MDC Brooklyn has been up to its usual petty abuse of power (no dental- it's too hot, no doctors, unedible food cooked weeks in advance, illegally opening up inmates legal mail, etc.). Then it got worse, much worse. As the weather turned warm we felt it getting hot and hard to breathe in our cells. Then as it turned hot outside the conditions grew worse. It got to be well over one hundred degrees, with no air in our cells. You see MDC is a sealed building, and the ventilation system is broken. When the ventilation system is down you can't just crack a window. There is no air at all. People are fainting. Men are throwing up from the heat. The older men wait everynight to draw their last breath. To breathe is to sweat profusely.
It's nuts...in the United States of America, in the city of New York, in the borough of Brooklyn, men are being treated like this.
Last week we met with members of the administration to discuss ways to help improve our conditions while the vents are broken. These suggestions were reasonable, and would not have compromised security in any way. Our ideas were met with torture. We were locked-down for 3 days, and forced into our cells until we no longer had the strength or courage to air our grievances. Legitimate issues met with abuse; that's the mentality of MDC Brooklyn. They abuse the inmates, the visitors, the lawyers, and they abuse all of their power.
To all of the professional, courteous, compassionate officers who must follow orders, please remember what happened at that prison in Iraq (Abu Ghraib)... only the soldiers who were following orders went to jail for torture. Not the brass, never the brass. So when you lock us in our 110 degree cells, if you think it feels wrong it's because it is wrong. It is torture!
Weaker than Yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL INCLUDING RATS, PROSECUTORS, AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Daddy wrote this letter for me to post last week... the ventilation system has been down for about 3 weeks so far. Six men passed out on my Dad's floor in one day alone. My mom and sister visited today and said the heat was completely unbearable on the first floor, so I can't imagine what it's like for the inmates higher up. It's even unbearable for the men and women who work at MDC. Please share with anyone who will listen. Something must be done.
-MG
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Letter to Family & Friends :)
It has been 2 years today since Daddy's arrest, no trial date set...just the federal government's version of a speedy trial I guess.
Anyways here's a beautiful letter from TG that will lighten up the mood of this blog a little bit:
This blog has so much to do with my family, and my love and admiration for them. They are the strongest, bravest, most sensitive people that you could ever hope to know.
Everyday I get a letter from my beautiful, wonderful wife. I look forward to these like birthday presents. They invigorate me. She is my passion and my inspiration. She is the love of my life. She is my life.
My first daughter Julia is a beautiful, sophisticated, brilliant woman. She is my voice of reason and my taste of home. She is the start of family. She is my Julia and she will always be my first special.
My second daughter is my beautiful, loving, caring Genevieve. She is also very busy doing what she loves. She is my voice of calm and fairness. She gives me love and scolding all in one visit. She is my calming factor. She is my Genevieve.
My next daughter is my beautiful, strong, powerful, and intense Mattia. She is my fighter and protector. I am in safe hands with her as my champion. She is my Mattia.
My last daughter is my beautiful, sensitive, funny baby Kathleen. When she visits we laugh for the whole hour. She is my storyteller and my soul. She makes my troubles disappear. She is my Kathleen.
You notice that I said that they're all beautiful... Well that is no boast, it's true. They're all gorgeous, and talented, and caring, and fair. I can empty a dictionary and not have enough words to describe them. They are God's gift to me and I am a very lucky man. I am so proud of them, I am blessed.
Then there are the rest of my loyal, loving family and friends. My parents and brothers, whose faith in me will never falter. My cousins, whose undying support has made me so proud to be part of our family. My inlaws whose cards, letters, and pictures have brought a smile to my face on a lonely day... ALL of you inspire me to fight. I love you all.
To all of the bloggers who like to keep up to date on my thoughts, I'd just like to let you know that you affect my life.
Now you know why I am stronger today than yesterday.
Tommy Gioeli
Anyways here's a beautiful letter from TG that will lighten up the mood of this blog a little bit:
This blog has so much to do with my family, and my love and admiration for them. They are the strongest, bravest, most sensitive people that you could ever hope to know.
Everyday I get a letter from my beautiful, wonderful wife. I look forward to these like birthday presents. They invigorate me. She is my passion and my inspiration. She is the love of my life. She is my life.
My first daughter Julia is a beautiful, sophisticated, brilliant woman. She is my voice of reason and my taste of home. She is the start of family. She is my Julia and she will always be my first special.
My second daughter is my beautiful, loving, caring Genevieve. She is also very busy doing what she loves. She is my voice of calm and fairness. She gives me love and scolding all in one visit. She is my calming factor. She is my Genevieve.
My next daughter is my beautiful, strong, powerful, and intense Mattia. She is my fighter and protector. I am in safe hands with her as my champion. She is my Mattia.
My last daughter is my beautiful, sensitive, funny baby Kathleen. When she visits we laugh for the whole hour. She is my storyteller and my soul. She makes my troubles disappear. She is my Kathleen.
