Omar Thornton Victim of Racism and Union Management Corruption

Omar Thornton Victim of Racism and Union/Management Corruption

(With Permission from Broadway Stagehands Democracy)

The editorial staff held a meeting yesterday regarding the murders in Connecticut. We concluded that when Omar complained to union and management about racism that the Teamsters and Management built a phony case of stealing against him to cover their Racism and Lack of Union Democracy. We have seen the same story repeated over and over again in Local One IATSE. Complain and they set you up. Omar was not correct in his shooting spree but he too was a victim.

Kristi Hannah, girlfriend of Omar Thornton, recalls gunman's goodbye, racism concerns

BY Matthew Lysiak In Enfield, Conn., and Corky Siemaszko
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Originally Published:Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 11:37 AM
Updated: Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 12:06 PM

CT shooting suspect Omar Thornton with his girlfriend at left Kristi Hannah.

Hill/AP

Authorities converge on Hartford Distributorsin Manchester, Conn., Tuesday.

The girlfriend of the Connecticut truck driver who killed eight of his co-workers said Wednesday that on the morning of the massacre "he was in a daze."

Speaking exclusively to the Daily News for the first time since Omar Thornton ended his deadly rampage by shooting himself, Kristi Hannah said she did not he was planning to unleash hell - but she knew something was not right when he left her apartment.

"That morning he seemed like he was in a daze," she said, speaking at her mom's house. "His eyes weren't right. They were empty. I kept asking him what was wrong but he wouldn't tell me."

Thornton, she said, "was quiet."

"He gave me a weird hug," said Hannah. "It was really long. And a kiss and said goodbye. He looked at me hard and told me he loved me."

Then he was gone.

A short time later, Hannah said, the cops showed up.

"Two detectives showed up asking for Omar," she said. "I texted Omar and asked, 'Why are two detectives at my door? You've never done anything wrong in your life.' He didn't answer. I texted him again, 'Are you okay?'"

Still, there was no answer from Thornton.

Then, Hannah said, she saw the reports flashing across the screen of her TV and a horrible realization set in.

"I saw the news and I collapsed on the ground," she said. "I couldn't even move. I felt so sick."

Hannah said that all their plans for the future crumbled in an instant.

"We were engaged, we were talking about having a family," she said. "I fell in love with him because he was the most gentle man I had ever met. His eyes were so kind. He would never hurt another creature."

Hannah said she can't reconcile her memories of Thornton with the cold-blooded killer who turned the beer and wine wholesaling business where he worked into a slaughterhouse.

"Omar was very kind," she said. "His sister had a drug problem and Omar spent a lot of time caring for his nephew."

Hannah also backed up claims by Thornton's kin that the 34-year-old gunman finally snapped after years of being subjected to racist taunts by co-workers.

"Everyone of \[the victims\] was a person I heard Omar mention," she said. "He didn't go around randomly shooting people. He knew these were the people who harassed him."

Thornton, a black man, "was very sensitive about his race," said Hannah.

"If you called him a n----r he would go off," she said. "But he kept it inside. He kept it all bottled up."

Thornton was reportedly about to be fired for stealing cases of suds, but his girlfriend denied he was a thief and claimed he was a good worker who was recently promoted to driver.

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Friday, August 28, 2009

JAYCEE LEE DUGARD FOUND, RAPED AND GAVE BIRTH TWICE

Jaycee Lee Dugard, a single mom impregnated by her kidnapper

August 27, 9:42 PM

Salt Lake City Single Moms Examiner

Rachel Tobin

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Jaycee Lee Dugard, age 11 and with age progression to age 25

Jaycee Lee Dugard, the young girl that was kipnapped over 18 years ago, was found today. At a press conference held earlier by the El Dorado police, it was learned that Jaycee was forced to live in a "backyard within a backyard" at the home of a registered sex offender and his wife. The only access to where she was kept was through a series of tarps and sheds, making her unseen to neighbors who were only feet away.

It was also learned that Phillip Garrido, Jaycee's kidnapper, also impregnated her twice, the first time when she was only 14 years old. The two girls, now 15 and 11 have never been to school or the doctor, and lived with their mother in Garrido's backyard structures. Police are looking into whether or not the girls have also been abused by Garrido.

It is still unknown why Jaycee, who has been called Alissa the last 18 years, never attempted to contact police or her family until now. In fact, she was only discovered because Garrido brought her, the children, and his wife to a visit with his parole officer yesterday after campus police at UC Berkley ran a background check on him.

Jaycee is being reunited with her family now. Clearly, the life Jaycee has ahead of her will be difficult. Not only has she suffered greatly the last 18 years, but she also is a single mom of two teenage girls that will also need substantial assistance, counseling, and socialization.