DEMO: City Attorney's office 312 South Hill St., 2nd Floor, L.A. 90013 Wednesday, October 9th 9:30 a.m.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Bilal Ali <mafundi...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 3:31 PM Subject: Fwd: Kwazi Nkrumah and others up on charges To: John A Imani johnaima...@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <kwazinkru...@aol.com> Date: Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 4:00 AM Subject: Kwazi Nkrumah and others up on charges Comrades, This is nothing but, as said in the below, an attempt to "intimidate those who speak out". Kwazi Nkrumah is a tireless advocate for and participant in the struggle for our rights as human beings. And he has made of himself an example in his coalition-building skills and in fostering inter-organizational cooperation. He deserves all of our support. JAI RAC-LA Dear Friends and Neighbors: After many delays, I am being put on trial in Long Beach today on several false charges brought against me by the Long Beach police stemming from my participation in a protest at the Port of Long Beach nearly 2 years ago, in connection with my work with the Occupy Movement. On Monday of this week I also received a summons to appear at the L.A. City Attorney's offices next Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. to face additional false charges of supposedly organizing a "riot" downtown on August 28th. This supposed "riot" was actually a peaceful, non-violent protest organized by the Martin Luther King Coalition of Greater Los Angeles during the 50th Anniversary Commemorations of the 1963 March on Washington demanding justice for Trayvon Martin and other victims of racial profiling and protesting state budget cuts of essential services to our communities. BOTH OF THESE CASES ARE SIMPLY PART OF A GENERAL ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE CORRUPT AND OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS OF OUR TIMES. THOSE OF US WHO ARE COMMITTED TO CHALLENGING THESE CONDITIONS MUST NEVER ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE INTIMIDATED. UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION EVERY CITIZEN HAS THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO PROTEST POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT WE DISAGREE WITH. EVEN IF WE DID NOT HAVE SUCH PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW, IT WOULD STILL BE OUR MORAL AND POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO! If you are concerned with the protection of our first amendment rights, and especially if you or your organization participated in or supported the MLK Coalition's march and rally downtown on August 28th, I would like to encourage you to join myself, Carolfrances Likins, Joyce Brody and Bilal Ali at our hearing at the City Attorney's office on Wednesday, October 9th at 9:30 a.m. (312 South Hill St., 2nd Floor, L.A. 90013) Let the city attorney's office know that you will not tolerate any attempts to equate non-violent protests with organizing a riot. (Please contact me to let me know of you are interested in attending.) I will post additional information on both cases as I can. --- Kwazi Nkrumah, Co-Chair, Martin Luther King Coalition of Greater Los Angeles (213) 400-9155 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "stopFBILA" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to stopfbila+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- JAI RAC-LA -- JAI RAC-LA
