New blog: Citibankblog. On or about 23 March 2009 Carlo Caramanna refused to honor a check for Derrick Gillenwater, and threatened to arrest him and others when presented with a copy of Your Style v. Mid Town Bank of Chicago, 501 N.E.2d 805 (1986). It should all be on bank video.
Rev it up, boys and girls. State Debate finals, 1979 IIRC, and BLSA Second Place entire Midwest Region, 1992 and State v. Doyle, 1999. Juries tend to like me even as you and other corporate haters like American Tower imply I'm a Dangerous, Threatening Black Man. As D.S.'s Affidavit (and "American Lawyer" at KingCast.net) I emailed to Sam last night shows, they were just pissed-off because I reported underpayment of my trainees to the DOL, which fined.... err.... settled with them for $290K.
Excuse me? "The way you went about it?" With all due respect (and not much is due, actually) WTF is THAT supposed to mean? Did he threaten violence? No. Did he threaten to reveal personal secrets about either of the attorneys? No. Was there a threat to National Security? No.
Sooooo....How does Citibank stop proliferation of this video in the coming days, weeks, months and years?
Answer: Unless they settle with me, they don't. The ACLU has got my back like a MF, and any attempt to shut it down has to come before a Jury because I'll file a Jury Demand in my Answer to any complaint they could conceivably issue. Too bad I forgot to put in the sexism cases as well, here's one for $33M. What a bunch of dirty rotten scoundrels, oppression personified ('cos remember the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons now, Citizens United v. FEC 558 U.S. ____ 2010).
The Jury will be, like, "he's my hero!"
I've got law students getting ready to distribute the DVDs once I order them up, I'm not even going to bother pressing them myself, too time consuming for the volume planned.
With that, I'm firing up the 650R (it needs new skins ASAP, funny how once they start going it's a quick trip downhill LOL) and headed over to the Post Office to file this Rule 3.3/3.4 Ethics Complaint on Citibank lying lawyer Benjamin Velella. -The KingCaster.
28 April, 2010 Dear Reviewing Counsel: Please review the attached DVD and documentation with all the earnestness at your command. Benjamin D. Velella, Esq. misrepresented to licensed counsel and to an opposing party that: A. No one at Citibank Chinatown branch told Derrick Gillenwater that the branch would cash his check once he updated his State ID to go along with his current Social Security Card.
B. No one at Citibank Chinatown branch told Derrick Gillenwater when we returned to the branch that the manager was not available. With all due respect, these are bald-faced lies told in contravention of Rules 3.3 and 3.4 (and probably others) Candor toward the tribunal and opposing parties. You can hear Derrick Gillenwater say as much in the video. Equally important is the FACT that my lawyer told them to maintain the video from the Chinatown branch but they have not, and not only is that spoliation of evidence, it was a further attempt to cover up the lies because the video from both visits could be narrated and shown in order to support my contentions. Accord Kippenhan v. Chaulk, 428 Mass. 124 (1998).
Sanctions may be appropriate for the spoliation of evidence that occurs even before an action has been commenced, if a litigant or its expert knows or reasonably should know that the evidence might be relevant to a possible action. See Nally v. Volkswagen of Am., Inc., supra at 197-198; Lewy v. Remington Arms Co., 836 F.2d 1104, 1112 (8th Cir. 1988); Fire Ins. Exch. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 103 Nev. 648, 651 (1987). The threat of a lawsuit must be sufficiently apparent, however, that a reasonable person in the spoliator's position would realize, at the time of spoliation, the possible importance of the evidence to the resolution of the potential dispute.
With all due respect, when you get a letter from a lawyer threatening litigation and asking for video to be maintained, I think that effectively crosses the threshold contemplated by Chaulk.
Update: Read the specific warning to Counselor Velella on 26 May 2009: PS: Dear Attorney Velella:
Don't forget the express representation from your Chinatown branch that they would honor the check when Mr. Gillenwater got his new State I.D. card.
They then reneged on that promise, all of which should be stored in your video vault.
