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>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: Rabble Rousers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Fwd: Wobbly tortured by police (fwd)
>> Date: Sat, 4 Dec 1999 17:57:45 -0800 (PST)
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>>Fellow Workers,
I just caught up with a FW from Olympia today, Thursday, December 2nd. I
did not get a chance to talk with her for very long, but she was visably
shaken. She is very concerned about her anonyminity at this point. I
will call her FW Marie. FW Marie was one of the first people arrested
here in Seattle. Her and her partner were arrested by themselves.
Keeping with the tactic of non-compliance, they refused to surrender any
information to the police. This tactic is used to block up the system
and promote widespread solidarity within jail.
To break FW Marie down, the Seattle Police Department strapped her to a
chair and beat her. They kicked her while lying prone on the floor. These
officers isolated the two from each other and while alone in her cell,
they threatened to strip her naked and periodically would unbuckle
the harness she was wearing intimidating her with the threat of gang
rape. She continued to refuse to give any information even as being
peppersprayed.
Another group of people was brought in and the FW Marie and her partner
were integrated with this new group. This new group did not know anything
about jail solidarity and gave the police all the information they asked
for.
When FW Marie and her partner began coaching the new arrestees on jail
Solidarity, they were again thrown in isolation and beaten. They were
left in solitary for 18 hours.
When the entire group was brought before the court, it was found that FW
Marie and her partner were not registered in the jail. There were no
records of their arrest nor any official documentation of their presence.
Using this disappearing act, similar of Chile, Argentina and Brasil, the
only people who knew of their presence, were the police officers
conducting the torture. She and her partner were immediately released
into the downtown region of Seattle, traumatized and in the middle of a
riot.
FW Marie made her way back to the Direct Action Network HQ and was safe
as of 9 am Thursday. This account is to the best of my knowledge of what
was directly related to me. I am hoping that FW Marie will make her own
statement when she feels able.
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One note for all FW's... I am writing much of this on the fly, since this
situation is very fluid and I need to move fast and often. The
Independant Media Center is not in any immediate danger, as a matter of
fact, Ralph Nader is 10 feet away speaking out against WTO right now.
The problem is editing. If you can edit length and grammer for
redistribution to more media that would be great. We are hard pressed
here and are constantly in the streets and on the phones. Ron Judd, Pres
of the SCLC had his office call the IWW to request their presence at the
big march tomorrow.
Wish us luck, I hope someone is collecting video, I have got some great
stuff shot by the IMC. Check out the stream video on indymedia.org for
some great stuff.
More later
Eric in O... errr Seattle
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fyi:
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Got this from another list, the visual picture made my day. Car.
Earlier today Natives joined the march that started in front the of labor
temple in downtown Seattle's No Protest Zone. Natives who'd been
attending the Indigenous Environmental Network and the Seventh Generation
Fund's conferences held at Seattle University went to the streets today.
They were marching in front of the labor group when the police in their
full riot gear tried to stop them. The Natives in the front line came to a
halt, the others behind them kept drumming and singing. The front line
Natives reached forward and tapped the police on their helmets with their
coup sticks, sticking them each three times. The police were confused, and
I think labor was a bit confused. The police opened their lines and the
march continued on their way. I think this will remain on of my favorite
stories of the "Battle in Seattle." I have more stories, and will tell
more if'n people want to hear them.
Thanks for listening....
LS&R, Sue
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