> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:02:26 -0700> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: [pfp-scc] Nader Volunteer, State Party Official Beaten > At GOP Convention> > From: Joe Williams / Santa Cruz> > --------------------------------------------------> > Nader Volunteer, State > Party Official Beaten At GOP Convention> > > http://newsblaze.com/story/20080906000600zzzz.nb/topstory.html> > September > 06,2008> > Ralph Nader volunteer, Peace and Freedom state official beaten, > > hospitalized at GOP convention; PF Party condemns 'brutal' attack> > > MINNEAPOLIS - A volunteer with the Ralph Nader for President campaign > - and > an official of the Peace and Freedom Party California State > Central > Committee - was beaten by police and hospitalized at the > Republican > National Convention here in what party leaders condemned > as a "brutal > assault on Barry Burgess and our liberties."> > Burgess, elected to the Peace > and Freedom Party Contra Costa County > Central Committee and state committee > in June, was attacked > distributing literature for the Ralph Nader for > President campaign, > according to Kevin Akin, California State Chair, Peace > and Freedom > Party. Atkins statement follows:> > "Barry Burgess was handing > out literature for Peace and Freedom > presidential candidate Ralph Nader > (and) was the subject of an > unprovoked attack by club-wielding police, who > inflicted head > injuries and arrested him... he was treated at a hospital > and > released, and is now recovering at a Nader supporter's home.> > > "Following similar but smaller attacks on demonstrators in Denver, > the > police attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Minneapolis, which > have > occurred without any criticism from leaders of the Republican > and > Democratic Parties, show how seriously our civil liberties have > been > eroded.> > "The Peace and Freedom Party demands accountability from > Minneapolis, > Minnesota and federal authorities, and an investigation with > > appropriate consequences for those engaging in this mass brutality > and > intimidation. We also demand that all the trumped-up charges > against those > exercising their constitutional rights be dropped.> > "We anxiously await > further word on the condition of Barry Burgess, > and hope that enough > complaints are received by Minneapolis officials > to restrain the savage > excesses of their police tonight and tomorrow. > We also hope that this > brutal attack on Barry Burgess and our > liberties inspires Americans to > examine the real actions and > positions of the presidential candidates on > freedom of speech and > free assembly."> > To comment on this story, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > .>
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