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On Saturday, January 22, a panel discussion entitled
"How to Survive on Parole and Probation" was held at the Rutgers
School of Law at Camden. As would be expected, the panel
consisted of persons from all walks of life including those who have
experienced parole and probation.
Up to this point, we have no problem with a program
designed to help the wayward find their way back and rejoin society
as responsible citizens. In fact, we would support and would even
help promote such an event.
But clearly, that was not the goal of organizers.
To speak on the experience of parole, of all the
thousands of persons who have been on parole, the organizers chose
Thomas Trantino.
Trantino brutally murdered two Lodi, New Jersey
police officers in 1963. Their names were Peter Voto and Gary
Tedesco.
He didn’t just murder them. He and his partner first
disarmed the two officers and then had them strip down to their
underwear. The two lawmen were then then taunted and pistol-whipped
presumably for some sick thrill. However, torturing the
officers was not enough for these two sadistic animals.
After toying with their victims, these monsters
murdered the two unarmed policemen who both left behind families and
a massive wake of anguish. They were both shot, execution
style, in the head.
Initially sentenced to death, Trantino’s life was
spared when the United States Supreme Court overturned the death
penalty in 1972. He was paroled in 2001.
Rutgers University seems to have done everything
possible to distance themselves from this event, but the bottom line is
they knew what is was going to be about and they allowed it anyway.
Needless to say, the law enforcement community is
beyond outraged, especially those with the Lodi Police Department.
"If we had more advanced notice, we would have gotten
together with the state PBA and gone down there [to protest]," said Lodi
Police Chief Vincent Caruso to one media outlet.
Chief, it would have been packed.
Okay, so what happened?
Rutgers Professor
Dr. Drew Humphries |
How about it was because controversy puts the name
"Dr. Drew Humphries" in the news and elevates you in the world of
academia?
How about a pompous, self-absorbed, elitist cares
more about selling her books, seeing her name in the paper and
promoting the twisted image she has of herself than lending aid to
those in need?
At some point, Madam, you learned that New Jersey
State Parole would not attend after learning that Trantino would be
on the panel. Parole Board Spokesman Ed Bray told the Bergen Record,
"We're not going to sit on a panel with Tom Trantino.” (Kudos to you
Mr. Bray and New Jersey State Parole)
How could this event even be held without
representatives from State Parole? Did it ever occur to you,
Madam, that they were the most relevant and needed organization for
such a discussion? Of course it did, but you didn't care and
you didn't cancel Trantino’s appearance.
Then, you learned that the New Jersey Public
Defender’s Office pulled out after learning of Trantino’s
involvement. (Thank you PDO) This is the organization that
represents the indigent of our society.
You still did not cancel Trantino.
Eventually, it became clear that story was no longer
the event but who you chose to speak at the event.
Still, on with the seminar.
Not having representatives from law enforcement, the
Public Defender’s Office, and the Parole Board would surely lessen
any benefit to be attained by those in attendance, but you went on
with it. Why is that?
Bottom line, Madam, you did not care. You got your
notoriety, and the people who could have really benefited from such
an event were duped.
In an article by the Bergen Record, you were quoted
as saying, “We recognize that Tommy is a controversial figure and
for many people it's rubbing salt in very tender wounds,” but you
went on with it anyway. Why did you not choose a paroled child
molester? After all, they need help too.
"Tommy is a very peaceful person," Humphries told
the Bergen Record. "He's done a good job. I don't think he'll turn
into an ax murderer."
Really?
Mrs. Humphries, did you bring your children to the
event? Would you trust them with “Tommy” as you so cordially refer
to him? Was your 15 minutes worth the anguish you caused the
families of these two police officers?
You on your elite, ultra-left-wing,
far-from-the-real-world academic planet are celebrated as an
authority in your circles. You now have a cute little story to share
at cocktail parties about how you took on the police.
Well, Madam, you didn't take on the police.
You took on two families. You took on a woman who
lost her husband, children that lost their dad, and friends and
colleagues of two good men that were left devastated by a monster.
You took on a brother and fellow officer, Andrew Voto,
who later came upon the scene and saw his brother dead at the hands of
your friend "Tommy."
And, everything you did was well within your rights,
the rights which are protected by us.
But, know this.
We too have rights. We too have the right of
expression and the right to protest. However, we will exercise them
differently.
Instead of just holding a protest against Rutgers or
Berkeley-educated college professors who have no business teaching
courses about police, our protest will also be against you Dr.
Humphries.
While you’re trying to curl up with the latest book
about how police are the root of all evil in the comfort of your
Camden County home, you will hear shouts and bagpipes and chants
from your sidewalk.
If need be, I will devote every page of this website
to promoting this exercise of the free speech you value so deeply,
to use your words, “no matter how controversial” it may be.
There are no threats, express or implied, anywhere
in this article either. You can have all the anti-police seminars
you want. You can accuse us of corruption, brutality, or anything
you wish, and we’ll just roll our eyes like we always do.
But when you bring a monster such as Trantino on to
a stage and celebrate him, you have drawn our collective blood.
We are black and white, old and young, male and
female. We come in all shapes and sizes, and we rally around each
other in times of sorrow and need like you cannot even begin to
imagine.
So, go ahead, schedule another one.
And to the Lodi Police Department.
You are not alone in your outrage. Should you ever
put out the call for support on something like this, the 42 of you
will become the largest police department in New Jersey for a day,
for a week or for however long you need. Just say the word.
NJLawman.com
PS: Dr. Humphries, not that we expect it, but this
article will come down if you publicly apologize for the pain you
caused so many.
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