Chicago Democrats and The Chicago Mob

"there is no way Chicago’s court system can or will be cleaned up until there is an investigation of Alderman Ed Burke and his wife, the newest appointee of the Illinois Supreme Court, Justice Anne Burke."

The Democratic Political Machine has proven to be an organized terrorist group similar to doctrines of the Ku Klux Klan an Act of 1871 outlawed the very criminal acts perpetrated by corrupt white men.

Under the Klan Act during Reconstruction, federal troops were used rather than state militias to enforce the law, and Klansmen were prosecuted in federal court, where juries were often predominantly black. Hundreds of Klan members were fined or imprisoned, and habeas corpus was suspended in nine counties in South Carolina. These efforts were so successful that the Klan was destroyed in South Carolina and decimated throughout the rest of the former Confederacy, where it had already been in decline for several years. The Klan was not to exist again until its recreation in 1915. During its brief existence the "first era" clan did achieve many of its goals in the South, such as denying voting rights to Southern blacks.^[2]

In its early history, under the Grant Administration, this act was used—along with the Force Act—to bring to justice those who were violating the Civil Rights of newly freed African Americans. After the end of the Grant Administration, and the dismantling of Reconstruction under Rutherford B. Hayes, enforcement of the Act fell into disuse and few cases were brought under the statute for almost a hundred years.

Today under the democratic party persons of color are terrorized by members of the machine especially those that stands up to the racial unequal applications of the laws as demonstrated by Joe Louis throughout the posts.

Sunday, March 02, 2008

Chicago Democrats and The Chicago Mob

Obama's key fundraiser Tony Rezko goes on trial Monday.It's important to take a broader look at America's most corrupt large city: Chicago.(We apologize from the outset,some links no longer exist or passages we quote never existed on the web.)Chicago has had a Democratic Mayor since 1931,and today in 2008,49 of 50 Chicago Aldermen are Democrats.This long post is about the Chicago Mob and the Democratic Party machine.
Former Alderman Dick Simpson, who's now a professor at University of Illinois-Chicago, has some disturbing numbers on Chicago and Illinois politicians:

Since 1973, the U.S. attorney has indicted 30 aldermen and convicted 27 (one died before trial and two stand trial this spring).The Public Corruption and Accountability Project at UIC calculates that there have been more than 1,000 local and state governmental officials convicted since the 1970s. The "corruption tax," or cost of government corruption for Cook County residents, is now more than $300 million a year, greater than the local government tax increases this year. We can't really afford more local "Hired Truck" schemes, patronage hiring, or the state pension and driver license scandals of recent years.

Sounds like becoming an elected Alderman in Chicago has an unusual felony conviction rate,which certainly says something about the people who seek elected office in Chicago and the voters who put them in office.Yes,there have been many corrupt Aldermen in Chicago.But,one man stands above all other in terms of institutionalizing corruption in Chicago: Alderman Fred Roti.

Unless we understand the prolific criminal legacy of Alderman Roti,we can't understand how today,in 2008,Alderman Roti along with his friends,relatives,and associates have turned Chicago's city government into a racketeering enterprise.We must go back in time to a Chicago Tribune article on February 14,1982 titled BEST AND BRIGHTEST NO MATCH FOR OLD GUARD AT CITY HALL to understand the power of Alderman Roti:

Roti has placed nearly as many city employees on the payroll as the city personnel department,and many of them are his own family members.This is not a new trend under [Mayor] Byrne,however.Under former Mayors Richard Daley and Michael Bilandic,members of the Roti clan have always had spectacular success gaining public employment.Last fall it was disclosed that Roti family payrollers include his daughter,Rosemary,a press aide to Mayor Byrne at $25,992 a year;and Rosemary's husband,Ronald Marasso,who had been promoted from city painter to $34,000 -a -year general manager of maintenance at O'Hare International Airport.Fourteen other Roti clan members were on various other city payrolls.Because of his ward number,Roti's name is always called first during council roll calls,and he revels in that privilege.His initial response gives other administration aldermen their cue as to what Roti-and,therefore,the mayor-wants.It's often said that roll calls could stop after Roti votes-the outcome is already known.Roti,an affable fellow, controls the Chicago City Council with an iron fist.

Years later in May of 2006,The Chicago Sun-Times gave a more disturbing explanation of who Alderman Fred Roti really was:

Roti became 1st Ward alderman in 1968. He soon became one of the most powerful, well-liked and respected members of the City Council. Roti was also a "made member" of the mob, according to the FBI

Think about it,the Chicago Mob ran a "made-member" for political office to take control of a city.This is why the Chicago Mob went on to become the most powerful organized crime family in all of U.S. history.As criminal defense attorney Robert Cooley explains the history of Chicago :

The city’s grim reputation is rooted back in the Roaring Twenties when Al Capone emerged victorious from gang warfare and went on to become a household name. Oddly enough, far less is known about his successors and their grip on the city during the last half of the twentieth century.But that is when Chicago’s Mafia became the single most powerful organized crime family in American history. While Mob bosses knocked each other off on the East Coast, in Chicago they united into a monolithic force called the Outfit. They would literally control the cops, the courts and the politicians – a corrupt trifecta that Capone dreamed about, but never came close to achieving. The Outfit demanded a cut of every criminal enterprise in the region, from a lowly car theft or private poker game to a jewelry heist. To enforce this “street tax,” their Hit Men killed with impunity, knowing that crooked judges would throw out any case against them. Their bookies brazenly took bets in nightclubs, at racetracks and even in government office buildings, confident that contacts in the police department (at one point as high up as the Chief of Detectives) would warn them before the vice squad could make a raid. Mobsters ran Chicago union locals, and national organizations for the Laborers and the Teamsters. This unprecedented combination of brute force and political clout let the bosses feed at the public trough with no-show jobs for their goons and municipal contracts for themselves and their associates. Government became one of their most lucrative rackets.

