Descendants of Cherokee Freedmen Are Being Denied Tribal Rights

 

Descendants of Cherokee Freedmen Are Being Denied Tribal Rights Dec 21, 2016 | 517 videos Video by America Reframed Most Americans are familiar with the Trail of Tears, when Cherokees were removed from their native lands and forced west. However, the involvement of African Americans is less known. When the U.S. Indian Removal Act forced many Native Americans to move, enslaved Africans also followed them into the frontier. After the U.S. banned slavery, men and women who were enslaved in the Cherokee Nation were granted freedom and full tribal membership—they were called Cherokee Freedmen. This excerpt from the new documentary By Blood, by America Reframed, looks at the current legal battle for tribal rights that descendants of the Freedmen are embroiled in. Both the Cherokee and Seminole Nations began denying citizenship to Freedmen descendants, arguing that they are not members of their tribe “by blood.” Watch the full film here. Author: Nadine Ajaka

Dear President Obama

Nancy Lockhart, M.J.

November 22, 2016

The White House

President Barack Obama

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

Dear President Obama:

I worked very hard to get you elected as president of the United States and many other people did as well.  I coordinated rallies across the United States through Nation for Change and registered many to vote.  One of your campaign staff members promised me a job upon you becoming president.  Madura something or, other from Australia.  He Lied.  I remained disappointed but, proud of you. I'm a great organizer and used my skills to assist. I've been very proud of you as president of the United States, now I am not. I am honestly ashamed of actions with the Dakota Access Pipeline at this current moment.

I know that as the President and as a lawyer, you're able to stop the savage brutality of Water Protectors at Standing Rock. I also know that you are able to stop this Dakota Access Pipeline from going through sacred grounds and under the Mo. River.

You've stated that you were going to let this play out for a couple of weeks, as a matter of fact, that statement was made on November 1, 2016. Well, a couple of weeks are over. How much longer will this be allowed to play out?  This is not a computer game of wild, wild, west. Native American lives are at stake: their water, their food and everything else that it takes to live on this earth is at stake. United States Treaties have been broken.

 I've watched the live stream videos of police and firemen spraying unarmed, praying, Water Protectors with cold water in sub degree temperatures.  The Barack Obama that I Thought I Knew, wouldn't allow this.  I haven't been president therefore; my hair isn't as grey but, it’s getting there. This DAPL situation is causing wrinkles to come around my mouth just as yours.

I understand that Donald Trump stands to gain 25% profits upon completion of this pipeline. I also read that he invested upwards of 2 million dollars in this pipeline.  You've taken the high road throughout your presidency - please continue to take the high road and do the right thing by our Native brothers and sisters.

I definitely hope that this letter reaches you. I'm very doubtful but, simply decided to take my chances.

I realize that you’ve worked very hard these last eight years. I have as well, for the past 12 years I’ve worked to free wrongfully convicted inmates.  My work released two Mississippi Sisters, Florida’s Marissa Alexander, brought a stay of execution for Willie Manning and many more.  As I complete work on the case of Mississippi’s innocent, Carla Hughes this year, please work on and reroute that pipeline.  Make those individuals respect you and stop the encroachment of Native Lands while also putting a stop to the brutality and savage treatment by police officers.

#NoDAPL  #StandingRock

Don't leave it for Trump.

Respectfully Submitted,

Nancy Lockhart

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In The Case Of Major Tillery: Emanuel Claitt Declaration

Major George Tillery A Case of Gross Prosecutorial Corruption & Police Misconduct

Major George Tillery

A Case of Gross Prosecutorial Corruption
 And Police Misconduct

Sexual Favors and Hotel Rooms Provided by Police to Prosecution Fact Witness for Fabricated Testimony During Trial

By Nancy Lockhart, M.J. 

