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Mr. Anant Kumar Tripati has been incarcerated in an Arizona State Prison since 1993 for a crime that 1) he did not commit and 2) the "crime" of discovering prima facie evidence about race-based arrest practices of then Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley and his office. Read more below and on Mr. Tripati's websites:
This fellow's name came to my attention not long ago and I began doing some research on his case, trying to figure out how best to help him. This is from Brian Wilkins' blog, Operation Nation. I think this is the first I've seen of it. I'll have his post about the protest to link to as well.
Anyway, check out Tripati's story - I've seen some of the documents associated with it - explicit orders to restrict his access to legal services, etc. because what he has to say can be damaging to the ADC. Boy is Ryan going to be done with me. You wouldn't believe how many of these folks are coming out of the woodwork now. We could profile a
new prisoner every week. And everyone says the same thing about the ADC tearing up their cells and confiscating legal documents that might be used against them. That seems to be the standard M.O. there.Now, who’s the dangerous criminal, here?
I think the legal system is far too slow when it comes to getting relief for these guys. I don't know who to call for help. Hit the DOJ up again for another CRIPA investigation? I think this tactic of characterizing prisoners' grievances and lawsuits as harassing annoyances to be disappeared instead of problems for the ADC to fix has a lot to do with the institutional culture that allowed Marcia Powell to die at the hands of 16 ADC employees. At some point the public just needs to start holding htese people accountable, and stop waiting for "justice" to do right by them. Justice has already discarded them.
I can say that we're watching what happens to Mr. Tripati now, as are our allies (identified in the letter to Byron Chubbuck's warden, below). Writing him off as crazy won't phase me - I know lots of crazy people who are right on about what the state's up to. Really, the fact that there's been so much effort put into discrediting and silencing Tripati – straight from the director's office - tells me there must be something to what he has to say. So, I'm going to keep researching. Anyone who knows anything about this guys' case - or others like it - drop me a line. Mrs. Tripati – let us know how we can help.
I would expect the ADC to take real good care of Mr. Tripati, now, so it doesn't appear as if they're just retaliating again. If they haven’t done anything wrong, he should be free to communicate with others and proceed with his legal case against them. Isn’t that what the cops always tell us – why hide anything if you’re innocent? I think some of us should start writing to him to show our support, and make sure we know he’s okay – I’ll post his contact info soon.
by Brian A. Wilkins
Originally Published 1/12/2010
UPDATED 1/15/2010: Ryan Accelerates Attempts To Murder Tripati...And Cover It Up
One day after Mrs. Kristnamma Tripati sent a letter to Governor Jan Brewer and the state legislature, ADC Director Charles Ryan seems to have ordered his goons to withhold food from Mr. Anant Kumar Tripati until he starves to death. Ryan will then tell media that Mr. Tripati was on a "hunger strike" to justify the murder. Mrs. Tripati wrote a second letter to the governor, also detailing how ADC employees are now stealing and destroying legal documents pertinent to Mr. Tripati's continued appeals. Here is the entire text of Mrs. Tripati's second letter to the governor.
January 14, 2010
Honorable Governor Brewer,
Immediately after I wrote to you to draw your attention to mistreatment by the AZDOC that almost killed my husband Anant Tripati 102081, Special Security Unit (SSU) Staff Murphy, Sgt. Turner and a female officer seized all legal documents (3 boxes) that my husband had, including confidential legal communications between my husband and his legal counsel. I can only assume that this was ordered by superiors in the AZDOC in retaliation for the letter that I wrote to you. SSU Murphy then went on to make copies of these documents and provided these copies to ADOC’s legal services without his authorization since the documents contained confidential legal communications between my husband and his lawyer. My husband became aware of his missing documents when he was provided with a receipt with Officer Soto’s signature documenting that SSU Murphy and Turner had taken away his legal material.
To further aggravate the situation, instead of implementing treatments ordered by doctors, the AZDOC director Charles Ryan has ordered that my husband shall be treated as being on a ‘hunger strike’. According to my husband, threats were made by Deputy Warden Anna Jacobs, who told him if he does not eat whatever is provided, he would be segregated.
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VIDEO PARODY: MCCAIN AND OBAMA DEBATE THE CASE OF ANANT KUMAR TRIPATI
by Brian A. Wilkins
Originally Published 10/15/2009
UPDATED 10/19/2009: Department of Corrections Denying Tripati Proper Medical Care
In an email to Operation Nation, Mr. Tripati's daughter, Aradhna, says her dad had a heart attack last December and was rushed to an emergency room from the prison. He was given blood pressure medication upon being released from the ER, but now the prison, in their continuing efforts to kill Mr. Tripati, are now denying him that medication. Here is an excerpt from the email:
In the new year, the prison lost his medical file and refused to give him treatment. Eventually after numerous complaints from us, they reconstructed his lost medical file, and gave him a full evaluation by some doctors, and his prescriptions were re-issued. In May, a prison official (who is not a doctor) demanded that one of the doctors revoke my dad's prescriptions. The doctor refused to do so, so the prison official decided to just stop honoring the prescription, and refused to give him his special diet. So my father has been mainly eating oatmeal (the only thing around that he can eat), and has lost 45 pounds in three weeks. Last week he passed out (presumably from low blood sugar).
Again, rogue U.S. governments will kill AND/or imprison anyone who poses a threat to their persecution desires and their corrupt practices. All we can do is hope Mr. Tripati survives long enough to be freed from his POW status and further expose this Maricopa County/State of Arizona third world terrorism.