In his 1969 book, Captive City, investigative journalist Ovid Demaris called the Outfit, “the most politically insulated and police-pampered ‘family’ this side of Sicily” and estimated, even then, that their take was in the billions. With such total domination of their home turf, they could wander far and wide. By the Seventies, the FBI reported that Chicago’s Mob controlled all organized criminal activity west of the Mississippi – including and especially Las Vegas. Millions were skimmed from casinos like the Tropicana and the Stardust, and bundles of cash, stuffed in green army duffel bags, found their way back to the Outfit’s bosses. Meanwhile New York’s mobsters had to content themselves with the slim pickings of Atlantic City.

Here's an amazing chart of the Roti family from May 2006 from the Chicago Sun-Times(remember this is a conservative chart,the black dots are "made-members" of the Chicago Mob).

With all of Alderman Roti's power it's instructive to look at two of his major accomplishments in strengthening the power grip of the Chicago Mob over Chicago.The Chicago Mob couldn't operate without a corrupt police force.When Mayor Byrne had honest Superintendent Joe DiLeonardi run things for a while Alderman Roti put his foot down.As Robert Cooley explains:

According to Roti,he issued an ultimatum to Her Honor:either she got rid of DiLeonardi,or the municipal unions would shut down the city during the upcoming contract negotiations.Just as the Mob thought she would,Jane Byrne buckled.

With DiLeonardi gone,Roti demanded that William Hanhardt be appointed Chief of Detectives.Hanhardt was the Chicago Mob's long term plant on the police force.The position of Chief of Detectives is the fifth highest ranking position in the Chicago Police Department.Here's a quote from a federal indictment on Hanhardt and his achievements as a Chicago Police Officer and running the most successful jewelry theft ring in United States history :

COUNT ONE



The SPECIAL JANUARY 1999-1 GRAND JURY charges:



1. At all times material to this indictment:

(a) From July 13, 1953, until his retirement on pension as a captain on March 26, 1986, defendant WILLIAM A. HANHARDT was employed by the Chicago police Department (CPD"), and held several supervisory positions, including Chief of Detectives, Chief of Traffic, Commander of the Burglary Section, Deputy Superintendent for the Bureau of Inspectional Services, and District Commander. For a portion of the period of the indictment until the date of the indictment, defendant HANHARDT resided at 835 Heather Road, Deerfield, Illinois.

and

Defendant WILLIAM A. HANFLARDT (hereafter "HANHARDT^), was the leader of the enterprise. In that capacity he supervised codefendant JOSEPH N. HASINSKI and together they directed the activities of others employed by and associated with the enterprise- HANHARDT directed the other defendants and others in their gathering of information on potential jewelry theft victims and the surveillance of several such individuals. He utilized certain CPD[Chicago Police Department] officers to do database searches of CPD and other law enforcement computers to obtain information concerning jewelry salespersons. Similarly, he caused a private investigator to conduct credit bureau database searches and other database searches to gather information concerning individuals who were traveling jewelry salespersons. At times, HANHARDT used the telephone at his residence at 835 Heather Road, Deerfield, Illinois, to direct certain defendants and others to further the interests of the enterprise. HANHARDT personally participated in the theft of jewelry.

So,Hanhardt loaded up the Chicago Police Department with individuals who'd help him commit criminal acts long after leaving the police force.To understand the magnitude of Hanhardt's danger to Chicago citizens we'll quote U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald in 2001:

"It's remarkable that a person who was chief of detectives of the Chicago Police Department admits to being part of a racketeering conspiracy," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said afterward.
"There's no controversy over whether Mr. Hanhardt is guilty -- he stood up in court and said that today," Fitzgerald said.

Here's what U.S. Attorney Scott Lassar said about Hanhardt's operation:

"Hanhardt's organization surpasses, in duration and sophistication, just about any other jewelry theft ring we've seen,"

With the appointment of Hanhardt to Chief of Detectives, what else could Alderman Roti and the Chicago Mob do to become a more effective criminal organization?? Disarm the citizens of Chicago so they'd be no match for the Chicago Mob and corrupt Chicago police officers.Guess who lead the fight for gun control in Chicago and voted on Chicago's strict gun control ordinance leaving innocent Chicago citizens defenseless against corrupt police officers like Hanhardt and his cronies? None other than Alderman Roti.As the Chicago Tribune reported on March 20,1982 in an article titled MAYOR'S FORCES WIN HANDGUN CURB:

As Friday's council session began,[Mayor]Byrne feared the vote was too close to call.There was extensive backroom debate to determine if the matter should be brought up.But,Byrne allies,primarily Alderman Fred Roti(1st),Edward Burke(14th)and Wilson Frost(34th),moved through the council chambers,persuading wavering aldermen to back the mayor's proposals.Still,Some of Byrne's staunchest allies,including Alderman Robert Shaw(9th) and Richard Mell(33rd),deserted ranks and voted against the ordinance.Streets and Sanitation Commissioner John Donovan made a last-minute deal with at least three aldermen who threatened to walk out of the meeting to avoid voting for the proposal.Donovan promised to improve city services in their wards.

