary confinement should be banned by States as a punishment or extortion technique,” UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez told the General Assembly’s third committee, which deals with social, humanitarian and cultural affairs, saying the practice could amount to torture.

A University of Michigan neuroscientist suggested Friday that the physical impact on the brain could be just as significant if not moreso, and could “dramatically change the brain” in just a matter of days. Speaking on a panel about solitary confinement, neuroscientist Huda Akil said a number of other studies have documented how each of the factors involved in solitary confinement change the physical shape of the brain.

See more information about damaging effects solitary confinement has on inmates in "Legal Victories" blog at "Limiting Solitary Confinement in Corrections"
http://legalvictories.blogspot.com/2014/02/limiting-solitary-confinement-in.html

When Shannon and his aunt tried to fire Klinkosum, he allegedly threatened Shannon's family. Klinkosum allegedly swore to them on separate occasions that if he is fired, he will work with the prosecutor to get Shannon jailed for 30 years. They are foreign-born women, and Crudup's sister may not know that is illegal. A Bar complaint has been filed. The family will try to get this man off the case so that a public defender can be appointed. Of course, they would prefer a private attorney, but Shannon's family paid Klinkosum a SIGNIFICANT amount of money for Shannon's defense and exhausted their funds. 

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees all citizens a speedy, public trial with adequate defense. Shannon does not deserve to have his case in the hands of a man who allegedly threatened his family and his freedom and has been instrumental in lengthening Shannon's incarceration by filing motion(s) for continuance. Shannon's court docket will reveal how many times this has happened. In another case this writer covered, a defense attorney and prosecutor in Pennsylvania took turns refusing trial until the defendant, Terrell Scott, a mentally ill black youth, remained incarcerated without any conviction for 4.5 years. Scott, who retained permanent injuries from beatings, finally plea bargained when it appeared he would continue to be indefinitely detained and denied trial. It is a serious conflict of interest for defense attorneys, prosecutors, judges and lawmakers to own prison investments.

At 3pm EST on Saturday, March 8, 2014, we spoke about Shannon Nyamodi's wrongful arrest with Elizabeth Crudup and others. Her interview is archived at the "Human Rights Demand" channel on Blogtalkradio. Hear the tape any time at  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/humanrightsdemand/2014/03/08/release-the-innocent

Background on this case is at "Shannon Nyamodi, a Good Samaritan Punished"
http://humanrightsforprisonersmarch.blogspot.com/2013/12/shannon-nyamodi-good-samaritan.html

For a thorough explanation of how unethical Klinkosum is in his dealings in this case, see
The People's Champion: "Proof Something Is In the Water in North Carolina . . . "
http://thepeopleschampion.me/proof-something-water-north-carolina-nyamodi-youth-attorney-threatens-client-saying-will-help-prosecution-convict-30-year-prison-sentence/

Kulture Kritic.com also follows the Nyamodi case, although mainstream news does not.
Cover up? Man being held for crime that victim allegedly says he didn’t commit
http://www.kulturekritic.com/2014/02/news/cover-up-man-being-held-for-crime-that-victim-says-he-didnt-commit/

Injustices that elitists in politics and mainstream media censor or slant need public attention. For that reason, protests are planned to support 'Justice for Shannon Nyamodi.' Shannon's supporters are asked to take action:

TAKE ACTION

1) Justice for Shannon Nyamodi Telephone Campaign: Call elected and appointed officials and protest Shannon's indefinite detention without trial, especially in solitary confinement torture. Telephone and fax numbers are listed at this web page:
http://marylovesjustice.blogspot.com/2014/03/justice-for-shannon-nyamodi-telephone.html
2) In-person protests: Nyamodi's supporters are to meet at courthouses in their own areas for an hour either at lunchtime or after work every Monday to demand an end to Nyamodi's indefinite detention without trial and that he is immediately released from solitary prison torture. Solitary confinement, which causes mental illness in some inmates, is apparently intended to make Nyamodi desperate enough to plea bargain on the false charges. 

