COMMENT: Who will Stand for Dr. Sanford on Friday? by Alton H. Maddox

Alton Maddox, Esq

COMMENT: Who will Stand for Dr. Sanford on Friday?
By: Alton H. Maddox, Jr.| Chairman, United African Movement &the Peoples Lawyer

Dr. Adelaide Sanford is a nationally-recognized educator, at the very least, and countless people pretend to be her friends. Yet, those pretenders will be absent from the battlefield when I put a list of demands on the table of New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Friday at 11:00 a.m.

With police terrorism running amuck in New York City, it should not be surprising that Black elected officials and leading Blacks have been afraid to put demands on Cuomo's table despite this teaching of Frederick Douglass: "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." We must honor our revered ancestors. Otherwise, we will remain chattel slaves.

On March 14, 2010, storm troopers of the NYPD unmercifully beat and punched Dr. Sandford's son and grandson in the Bronx. Her son is Dean David Sanford of Benjamin Banneker High School and his son is a college student in Buffalo, NY. They are now exposed to criminal records.

The NYPD must be put in judicial receivership. In addition, Gov. David Paterson has the constitutional authority to remove Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly from their offices. New York successfully sued Town of Walkill which was put in receivership.

Someone in New York must have the guts to confront Andrew Cuomo. By default, this responsibility has been put on my shoulders even though I am not a Black elected official nor a leading Black. In fact, the Black colony has turned its back on me for taking uncompromising positions.

On Friday, March 26, at 11:00 a.m., I will be at the offices of the New York State Attorney General, 120 Broadway in Manhattan. Someone, who is not scared nor bought off, must take a stand in New York for more than two million Blacks. Scared Blacks are always looking for a sacrificial lamb.

UAM Business Meeting:  March 27, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. at the Cotton Club, 656 West 125th Street in Harlem.

UNITED AFRICAN MOVEMENT
Alton H. Maddox, Jr, Chairman
P.O. Box 35
Bronx, NY 10471
Tel: 718-834-9034
Fax: 718-884-8241

Third Great Harlem Debate: Should the State Return the Law License of Attorney Alton Maddox, Yes or Yes?

Event: Third Great Harlem Debate: Should the State Return the Law License of Attorney Alton Maddox, Yes or Yes?

Sponsor: CEMOTAP
Moderator: Dr James C. McIntosh
Admission: Free
Time: 3:00 PM
Date & Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009

Location:
Salem United Methodist Church
211 West 129th Street
Village of Harlem, New York

Headliner: Dr. Joy DeGruy (FKA) Leary

Participants:

• Larry Hamm
• Pam Africa
• Professor Leonard Jeffries
• Jack Felder
• Reverend Joe Bragg
• Betty Dopson
• Attorney Roger Wareham
• Broadcaster Gil Noble

Background:
The Third Great Harlem Debate headlining Dr. Joy DeGruy (FKA) Leary will feature a critical examination of the roles that the New York State governor, the Attorney general, and the New York Bar Association have played in the denial of the return of the law license of Atty. Alton Maddox. The debate will have the unusual format of both sides agreeing that the time for Maddox's return to the courtroom is long overdue. That agreement is reflected in the title of the debate, Should the State Return the Law License of Attorney Alton Maddox, Yes or Yes?"

Dr. McIntosh, the moderator of the debate says the speakers "will provide personal insight into the underlying reason for Maddox's ,historic 20 year suspension"

Although Maddox has reportedly, satisfied all of the written conditions in the suspension order, he still remains suspended with no hint of a resolution date. Dr. Joy DeGruy, social scientist, has included in her research studies of society's historic role in the destruction of the lives and careers of Black men and women who were thought to be dangers to entrenched systems of Black exploitation. She will integrate the debaters information with her personal analysis and provide a way forward for the community to assert itself into a winning posture to restore Atty. Maddox to his earned position in his community.

Contact: Dr James C. McIntosh at 347 531-8936 for additional information

From: Press Release | February 7, 2009 | Molefi A.A. Tayari