On Fri, 04 Aug 2000 10:57:03 -0700 Claudia K White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Activist Mailing List - http://get.to/activist --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 05:16:43 From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] STOP NATO: !NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM http://www.newsday.com/ap/text/topnews/ap237.htm AP Top News Philly Protest Leader $1M Bail Set by JENNIFER BROWN Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A judge as set a $1 million bail for a Berkeley, Calif., man whom police have identified as the leader of the protests this week surrounding the Republican National Convention. John Sellers, 33, a leader of the Ruckus Society, which runs training sessions for demonstrators, was arrested Wednesday morning whiled walking along a city street, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News reported Friday. The group was instrumental in the disruptions at last fall's meeting in Seattle of the World Trade Organization. Sellers was charged with possession of an instrument of crime, obstruction of justice, obstructing a highway, failure to disperse, recklessly endangering another person and conspiracy. Officials were not specific about the allegations. ''He sets the groundwork. He sets the stage,'' Assistant District Attorney Cindy Martelli said during his bail hearing Thursday. ''He facilitates the more radical elements to accomplish their objective of violence and mayhem.'' While Tuesday was a wild day for street demonstrations in Philadelphia, with some 300 protesters arrested in sometimes violent brawls with police, the intensity of the protests diminished significantly the remainder of the week. In a news briefing Thursday, Police Commissioner John F. Timoney spoke of ''some arrests effected in the Center City area that included some of the so-called leaders.'' He declined to provide details but insisted that no pre-emptive arrests had been made ''just to take the leaders out.'' Sellers' attorney, Lawrence Krasner, said he was astonished at the high bail, calling it ''like nothing I've ever seen in my life.'' ''This is a desperate effort to systematically punish these people without a trial, to lock them up, keep them off the streets,'' Krasner said. But even their critics admit the Philadelphia police force did a pretty good job handling protests surrounding the Republican convention. ''We didn't have the worst of what happened in Seattle,'' said Stefan Presser, legal director of the local American Civil Liberties Union. ''We didn't have mace. We didn't have tear gas. We didn't have people swept up who had nothing to do with the demonstrators.'' It's quite a change for the often criticized force, which was embarrassed just last month when several officers were caught on videotape kicking and beating suspect Thomas Jones. ''I'm certainly not proud of them, but they were more subdued than I expected compared to the reputation of Philadelphia,'' protester Bernadette Moreno, 18, of Pittsburgh, said Thursday. That's high praise from a protester for a force with a history of brutality, corruption and racism dating back to the mid-1970s. ''It was obvious they knew what they were doing. That's a big change for Philadelphia,'' said Temple University professor James Fyfe, a former New York City police officer. ''In a way the Jones situation had a good effect because the cops were very concerned of the criticism.'' Philadelphia NAACP President J. Whyatt Mondesire agreed that police officers seem to have taken a lesson from the videotaped beating. ''As incredible as it sounds, the beating of Thomas Jones probably saved these kids a couple of beatings, a couple of lumps,'' said Mondesire, one of the most vocal critics of police for the Jones' beating. Presser accused police of partially inciting Tuesday night's violence by raiding a warehouse that protesters had used as a staging area. About 70 people were arrested at the site, which organizers said was used for making signs and puppets. Timoney dismissed Presser's accusation and defended the warehouse arrests. ''I've been assured we have probable cause to make those arrests,'' he said. Also Thursday, the Rev. Al Sharpton led a march of about 50 protesters in front of the Philadelphia district attorney's Office, criticizing the Jones beating. 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