Indefinite detention and cruel solitary confinement must not be allowed to force defendants in America into false confessions. Stand for the Sixth Amendment.

MaryLovesJustice Neal, director
Human Rights for Prisoners March
Contents: Eleven(11) links, four(4) photos, and one(1) embedded video
Please note that most links are on a separate line and should not run into the preceding word to prevent activation.

"Justice for Shannon Nyamodi" Protest Planned

Shannon Nyamodi

DO YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT CORPSES? QUESTION: How many of you are willing to picket for justice for Shannon Nyamodi at your own courthouses? His 6th Amendment right to a speedy, public trial is being violated to prevent his case from going to court. Even the alleged victim says Shannon is not the man who shot her. The prosecution does not want to take the case to court or try this weak case and lose. See the latest report and background information about Nyamodi at the two links below:

Cover up? Man being held for crime that victim allegedly says he didn’t commit

http://www.kulturekritic.com/2014/02/news/cover-up-man-being-held-for-crime-that-victim-says-he-didnt-commit/

Background on the case: "Shannon Nyamodi: A Good Samaritan Imprisoned"

http://humanrightsforprisonersmarch.blogspot.com/2013/12/shannon-nyamodi-good-samaritan.html

Elizabeth Crudup's son is being held in solitary confinement torture in Franklin County, NC jail. She has not seen him in months, and four(4) court dates have passed without the jail producing Shannon Nyamodi for trial. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO SHANNON TO FORCE A FALSE CONFESSION? IF HE IS MURDERED, THEN WILL YOU CARE ENOUGH TO PROTEST?

Today, Terrell Scott was released from a Pennsylvania prison after being indefinitely detained for 4.5 years to force a plea bargain. He was brutally treated - beaten, raped, exposed to HIV, and tortured with solitary confinement. He is now deaf in one ear and blind in one eye - all of that brutality was done to Terrell Scott. Officers of the court claimed Terrell Scott was too "crazy" for trial, but he was deemed competent for plea bargaining. Is this how prosecutors are allowed to avoid the embarrassment of losing court cases?

Shannon has been held without trial for nearly two years. Will you stand up for the Sixth Amendment by picketing for Shannon Nyamodi in your own city at your own courthouse, or do you await another black youth's corpse to get angry? Is this our children's future - indefinite detention until making false confessions to get out of jail? See the message from Elizabeth Crudup below.

Elizabeth Crudup They will not let me see or communicate with Shannon. We have had 4 Court dates, where they refused to produce him. Hoping to hear from Harvard law school criminal justice institute in the morning.

  

If Crudup fails to hear from Harvard Law, or if they offer no IMMEDIATE SOLUTIONS, we must protest for Shannon Nyamodi's immediate release or a soon court date that he is allowed to actually attend. Shannon is a youth in OUR village. Franklin County, North Carolina must not be allowed to capture an innocent black youth and treat him like a runaway slave. Our youths must not be indefinitely detained on indefensible criminal charges without our protest. Americans must not be denied their right to a speedy, public trial with competent counsel appointed, especially not working 18-year-old youths who graduated from high school and have no criminal background, like Shannon.

We congratulate Terrell Scott and his mother, Holly Alston, on his homecoming. It is an indictment against America and each of us that nothing was done to deliver Terrell Scott from the Pennsylvania prison before he suffered permanent injuries and confessed to crimes that never happened. A white woman lied on Terrell Scott after he reported her neglect and abuse of her children. His allegations were investigated and found to be valid, and the children were removed from her home. After that, according to an apology the woman delivered to Terrell's brother, she wanted to retaliate. Shannon suffered behind bars for the next 4.5 years with his right to trial denied. This must not be the fate of Shannon Nyamodi, especially since even the supposed victim said Shannon was not her assailant.