Sooooo.... An excerpt from the Post Hearing Brief, when in doubt bring in the minority lawyer to defend discrimination cases..... Today at hearing Respondent’s counsel said that Citibank’s history of proved lies and deceit were not relevant, yet it was Citibank who started this dirty game by referencing items in my past back to 1996, and that’s a FACT. It’s their Modus Operandi, as noted by several legal bloggers. Do whatever you can to stain the victim, just ask Madison Square Garden victims Courtney Prince and Anucha Browne Sanders: Writes one lawyer at Main Street U.S.A. blog, 19 April 2007.
Kind of a come hither photo for a law firm bio, no? People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Rodriguez is a fifth year lawyer with an impressive pedigree (Yale, Columbia Law), but not a lot of experience to be the lead lawyer in a high-profile case. I wonder if she is the lead attorney on the case? Or is she just being used to put out the smear so the big name partner who is handling the case doesn't have to get his/her hands dirty? Is MSG using a woman (and a minority) as window dressing? I handled many sex discrimination cases where young female lawyers were included on the defense team for that very reason.
Today I continued to show how the teller had no credibility as well as the FACT that Manager Carlo Caramanna definitely exercised his authority to be the Decision Maker to DENY me the right to open a bank account. No matter how hard Citibank tries, they cannot make that go away.
Respondent Citibank raised Derrick Gillenwater when they wanted to, in order to say that the bank offered him to open an account. But I said hey if you bring him in penny you bring him in dollar and he clearly says that Citibank reneged on the promise to cash his check when he got updated ID. This means that local Counsel Benjamin Vellela is a complete liar too, as shown in the movie. Then they say "This is the first time we've heard that Derrick Gillenwater was reacting to another statement when he said "watch your back."
Well that's not my fault that the scumbags at the bank didn't tell their counsel what really happened. We'll get there in Superior Court if necessary.
Lastly as to the allegation that I was "sarcastic" about opening an account, I said I was snippy or somewhat sarcastic to the extent that Carlo Carmanna had already threatened to arrest me when he picked up the phone. They can't get away from that as we move toward Superior Court I will subpoena that video, and when a Jury looks at my body language they will know I was not creating the disturbance that Citibank alleges. And as noted, how sarcastic was I really being, considering:
a) all of my hard work in getting ACL/Proskauer to review the case; b) asked Carla Caramanna for the name and card of his supervisor.
Their position is so absurd, they acknowledge that I asked for the card but why on Earth would I ask for such a thing unless I meant business about opening an account? Citibank is trying to stand common sense on its head, once again. How can Morgan Lewis Attorneys keep their heads up as they try to defend this case? Melissa Rodriguez seems to be having a tough time at it, photographed in an open lobby, not in a hearing.
Sooo.....I keep remembering things that make me laugh, such as the fact that Sam Shaulson and Citibank call me unprofessional, yet the NYSE welcomed me with open arms last week while the same institution fined Citigroup $1M. When I finish this short film I'll get to work on the America SCORES short film. This final video will go up some time late tomorrow, then I'll press up scores of DVDs and send them off to all of Sam Shaulson and Morgan Lewis' opposing counsel from now until the day I die. It's a Free Country, that's an exercise of the First Amendment, and heck seeing as Sam thinks his clients and he have done no wrong they will appreciate the free publicity. Even though he clearly lied about the fact that the Decision Maker in my particular case was not a female, black, but rather a male, Caucasian, one Carlo Caramanna.
Here is the rough cut. Meanwhile you can read all about the NAACP racism lawsuit and the NYSE fines right here.
Soooo.. I said in this post that I would not be so vituperative in responding to Citibank's lies as issued by and through its counsel, Morgan Lewis partner Sam Shaulson, and I meant it. I'll just show it all through video and let the paperwork do the talking, and in so doing I will also expose some curious decisionmaking at the MCAD. Citibank is so bad the NAACP sued them. Citibank is so bad the Government has refused to buy out their TARP bailout. KingCast: Reel news for real people.
Sooooo.....these children rolled in from the four corners of the Country and just flat rocked it while Dagha hit another home run as the quintessential Master of Ceremonies. It was an extremely inspirational evening all around, with the children as poets laureate making the adults stop and think about the Real Meaning of Life. Children are good at that. And America SCORES is particularly good at providing the fuel to stoke the creative fires of our Youth. Watch for more Slam! participants in short vids by tomorrow evening before I go into movie mode and disappear for a while. I enjoyed meeting every single person who introduced themselves to me tonight as a SCORES participant.