Today,in 2008,Chicago has a major police corruption problem because of the handgun ban.Here's a recent look at Chicago's elite police officers:

A major police corruption probe is under way in Chicago.

Its target: an elite police tactical unit. Its alleged ringleader: a highly decorated police officer who, with other cops, allegedly committed home invasions and robberies.

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In 1999,the Justice Department announced to America what many had long suspected:Alderman Roti was a "high ranking made member" of the Chicago Mob(look at pages 27 and 47 of this civil racketeering indictment).Here's the description of Alderman Roti:

FRED B. ROTI, a politically powerful former Chicago First Ward alderman, is the uncle of former CLDC president/ business manager Bruno Caruso and former CLDC official and Pension Fund Director Frank "Toots" Caruso. In 1992, in the case of United States v. Pat Marcy, et al. 90 CR 1045 (N.D. Illinois), Fred Roti was convicted of RICO conspiracy, bribery and extortion regarding the fixing of criminal cases in the Circuit Court of Cook County, including murder cases involving organized crime members or associates and was sentenced to 48 months' imprisonment. Roti was released from prison in 1997. As First Ward alderman, Roti was a key political patronage boss and, along with his co‑defendant Pat Marcy, a fixer for the Chicago Outfit. Roti has directly participated in interfering with the rights of the members of LIUNA in the selection of their officers and officials in that he has improperly influenced the selection of officers of the CLDC and has been responsible for the pervasive hiring of LaPietra crew members and associates at the Chicago streets and sanitation department. Roti is a made member of the Chicago Outfit.

Two points of note here on the above quote.LaPietra is the infamous Angelo "the Hook" LaPietra ,Chicago Mob Capo who earned his nickname by torturing people by putting them on meat hooks.Pat Marcy,at the time of his indictment,in the early 1990's was one of the people Roti reported to in the Chicago Mob.Marcy was the number 3 man in the Chicago Mob.Here's the New York Times on the Roti and Marcy operation:

This is at least the third major Federal inquiry into official corruption in the Chicago courts and political system within recent years. Operation Graylord, a sweeping investigation into corruption in the Cook County courts, has resulted in the convictions of more than 70 people, including 15 judges, since the mid-1980's. Operation Incubator has obtained about a dozen convictions or guilty pleas, including those from five members of the City Council and a former aide to the late Mayor Harold Washington. 'Fixed' Murder Trials

Among the accusations are that two of the men were involved in efforts to fix two separate murder trials. In both instances, the murder defendants were acquitted by judges, who heard the cases without juries.

In the first murder case, prosecutors say Pasquale Marcy, a 77-year-old official in the First Ward Democratic organization, fixed the 1977 murder trial of Harry Aleman, who was accused of killing a teamsters' union steward, by paying $10,000 to the judge assigned to hear the case. In the second, Mr. Marcy and Fred Roti, the First Ward's Alderman since 1969, are accused of having accepted $75,000 in exchange for fixing the trial of three men accused of a 1981 murder in the city's Chinatown neighborhood.

The indictment does not name the judges who presided over the murder cases. Prosecutors refused to answer further questions at the news conference about the murder cases beyond the few details laid out in the indictments.

The allegations involving the murder cases are in the first of the three indictments. That indictment charges Mr. Marcy and Mr. Roti with multiple counts of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, bribery and extortion in various attempts to fix a wide range of matters, including the results of civil bench trials, other criminal cases, zoning chanaes and judicial appointments. Indictment of Judge

In the second indictment, Federal prosecutors named David J. Shields, 58, formerly the presiding judge of the Chancery Division of the Cook County Circuit Court; and Pasquale F. De Leo, 45, a lawyer, on charges of extortion, false statements and other criminal acts in connection with attempts to fix a civil case -- filed by undercover Federal agents posing as litigants -- before Judge Shields in 1988.

In the third indictment, prosecutors charged John A. D'Arco Jr., 46, an Illinois State Senator for 13 years, with extortion and tax fraud. The indictment says Mr. D'Arco, whose district includes parts of Mr. Roti's ward, extorted $7,500 in exchange for promising to introduce into the Legislature a bill to allow a travel insurance business to sell insurance without the required state license.

With Alderman Roti and Pat Marcy indicted the Chicago Mob was never the same.The frequent Mob killings stopped because the Mob couldn't be guaranteed any longer of going up in front of judges on their pad.So who took control of Chicago's political system? One of Alderman Roti's colleagues,a close friend,Alderman Ed Burke.

Most of America thinks Mayor Daley runs Chicago.Those on the inside know that's not the case.The man who runs Chicago from behind the scenes,since the early 1990's, is Alderman Ed Burke,Chairman of Chicago's Finance Committee.Burke went from being an errand boy for Alderman Roti to the most powerful elected figure in the state of Illinois.In a corrupt state like Illinois,the guy with the most money in his campaign fund is the man at the top.In Illinois,it's not Chicago's Mayor Daley or Governor Blagojevich but Alderman Burke.The Chicago Tribune explains:

But the state’s richest political family was Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and his wife, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke. Together, their political committees held $8.3 million in cash. The Tribune reported Monday that Anne Burke’s campaign was returning a large portion of her cash to donors because she is running unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Mayor Richard M. Daley, who traditionally ceases fundraising after elections, raised just $43,000 in the last six months, but had $3.1 million in cash on hand.

