Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Standoff in Manassas: 'We Will Not Be Your Slaves of the 21st Century'

Here’s what Gaudencio Fernandez wrote on a sign, 40 feet long and 12 feet high, that sits on his property in Manassas, Va., a town in Prince William County, Va., where local police authorities have become more aggressive in harassing people based on where they were born:

PWC and Manassas City: The National Capital of Intolerance

European American exterminated millions of Native Americans in order to steal America, they were the first illegal aliens. European Americans have a 500-year history of rape, theft, murder, slavery, artificial borders, Jim Crow laws and deportations of Native Americans.

Since 1866, the KKK rode at night to torture, lynch and kill blacks, Native Americans, and other people of color. Today the actions of PWC and Manassas City Council are similar to the collaboration between local governments and the KKK in the 1900s.

On 2.25.08, Manassas City Mayor Douglas S. Waldron said I am proud that finally we came to an agreement with PWC to implement 287g, because we care about our community. What community!? 287g is an agreement with immigration and customs enforcement to detain and question Native Americans by police officers at their discretion.

PWC and Manassas City persecute us with our own tax dollars, because European Americans would rather have a ghost town than live among Native Americans.

They ignore our voices, they ignore our civil and constitutional rights. There is no democracy ... Stop the persecution. We demand equality and justice for all.

We will not be your slaves of the 21st century.

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