This petition purpose is to seek justice for Christopher Patterson. On November 5, 2011 Christopher Patterson was arrested and has been in custody ever since awaiting trial. He has been denied his liberty due to ineffective counsel of his prior attorney’s Bill Berret and Keith C. Brower who formerly worked for the District Attorney Office. Chris is being unfairly treated due to a conspiracy between his former attorney’s and Chief Deputy District Attorney Sweetin. Bill Berret and Keith C. Brower are violating client’s constitutional rights by falsely representing as defense attorneys, putting on tainted and mock evidentiary hearings, while conspiring with Deputy District Attorney Sweetin. Our society must put a stop to this corruption and cover up in the case of State of Nevada v. Christopher Patterson. It is a travesty of justice when an innocent person is confined in jail or prison, and it should never occur in our society. Please follow his case at https://www.facebook.com/chrystyan.patterson or @FreeChrisPatter

On June 18, 2014 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cancelled the trademark for the Washington Redskins, ruling the name is “disparaging to Native Americans”. It’s just another sign that the public is realizing that the “R” word is as racist as the “N” word. The word is never used by Native Americans to speak about each other, but as a slur for others to mock them. It is derived from the days when bounty hunters took part in Indian extermination and when they were paid for every “redskin” or scalp they could bring in. The owner of the team, Dan Snyder, is on record as saying he will “never” change the team name. The NFL Commissioner has not taken action to remove the team ownership from Snyder. This is in contrast to the actions of the NBA which is taking strong action against a team owner for merely a personal and private expression of prejudice. The situation is intolerable. It is inconceivable that African-Americans, Jews or any group that suffered massive intolerance and violence would in 21st century be openly ridiculed as being a mascot. If moral appeals to Dan Snyder don't work we should try to affect him by reducing the size of his pocketbook.

The State of California cares for its prisoners so badly that in 2005, a judge mandated federal oversight of their prison healthcare system after it was documented that one person dies in California prisons every day from extreme medical malpractice or neglect. But as horrific as these crimes of neglect are, it shocks the conscience anew to hear that the medical care that was provided to prisoners included forced sterilization as recently as 2010. [1] Eugenics is a word that sounds to too many of us like it belongs only in the history books, but the eugenics programs started in California in the 1920s were found still alive and kicking in its prisons until very recently. While mainstream, and mostly white, women's rights advocates celebrated and defended legal abortion, too little attention has been paid to genocidal medical violence practiced against members of society deemed 'unfit' parents due to poverty, mental health, or non-white ethnicity. As Loretta Ross, an African American victim of forced sterilization at the age of 23, wrote recently, "After my sterilization, I felt empty, lost, and butchered. I was in shock and felt powerless." [1] There is no justification for an atrocity like this and the State of California must immediately act to ensure that state power is never again abused to deprive people of their right to parent and make their own decisions about their family size. Tell Governor Brown to ask the California legislature to act immediately to pass SB 1135 and safeguard against forced sterilization of vulnerable populations. [1] - "Eugenicists Never Retreat, They Just Regroup: Sterilization and Reproductive Oppression in Prisons," Loretta Ross, RH Reality Check, June 12, 2014. http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/06/12/eugenicists-never-retreat-just-regroup-sterilization-reproductive-oppression-prisons/

On June 16, President Barack Obama announced that he was ordering his staff to draft an executive order banning discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees among companies that contract with the federal government. The executive order, which is estimated to affect up to 16 million workers, circumvents a Congress which is hostile to LGBT equality.

The reason for this petition is some of the New York Assemblymen/Assemblywomen and Senators every year manage to keep our Adoptees Rights Bill A909/S2490A locked up in some state Committee and it never goes to the floor of the New York State Assembly and Senate for vote! We have the verbal support of most of Assemblymen and Senators, but the Bill A909/S2490A never makes it to the floor for them to vote !

I have been threatened and my mother is mentally ill and the neighbors ha ve threaten to do harm to my mother who is 78 years old and my daughter. These individuals are getting away with murder with a silent killer.

After being allowed entry through Israel's (Tel-Aviv) Ben Gurion International Airport on several occasions, on 11-24-2005 I was denied entry and imprisoned the whole night when I had committed no crime at all besides being of Arabic descent. I was humiliated by the State of Israel for no reason, as many U.S. citizens constantly are. I was going to attend my sister's wedding and instead of being a joyful time of the family gathering for a happy occasion, my whole family was worried about my whereabouts because the Israel border agents put me on the first flight leaving to Germany and I had to find another flight back to the U.S.A. It was the most humiliating experience I had ever had in my life. Israel boosts itself as the only democracy in the Middle East, but it is the only state that will deny me, a U.S. tax-paying citizen entry. Join our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/LetUsGoin2014/

This Petition is for The Patriot Act U.S.A., which caused emotional distress.

Help protect motorists, pedestrians and juveniles from being stopped and searched for no reason other than their color, ethnicity or age. Help ensure police practices are fair, unbiased and professional. Both community and police worked hard to create this bill, and both support it. We need your help to pass it this year!

Why is one of the nation's most prominent Catholic archbishops scheduled to speak at a virulently anti-gay rally? San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is appearing at the upcoming "March for Marriage" in Washington, D.C. The event is organized by the National Organization for Marriage, an organization that has equated gay marriage with incest, and co-sponsored by the Family Research Council, a hate group that blamed gay marriage for the recent mass shootings in Isla Vista. By speaking alongside these extremists, Archbishop Cordileone risks lending the church's authority to their vitriol and hatred - and undermining Pope Francis's call for a more compassionate church. We need to make it clear to Archbishop Cordileone that encouraging bigotry is unacceptable, regardless of his position on marriage for same-sex couples.

The plight of Iraq's Christians has now lasted longer than a decade, and recent militant uprisings in Mosul threaten to expunge the neighboring Chaldean-Assyrian-Syriac villages. This preliminary campaign will help kickstart a transnational movement focusing on development of a sovereign territory for the indigenous Iraqis.

I, Helena chin was employed with Stern's/Macy's since 1993. In May 2013, I made a purchase and was given samples as a courtesy. When I checked out with security, I was told it was too many samples. I tried to explain, but security grabbed the stuff and sent me home. I left the building feeling angry, then a few days later I was let go by HR on grounds of violation store policy. I feel this is unjustified, and unfair. I need to be heard. Macy's is like family to me, I love my job . Please Mr. Lundgren, look into this matter as this is giving tremendous stress to me and my family. Thank you.