Lou William
@louwilliam.bsky.social
📊 Accountant | MBA 💼
✝️ Catholic | Faith & Ethics in Leadership
🗽 Born in NY | Residing in FL ☀️
📢 Advocate for Accountability, Free Speech & Government Transparency
✝️ Catholic | Faith & Ethics in Leadership
🗽 Born in NY | Residing in FL ☀️
📢 Advocate for Accountability, Free Speech & Government Transparency
As long as someone is "within the jurisdiction" of the U.S.—which includes its borders—they are entitled to these basic protections. 3/3
April 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As long as someone is "within the jurisdiction" of the U.S.—which includes its borders—they are entitled to these basic protections. 3/3
This includes:
The right to a fair trial (Sixth Amendment)
Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment)
The right to remain silent and not self-incriminate (Fifth Amendment)
Access to habeas corpus if unlawfully detained
2/3
The right to a fair trial (Sixth Amendment)
Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment)
The right to remain silent and not self-incriminate (Fifth Amendment)
Access to habeas corpus if unlawfully detained
2/3
April 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This includes:
The right to a fair trial (Sixth Amendment)
Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment)
The right to remain silent and not self-incriminate (Fifth Amendment)
Access to habeas corpus if unlawfully detained
2/3
The right to a fair trial (Sixth Amendment)
Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures (Fourth Amendment)
The right to remain silent and not self-incriminate (Fifth Amendment)
Access to habeas corpus if unlawfully detained
2/3
Once a person is physically present in the United States—even if unlawfully—they are subject to and protected by U.S. law. 1/3
April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Once a person is physically present in the United States—even if unlawfully—they are subject to and protected by U.S. law. 1/3
You don’t get to suspend the Constitution based on someone’s immigration status. 2/2
April 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
You don’t get to suspend the Constitution based on someone’s immigration status. 2/2
The Constitution protects persons—not just citizens. That’s why due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment apply to everyone on U.S. soil. Courts, including the Supreme Court, have consistently affirmed this. 1/2
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Constitution protects persons—not just citizens. That’s why due process and equal protection under the 14th Amendment apply to everyone on U.S. soil. Courts, including the Supreme Court, have consistently affirmed this. 1/2
Scott Jennings belongs on Fox News, not @cnn.com. If you’re gonna spew anti-immigrant trash and pretend due process is optional, at least do it on a network where the Constitution is just a prop.
April 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Scott Jennings belongs on Fox News, not @cnn.com. If you’re gonna spew anti-immigrant trash and pretend due process is optional, at least do it on a network where the Constitution is just a prop.
We need leadership that honors history, not erases it.
April 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We need leadership that honors history, not erases it.
The SAVE Act functions like a poll tax in disguise—a barrier targeting communities of color under the pretense of “election security.” When Black leaders enable this, it’s hard not to see it as a modern echo of the house slave mentality—serving systems of oppression rather than challenging them.
April 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The SAVE Act functions like a poll tax in disguise—a barrier targeting communities of color under the pretense of “election security.” When Black leaders enable this, it’s hard not to see it as a modern echo of the house slave mentality—serving systems of oppression rather than challenging them.
Congressman Byron Donalds and other Black conservatives supporting measures like the SAVE Act aren’t just on the wrong side of policy—they’re standing in the way of truth. Denying or downplaying Black history, and backing modern voter suppression laws, mirrors the tactics of Jim Crow.
April 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Congressman Byron Donalds and other Black conservatives supporting measures like the SAVE Act aren’t just on the wrong side of policy—they’re standing in the way of truth. Denying or downplaying Black history, and backing modern voter suppression laws, mirrors the tactics of Jim Crow.
@sanders.senate.gov Back then, Riker and Wall Street protected the slave economy. Today, private detention centers and border contractors profit from immigrant labor and suffering. This isn’t just history—it’s policy on repeat.
April 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
@sanders.senate.gov Back then, Riker and Wall Street protected the slave economy. Today, private detention centers and border contractors profit from immigrant labor and suffering. This isn’t just history—it’s policy on repeat.
@sanders.senate.gov In both eras, the state labeled people as “fugitives” or “illegals” to justify extrajudicial violence. The language changes. The uniforms change. But the logic of dehumanization stays the same.
April 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@sanders.senate.gov In both eras, the state labeled people as “fugitives” or “illegals” to justify extrajudicial violence. The language changes. The uniforms change. But the logic of dehumanization stays the same.
@sanders.senate.gov Kristi Noem isn’t an outlier—she’s part of a long American tradition. In the 1800s, Richard Riker used courts to send free Black people into slavery.
Today, Noem deploys law enforcement to help DHS target migrants.
Different century. Same playbook. #TheKidnappingClub
Today, Noem deploys law enforcement to help DHS target migrants.