The guy with the most money obviously had the track record to get things done.Alderman Burke has never had a serious opponent run against him but sure has amassed a massive campaign fund.Not only is Burke the boss of Chicago's City Council, he's the person that slates all the judges in Cook County.With all judges in Cook County members of the Democratic Party, that makes Ed Burke the boss of the judicial branch.No man in America has more unchecked power than Alderman Burke with his control of the tax code in Chicago and the judicial branch of government.Alderman Burke also runs a law firm in the property tax appeals business:

The primary focus of the firm involves contesting real estate tax assessments in the office of
the respective county assessors, before boards of review and, when appropriate, in the trial
and appellate courts.

Recently, a founder of Illinois Family Court Accountability Advocates (IFCAA) has asked the Illinois Supreme Court to investigate Alderman Burke and his wife justice Anne Burke.One of the allegations concerned fixing a murder trial for Alderman Roti :

I am co-founder of the non-profit organization known as Illinois Family Court Accountability Advocates (IFCAA) which was created to stop the public corruption in the family courts in Illinois that is hurting the children of Illinois families.



Multiple IFCAA co-members, including myself, have had or are having our cases heard in the domestic relations court of the Circuit Court of Cook County in which it is apparent that rampant, unchecked, improper, and illegal activities have taken and are taking place.

It is clear that the corruption does not just involve a few judges and attorneys on the trial level. The material evidence in court records reveals that the corruption is systemic up through the reviewing courts. Further research has revealed that a critical intervention point is with the individual primarily responsible for which attorneys end up on the Chicago bench, specifically, Alderman Edward Burke.

One could argue with confidence that there is no way Chicago’s court system can or will be cleaned up until there is an investigation of Alderman Ed Burke and his wife, the newest appointee of the Illinois Supreme Court, Justice Anne Burke.

JUSTICE IN CHICAGO IS OWNED AND DISBURSED THROUGH TYRANNY ALDERMAN EDWARD BURKE & DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL MACHINE Russ Stewart Attorney at Law & Political Analyst