Only a child is innocent, they say. And that is why the innocence of Youth will henceforth be reflected in my prose for my legal nemesis, Citibank lawyer Sam Shaulson, Esq. Citi is of course a Major Sponsor of SCORES programs as am I. Be that as it may, we have to grow as Men and begin to carve out an enlightened sort of relationship relative to the discrimination litigation. Sam needs to quit lying (Sam you know the Decision Maker who refused to open a bank account for me and who threatened me with arrest for no good reason was not African-American, yet you wrote that it was in a legal pleading) and covering up for his client's actions. In turn, I need to quit being so vituperative in my posts about those lies. Any other approach is foolhardy and must not be followed. As such, I will change the nature of my posts going forward and raise him one.
In speaking with America SCORES CEO Norma Barquet (video currently uploading) about this very issue, we agreed:
"The Truth will all come out... and you gotta' do what you gotta' do."
Short vids uploading throughout the evening, short film coming in the next few days. By the way, the out-of-focus young man with his hands on his head is reacting to the poem being shared by the young man with his arm outstretched. The young lady with the stuffed puppy is precious. The other young lady, contrary to appearances, is celebrating... she is not about to strike the Evening's Host. Stay tuned.
Peace and Love to all of you. KingCast: The Cat in the Hat.
PS: As if on cue, I went for a beer after the event and the bartender Bridget is a Sarah Lawrence MFA in Poetry, I will be introducing her to the folks at SCORES so that she can participate. Life is Beautiful. And the Jewish Cat in the yamaka has absolutely nothing to do with this evening except that he's in some B roll stuff I'll set in the movie, I just barely caught him out of the corner of my eye during a video so it's kind of soft but goodness what a countenance nonetheless :)
Well...... Chrysler's not doing so hot, but WTC, Trent Berry, Dagha and Yours Truly are rockin' out, three black men of poise, conviction and strength. Fine chocolates? Hell, we got your high-yella, your mocha and your dark all covered. Born ready, raised proud. Related:Read 9/11 and the negative space to see why every firefighter is a hero.
Also related:Soulcoughing Chicago, Not Chicago. 1946 I believe it happened. A man.... drives a plane..... into the Chrysler Building....
PS: I dunno Sam, I was gonna' meet my sister for lunch in midtown but if you would rather chill out and reminisce about old times that's cool give a holler.
Sooo....I mean, that's all I can infer from from downloading this picture at 5:14pm yesterday. That's cool though, I can dig it, blue blood lawyers getting crunchy and green, Solid. KingCast out in front and paving the way for social change and environmental responsibility. I wheelie mean it! In fact, I was so damn inspired I made an iMovie short film about the 650R, maybe I'll have to add them into it, you know give them full credit 'cos I would hate to purloin anyone else's IP. The movie will be up in a few, before nightfall. Now what's really going to be fun is making the movie about the movie relative to Moody Street Pictures and Casey Sherman's screenplay adaptation of "Bad Blood: Freedom and Death in the White Mountains." Read about it here. I'll have one coming for my friends at Citibank too.
I had said I wanted Mos Def to play my role, but Will Smith will do as well! KingCast: I shawl do love me some video :)
Note: One of the panelists said the Herald was addressing a security breach but that's false because the story doesn't speak to that in any way, shape or form. But it does repeatedly speak to phantom sex acts.
Note: Dan Kennedy raises an important point about confidentiality of sources at 2:57 but really the problem is that it's a CORI violation AND a confidential source. That violation of the Law is all the Court needs to ORDER production of the witness, I have provided legal analysis of this already, duh. Globe Newspaper Co. v. District Attorney for Middle Dist., 439 Mass. 374, 788 NE2d 513 (2003) read para. 5. But Jessica Van Sack may indeed find herself in the exact same situation that Toni Locy was in, facing contempt of court charges in that $5.8M Settlement in Hatfill v. NYTimes, infra, for failing to name confidential sources BECAUSE OF THE ILLEGALITY INVOLVED. Hell everyone knows I'm all about Reporter's Privilege but as Michelle Malkin pointed out Judge Walton had some cautionary words for journalists on Tuesday, but he saved his harshest judgments for the unidentified officials who linked Dr. Hatfill to the anthrax investigation in the news media.
