The Black Wall of Silence
The Black Wall of Silence refers to how judges cover for other judges.
It doesn't matter that a judge violated the law or rules of court or proper procedure or how biased or corrupt their rulings are,
or how s/he devastated lives, other judges cover
for them out of loyalty and preserving the reputation of the bench.
So getting a new judge does not usually help.
Filing an appeal does not help.
Filing complaints with the Commission on Judicial Performance does not help.
They are self-policed, as they are all members of the Bar and stick together.
So there is no oversight or accountability.
That gives them virtually complete power and wherever people have complete power, there is abuse of power.
Absolute power leads to absolute corruption.
The only way to stop this abuse of power is for the People
to demand a new system with oversight and accountability.
Judges are supposed to work for us.
We need to
TAKE BACK OUR COURTS
to save our children from childhoods of abuse.
_______________________________
It doesn't matter that a judge violated the law or rules of court or proper procedure or how biased or corrupt their rulings are,
or how s/he devastated lives, other judges cover
for them out of loyalty and preserving the reputation of the bench.
So getting a new judge does not usually help.
Filing an appeal does not help.
Filing complaints with the Commission on Judicial Performance does not help.
They are self-policed, as they are all members of the Bar and stick together.
So there is no oversight or accountability.
That gives them virtually complete power and wherever people have complete power, there is abuse of power.
Absolute power leads to absolute corruption.
The only way to stop this abuse of power is for the People
to demand a new system with oversight and accountability.
Judges are supposed to work for us.
We need to
TAKE BACK OUR COURTS
to save our children from childhoods of abuse.
_______________________________
The Black Wall of Silence can also refer to how judges and attorneys
are able to silence women and children.
Judge Peter Deddeh, San Diego to a new judge:
"You need to 'go along to get along' and dismiss women's and children's reports of abuse."
Judge Joseph Brannigan, San Diego to protective mom:
"If you don't stop reporting abuse, I am going to take your kids away from you!"
Judge Judith Craddick, Contra Costa to protective mom:
"You cannot report any more abuse to anyone, not CPS, not the police, the children's doctor or the court, only to Dr. Theresa Schuman, Special Master."
Special Master Dr. Theresa Schuman, Contra Costa:
"If you don't stop reporting abuse, I am going to take your kids away from you!"
Dave Schulman, Minor's Counsel, San Diego to his abused child client:
"You need to stop telling people when your Dad hurts you, then you can live with your mom." [Dave is now head Minor's Counsel, training new ones. Gee, wonder why he was chosen??]
Judge Michael Smyth, Minor's Counsel, San Diego to protective mom:
"Even if it [the sexual abuse] happened, the only way this family is going to move forward and you’re going to keep these kids is if from here on out, you’re acting like it didn’t happen."
Terrence (Terry) Chucas, Minor's Counsel, San Diego to protective mom:
"If the Court were to conclude that it is likely that more allegations will follow...then it is likely that the Court would change primary custody to the father.”
"If the mother still believes that the father molested Damon...then I believe that option two (no custody or unsupervised visitation) is the correct approach."
Minor's Counsel Tim Smith, San Diego to the Court:
"The need for her to adjust her thinking [to 'the abuse did not really happen'] is a large part of what we have been going through."
Judge Lorna Alksne, San Diego to protective mom:
"I don't do sexual abuse cases."
Damon's mom to Judge Alksne: "You have enough money that you can quit this crummy job where they make you cover up abuse and give children to child molesters, and instead join our movement to begin to protect children in Family Courts."
That is an open invitation.
"You need to 'go along to get along' and dismiss women's and children's reports of abuse."
Judge Joseph Brannigan, San Diego to protective mom:
"If you don't stop reporting abuse, I am going to take your kids away from you!"
Judge Judith Craddick, Contra Costa to protective mom:
"You cannot report any more abuse to anyone, not CPS, not the police, the children's doctor or the court, only to Dr. Theresa Schuman, Special Master."
Special Master Dr. Theresa Schuman, Contra Costa:
"If you don't stop reporting abuse, I am going to take your kids away from you!"
Dave Schulman, Minor's Counsel, San Diego to his abused child client:
"You need to stop telling people when your Dad hurts you, then you can live with your mom." [Dave is now head Minor's Counsel, training new ones. Gee, wonder why he was chosen??]
Judge Michael Smyth, Minor's Counsel, San Diego to protective mom:
"Even if it [the sexual abuse] happened, the only way this family is going to move forward and you’re going to keep these kids is if from here on out, you’re acting like it didn’t happen."
Terrence (Terry) Chucas, Minor's Counsel, San Diego to protective mom:
"If the Court were to conclude that it is likely that more allegations will follow...then it is likely that the Court would change primary custody to the father.”
"If the mother still believes that the father molested Damon...then I believe that option two (no custody or unsupervised visitation) is the correct approach."
Minor's Counsel Tim Smith, San Diego to the Court:
"The need for her to adjust her thinking [to 'the abuse did not really happen'] is a large part of what we have been going through."
Judge Lorna Alksne, San Diego to protective mom:
"I don't do sexual abuse cases."
Damon's mom to Judge Alksne: "You have enough money that you can quit this crummy job where they make you cover up abuse and give children to child molesters, and instead join our movement to begin to protect children in Family Courts."
That is an open invitation.
[Mothers are placed on supervised visitation so that the monitor can make sure the children cannot talk about the abuse. Supervised visitation was implemented for the abusers, not the protective mothers--just another example of how abusers and their court enablers turn the tables on protective mothers.]