On Monday, March 17, 2014, assemble with concerned citizens at a courthouse in your own area, either at lunchtime or after work, and protest Shannon Nyamodi's continued indefinite detention and denial of his Sixth Amendment right to a trial. If anything changes in his circumstances before March 17, I will publish it here.

*Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution*

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense.

Black Youths Should Not Have to Be in Body Bags
to Get Our Attention.

Human Rights for Prisoners March
Mary Neal, director
http://HumanRightsforPrisonersMarch.blogspot.com
Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/humanrightsdemand
Website: Wrongful Death of Larry Neal.com
http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com

POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT A DEMAND. IT NEVER HAS AND NEVER WILL. ~Frederick Douglass

Loving Justice Scalia - Again!

Exposed: Loving Justice Scalia!: Our "Inalienable Rights "Are Really Quite Alienable I greatly admire U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's honesty ... In January 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice said the Constitution is DEAD, DEAD, DEAD! http://freespeakblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/loving-justice-scalia.html

UPDATE March 3, 2014: A year later, we have another reason to admire Justice Scalia, a man who gives us the hard truth. Justice Scalia reports that we have every reason to expect Americans will again be interned in concentration camps, like Japanese-Americans were. This is important for people who thought Congress and the president approved NDAA and FEMA camps for nothing. See the AP report at the link below:

Internments can happen again, Scalia warns 

http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/hawaiinews/20140204_Internments_can_happen_again_Scalia_warns.html?id=243454461
Scalia was responding to a question about the court's 1944 decision in Kore­ma­tsu v. United States, which upheld the convictions of Gordon Hira­ba­ya­shi and Fred Kore­ma­tsu for violating an order to report to an internment camp.

"Well, of course, Kore­ma­tsu was wrong. And I think we have repudiated in a later case. But you are kidding yourself if you think the same thing will not happen again," Scalia told [law] students and faculty during a lunchtime question-and-answer session. "That's what was going on — the panic about the war and the invasion of the Pacific and whatnot. That's what happens. It was wrong, but I would not be surprised to see it happen again, in time of war. It's no justification, but it is the reality," he said.

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This writer does not need Scalia's warnings about America's tendencies toward Nazism. My mentally, physically disabled brother, Larry Neal, was murdered after 18 days of secret arrest in 2003 in Memphis Shelby County Jail, and my family is censored, intimidated, and financially persecuted for asking, "What Happened to Larry Neal?" I also have a friend, Elaine Riddick, who was forcibly sterilized in America's eugenics program (from 1930's to 1970s) to prevent her from giving birth to more "undesirables" (black people). So I already know. But I thank Scalia for warning the rest of you.

I was very concerned when the U.S. Department of Justice started financing protests after Trayvon Martin's murder, and an employee from Homeland Security went online with messages saying "There's going to be a race war!" I figured they were up to no good - looking for an opportunity to use those concentration camps if they could incite people to violence. 

Watch out if America goes to war again. Be prayerful if she feels threatened by a particular ethnic group again. The camps are waiting. Numerous states have nullified NDAA, including Virginia, Michigan, California, and others. More have bills to nullify NDAA under consideration. You can stay abreast of state nullifications at PANDA. http://pandaunite.org/

We also thank Vice President Biden for his statement to a mostly black audience, saying, "He'll have you back in chains." We especially appreciate this announcement from the administration that approved concentration camps and financed them.

See the film below that demonstrates the collusion between psychiatry, racism, and murder. Why are police and correctional officers shielded by the government after brutalizing and killing mental patients like my brother, Larry Neal? Why are biomass incinerators (ovens) situated in black communities and on prison grounds? What happened to the 5,000 murdered prisoners that former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney told us about after Katrina? Why are mentally ill people warehoused in prisons, usually in solitary? Eugenics and psychiatry have a history dating from before WWII. Hundreds of thousands of people labeled "mentally ill" in Germany were murdered en masse. Racism and Psychiatry http://youtu.be/dJG_6uW7faY
SORRY! One way to get a YouTube video taken offline is for Mary Neal to feature it in an article. Please just go to YouTube and find videos by searching for "racism and psychiatry," and you might happen to see it. Here is another interesting documentary about science and racism: http://youtu.be/2fi9iGBJs4A

MaryLovesJustice

MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com
(678)531-0262

Website:  Wrongful Death of Larry Neal

http://WrongfulDeathOfLarryNeal.com
(Note: They probably won't allow me to receive your emails and phone calls. Sorry.)

