On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:01:09 -0700 Claudia K White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:48:39 From: "ES LaPorte- Abolish NATO! Wembaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,STOP NATO: !NO PASARAN! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Tribunal Watch List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> STOP NATO: !NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM People - and they ALWAYS do this complaining that "we are afraid of violence!" "Oh - we think these people are terrorists!" "Give up your rights and be safe. . ." POPPYCOCK!!! Ben Franklin : "He who trades freedom for security deserves neither freedom nor security - and will have neither freedom nor security!" ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: activist general <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 4:58 PM Subject: Class action suit filed for April 15-17 Washington DC arrests > International Action Center > > July 26, 2000 > PRESS RELEASE > Attention: Assignment Editor > Press contact: Sarah Sloan (212) 633-6646 > > POLICE AND GOVERNMENT ILLEGALLY CARRIED OUT > MASS ARRESTS AGAINST PROTESTERS IN WASHINGTON > DC APRIL 15-17 ACCORDING TO CIVIL LAW SUIT > > CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT TO BE FILED THURSDAY, JULY > 27 IN WASHINGTON DC > > Statement by Larry Holmes and Brian Becker for July 27 Washington > DC press conference announcing the filing of a class action lawsuit. > The press conference location and time: 300 Constitution Ave. NW at > 2:30 pm, July 27. > > "The International Action Center, as a named plaintiff in this historic > class action law suit, wants to express our gratitude to the broad > coalition of attorneys and activists who have come together to > challenge the dangerous and far reaching conspiracy by government > and police forces to violate the First and Fourth Amendment of the > Constitution as was in evidence during the weekend of protests in > Washington DC April 15-17. > > "The outcome of this suit has far reaching implications. We believe > that the government and the police have embarked on a strategy of > repression to stop, crush or marginalize the burgeoning progressive > movement that gained world attention in the protests against the > WTO in Seattle last year. > > "The police and government are utilizing the tactics of preventive > detention, office break-ins, police spying of protest organizers, denial > of protest permits and other methods to obstruct or invalidate the > constitutionally-protected right of free speech and assembly. > > "In our case, we were arrested along with 678 other individuals on > Saturday, April 15, in a protest starting at the Justice Department. > We were protesting against the rise of what we believe is a Prison- > Industrial Complex in the United States and in opposition to the > continued incarceration and planned execution of famed African > American journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. We were not engaged in civil > disobedience. We were violating no law when we were trapped by a > premeditated police action to seal the area and then arrest all those > who were corralled in the zone. Among those arrested at our > demonstration were shoppers, tourists, passers-by, a Pulitzer Prize > winning photographer, other reporters, a visiting park ranger and > others. All of us were the victims of preventive detention. > > "The goal of the police action was not to stop an illegal activity. It > was to sweep the streets of Washington DC of demonstrators and > potential demonstrators so that the conference of the IMF, World > Bank and banking establishment could proceed smoothly. The police > and government functioned as the gendarme for the banks, the > corporations and the agents of capitalist globalization. We were held > for up to 36 hours, handcuffed in school buses, remote police > detention centers, the basements of parking garages, and in holding > pens. > > "This lawsuit should be a signal to the government and police in > Philadelphia and Los Angeles (the sites of the upcoming Republican > and Democratic Conventions) that they will be held accountable if > they engage in illegal actions aimed at repressing those who plan to > demonstrate against the Prison-Industrial Complex, racism and for > freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal." > > International Action Center > 39 West 14th Street, Room 206 > New York, NY 10011 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: www.iacenter.org > CHECK OUT THE NEW SITE www.mumia2000.org > phone: 212 633-6646 > fax: 212 633-2889 *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. 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