Russ Stewart

SLATING NOT CRITICAL IN "BATTLE FOR THE BENCH" ANALYSIS & OPINION BY RUSS STEWART Judges dispense justice. In Cook County, Alderman Ed Burke and his Democratic judicial slatemaking committee dispense judgeships. For ambitious lawyers who aspire to $169,555-a year lifetime sinecures on the Circuit Court, ambitious judges who seek elevation to the $184,774-a year Appellate Court, or even for ambitious Appellate Court justices who covet the judicial pinnacle of the $196,322-a year Illinois Supreme Court, the proverbial yellow brick road leads first through Burke. The bad news: Slating doesn't guarantee nomination. Of course, if you're Anne Burke, the alderman's wife, and you get slated for the Supreme Court, opposition tends to disappear. However, in the 2010 Democratic primary, slated candidates lost two of three Appellate Court nominations and two of six county Circuit Court nominations. Only half of the winners in judicial subcircuits were backed by local Democratic organizations. In prior primaries, the "slate" has won barely half the races. "There aren't any (Democratic) precinct armies anymore," observed Mike Tierney, a city plumber who has carved out a lucrative niche for himself as the so-called "judge maker." He guides potential candidates through the labyrinth of slating, scheduling, endorsements and petitions. Tierney said that slating is less important than race, ethnicity, gender, ballot position, and labor union, bar association and newspaper backing. "Unions are the key," he said. Under a new law, petition requirements for judicial candidates rose from 500 signatures to 1,000 signatures, and candidates can no longer file in multiple races. In the past they could file in several races, and they had 14 days to withdraw from all but one race, and adequate time to scope the opposition. Women won many Democratic primaries through multiple filing and then working to be the sole female candidate in a contest with several men. Race also is a factor. Black voters supply half of the countywide Democratic vote. A candidate on the "black ballot" has an edge. In 2006 the black vote propelled the nonslated Appellate Court black candidate, Joy Cunningham, over the slated white candidate, David Erickson, by a 510-vote margin. Here's an early analysis: Supreme Court: Unlike any other state, Illinois elects justices by districts, not statewide. This ensures Democratic dominance of the court, and it clearly violates federal one person/one vote mandates.  Three of the seven justices are elected from Cook County, and all are Democrats. Once elected, they serve 10-year terms, then stand for retention. The Democrats have a 4-3 majority on the court. According to the 2000 census, the 1st District (Cook County) had a population of 3,978,922 and elected three justices, or 1,326,307 voters per justice. The 2nd District, including DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake and McHenry counties and stretching to Iowa, had a population of 2,052,546, and it elected Republican Bob Thomas in 2000. The 3rd District, running from Kankakee to Rock Island, had a population of 1,188,714, and it elected Democrat Tom Kilbride in 2000. The 4th District, which runs from Champaign to Quincy, including Springfield, had a population of 975,494, and it elected Republican Rita Garman in 2002. The 5th District, which covers all of Southern Illinois, had a population of 978,155, and it elected Republican Lloyd Karmeier in 2004. This unequal population violates federal law. The Cook County justices are Charles Freeman, an African American who was first elected in 1990, Burke, who was elected in 2008, and appointed Justice Mary Jane Theis, an Appellate Court justice who replaced Thomas Fitzgerald this year, for the term expiring in 2020; she must run in 2012. Control of the Supreme Court is critical for the Democrats. Issues regarding labor, medical malpractice, tort reform, and state and congressional remaps are addressed by the court. Their 4-3 majority gives them great reassurance. The 2012 primary for Fitzgerald's seat is already wild and wooly. Theis will be the slated candidate, but at least two Appellate Court justices are running. Joy Cunningham, who won an upset in 2006, is positioning herself as the "black ballot" candidate, solidifying support among black city and county committeemen. Aurie Pucinski, the daughter of the late 41st Ward alderman, who was elected to the Appellate Court in 2010, is a contender, and she has broad name recognition dating from her tenure as the clerk of the Circuit Court from 1988 to 2000. Larry Rogers Jr., a Board of Review commissioner, is in a pondering stage, but his candidacy would split the black vote and doom Cunningham. So, too, would the candidacy of chief Circuit Court Judge Tim Evans, a former South Side alderman and a 1989 mayoral contender, who recently kept his post by a 169-70 vote of the judges. Bob Clifford, whose firm is the county's preeminent plaintiff's personal injury gladiator, is the wild card. He could readily self-fund and spend $3 million. Race and gender are paramount. Two black candidates would ensure the nomination of a white candidate; one black candidate would defeat the field. Contrarily, one male candidate could defeat a field of three women. Fitzgerald, the slated candidate, won the 2000 primary by just 20,390 votes over a black judge and onetime alderman, with two white candidates siphoning off votes. The Democratic "establishment" cannot tolerate an "untrustworthy" justice, which rules out Pucinski, an opportunist who switched parties in 1998 and then switched back, Cunningham, an independent, and Clifford, who would be anti-tort reform but not necessarily a Democratic tool. In 1976 rich trial lawyer James Dooley scored a huge upset over insider Joseph Power, Mayor Richard J. Daley's personal attorney, in the primary. The outlook: Theis can get ready to return to the Appellate Court. Cunningham wins if she's the only black candidate. Clifford wins if he spends $3 million. Pucinski wins if Rogers runs and Clifford doesn't. Appellate Court: Unlike the Circuit Court, where judges have to daily listen to inane, insipid and incredible verbiage from litigants and lawyers, the 24 Appellate Court justices simply review the lower courts' decisions, deciding if the judge ruled contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. They exist in a surreal and elite world where clerks do the research, and, as part of their four-judge "division," they decide by a majority vote whether some Circuit Court judge screwed up. Eight Appellate Court justices serve pursuant to Supreme Court appointment, and one or two elected justices may retire. That means up to 10 spots will be available, precipitating a Circuit Court stampede. Judges can run for a higher court without resigning their position. Appointees Maureen Connors, Nathaniel Howse and Terrence Lavin will be slated. Appointees Rudolfo Garcia, Bertina Lampkin, Sheldon Harris, Marcus Salone and David Sterba must fend for themselves. Howse and Lampkin are black. Connors has connections with the Southwest Side 11th, 13th and 14th wards (meaning Madigan and Burke). Lavin, a personal injury lawyer and a party fund-raiser, leapfrogged over the Circuit Court due to Burke's clout. A mad scrimmage will occur. Circuit Court Judges John Kirby (of the 11th Ward) and Patrick Sherlock (of the 19th Ward) are running and will be slated. Claudia Conlon, a former judge whose husband is Lisa Madigan's consultant, also is running. So are Judges Jim McGing and Clare McWilliams, from the Northwest Side 10th Subcircuit. Another dozen judges will toss in their robes, with a black judge filing in every race. Expect at least four Hispanic judges -- Raul Vega, Edmund Ponce de Leon, David Delgado and Gloria Chevere -- to file. So who wins? The scrambling will be fast and furious as contenders try to be the only black, Hispanic, female or Irish-surnamed candidate in the race. Voters only abstractly care who's on the bench. The 280 elected Circuit Court judges and the 145 appointed associate judges make decisions that are reviewed by the 24 Appellate and seven Supreme Court justices. So what? Circuit Court: At least eight judges will be elected in 2012. A total of 121 judges are elected countywide, and 159 are elected from the 15 subcircuits. Circuit Court appointees Tom Allen (the former 38th Ward alderman), James Murray, David Adams and Russ Hartigan must run to stay on the bench. Unless they are elected, their appointments will lapse. Allen will run in the 11th Subcircuit. In the 10th Subcircuit, appointee Anthony Kyriakopoulos has no chance of beating an Irish-surnamed foe. In the Lakefront 8th District, six appointed judges will seek four ballot spots. Only appointee Laura Liu, the wife of former Mike Madigan attorney Mike Kasper, is favored. The bottom line: With pleasant working conditions, no heavy lifting, limited working hours, plenty of vacation and holiday time, a hefty pension, and no possibility of losing on the retention ballot, a judgeship is a lawyer's heaven. Unfortunately, the "Battle for the Bench" takes a lot of time, money and sheer luck to prevail. E-mail to Russ@russstewart.com or visit his website at http://www.russstewart.com

TRAPPING JUDGES COMMITTING FRAUD TERRORIST ACTS ON THE BENCH
On May 17, 2013 Judge Leonard Murray signed a court order ADMITTING CORROBORATING his role engaging in TERRORIST CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

See Post Thursday September 13, 2012 as someone in Dorothy Brown's clerks office removed this document from the court files as a result it  was not bound with the court record, so the aforementioned Motion attached had to be prepared.