Human Rights Demand Schedule ~ Blogtalkradio

"POWER concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will." That is a quote by Frederick Douglass, a 19th century slavery abolitionist. We wish to announce a new human rights channels on Blogtalkradio: "HUMAN RIGHTS DEMAND" and NNIA1. Mary Neal is the program director. Your questions and comments during broadcasts are invited. 

The radio shows are for all people. If you wish to be a special guest, please email Mary Neal at MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com. Call (818)572-2947 for NNIA1, and call (347)857-3293 for Human Rights Demand. Please "follow" both channels at Blogtalkradio to receive advanced notice of scheduled shows.

For current schedules for NNIA1 and Human Rights Demand, see http://mljradio.blogspot.com/

Most of the shows at NNIA1 and Human Rights Demand are weekly presentations.

YOU have radio shows at "NNIA1" and "Human Rights Demand" channels! The NNIA1 call-in number is 818-572-2947, and Human Rights Demand's call-in number is 347.857-3293

REGULAR PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE

*Monday* - Who voluntarily works on Mondays? Day reserved for special programs
*Tuesday* - What's Happening show, 9pmEST, Human Rights Demand regarding political prisoners and current events regarding justice
*Wednesday* - STOP Mandatory Vaccinations, 9pmEST, Human Rights Demand: Stop plans to enforce vaccinations on all 350m Americans
*Wednesday* - Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill, midnight EST, NNIA1 (AIMI shows air when families of mentally ill people are in crisis)
*Thursday* - Jennifer Cobb ...and Justice for all Inc., 6pmEST, Human Rights Demand
*Friday* - Mary Diaz and Human Conflicts Org Demand More 6pmEST, Human Rights Demand (half of each show presented in Spanish)
*Saturday* - Native American Affairs, time to be announced, NNIA1, hosts: Lynn Eagle Feather, Janice Howe, and Victoria Eliza Ga Skins
*Saturday* - Johnnie Strozier Keeping It Real, 9pmEST, Human Rights Demand, reentry show sponsored by Strozier after 46 years in prison
*Sunday* - Various programming: "Stop Abuse," "Interviews with Authors" of books about legal, economic, or social justice, interviews with experts in , , , and victims of the criminal justice system, etc., Human Rights Demand, 3pm or 6pm or 9pm EST (the time will be announced at and Facebook when shows are scheduled).
*Sunday* - MaryLovesJustice Prayer Meeting, midnight EST, NNIA1. We pray for and learn the REAL Word of .

SPECIAL SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS AND GUESTS

In September 2015, we plan to present a psychiatrist, author, and movie producer, ,discussing "Shattered Families," a movie about families of persons with serious mental illness, which we can help produce. We will present , author of "We Mad Climb Shaky Ladders." Wagner is a noted writer and poet who copes with a schizoaffective disorder. Our Wednesday show, "Stop Mandatory Vaccinations" features such guests as Dr. Randy Short, Dr. Shirley Moore, Ms. Brenda Anderson, and others. We plan to revisit the "Georgia vs. Malik Davis" case, about the possibility of false murder charges against Malik Davis, 17, regarding the shooting death of Nizzear Rodriguez, 13. A new witness and Malik's mother will speak. We also invited the managing editor of Truthout to return to Human Rights Demand and tell us more about her proposal to eliminate bail payments in the USA and to describe her recent trip to Australia to discuss its criminal justice system. We invited Ms. Dorothy Pinkney to speak to us about her marriage to a political prisoner, Rev. Edward Pinkney, of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Rev. Dorothy Mackey is our usual host for "Stop CPS Abuse" shows, and  Rev. Dr. Floyd Harris often speaks during the "MaryLovesJustice Prayer Meetings."

