> >[from BRC-MUMIA] > > >please forward this statement. > >-------------------------------------------- > >OCTOBER 22nd COALITION SAYS: > >STOP THE EXECUTION OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL! > >Download this document: http://www.unstoppable.com/22/pdf/oct22mumia.pdf > >The October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the >Criminalization of a Generation fully supports the fight to stop the >execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia is a former Black Panther who has >remained a revolutionary since the 60's. He is also an award winning >journalist who uses his skills to give voice to those this society wants >to >make voiceless and powerless. Mumia has been on death row in >Pennsylvania >since 1982 when he was framed on charges of killing a cop. During his >trial, >Mumia was denied the right to choose his attorney, testimony against him >was >gotten through bribery and intimidation and witnesses who said he was >innocent were either hidden from the defense or intimidated from showing >up >in court! Judge Sabo, who presided over this kangaroo court, >demonstrated >his pro cop bias (he's a life long member of the Fraternal Order of >Police) >by denying almost all of Mumia's defense motions and even banning Mumia >from >the court during the trial! Mumia deserves a new trial because his first > >trial was a travesty of justice. > >Mumia is on death row because he is outspoken against police brutality >and >other government abuses aimed at poor people. Even from the bowels of >death >row, Mumia continues to expose official misconduct across the country >and >around the world. The government is even ignoring its own laws as it >tries >to execute Mumia. Witnesses who have come forward to testify to his >innocence have been persecuted. The Black United Fund of Philadelphia >has >seen its sources of funding being squeezed by the authorities because it > >provides tax-exempt status for Mumia's defense. This shows that the >powers >that be are determined to execute Mumia in order to silence him. We have >to >fight to save his life with equal determination. All people who oppose >injustice should stand with Mumia because he is a victim of injustice >AND >because he is an outspoken opponent of injustice. > >The October 22nd Coalition was formed in 1996 to fight the nationwide >epidemic of police brutality and police murder. Our annual National Day >of >Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of >a >Generation shines a spotlight on police brutality and helps build >resistance >to it. Our Stolen Lives Project (SLP) exposes how widespread the problem >of >police murder really is. SLP documents more than 2,000 cases of people >killed by police and other law enforcement agents in the US just in the >1990's. From 1997 to today, we have documented more than one death per >day >at the hands of law enforcement. This doesn't even count the killings >they've covered up, or the people who survived being brutalized by cops. > >What we're dealing with here aren't isolated incidents. They're part of >a >growing nationwide epidemic that must be stopped. > >We in the October 22nd coalition know what happens when cops stop a car >driven by a Black man at 4am, like they stopped Mumia's brother back in >December of 1981. We know cops make up false evidence and that cops, >prosecutors and judges conspire to suppress evidence favorable to a >defendant and to railroad people into prison in rigged trials, which >they >also did in Mumia's case. This is the experience of far too many people, > >especially young people of color and poor people, at the hands of the >criminal justice system. > >We also know Philadelphia cops have a long history of brutality and >corruption. In one precinct, cops were caught manufacturing evidence in >cases that put more than 1,000 people in jail. Back in the 1960's under >Rizzo, Philadelphia cops beat protesting school children as viciously as >any >red necked, southern sheriff. They brutalized members of the Black >Panther >Party and stripped them naked in the street. In 1985, they dropped a >bomb on >a house occupied by members of MOVE and let the resulting fire burn till >it >had killed 11 people, 5 of them children, and burned down a whole city >block! > >If you're somebody who's been abused by the cops and the courts, or >somebody >who has a loved one or a friend that has suffered this kind of abuse or >just >somebody who thinks this kind of injustice is wrong and must be stopped, > >then you have to do two things. You have to join the fight to stop the >execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. We can't let the authorities silence this >powerful voice against injustice. We need to get Mumia back out on the >streets with us, helping to build a powerful movement to stop police >brutality. You need to add your voice to those crying out, "Free Mumia >Abu-Jamal!" > >And you need to join the thousands of people of all races and from many >different backgrounds who will take to the streets in cities across the >country on October 22nd, the National Day of Protest to Stop Police >Brutality. Together we will demonstrate. Many, many people will wear >black >in solidarity with the protests and in memory of the victims of the >cops. >And together we will say in a loud voice, "Stop Police Brutality, >Repression >and the Criminalization of a Generation!" Join us. > >100 CITIES FOR MUMIA >SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th > >This is a short list! For a full listing, see >http://mojo.calyx.net/~refuse/mumia/demos.html > >Atlanta, GA >2:00--6:00 PM-Mumia Awareness Festival; Coan Park on Boulevard Drive, >1/2 >mile east of Moreland Ave. in Kirkwood. Many bands, spoken word, AIM >drummers, mural artists. Speakers: Councilman Michael Julian Bond, David > >Gunn, Jr. and speakers from SCLC, Rainbow Coalition, Amnesty Int'l info: > >770-989-2536, 404-239-8054 > >Chicago, IL >11:00 AM-March & Rally-Three feeder marches start at State/Lake, >11th/State, >Van Buren/Clark-Rally 1:00 PM in Federal Plaza, Adams/Dearborn info: >Chicago >Committee To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal 773-381-6507 > >Detroit, MI >1:00 PM-Leaflet on the Avenue of Fashion. Meet at 1pm at McDonalds at 6 >Mile >and Livernois info: 313-628-4932, 313-831-0750, 313-338-1850, >313-869-8383 > >Los Angeles, CA >10:00 AM-DEMONSTRATION/RALLY South Central L.A.'s Leimert Park, at 43rd >and >Degnan at 11:00am (gather at 10:00am). >7:00 PM-DEMONSTRATION/RALLY >Le Conte and Westwood info: 323-653-4510, 310-397-6801, or 310-649-0357. > >New York, NY >12:00 NOON-Times Square March for Mumia: Assemble: 12 Noon at Harlem >State >Office Bldg, 125th St. & Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. March to Columbus >Circle >begins at 1:00 pm: Assemble 2:30pm at Columbus Circle, 59th St. & 8th >Avenue-March to Times Square begins at 3:30 pm info: Free Mumia >Abu-Jamal >Coalition 212-330-8029 or December 12th Movement 718-398-1766 > >Philadelphia, PA >12:00 NOON-"Philadelphians for Mumia" near FOP headquarters, Broad & >Spring >Garden info: 215-476-8812 > >San Francisco Bay Area, CA >11:00 AM-Caravan For Mumia-Taking The Truth To The Community-Join with >scores of cars, bicyclists, bladers and boarders as three caravans will >wind >their way through important communities in San Francisco. Help >distribute >the truth of Mumia, his case, and the need to mobilize for a new trial >and >to Stop The Execution! Meet at 11:00 am at the following locations: Bay >View >Playground-Third St. between Armstrong and Carroll-Marina Green Parking >lot >at Marina Boulevard and Filmore-George Washington High School, Geary >between >30th and 32nd Avenues in the Richmond District-Call the Mobilization to >Free >Mumia Abu-Jamal at 415-695-7745 for more information. > >... and much more! Check the web for details about other cities, such as > >Houston, Green Bay, Santa Cruz, Pensacola, DC. Other countries: Holland, > >Norway, Germany, UK. > >(end) > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >(We do not endorse, choose, or receive any compensation for the ads in >the emails. 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