A CORRUPT JUDGE is nothing more than a BULLY a COWARD taking advantage of those intellectually challenged in the laws for a profit, that is why a special TRAP was designed to DEMONSTRATE no man especially JUDGES are above the LAWS.

For some reason for the first time scanning documents this court Order was not able to scan :(

May 17, 2013 Court Order states "This matter coming to be heard on defendant's Emergency Motion to supplement the record et al., the court being advised in the premises. It is Ordered

Proper Notice having been served on the Plaintiff.

Defendant's motion is granted as to document filed by Joe Louis Lawrence on September 12, 2012.

Signed by Judge Leonard Murray.

The Democratic Political Machine is worse than the Ku KLux Klan of Indiana who were Republicans even they got caught;

David Curtiss "Steve" Stephenson (21 August 1891 – 28 June 1966) was an American politician who in 1923 was appointed Grand Dragon (state leader) of the branch of the Ku Klux Klanin Indiana and head of recruiting for seven other states. Later that year, he led those groups to independence from the national KKK organization. Amassing wealth and political power in the Republican Party, he was considered to have been one of the most prominent national Klan leaders. He had close relationships with numerous Indiana politicians, including Governor Edward L. Jackson, a Klan member elected to office in 1924.

In 1925 Stephenson was tried and convicted in a notorious abduction, rape and murder of a young white schoolteacher, a state education official. His trial, conviction and imprisonment ended the portrayal of Klan leaders as law abiding. Denied a pardon by Governor Jackson, in 1927 he started talking with reporters of the Indianapolis Times and released a list of elected and other officials in the pay of the Klan. This led to a wave of indictments in Indiana, more national scandal, the rapid loss of tens of thousands of members, and the end of the second wave of Klan activity in the late 1920s.

Now that Judges have admitted their roles committing Terrorist Acts wearing robes and not sheets why is it no indictments have been served on the offenders of the United states Constitution?

Honorable Leonard Murray

2508 Richard J. Daley Center Room 1404                 April 14, 2013  

Chicago, Illinois 60602

                                                                         Case# 12-M-718911

                                                                                                                               

                                 COURTESY COPY

                                  A MUST READ

Honorable Judge Leonard Murray:

Please find 1.)  Emergency Motion to Supplement Record with Affidavit.

Special note:   Certain clerks in Dorothy Brown’s office tried diligently destroying the entire court file which initially was deleted from database.

Many responsible persons with integrity restored the court files but an affidavit was missing (September 12, 2012) which is why a court order is required to have said document properly bound by the clerk of the Circuit Court for proper transmission to the Appellate Court.

Court Call May 17 2013, @10:30am

  

Let this communication receive you and your family in good health

Respectfully Submitted,

________________________

Joe Louis Lawrence

Defendant/Counsel Pro Se

Counsel Pro Se

(312) 927-4210

CC. District Court Most Hon Judge Edmond Chang--Chief Judge Timothy Evans, Atty Gen Lisa Madigan, AAG Tyler Roland S.A. Anita Alvarez, Judge Jacobius, Clerk of Cir Court, Dorothy Brown, Judge Mary L. Mikva, Sec of State, Terrence McConville, CTA, ATU 241 Courtesy Copy Gary S. Shapiro U.S. Atty. Corey B. Nelson, FBI Agent Chicago

Craig Fulton, Candace Cheffin, Tracey Robinson, Joann Harris, Jessie McDaniel’s, Chris Klepper, Stefan Bell, Christopher Lynch,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS

CIVIL DIVISION 1ST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

Craig Fulton                                        (                      Case # 12-M1-718911  

       Plaintiff                                        (

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         VS                                            (                                            

                                                          (                      Hon. Leonard Murray

 Joe Louis Lawrence                           (                      Room 1406

       Defendant                                    (    

                                                           (

         MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT RECORD w/AFFIDAVIT

   Now comes Defendant, Joe Louis Lawrence, Counsel Pro Se, in this cause respectfully represents to this court the reasons and files herewith his Affidavit in support for said Motion to supplement the record.

                                                                                    Respectfully Submitted,     

                                                           Joe Louis Lawrence

                                                           Defendant                                   

                                                             P.O. Box 490075

                                                               Chicago, Illinois 60649-0075

                                                           312 927-4210

                                                                    joelouislaw@yahoo.com

                                                                                     Twitter @joelouis7

 

                                           AFFIDAVIT

  

I Joe Louis Lawrence, being duly sworn on oath states:

1. That Defendant having never been served any summons to answer any charges nor did he in any way submit himself to the jurisdiction of any court NEVER filed any motions to waive filing fees to answer any charges;

 2.   That certain clerks in Dorothy Brown’s office tried diligently destroying the entire court file which initially was deleted from the database.