Pass the word. YOU have radio shows at "NNIA1" and "Human Rights Demand" channels! The NNIA1 call-in number is 818-572-2947, and Human Rights Demand's call-in number is 347.857-3293. Great radio shows are already archived and available for you to hear by computer:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nnia1
and
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/humanrightsdemand

In case of technical difficulty at Blogtalkradio, please join us at the scheduled times at FreeConferenceCall.com (605)562-0020, I.D. Code: 992-212-650(Ralph Poynter has a separate conference number), where we always enjoy excellent sound quality. Prerecorded shows are available there, also.

If you have justice issues to discuss that require a dedicated program, please call me at (678)531-0262, or send an email to MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com, or send a Facebook message to Mary Neal. News tips are welcome. If all of those methods fail, use smoke signals if I do not contact you within 48 hours. My communication is compromised.

Disclaimer:

The information and viewpoints given by hosts and guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of MaryLovesJustice, Human Rights Demand, or National Network in Action (NNIA1). Neither hosts nor guests accept responsibility for the accuracy of information given by any other party.

The Philosophy of Liberty

http://youtu.be/8z1buym2xUM

International Declaration of Human Rights - 1948

http://youtu.be/Li6KhPBxkw0

Make your human rights demand today!
Contact U.S. elected officials:
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Dr. Floyd Harris and demonstrators make human rights demands in the photo above: End Homelessness, End War, Stop Police Brutality, End Mass Incarceration, and Protect the Environment.

Mental Disorders and Drug Dependencies of Nina Simone, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Others

 

Famous jazz singer and musician Nina Simone had a reputation for volatility. In 1985, she fired a gun at a record company executive whom she accused of stealing royalties. Simone said she "tried to kill him" but "missed". In 1995, she shot and wounded her neighbor's son with a pneumatic pistol after the boy's laughter disturbed her concentration. According to a biographer, Simone took medication for a condition from the mid-1960s onward. This was known only to a small group of intimates and kept out of public view for many years. Simone's mental health challenges were revealed in the biography "Break Down and Let It All Out," written by Sylvia Hampton and David Nathan in 2004 after her death. (Wikipedia)

Bipolar Disorder? Schizophrenia? Manic Depression? Alzheimer's? Dementia? PTSD? Post Partum Depression? Autism? Drug/Alcohol Dependency? See who else has or had challenges:

Buzz Aldrin (astronaut) · Adam Ant (musician) · Ludwig van Beethoven (composer) · Napoleon Bonaparte (political leader) · Tim Burton (artist, director) · Lord Byron (poet) · Dick Cavett (television journalist) · Winston Churchill (politician) · Charles Dickens (author) · DMX, Dark Man X (Earl Simmons) (musician, actor) · Robert Downey Jr. (actor) · Richardy Dreyfuss (actor) · Patty Duke (actress) · Ralph Waldo Emerson (author) · Carrie Fisher (Actress, writer) · Larry Flynt (publisher, activist) · Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (Writer) · Connie Francis (singer) · Stephen Fry (actor, comedian, writer) · Peter Gabriel (musician) · Alan Garner (novelist) · Matthew Good (musician) · Philip Graham (publisher, businessman) · Macy Gray (musician, actor) · Graham Greene (English Novelist) · Ivor Gurney (English composer, poet)· Sean LeVert (singer) · Patrick Kennedy (Congressman) · Elvis Presley (singer, actor) · Britney Speers (singer) · Michael Jackson (singer, dancer, actor) · Somebody you love

