Todd Eaton does well in describing the need to reform the sickness
that afflicts our "justice System", nationally and, for many, locally.
Too many of us become victims without earning its punishment.
So we should all work on curing.
On Aug 30, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Todd Eaton wrote:
> From: NYC OCT 22 TO STOP POLICE BRUTALITY <oct22ny@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [O22-NY] 9/2 - Sit-in for Justice
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:11:08 +0000
>
> SIT IN FOR JUSTICE:
> A Vigil for Political Prisoners & Victims of Police Brutality
> Solidarity with the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike
> Friday, September 2 at 4:00 pm (Rain Date Wednesday September 7 at
> 4:00 pm)
> 100 Centre Street [btw White St. and Leonard St.] in front of the
> entrance to the court house
>
> SitinforJustice[at]gmail.com, RevolutionInUnion.com,
>
> The word "justice" brings to mind ideas of equality, fairness, and
> truth, but this is often far from the reality of the United States
> "justice system."
>
> Police officers, sworn defenders of the people, have committed acts
> of brutality and corruption. An epidemic of violence has claimed 304
> victims since 2001 in New York and New Jersey alone, an overwhelming
> number of which are Black, Latino, and other people of color.
>
> Those who have taken up the fight for the people are often locked
> away on faulty charges, political prisoners in their own country.
> Look no farther than the cases of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Leonard Peltier,
> and Lynne Stewart.
>
> Mumia Abu-Jamal is an investigative journalist and Black Panther who
> has spent the last 29 years of his life in prison for murder, There
> is much evidence suggesting his innocence, and he has since been
> taken off death row. Known as the "voice of the voiceless," Mumia has
> been and continues to be a ringing voice of clarity for many.
>
> Champion of the Native American people, Leonard Peltier is a
> political prisoner from the American Indian Movement . Like Mumia,
> Leonard was likely framed for murder. He has spent the last 35 years
> in prison despite being defended by the likes of Mother Theresa and
> Desmond Tutu. The FBI's handling of the Leonard Peltier case has been
> extremely questionable and provoked cries of injustice from around
> the world.
>
> In prison since 2010, Lynne Stewart is a 71-year-old attorney known
> as "the people's lawyer" who has historically represented poor and
> controversial defendants. She was convicted by George W. Bush's
> cousin in a political witch hunt born from the absurd US "War on
> Terror."
>
> Not only are political prisoners suffering behind bars. On July 1st,
> prisoners in the Security Housing Unit at Pelican Bay State Prison
> went on an indefinite hunger strike in protest of the grossly cruel,
> inhumane, torturous conditions they face everyday. The hunger strike
> spread across the country, and some 6,600 prisoners from 13 prisons
> participated. It is critical that there be a movement of education
> and support for the objectives of the strikers.
>
> IJoin us in holding vigil, where we will learn about how to support
> political prisoners and learn how about how others have affected
> revolutionary change. It is important that the people, including
> those who work for the government, are united in a commitment to
> true justice.
>
> An end to police brutality! i
> An end to torture & isolation!
> An end to corruption and abuses of power!
> Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal!
> Freedom for Leonard Peltier!
> Freedom for Lynne Stewart!
>
>
> SIT IN FOR JUSTICE:
> A Vigil for Political Prisoners & Victims of Police Brutality
> Solidarity with the Pelican Bay Hunger Strike
> Friday, September 2nd, 4 pm (Rain Date Wednesday September 7th, 4
> pm)

> 100 Centre Street, in front of the entrance to the court house
> SitinforJustice[at]gmail.com, RevolutionInUnion.com,
>
> ___________________
>
> Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a
> Generation
> No More Stolen Lives!
>
> http://october22-ny.org
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