 3.   That Cook County Sheriff unlawfully used a “Battering Ram” and broke into Defendant’s home, giving Craig Fulton possession to all of his personal effects legal documents bank records social security records of all members of family, locking defendant out, Locksmith was never notified because Craig Fulton never legally owned the property so sheriff had to commit a Felony to access unit. Because of Craig’s intimate relations with Judge Scully is why all criminal acts went ignored by all parties involved.

 4.   That Manager/Supervisor perused defendant’s copy went to the computer acknowledged said record was not a part of volume 1, but said computer indicated said document was docketed September 13, 2012 but it was file stamped (Sept. 12, 2012 at 11:22am;

5. That Manager/Supervisor needed a court order in order to prepare the missing document not included in the court file;

    Fraud admissibility great latitude is permitted in proving fraud C.J.S. Fraud 104 ET Seg. Fraud 51-57. where a question of fraud and deceit is the issue involved in a case, great latitude is ordinarily permitted in the introduction of evidence, and courts allow the greatest liberality in the method of examination and in the scope of inquiry Vigus V. O’Bannon, 1886 8 N.E 788, 118 ILL 334. Hazelton V. Carolus,

1907 132 ILL. App. 512.

  

               INDUCING RELIANCE

To prevail in a cause of action for fraud, plaintiff must prove that defendant made statement of material nature which was relied on by victim and was made for purposes of inducing reliance, and that victim’s reliance led to his injury. Parsons V. Winter, 1986, 1 Dist., 491 N.E. 2d 1236, 96 ILL Dec. 776, 142 ILL App 3d 354, Appeal Denied.

    In Carter V. Mueller 457 N.E. 2d 1335 ILL. App. 1 Dist. 1983 The Supreme Court has held that: “The elements of a cause of action for fraudulent misrepresentation (sometimes referred to as “fraud and deceit” or deceit) are: (1) False statement of material fact; (2) known or believed to be false by the party making it; (3) intent to induce the other party to act; (4) action by the other party in reliance on the truth of the statement; and (5) damage to the other party resulting from such reliance.

Properly alleged facts within an affidavit that are not contradicted by counter affidavit are taken as true, despite the existence of contrary averments in the adverse party’s pleadings. Professional Group Travel, Ltd. v. Professional Seminar Consultants Inc., 136 ILL App 3d 1084, 483 N.E. 2d 1291; Buzzard v. Bolger, 117 ILL App 3d 887, 453 N.E. 2d 1129 et al.

            

U. S Sup Court Digest 24(1) General Conspiracy

U.S. 2003. Essence of a conspiracy is an agreement to commit an unlawful act.—U.S. v. Jimenez Recio, 123 SCt. 819, 537 U.S. 270, 154 L.Ed.2d 744, on remand 371F.3d 1093

Agreement to commit an unlawful act, which constitutes the essence of a conspiracy, is a distinct evil that exist and be punished whether or not the substantive crime ensues.-Id.

Conspiracy poses a threat to the public over and above the threat of the commission of the relevant substantive crime, both because the combination in crime makes more likely the commission of other crimes and because it decreases the part from their path of criminality.-Id.

 

CONSPIRACY

Fraud maybe inferred from nature of acts complained of, individual and collective interest of alleged conspirators, situation, intimacy, and relation

of parties at time of commission of acts, and generally all circumstances preceding and attending culmination of claimed conspiracy Illinois Rockford Corp. V. Kulp, 1968, 242 N.E. 2d 228, 41 ILL. 2d 215.

     Conspirators to be guilty of offense need not have entered into conspiracy at same time or have taken part in all its actions. People V. Hardison, 1985, 911 Dec. 162, 108. Requisite mens rea elements of conspiracy are satisfied upon showings of agreement of offense with intent that offense be committed; Actus reas element is satisfied of act in furtherance of agreement People V. Mordick, 1981, 50 ILL, Dec. 63

      Supreme Court Rule [137] provides in pertinent part:

If a pleading, motion, or other paper is signed in violation of this Rule, the court, upon motion or upon its own initiative, may impose upon the person who signed it, a represented party, or both, an appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the other party or parties the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filling of the pleading, motion, or other paper, including a reasonable attorney fee. Not only will the courts consider an award of sanctions for active false statements: failures to disclose material facts to the court can also justify an award of sanctions.

BRUBAKKEN v. Morrison, No. 1-9-1670, 1992 Ill App. LEXIS 2144 (1st Dist. Dec. 30, 1992). Additionally, the fact that a false statement or omission is the result of an honest mistake is no defense to entry of a sanction. ID. To the extent that an individual lawyer has engaged in sanctionable conduct, that lawyer’s firm can also be jointly and severally liable with the lawyer.

  

1. Section 1983 of USCS contemplates the depravation of Civil Rights through the unconstitutional application of a law by conspiracy or otherwise. Mansell V. Saunders (CA 5 Fla) 372 F 2d 573, especially if the conspiracy was actually carried into effect and plaintiff was thereby deprived of any rights privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, the gist of the action may be treated as one for the depravation of rights under 42 USCS 1983 Lewis V. Brautigam (CA 5 Fla) 227 F 2d 124, 55 Alr 2d 505.   

  The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Wednesday April 26, 2006, Page 1, Illinois Political Machines help breed corruption, Associated Press writer Deanna Bellandi states, “Illinois is

apparently a Petri dish for corruption. It is a real breeding ground”.         

