Close to 5 years after April Howe's assault and the subequent slanders, theft, etc., my victimization continues.

On 11 Dec. 2009,in the early evening hours, I was assaulted by April Howe in the house where she and her (late) husband were renting a room. This was her second assault (the first was not as serious, but I had informed the landlord, Andrew Gerald, in an e-mail and phone conversations). Her husband, Patrick Howe came downstairs to get her off me. I took out my cell phone and said: "This would not be my first choice, but ..." April Howe attacked me again, and made me drop my phone, I knelt down to retrieve it again. At that point, I heard April Howe scream: "Get his phone! Get his phone!". (I assume that Patrick was holding her at the moment.) Patrick did not obey her, and told her something like "Leave him alone." I called 9-1-1, and explained what happened. To this day, I wonder what April was capable of doing, if her husband chose to join in her vicious attack. I learned later that Patrick died some time later. I wonder under what circumstances... Yesterday, I went to the 120th Precinct on Staten Island to get her arrested for her crimes. This was not the first time (that was on 14 December 2009), but I was hoping that my case would be clearer, after the dismissal of the case against me. Yesterday, I was given 3 phone numbers for the detectives. I called them a few hours later. I was told to come to the precinct in daytime, and try to speak to a detective... This afternoon, my requests were brushed aside by an officer who told me that they would not file a 'retaliatory report'. I called the number for the detectives again, but I was not given permission to go upstairs. I had called 9-1-1 several times before, over the years, trying to report crimes in different neighborhoods. My decisions to call and work with the police was never based on a naive faith in 'the system'. I was fully aware that the police regularly make (honest) mistakes, and that, sometimes, some policemen and other 'law enforcement' personnel deliberately victimize innocent people. I became aware of a shocking case through a "60 Minutes" program that was reported by the late Ed Bradley in 199x. It was revealed that a handful of 'dirty cops' in Massachusetts covered up the murder committed by a man who was working as an informant for the police. Going far beyond that unforgivable crime, they framed a completely innocent man as the murderer, and made sure that he was imprisoned as the sole killer! I hope that this case marks a very rare extreme, and one that none of us will encounter again. After I was arrested, and an order of protection was issued, the landlord, who owed me close to $ 3000 in cash, chose to take advantage of the situation, and refused to give me some of my manuscripts, diaries, and belongings that are 'priceless' (and certainly irreplaceable). One day, when I was retrieving some of my belongings from the basement of the house (in April's absence), I heard Patrick say to Paul Joseph Runnells (another roommate): "I did not do it to you [meaning me]. NYPD did." NYPD certainly did victimize many others before me and after me --in ways that are incomparably worse. However, in this case, I testify that NYPD made serious mistakes, whereas April continued to commit deliberate crimes against me. I lived the first half of my life in a state that is often characterized as a police state. Since around 1980, I believed that human security should not be left to any state organization, let alone a state monopoly with little or no oversight. However, I will continue to do my part, trying to show the public and the police the real possibility of improvement (if not 'reform'). I will continue to bear witness against the crimes and mistakes that continue to do harm to me and those who support me. Crimes of this magnitude are not 'forgivable' in my book. I am also aware that others like me might be victimized in similar ways... To be continued. Anseynol