Nobody should be punished with long prison terms for behavior that arose out of a mental disability or drug/alcohol dependency, especially if no harm came to anyone other than the affected person. But mentally challenged people comprise over 50 percent of those who are injured or killed by police officers in America, and sick or addicted people are overly represented among prisoners, including many who would be our generation's geniuses. Below is an excerpt from a transcript of a Time.com interview with Vernon Chadwick, director of the Fourth Annual Conference on Elvis Presley, August 11, 1998:

A therapist from Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in New Jersey advanced the thesis that Elvis suffered bipolar disorder, which is a more technical name for manic depression, and that Elvis' substance abuse, eating disorders, and chronic depression should be placed in the larger context of a personality disorder. We think that this will shed new light on the issue of Elvis' death and will take it out of the narrow context of suspected overdose and addiction to the larger and more fundamental issues of Elvis' childhood, family history, the cultural influences of the times in which he lived, and other factors which contributed to a possible personality disorder.

People should be able to seek assistance for mental health issues and drug/alcohol dependencies without fear of reprisal, and we all should be free to advocate for people with these issues without censorship by prison investors. Please sign my PETITION TO FREE MARY NEAL
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/free-mary-neal

With treatment, more acute mental patients would be able to live unrestrained by their illness or prison bars. Today, 1.25 million people with mental illness are incarcerated, and most nonviolent offenders have or had drug and alcohol dependencies. Nina Simone sings "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" http://youtu.be/7PT9PPfSkwQ at the embedded video below. We can help restore people to wholesome living by advocating to decriminalize mental illness and by supporting better access to treatment for mental disorders and drug and alcohol dependencies. More information is in articles in the "Dog Justice for Mentally Ill" blog and available during our Blogtalkradio weekly broadcasts of "Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill."

An important mental health bill is presently before the U.S. Congress called "H.R.3717 - Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act." Learn more about the bill at "AIMI HR3717 Broadcasts Feb. 12 and 19". We will continue to discuss H.R.3717 and other mental heath bills during every Wednesday night broadcast.
http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2014/02/aimi-hr3717-broadcasts-feb-12-and-19.html

Famous people who excelled in the arts, mathematics, politics, science and other fields had/have mental dysfunctions. Mental illness and drug/alcohol dependencies are common among people who are rich and poor of all races and ages. See photos of even more famous people who have or had mental health challenges: "Famous People With Bipolar Disorder"
http://famouspeoplewithbipolardisorder.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

You might enjoy reading another article by this writer about Elvis Presley at "Elvis Presley - Bipolar Genius" http://dogjusticeformentallyill.blogspot.com/2013/03/elvis-presley-bipolar-genius.html

Mary Neal, director

Website: Wrongful Death of Larry Neal.com

http://WrongfulDeathOfLarryNeal.com/main.html

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill

http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/aimi

Dog Justice for Mentally Ill

http://DogJusticeforMentallyIll.blogspot.com

(Eight(8) urls, one(1) photo, and one(1) embedded video - Please count due to censorship)

Georgia's Confederate License Plate

GEORGIA is where I write articles and publish radio shows while encountering much interference as I stand for unity, justice, and human rights. It is where I endure financial and emotional persecution for making inquiries about my mentally, physically disabled brother who was killed while under secret arrest in the Memphis Shelby County Jail. Georgia is where my computers are continuously taken over and phones calls are redirected to prevent my civil and human rights to self-expression and due process of law. My family experienced a burglary that was denied investigation. Only our original lawsuits and evidence regarding The (Johnnie) Cochran Firm fraud were stolen. See one of Georgia's new license plates for an explanation:

The AJC wrote, "Georgia law prohibits vanity plates judged to ridicule any race or ethnicity." Lawlessness. The white supremacists have ridiculed themselves again. 
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/new-confederate-license-plate-brings-skirmishes/ndSjT/

MaryLovesJustice Neal
Website: Wrongful Death of Larry Neal
http://WrongfulDeathofLarryNeal.com
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
http://DogJusticeforMentallyIll.com
Phone 678.531.0262