You notice that I said that they're all beautiful... Well that is no boast, it's true. They're all gorgeous, and talented, and caring, and fair. I can empty a dictionary and not have enough words to describe them. They are God's gift to me and I am a very lucky man. I am so proud of them, I am blessed.
Then there are the rest of my loyal, loving family and friends. My parents and brothers, whose faith in me will never falter. My cousins, whose undying support has made me so proud to be part of our family. My inlaws whose cards, letters, and pictures have brought a smile to my face on a lonely day... ALL of you inspire me to fight. I love you all.
To all of the bloggers who like to keep up to date on my thoughts, I'd just like to let you know that you affect my life.
Now you know why I am stronger today than yesterday.
Tommy Gioeli
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Update
After nearly 2 years in prison we have just been informed that Tommy will again be indicted... this time for the murder of Ralph Dols.
More updates to follow...
More updates to follow...
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Informants Continued...
When are these animals going to stop? I don't mean the alleged mobsters that our governemnt tries to put in jail at all costs. I mean the criminal informant. Not only does our government allow them to kill while working for the FBI (Greg Scarpa), beat people with metal pipes while the FBI sat across the street in a car surveilling the situation (Guy Fatato)... thank God that Fatato didn't kill those kids with that metal pipe. The FBI certainly wasn't going to come to their aid, that would have screwed up their case against an alleged mob figure...
Now the FBI has shown their true colors. They have allowed a true child molesting piece of shit (Jude Buoneto) to rape and prostitute a 15 year old girl. Although there were many teenaged girls in his stable, she seemed to be the only one under the legal age. Are they all SICK in their ongoing quest for headlines and budget money in the organized crime section of the FBI that they let their criminal informants run wild?
The police have many checks when dealing with the public: civilian complaint review board, internal affairs, and many more. Who polices the FBI and their handling of these criminal informants? The US attorneys who have more to lose than the FBI when the case falls apart? Who then? NO ONE. That's why the criminal informants continue to rape, rob, deal drugs, and murder at will. At first juries were told that they should disregard criminal informants' past behavior (they are changed men, they joined team America, they're good men now). But little by litte, the truth came out. Not only did they not change for the better, they got worse. They murder in broad daylight, killing anyone who gets in their way. They rob banks and spend tax money on their lavish life styles. They sell and do drugs and take many risks that other people wouldn't dare to take because they have the biggest safety net in the world, the FBI. They can't fail, and they can't go to jail. We desperately need change.
Stronger than Yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
Now the FBI has shown their true colors. They have allowed a true child molesting piece of shit (Jude Buoneto) to rape and prostitute a 15 year old girl. Although there were many teenaged girls in his stable, she seemed to be the only one under the legal age. Are they all SICK in their ongoing quest for headlines and budget money in the organized crime section of the FBI that they let their criminal informants run wild?
The police have many checks when dealing with the public: civilian complaint review board, internal affairs, and many more. Who polices the FBI and their handling of these criminal informants? The US attorneys who have more to lose than the FBI when the case falls apart? Who then? NO ONE. That's why the criminal informants continue to rape, rob, deal drugs, and murder at will. At first juries were told that they should disregard criminal informants' past behavior (they are changed men, they joined team America, they're good men now). But little by litte, the truth came out. Not only did they not change for the better, they got worse. They murder in broad daylight, killing anyone who gets in their way. They rob banks and spend tax money on their lavish life styles. They sell and do drugs and take many risks that other people wouldn't dare to take because they have the biggest safety net in the world, the FBI. They can't fail, and they can't go to jail. We desperately need change.
Stronger than Yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
Too Much Power
The FBI served a search warrant on my residence in January to search for photographs, phones, pagers, and other items of my life that are private and not criminal in any way. They took photos of my children as babies, family vacations, backyard barbeques, and block parties. They took my memories, my wife's memories, and my girls' memories. They took things that are useless in a criminal investigation...they knew that they were useless when they stole the first pictures from my home. They took pictures of my life. I wonder if the judge that granted the warrant knew that the affidavit was full of lies. The agents knew. But the agents' intentions were not to retrieve criminal evidence, it was to intimidate me.
Even though they knew that only my wife and two daugthers were home, they went into my home with guns drawn and pointed at my children. These little piglets viewed my girls in their night clothes. My family was told by the agents that the house that we've lived in since 1963 was now the FBI's house. Why would they continue to scare them? Well it worked. My children have problems sleeping and have constant anxiety about the FBI watching them/coming back to my home again.
My lawyer went to the house and was refused entry, even though he is an officer of the courts. Why? What do these public employees (the FBI) have to hide? Who do they answer to? In this age of terrorism the public understands that they are reluctant to give up some power, but they should at least be monitored. Who knows better than the FBI the power of a recorded conversation, so tape all of the warrant executions.
Tape all criminal informant de-briefings. Tape any interviews, all interactions with the public. Why not? Again, what do you white knights have to hide?