That Chicago is the most Corrupt City in America, Huffington Post, Internet Newspaper, February 23, 2012; University of Illinois Professor Dick Simpson, “The two worst crime zones in Illinois are the governor’s mansion…..and the City Council Chambers in Chicago.” Simpson a former Chicago Alderman told the AP “no other State can match us.”

                                      FURTHER AFFIANTH SAYETH NAUGHT

Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to 735 1265 5\1-109, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters, the undersigned certifies as aforesaid that he verily believes the same to be true.

                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                         Joe Louis Lawrence

                                                                    Respondent/Counsel Pro Se

WHEREFORE the aforementioned reasons Respondent respectfully Prays for the Relief

1. For an Order Granting Defendant’s motion to supplement the record..  

2. For the entry of an Order awarding to your Respondent for such other relief and any other relief necessary as equity may require of which this court may deem overwhelmingly just;

Under penalties as provided by law pursuant to 735 1265 5\1-109, the undersigned certifies that the statements set forth in this instrument are true and correct, except as to matters therein stated to be on information and belief and as to such matters, the undersigned certifies as aforesaid that he verily believes the same to be true.

                                                                                                                                                     Respectfully Submitted

                                                                             Joe Louis Lawrence

                                                                                       Respondent

                                                                                       Counsel Pro se                             

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS

CIVIL DIVISION 1ST MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

Craig Fulton                                        (                      Case # 12-M1-718911  

       Plaintiff                                        (

                                                          (

         VS                                            (                                            

                                                          (                      Hon. Leonard Murray

 Joe Louis Lawrence                           (                      Room 1404

       Defendant                                    (    

                                                           (

                                         NOTICE OF

         MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT THE RECORD w/AFFIDAVIT

Please be advised that on May 14, 2013, Defendant has filed before this Circuit Court, Motion to Supplement the Record and will present said legally sufficient instrument before Judge Murray or any Judged in his stead May 17, at 10:30am in room 1404.                                                                

   Craig Fulton                                                          Craig Fulton

3505 Golf view Drive                                            549 East 104th Place  

Hazel Crest, Ill. 60429-2403                                   Chicago, Ill. 60628

Chief Judge Timothy Evans                              Judge Moshe Jacobius

50 West Washington, Suite 2600                           50 West Washington, Suite 2403

Chicago, Illinois 60601                                          Chicago, Ill. 60601

Judge Mary Lane Mikva                                   Clerk of Circuit Court, Dorothy Brown

50 West Washington, Suite                                    50 West Washington, Suite 1000

Chicago, Ill 60601                                                 Chicago, Ill. 60601

CTA/Legal Dept                                                  ATU 241

567 West Lake Street                                 20 South Clark, Suite 850     

Chicago, Ill. 60661-1498                            Chicago, Ill. 60604

Atty. Gen, Lisa Madigan                            Asst. Atty. Gen Tyler Roland

100 West Randolph, Suite 1200                 100 West Randolph, Suite 1200

Chicago, Ill. 60601                                     Chicago, Ill. 60601

Sec of State                                                  Asst Deputy Dir Candace Cheffin

Asst Gen Counsel Terrence McConville     60 East Van Buren, 8th floor

100 West Randolph, Suite 500                       Chicago, Ill. 60601

Chicago, Ill. 60601       

CHA Mobility                                             CHA Mobility, HCP Counselors

CHA Mobility                                             CHA Mobility, HCP Counselors

Chris Klepper, Executive Dir                     Tracey Robinson/Joann Harris

28 East Jackson Blvd.                                    4859 S. Wabash, Suite 2nd Floor  

Chicago, Ill 60604                                          Chicago, Ill. 60615     

                                                                   

CHA Mobility, Real Estate Specialist               Recorder of Deeds

Jessie McDaniel                                                    Eugene Moore

4859 S. Wabash                                                     118 N. Clark, Room 120

Chicago, Ill. 60615                                                  Chicago, Ill. 60602

City of Chicago, Department of Buildings       Sabre Investments

Christopher Lynch                                               120 West Madison Street

121 North LaSalle, Room 900                                Chicago, Ill 60601

Chicago, Ill. 60601

Courtesy Copies:

Acting US Atty                                        FBI Corey B. Nelson.

Gary S. Shapiro                                        2111 West Roosevelt Road

219 S. Dearborn, 5th floor                         Chicago, Ill. 60612

Chicago, Ill. 60604

Mayor                                            Deputy Regional Adm., Field Office Dir.

Rahm Emanuel                                       Beverly E. Bishop

City Hall                                              77 West Jackson Boulevard

Chicago, Ill. 60601                              Chicago, Ill. 60604

Cook County President                               Cook County Sheriff

Toni Preckwinkle                                            Thomas J. Dart

118 N. Clark, Room 517                         Richard J. Daley Center, Room 701

Chicago, Ill. 60602                                        Chicago, Ill. 60602

Illinois State Police                                   President David Lowery

Director Hiram Grau                            Living & Driving While Black Foundation      

801 South 7th Ave                                  P O Box 333, Oak Forest, IL 60452

Springfield, Ill. 62703

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that the above notice and all attachments were caused to be personally delivered, emailed or via facsimile or deposited in the U.S. mail to the above parties at the addresses provided before 5:00 pm on May 14, 2013.

________________________

Joe Louis Lawrence

Defendant