{"id":14364,"date":"2015-09-04T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=14364"},"modified":"2015-11-26T12:56:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T18:56:27","slug":"persiguiendo-a-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=14364","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Persiguiendo a Major[:en]Messin’ With Major[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:es]<\/p>\n

Persiguiendo a Major
\nMum\u00eda Ab\u00fa-Jamal<\/h4>\n

\"mumia\"<\/p>\n

[podcast]https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/Audios\/MessingWithMajor8-14-2015MumiaAbu-Ja.mp3[\/podcast]<\/p>\n

Su nombre es Major – (\u00e9ste es en verdad su nombre); Major Tillery, del Oeste de Filadelfia. A\u00fan cuando ten\u00eda la reputaci\u00f3n de g\u00e1ngster, en la c\u00e1rcel \u00e9so no es importante. Fue como un prisionero que estudi\u00f3 en la c\u00e1rcel y lleg\u00f3 a tener bu\u00e9n dominio de las leyes que Major estremeci\u00f3 hasta las paredes de la prisi\u00f3n con el muy famoso caso legal conocido como Tillery versus Owens, sobre las condiciones de vida en la prisi\u00f3n donde antes era com\u00fan duplicar los habitantes de una celda (pon\u00edan cuatro prisioneros en cada celda). \u00c9so fue declarado contra la Constituci\u00f3n de los Estados Unidos. El departamento m\u00e9dico de la c\u00e1rcel tambi\u00e9n fue declarado contra la Constituci\u00f3n y, adem\u00e1s, las codiciones de vida en partes de la prisi\u00f3n fueron declaradas en violaci\u00f3n de la Constituci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Poco despu\u00e9s de su gloriosa victoria, Major Tillery fue transferido a una prisi\u00f3n en otro estado del pa\u00eds. \u00bfVenganza? Seguro que \u00e9so parece as\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Hace varios meses, Major me vi\u00f3 en la biblioteca, y tuvo una grave impresi\u00f3n por mi apariencia, mi modo de caminar y mi bajo nivel de atenci\u00f3n. Major discuti\u00f3 conmigo, insistiendo que fuera a la enfermer\u00eda de la prisi\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

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Resist\u00ed dici\u00e9ndole que estoy bi\u00e9n; o que pronto estar\u00eda sano. Major dijo, \u201cCompa – Yo te estoy viendo – tu piel se est\u00e1 descomponiendo, est\u00e1s tan cansado que no puedes estar despierto. \u00a1T\u00fa no est\u00e1s bi\u00e9n de salud, M\u00fa!”<\/p>\n

Major hizo m\u00e1s. Fue al superintendente de la prisi\u00f3n, advirti\u00e9ndole que si Jamal no era hospitalizado inmediatamente, Jamal podr\u00eda morir. El superintendente le respondi\u00f3, \u201cYo le sugiero que no se preocupe tanto por otro prisionero, y que se preocupe m\u00e1s por Usted.\u201d Inmediatamente Major le respondi\u00f3: \u201c\u00c9so es lo que estoy haciendo, porque ese prisionero es my hermano – \u00a1Y yo quiero para mi hermano lo mismo que quiero para m\u00ed!\u201d<\/p>\n

Desde ese d\u00eda, Tillery fue diariamente v\u00edctima de hostigamientos, de registros diarios, y fue despedido de su trabajo como Facilitador de los Presos. Major fue transferido – primero al otro lado de la c\u00e1rcel, y poco despu\u00e9s a la c\u00e1rcel cercana, SCI- Fr\u00e1ckville. Una vez all\u00ed, Major tuvo otra sorpresa: fue castigado por mala conducta: tr\u00e1fico de drogas (suboxone), por usar estampillas en sus cartas. \u00a1Le dieron 6 meses en celda solitaria!<\/p>\n

Aqu\u00ed est\u00e1 el \u00fanico problema con esa acusaci\u00f3n. En Fr\u00e1ckville (como en Mahanoy), todas las estampillas son cortadas de los sobres de las cartas en la celda de correos, antes de que los presos reciban su correspondencia. Tillery demand\u00f3 ser acusado por la polic\u00eda del Estado para probar la falsedad de la acusaci\u00f3n. La prisi\u00f3n se neg\u00f3 a hacer \u00e9so. \u00bfRetaliaci\u00f3n? Ci\u00e9rtamente parece as\u00ed.<\/p>\n

Para hacer peor las cosas, Major Tillery, y docenas de otros presos, est\u00e1n sufriendo de sarpullidos en la piel sin tener el cuidado m\u00e9dico necesario. Major est\u00e1 en celda solitaria no por uso de drogas, si no por algo que los administradores de las prisiones odian y temen sobre todas las cosas: la unidad de los presos; la solidaridad de los prisioneros.<\/p>\n

El 5 de setiembre de 2015, Major Tillery cumplir\u00e1 65 a\u00f1os de edad, en celda soliataria por descarada retaliaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

\u00a9\u201915maj[:en]<\/p>\n

Messing With Major
\nby Mumia Abu-Jamal<\/h4>\n

[podcast]https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/Audios\/MessingWithMajor8-14-2015MumiaAbu-Ja.mp3[\/podcast]<\/p>\n

His name is Major — (his real name)–Major Tillery of West Philadelphia. Although he had a reputation as a gangster, in prison such things matter little. It\u2019s as a jailhouse lawyer that he shook the prison walls in the case known as Tillery v. Owens, a ground-breaking prison conditions case where double-dealing (or the placement of four men in a cell) was declared unconstitutional. The prison medical department was declared unconstitutional and living conditions in part of the prison were declared a violation of the constitution.<\/p>\n

Shortly after his glorious win, Major Tillery was sent to a prison in another state. Retaliation? Sure looks like it.<\/p>\n

Several months ago, Major saw me in the library, and expressed shock at my appearance, my carriage, and my level of wakefulness. He argued with me, insisting I go to the prison infirmary.<\/p>\n

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I resisted, saying I was ok, or would be in a few days. Major said, \u201cDude – I\u2019m looking at you – your skin is shedding; you are so tired you can\u2019t stay awake. You ain\u2019t cool, Mu!\u201d<\/p>\n

He went further. He walked up to the prison superintendent, warning him that if Jamal wasn\u2019t hospitalized immediately, he might die. The warden responded, \u201cI suggest you worry less about another prisoner, and more about yourself.\u201d Major responded immediately: \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m doing, cuz that\u2019s my brother – and I want for my brother what I want for myself!\u201d<\/p>\n

From that day forward, Tillery was hit by daily harassments, daily shakedowns, and he was removed from his job of Peer Facilitator. He was transferred – first to the other side of the prison, and soon thereafter, to nearby SCI- Frackville. Once there, he got another surprise: he received a misconduct for drug-trafficking (of suboxone), using stamps. He was given 6 months in the hole! Here\u2019s the only problem with such a charge. At Frackville (as in Mahanoy), all stamps are ripped off of envelopes by the mailroom before prisoners receive their mail. Tillery demanded he be charged by the State Police to prove the falsity of the charge. The prison refused to do so. Retaliation? Sure looks like it.<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, Major Tillery, and dozens of other men, are also suffering from skin rashes and getting little relief. Major is in the hole not because of drugs, but because of something prison administrators hate and fear above all things: prisoner unity; prisoner solidarity.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 5, 2015, Tillery will turn 65 years old, in the hole for blatant retaliation.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 \u201815maj[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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