Category Archives: Tempe and Maricopa County Arizona News

Anant Kumar Tripati, Maricopa County’s Race-Based Justice, and My Situation

UPDATED 1/12/2010:
Arizona Dept. Of Corrections Interim Director Charles L. Ryan Trying to Murder Anant Kumar Tripati?

UPDATED 10/19/2009: Department of Corrections Denying Tripati Proper Medical Care

In an email to Operation Nation, Mr. Tripati’s daughter, Aradhna, says her dad had a heart attack last December and was rushed to an emergency room from the prison. He was given blood pressure medication upon being released from the ER, but now the prison, in their continuing efforts to kill Mr. Tripati, are now denying him that medication. Here is an excerpt from the email:

In the new year, the prison lost … Read Entire Article

Tempe Police Chief and Berge Ford Daughter Affair?

by Brian A. Wilkins
9/3/2009 (links and videos updated November 3, 2018)

ORIGINAL LINK: http://blog.operation-nation.com/2009/09/03/tempe-police-chief-and-berge-ford-daughter-affair.aspx

IS THIS “THE OTHER WOMAN” FOR TEMPE POLICE CHIEF TOM RYFF?

She is according to tempepolicecloset.com. The website, ran by former and current City of Tempe employees, says Ryff and Mrs. Charlene Berge-Blum had a “longtime, recent…inappropriate relationship.” Ryff has also told friends that he can “help them get a good deal” on cars at Berge Ford in Mesa, according to the website. But the most scandalous part of this alleged affair is Ryff yelling, “I’m not f***ing my wife,” while talking on the … Read Entire Article

Tempe Police Harass Resident Eleanor Holguin For Speaking Out About Chief

by Brian A. Wilkins
8/31/2009

ORIGINAL LINK: http://blog.operation-nation.com/2009/08/31/tempe-police-harrass-resident-eleanor-holguin-for-speaking-out-about-chief-2.aspx

If Tempe Police goons are ordered by Chief Tom Ryff to designate this seemingly sweet, harmless woman a “hazard,” no telling what they’ll eventually try and do to my black ass.

CBS 5 (KPHO), which is the only television network in this city with a backbone, interviewed Ms. Eleanor Holguin a couple weeks ago after she called 911 to aid her elderly father. But instead of being greeted by friendly, helpful paramedics, Tempe Police thugs showed up, and the paramedics who showed up quizzed her before helping her. Here is the report:

As … Read Entire Article

Prosecutor Elizabeth Ortiz Takes Over Rule 32 Proceedings; Is On Same Tempe Board With Mayor Hugh Hallman

by Brian A. Wilkins
8/18/2009

Coincidence? I highly doubt it. It is likely a combination of the fact rookie Maricopa County prosecutor Neha Bhatia filed a, for lack of better term, incompetent response to my Rule 32 Petition for Post-Conviction Relief; and the fact this new prosecutor assigned today, Elizabeth Ortiz, is on the board of directors for Tempe Preparatory Academies, along with Tempe mayor Hugh Hallman. Throughout this entire year-long persecution of my life and well-being, I have now have to endure the “services” of three Maricopa County public defenders (David Allen Brown, Michael Ziemba, and William Peterson), … Read Entire Article

City of Tempe, Police’s Motion To Dismiss Wilkins Federal Lawsuit Is Denied

OPERATION NATION STAFF
8/5/2009

ORIGINAL LINK: http://blog.operation-nation.com/2009/08/05/city-of-tempe-polices-motion-to-dismiss-wilkins-federal-lawsuit-is-denied.aspx

PHOENIX — The City of Tempe has until August 20, 2009 to file a formal answer to pro se Plaintiff Brian A. Wilkins’ federal civil rights lawsuit after U.S. District Judge Mary H. Murguia denied Tempe’s motion to dismiss.