“There’s not a scintilla of evidence to suggest Dr. Hatfill had anything to do with it,” the judge said, yet the public notoriety has “destroyed his life.”
Which is exactly what Jessica Van Sack and the other merry band of illegal pranksters did to Joanna Marinova.
Note: Callie Crossley misspoke when she raised the prison element because when the audio tapes of Darrell Jones' discussions with elected officials are published here -- and only here first -- you will see that people did in fact support the prisons and Mr. Jones' efforts at curbing Youth Violence and recidivism. Watch the damn Chronicle video right here and CBS video here. You think we're effin' around, we're not effin' around, we're here to kick ass and take names, dude.
Also, a police officer is a public figure with respect to Defamation but Ms. Marinova is not. Even if she were somehow a public figure per Hatfill v. NYTimes, the standard for false statement and reckless disregard has been met. See Rotkiewicz v. Sadowsky, 431 Mass. 748 (2000).
Learn about Darrell Jones here: prejudgedarrelljones.com He also may have been wrongly convicted, wait for details on his trial soon. KingCast: When it comes to Civil Rights, I go for the jugular and you haters can't do a damn thing about it. Cocky I am, and built to stay that way and I'll bear no compunction to tell it right to your face. Archive EVERYTHING.
I read your columns frequently and typically agree with you. In fact, I agree with your recent column that asks whether Beacon Hill is being bullied into passing legislation that is arguably antithetical to the First Amendment in the wake of the tragic suicide of Phoebe Prince. You wrote
Newspaper columns and editorials praised Northwestern District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel’s forceful response to the Prince incident
But here's where you need to complete your analysis with a reference back to Jason Vassell: The same Elizabeth Scheibel who is pressing for the legislation on school bullying didn't give a damnwhen two white drunken dirtbags named Jon Bosse and John Bowes dropped them niggerbombs on Jason Vassell, broke his window, charged into his building and broke his nose. In fact, she didn't even prosecute one of them at all, and never levied charges for criminal destruction of property or public intoxication against either of these men, who have thus far shown themselves to be quite the waste of human protoplasm, arguments for retroactive abortion IMO. Extensive KingCast video and picture essay on last month's hearing is right here.
Seriously Harvey, how can you excuse those (in)actions? Answer: You cannot excuse those (in)actions.
The difference between the bullying in the school case and the hate crimes in the Vassell case that were given a milquetoast prosecution by Scheibel is that a hate crime is something that is motivated out of animus toward someone solely because of their immutable characteristics as defined by the United States Supreme Court. To me, that makes it a separate crime because that sort of thing is what has torn our country apart since Day One and the government has a compelling governmental interesting in addressing it.
But then what do I know about the First Amendent and Free Speech? I dunno, ask Proskauer, Rose + the ACLU, Derrick Gillenwater, Jeffrey Denner, Kevin Barron and Harvard Citzen Media, the Harvard folks having agreed with me that Courts in Boston were actively engaged in Unconstitutional Prior Restraint against surprise, surprise, ANOTHER BLACK MAN, some call us niggers, but whatever dude surely you get the point.
In fact, I've told you about all of that, you're on my email distribution list. But then what do I know about hate crimes, having hosted a hate crimes forum at Case Western Law School when I was simultaneously clerking for the Ohio AG's Office and noted Civil Rights/Criminal Defense Attorney Terry Gilbert. This was probably some time before John Bowes made his thug life known to the Free World by, inter alia, pouring beer on women and calling them "cunt" and "whore."
Lookit: I'm not here to mince words about these assholes, and I'm certainly not going to keep a Civil Tongue about Attorney Sheibel, she's a Janus-faced, hypocritical racist pig and I'm quite glad to note as much for the record.
Click to enlarge, read to be outraged. The one on the right, replete with your typical drunken angry sexually insecure white male misogynist "whore, cunt" ramblings is but one of six (6) different incidences of violence in which Jon Bosse and John Bowes have been involved in since 2003, some involving axe blades and handles, others involving the nigger bomb, etc. etc. these guys are real dirtbags, totally. Here's some back story. KingCast: Reel news for real people, the bullshit they can keep. I don't have time, Sir and neither do you. Let the chips fall as they may.