September 6, 2016

Corruption in The State of Pennsylvania is being exposed with a multitude of public officials indicted by the US Attorney’s office in 2015 and 2016. A lengthy list of extortion, theft, and corruption in public service includes a former Solicitor, Treasurer and Veteran Police Officer U.S. Department of Justice Corruption Prosecutions. On Monday August 15, 2016 Pennsylvania State Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane was found guilty of all nine counts in a perjury and obstruction case related to a grand jury leak. Pennsylvania's Attorney General Convicted On All Counts - New York Times 

Although this is a small sampling of decades long corruption throughout the state of Pennsylvania, Major George Tillery has languished in prison over 31 years because of prosecutorial misconduct and police corruption. Tillery was tried and convicted in 1985 in a trial where prosecutors and police created a textbook criminal story for bogus convictions. William Franklin was charged as a co-conspirator in the shootings, he was tried and convicted in December of 1980, because he refused to lie on Tillery. Franklin is 69 years old according to the PADOC website and has been in prison 36 years.

Major Tillery Is Not Represented by an Attorney and Needs Your Assistance to Retain One.
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Major Tillery, PA DOC# AM9786, will turn 66-years-old on September 9, 2016 and has spent over three decades in prison for crimes he did not commit. Twenty of those 31 plus years were spent in solitary confinement. Tillery has endured many very serious medical issues and medical neglect. Currently, he is plagued with serious illnesses that include hepatitis C, stubborn skin rashes, dangerous intestinal disorders and a degenerative hip. His orthopedic shoes were taken by prison administrators and never returned.

Tillery, was convicted of homicide, assault, weapons and conspiracy charges in 1985, for the poolroom shootings which left one man dead and another wounded. William Franklin was the pool room operator at the time. The shooting occurred on October 22, 1976.

Falsified testimony was the only evidence presented during trial. No other evidence linked Tillery to the 1976 shootings, except for the testimony of two jailhouse informants. Both men swore that they had received no promises, agreements, or deals in exchange for their testimony. Barbra Christie, the trial prosecutor, insisted to the Court and Jury that these witnesses were not given any plea agreements or sentencing promises. That was untrue.

Newly discovered evidence is the sole basis for Tillery’s latest Pro Se filing. According to the Post Conviction Relief Petition Filed June 15, 2016, evidence proves that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania committed fraud on the Court and Jury which undermined the fundamentals of due process. The newly discovered evidence in sworn declarations is from two prosecution fact witnesses. Those two witnesses provided the entirety of trial evidence against Major Tillery. The declarations explain false testimonies manufactured by the prosecution with the assistance of police detectives/investigators. On August 19, 2016 Judge Leon Tucker filed a Notice of Intent to Dismiss Major's PCRA petition. Notice to Dismiss 

Emanuel Claitt Has Come Forth to Declare His Testimony as Manufactured and Fabricated by Police and Prosecutors. Claitt states that his testimony during trial was fabricated and coerced by Assistant District Attorney Barbara Christie, Detectives John Cimino and James McNeshy. Claitt swore that he was promised a very favorable plea agreement and treatment in his pending criminal cases. Claitt was granted sexual favors in exchange for his false testimony. Claitt states that he was allowed to have sex with four different women in the homicide interview rooms and in hotel rooms in exchange for his cooperation.

Prosecution fact witness Emanuel Claitt states in his Declaration of Emanuel Claitt, and Emanuel Claitt Supplemental Declaration that testimony against Major Tillery was fabricated, coerced and coached by Assistant District Attorney’s Leonard Ross, Barbara Christie, and Roger King with the assistance of Detectives Larry Gerrad, Ernest Gilbert, and Lt. Bill Shelton. Claitt was threatened with false murder charges as well as, given promises and agreements of favorable plea deals and sentencing. In exchange for his false testimony, many of Claitt’s cases were not prosecuted. He received probation. Additionally, he was sentenced to a mere 18 months for fire bombing and was protected after his arrest between the time of Franklin’s and Tillery’s trials.

Trial Lawyer Operated Under Actual Conflict of Interest. Tillery discovered that his trial lawyer, Joseph Santaguida, also represented the victim. In other words, the victim in this case was represented by trial lawyer Santaguida and Santaguida also represented Major Tillery. The Commonwealth has concealed newly discovered evidence as well as, evidence which would have been favorable to Major Tillery in the criminal trial. That evidence would have exonerated him.

 In light of the new Declarations which prove manufactured testimony by prosecutors and police, Major Tillery needs legal representation.
He is not currently represented by an attorney.

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