The lawsuit, filed in April, alleges the Tempe Police have policies, customs, and practices of race-based arrests and falsifying police reports, perpetuated by Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff, and violated Wilkins’ civil rights when they arrested him on July 22, 2008. Wilkins was arrested after his then-neighbor, Michael Arthur Wood, attacked Wilkins in his apartment at knife-point, … Read Entire Article

Killer Cop Dan Lovelace Hired By Pinal County (AZ) Sheriff’s Office

by Brian A. Wilkins
7/26/2009 (links updated November 24, 2018)

ORIGINAL LINK: http://blog.operation-nation.com/2009/07/26/killer-cop-dan-lovelace-hired-by-pinal-county-az-sheriffs-office.aspx

FLORENCE, ARIZ. — Only in America can a murderer get right back into the same type of job they had before killing another person. Former Chandler (AZ) police thug Dan Lovelace is a COP (Constitutionally Protected) thug. Thus he can murder anyone he wants without consequences.

Lovelace responded to a call at Walgreens in Chandler, AZ on October 11, 2002. Ms. Dawn Rae Nelson, 35, was trying to pass a phony prescription for muscle relaxers. Ms. Nelson tried to speed away when Lovelace pulled up … Read Entire Article

Bruce Jacobs Leaves KFYI

by Brian A. Wilkins
6/10/2009 (links updated January 24, 2019)

Bruce Jacobs, the man I still refer to as my favorite Republican, is now the “former” NewTalk 550 KFYI morning show host.

Bruce Jacobs

I worked for Clear Channel Phoenix for several months from 2007-08. I mostly worked for Xtra Sports 910 and NewsTalk KFYI. The job wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for Bruce. He gave me an unexpected endorsement to the Clear Channel big-wigs. Bruce commanded respect because he always said exactly what was on his mind about anybody at any given moment (including Clear Channel … Read Entire Article

Charges Dropped Against Rodney Smith Sr.

by Brian A. Wilkins
6/9/2009

ORIGINAL LINK: http://blog.operation-nation.com/2009/06/09/charges-dropped-against-rodney-smith-sr.aspx

In yet another blow to Maricopa County prosecutor Heather Wicht’s quest to destroy the lives of the entire Smith family, Rodney Smith, Sr., the father of alleged “South Mountain Shooter” Rodney Smith Jr., had all charges dropped against him in connection with the July 24, 2008 incident. Michelle Denise Smith, Smith Jr. mother, was acquitted at trial in April on charges of “interferring with police.” Smith Sr. had been on house arrest since being released in September from the Maricopa County Jail in connection with the charges.

Wicht, along with her … Read Entire Article

Tempe Police Chief, Mayor, 2 Cops Named In Racial Profiling Case

by Brian A. Wilkins
6/3/2009

Tempe Police Chief Tom Ryff, Mayor Hugh Hallman, Officer Tyler Watkins, and Sergeant Jon Waide were served summonses last week after Dr. Araya Wolde-Giorgis filed a complaint in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Wolde-Giorgis, an Ethiopian American, alleges that Officer Watkins pulled him over on February 17, 2008, solely because of his race. Watkins also threatened Wolde-Giorgis by continually placing his hand on his pistol, the complaint alleges. Wolde-Giorgis was told he was being issued a “left turn violation” citation, but discovered a second citation, “turn signal violation,” once he got home and obtained his reading … Read Entire Article

Rodney Smith Could Use Drew Peterson’s Lawyer

by Brian A. Wilkins
5/19/2009

ORIGINAL LINK: http://blog.operation-nation.com/2009/05/19/rodney-smith-could-use-drew-petersons-lawyer.aspx

If only Rodney E. Smith Jr., the alleged “South Mountain Shooter” who Euro-American media was obsessed with for about three days after the July 24 incident last year, had millions of dollars or was a former thug cop.

Mr. Smith has been entangled in the Maricopa County justice system since that day he was forced to protect himself from the same attackers who jumped him and broke his jaw eight months prior. Not only does Maricopa County prosecutor Heather Wicht continue to arrogantly and comfortably violate Arizona’s conflict of interest statute… Read Entire Article