This is a simple way to insure that the truth and justice that Americans believe in comes to the forefront of all cases, and that the renegade agents can't win when they lie, cheat, and bully the public.
Stronger than Yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
Even though they knew that only my wife and two daugthers were home, they went into my home with guns drawn and pointed at my children. These little piglets viewed my girls in their night clothes. My family was told by the agents that the house that we've lived in since 1963 was now the FBI's house. Why would they continue to scare them? Well it worked. My children have problems sleeping and have constant anxiety about the FBI watching them/coming back to my home again.
My lawyer went to the house and was refused entry, even though he is an officer of the courts. Why? What do these public employees (the FBI) have to hide? Who do they answer to? In this age of terrorism the public understands that they are reluctant to give up some power, but they should at least be monitored. Who knows better than the FBI the power of a recorded conversation, so tape all of the warrant executions.
Tape all criminal informant de-briefings. Tape any interviews, all interactions with the public. Why not? Again, what do you white knights have to hide?
This is a simple way to insure that the truth and justice that Americans believe in comes to the forefront of all cases, and that the renegade agents can't win when they lie, cheat, and bully the public.
Stronger than Yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
PBS Special on Informants
just a PBS special on informants... some interesting perspectives on how giving out lesser sentences to those who "rat" on others leads to a great amount of corruption and abuse of the system
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/snitch/
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
The Witness "Protection" Program Protects Who?
Since its creation, the Witness Protection Program has been misused by law enforcement and prosecutors alike. Whether to enhance an unrealistic percentage of victories in the court, to increase an enourmous budget, to seize power over its citizens, or to jumpstart their political careers, the government has taken a well-intentioned program for protecting victims and witnesses, and turned it into a vile tool for the worst monsters in our society. They assault, rape, deal drugs, and murder with the knowledge that there's a sweet deal with little or no jail time waiting for them after they lie on the witness stand. They tell only the lies of the prosecutors with the knowledge that the only ones who can bring perjury charges are their masters, the prosecutors. Most of the time they're back on the street within hours; then they commit the same assaults, rapes, murders, and the rest with the protection of the FBI.
Here are just a few examples of government witnesses:
Sammy (the Bull) Gravano confessed to 19 murders. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, or hotels for debriefing (wink, wink). He was relocated to Arizona where he wrote a book of his crimes. The FBI attorneys helped him to hide his book profits from the victims' families. He and his entire family sold drugs to the college kids in Arizona and California. He sold drugs while he wore the medal of honor that the FBI gave to him in a grand ceremony. I'm sure that the citizens of Arizona felt betrayed that the government put this animal in their mist.
My next example is Carmine Sessa. I'm not sure of the number of killings that Sessa plead guilty to but I do know that it was well over 10. One, an innocent hot dog vendor trying to make a living for his family. He also served around 5 years in prison for all of these murders. The FBI not only gave Sessa a new identity, they collected his Shylock money for him, and allowed him to bring his wife and girlfriend into the program. How freely the FBI spends taxpayers money.
I will compile a list of the many cooperators and the atrocities that they committed while working for the FEDS and before. To think that the testimony comes at such a high price in the freedom of these animals; the money and the percentages of money that they receive from forfeitures, and the new secret identities that they receive, all at the expense of the taxpayers.
When justice is built on this muddy, muddy foundation it will surely sink. Prosecutors are already using this system of lies to attack their political adversaries in Alaska, New Orleans, and countless other cities and states throughout our country. The system stinks; justice and democracy will suffer.
Stronger than yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
Here are just a few examples of government witnesses:
Sammy (the Bull) Gravano confessed to 19 murders. He was sentenced to 5 years in prison, or hotels for debriefing (wink, wink). He was relocated to Arizona where he wrote a book of his crimes. The FBI attorneys helped him to hide his book profits from the victims' families. He and his entire family sold drugs to the college kids in Arizona and California. He sold drugs while he wore the medal of honor that the FBI gave to him in a grand ceremony. I'm sure that the citizens of Arizona felt betrayed that the government put this animal in their mist.
My next example is Carmine Sessa. I'm not sure of the number of killings that Sessa plead guilty to but I do know that it was well over 10. One, an innocent hot dog vendor trying to make a living for his family. He also served around 5 years in prison for all of these murders. The FBI not only gave Sessa a new identity, they collected his Shylock money for him, and allowed him to bring his wife and girlfriend into the program. How freely the FBI spends taxpayers money.
I will compile a list of the many cooperators and the atrocities that they committed while working for the FEDS and before. To think that the testimony comes at such a high price in the freedom of these animals; the money and the percentages of money that they receive from forfeitures, and the new secret identities that they receive, all at the expense of the taxpayers.
When justice is built on this muddy, muddy foundation it will surely sink. Prosecutors are already using this system of lies to attack their political adversaries in Alaska, New Orleans, and countless other cities and states throughout our country. The system stinks; justice and democracy will suffer.
Stronger than yesterday,
Thomas Gioeli
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