Different century. Same playbook. #TheKidnappingClub
April 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
@sanders.senate.gov Kristi Noem isn’t an outlier—she’s part of a long American tradition. In the 1800s, Richard Riker used courts to send free Black people into slavery.
Today, Noem deploys law enforcement to help DHS target migrants.
Different century. Same playbook. #TheKidnappingClub
Today, Noem deploys law enforcement to help DHS target migrants.
Different century. Same playbook. #TheKidnappingClub
Read this book. Teach it. Talk about it. Because understanding the past is the first step toward dismantling the systems that continue to harm today. #TheKidnappingClub #BlackHistory #SystemicRacism
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Read this book. Teach it. Talk about it. Because understanding the past is the first step toward dismantling the systems that continue to harm today. #TheKidnappingClub #BlackHistory #SystemicRacism
We need to tell these stories. They challenge the sanitized version of history taught in schools and remind us how deep the roots of racism run in our institutions.
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We need to tell these stories. They challenge the sanitized version of history taught in schools and remind us how deep the roots of racism run in our institutions.
The Kidnapping Club is more than a history book. It’s a mirror. Because if you look closely, you’ll see today’s America reflected in 1830s New York—economic power protecting racial injustice, and courts failing the most vulnerable.
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Kidnapping Club is more than a history book. It’s a mirror. Because if you look closely, you’ll see today’s America reflected in 1830s New York—economic power protecting racial injustice, and courts failing the most vulnerable.
David Ruggles and the NY Committee of Vigilance fought back, risking their lives to protect Black New Yorkers. Their resistance reminds us that abolition was more than moral outrage—it was organizing, strategy, and relentless courage.
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
David Ruggles and the NY Committee of Vigilance fought back, risking their lives to protect Black New Yorkers. Their resistance reminds us that abolition was more than moral outrage—it was organizing, strategy, and relentless courage.
What struck me most was how this all happened under the veil of “law and order.” Abductions were legalized violence. And the system wasn’t broken—it was built this way.
April 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What struck me most was how this all happened under the veil of “law and order.” Abductions were legalized violence. And the system wasn’t broken—it was built this way.
NYC’s elite, including Wall Street, profited from slavery. Cotton was king, and the city’s banks, merchants, and insurers had financial ties to the Southern slave economy. Moral concerns? Ignored in favor of profit.
April 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NYC’s elite, including Wall Street, profited from slavery. Cotton was king, and the city’s banks, merchants, and insurers had financial ties to the Southern slave economy. Moral concerns? Ignored in favor of profit.
3️⃣ Riker’s network of cops and bounty hunters became known as “The Kidnapping Club”—a term coined by Black journalist and abolitionist David Ruggles. These were men who enriched themselves off Black suffering.
April 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
3️⃣ Riker’s network of cops and bounty hunters became known as “The Kidnapping Club”—a term coined by Black journalist and abolitionist David Ruggles. These were men who enriched themselves off Black suffering.
2️⃣ At the center was Richard Riker, the city’s Recorder (judge). His courtroom became a revolving door for slave catchers, who needed only to claim someone was a runaway. No proof. No justice. Just rubber-stamped rulings.
April 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
2️⃣ At the center was Richard Riker, the city’s Recorder (judge). His courtroom became a revolving door for slave catchers, who needed only to claim someone was a runaway. No proof. No justice. Just rubber-stamped rulings.
This is the hidden history of America’s “free” states—and it’s disturbingly relevant today. 🧵👇🏽
1️⃣ Set in 1830s NYC, The Kidnapping Club exposes how judges, police, and politicians legally abducted free and fugitive Black people and sold them into slavery. Yes, this happened in New York.
1️⃣ Set in 1830s NYC, The Kidnapping Club exposes how judges, police, and politicians legally abducted free and fugitive Black people and sold them into slavery. Yes, this happened in New York.
April 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This is the hidden history of America’s “free” states—and it’s disturbingly relevant today. 🧵👇🏽
1️⃣ Set in 1830s NYC, The Kidnapping Club exposes how judges, police, and politicians legally abducted free and fugitive Black people and sold them into slavery. Yes, this happened in New York.
1️⃣ Set in 1830s NYC, The Kidnapping Club exposes how judges, police, and politicians legally abducted free and fugitive Black people and sold them into slavery. Yes, this happened in New York.
Labeling challenging topics—like systemic racism, gender theory, or climate change—as “woke” doesn’t invalidate their academic relevance. It just avoids engaging with the scholarship behind them.
Students should be taught how to think, not what to think.
Students should be taught how to think, not what to think.
April 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Labeling challenging topics—like systemic racism, gender theory, or climate change—as “woke” doesn’t invalidate their academic relevance. It just avoids engaging with the scholarship behind them.
Students should be taught how to think, not what to think.
Students should be taught how to think, not what to think.