Good morning Mr. Barnett,
My name is Michael Snawder and I am the Commander of 2nd Precinct. Earlier this morning I instructed one of my supervisors to make contact with your neighbors and advise
them in person of the law regarding parking within 20 feet from the intersection. I do not believe the problem will persist; however, I have instructed the same supervisor to monitor the situation and ticket vehicles found illegally parked for the next few
weeks.
I looked at our electronic records for the past year and was unable to find any calls for service regarding illegally parked vehicles. If you provide me with exact dates, approximate
times, and preferably names of officers you have spoken to in the past, I would be happy to look into their actions / inactions.
In the future, if you are not satisfied with the service one of my officers has provided, I ask that you immediately call 804-646-5100. This is the non-emergency number for the
Department of Emergency Communications. When the operator answers, please let him or her know you would like to speak with a Patrol Supervisor regarding your call for service. Please keep in mind the supervisor may or may not be able to call you immediately,
depending on what they are dealing with at the time.
I have also Cc’d Lieutenant Kelly O’Connell who is the Lieutenant in charge of the Sector you live in. Please feel free to contact either of us if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Commander Michael A. Snawder
Richmond Police Department
2nd Precinct
177 E. Belt Blvd
Richmond, VA 23224
Office 804.646.8125
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Subject: Request for a No Parking Sign for public safety ... an indictment of the Richmond Police Department ... 14th Amendment equal protection lawsuit
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Richmond City Council Members
Richmond Police Department
Greetings,
On the advice of the below
fire engine commander, I request enforcement of the state law and city regulation of not parking within 22 feet of a blind corner at the intersection of Carson Street and Anne Street. As the following
images show, many minutes were wasted by the firefighters of Engine 22 as they negotiated the corner with only the
mother's car present. If the
daughter had her car parked at the corner, the fire truck would have had to back down to Forest Hill Avenue by the Crossroad Coffee shop where they had stopped for refreshments.
The fire engine had to jerk back and forth several times in order to twist around the illegally parked car, each time coming to rest close to or against my property wall: at
least 8 times. The
braking scars in the asphalt roadway indicate more the sudden stops. In the end, like all large vehicles negotiating the corner, the fire engine left a groove on my grassed property and ran over
my steps to the street (which after three replacements, I used concete blocks that give rather than crack). The UPS drivers hate the corner when my neighbor's cars are illegally blocked.
Because the Richmond Police Depart did not write tickets for illegally parked cars and because its members use the neighbor's child care services, these women have repeatedly
demeaned and bullied me because as they expressed, they have friends in high places. They have flipped cigarettes, drinks and litter onto my property. They have flipped me the bird. They have done the KMA booty shake at me which one neighbor saw and inquired
what had happened. Why? Because the RPD conveyed that they were above the law. (There is poetic justice as I hear, then watch, the police children caught in shouting matches between the mother and daugher as well as smoking by the daughter and drinking by
the brother/uncle.)
Because of racial discrimination by black members of the Richmond's police department, Richmond is not a city in which an old white person should retire. As is, declining police
pay compensation does not mean better, non-discrimination police officers ... another reason why for self-preservation, a white person or white business should not locate in Richmond. As soon as my new internet app is thriving I am leaving after living 40
years on Anne Street. (We own the two lots that comprise Anne Street:3600 and 3602. In 2016, my tax assessment jumped 47.22%. Another sign of decline and another reason to leave.)
Maybe a no-parking sign will be put up. Will it be like the ineffective, impotent drug-free signs on school properties? Writing this opens me up to subtle backroom discrimination
by black city workers and police. I am willing to die for blacks rights to equal justice under the law. I wish they would in their work give me equal justice under the law. I hate racism and discrimination based on the "color of one's skin," especially when
I am the victim of it. Jim Crow has become CrowJim.
Sincerely,
Robert Barnett
3600 Anne Street
Richmond, VA 23225
NRSVP
Engine 22 commander who adviced me to contact you and request No Parking Sign. Please note the new street sign recently replaced because a large truck had knocked the previous
one down and someone stole it while lying at the base. (DPU records will show a replacement a few months ago.)
Mother's Car
Close call on the left. Notice the shadow of the commander becoming a traffic director. The actual final left clearance was one inch.
Wall Contact or Closeness: 1 to 5
2nd
3rd
4th
5th before running over my steps to the street--note Crossroad drink-in-hand.
The fire engine had to jerk back and forth several times in order to twist around the illegally parked car, each time coming to rest close to or against my property wall: at
least 8 times. The
braking scars in the asphalt roadway indicate the sudden stops. In the end, like all large vehicles negotiating the corner, the fire engine left a groove on my grassed property and ran over my steps
(which after three replacements, I used concete blocks that give rather than crack). The UPS drivers hate the corner when my neighbor's cars are illegally blocked. (The left picture is the daughter's car which arrived after the firetruck left.)
Daughter's Car: Please note how they park illegally and block the narrow street with an open door. (Please note the sign on fence advertising the childcare service. In 2010,
my wife and I spent $90 buying two signs as a Christmas gift.) I wonder what she has in her trunk since she will often furtively look around before opening it.
The daughter parks halfway out into the street. Please note how as a veteran I fly the four-service flag: "All gave some. Some gave all."
I have numerous pictures of a large trucks from Crossroads Coffee using this residential street from which they should be barred because of size and weight. Again, this vehicle
can make it with only the mother's car parked illegally. The daughter's car is absent. Note the date: 2014.
Ground up property from the above large truck forced onto my property by illegally parked car.
Blocking the street for personal meetings is normal which they advertise to me by noisy radio and loud talk. They don't do this in front of their house but in front of my house.
They never use the parking space in front of their house with a "no parking handicap" sign. I wonder who is handicapped based on the mobility of both mother and daugher when
noisily pulling 90-gallon supercans up the hill on trash day. They use it as a pickup/drop-off zone for their childcare customers, remaining vacant most of the time on a street crammed with and destroyed by Crossroad Coffee shop overflow.
The city needs to put up a sign at the pre-scribed state ordinance distance of 22 feet: No parking here to corner. Soon, to prevent trucks driving on my property, I am going
to park on my side of the street in front of my house at 3600 Anne Street with license plates "36Anne." If anyone should have the liberty of parking on Anne Street it should be the single homeowner who owns the two lots comprising Anne Street: 3600 and 3602.
A better sign would be "No parking on pavement"--a Solomanic decision that would end all future disagreements.
My neighbors are examples of mean people.
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An indictment of the Richmond Police Department: Failure to write tickets
Sincerely,
Robert S. Barnett
3600 Anne Street
Richmond, VA 23225