On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 00:01:17 -0500 (CDT) Lyn Gerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear All,
I am sending this message in the hopes that stations will cover this
incident on their programs. I sure intend to.
Lyn
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: BAN: FBI, DEA, Minneapolis Police Raid Activist House
at ISAG
protestsSisters Camelot House
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 01:08:34 -0400
FBI, DEA, Minneapolis Police Raid Sisters Camelot House at
ISAG protests
(Mpls, MN)
Police and the FBI are waging an undeclared war. It is a war
fought on behalf of powerful corporate interests, fought against
people who are organizing for positive social change. After a
genuine peoples
show of power last November in Seattle, movements for change
have been revitalized, alliances are strengthening, new strategies
are developing, and corporate interests are on the defensive. The
FBI and police, however, are on the offensive, attacking activists,
organizers, and the community infrastructure which supports them.
Over the past few days Minneapolis has witnessed an obscene
undermining of basic constitutional and human rights. The
constitution was shat upon in the days leading up to the protests
against ISAG (International Society for Animal Genetics), as police
openly conspired to rob people of their first-amendment right to
freely assemble. Pepperspray, rubber bullets and clubs were used
brutally against peaceful protesters (and journalists). The FBI has
busied itself by ridiculously turning prankster "stink-bomb"
incidents into "terrorist acts" with "dangerous cyanide". Although
they are providing zero evidence for these outlandish claims, the
uncritical corporate media has eaten every word, resulting in an
effective slander campaign--which has gone nation-wide-- painting
activists as terrorists. Late last night (Monday) after the downtown
protests, the FBI, DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) and
Minneapolis Police raided the Sisters Camelot house, using
terribly brutal force (as is described below in a detailed personal
account of the raid). Sisters Camelot is a non-profit free food
distribution operation, and their house has been a known gathering
place for people who have been organizing to protest ISAG. These
outrageous "law-enforcement" actions have not happened in a
vacuum. Over the past several months there has been a steady,
rapid escalation in the campaign to marginalize activists and to
attack the community infrastructure which supports them. We are
witnessing this in Minneapolis, we are hearing reports of this
across the county. This is a peoples
movement to take back meaningful decision-making power for our
communities. We value everyone who is part of this movement.
We refuse to let anyone in this movement be marginalized. We
value our community resources. We will not just let the power elite
bulldoze our parks (Minnehaha), close down our cooperatives and
collectives (Hard Times Cafe), raid our houses (Sisters Camelot),
jail our friends and make our city into a police state.
Robert Czernick (aka Tumbleweed) was beaten very badly last
night in the raid, and is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow at
1:30PM. Please go to the Hennepin County Government Center to
support him.
Many defendents, arrested yesterday during (and fleeing from) the
protests, are scheduled for arraignment on August 11th, 9AM.
Please support Sisters Camelot in whatever action they choose to
take.
Send legal fund donations to:
Sisters Camelot / Legal Fund
3118 Grand Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55408
Info about the raid:
* A search warrant for the Sisters Camelot house was obtained on
Friday,
July 21 and not used until Monday, July 25 after the protests
against ISAG.
* The warrant was intended to find evidence of drug trafficking.
* Items stolen from house include: three computer hard drives,
Coldwater
Cafe bus, ISAG patches, activist literature, floppy disks, files, etc.
Musical instruments and other personal items were broken.
* Three undercover police officers, who had taken pictures of
activists
at Sunday's march, were present at the raid.
*Eleven people were arrested, some of which were beaten to the
point
that they were unrecognizable. There were many other violations of
basic
constitutional and human rights.
One personal account:
"A large gang of law enforcement busted through the front door of
the Sisters Camelot house screaming and telling people to "get on
your faces". Apparently, no one moved fast enough as the police
threw people down and kicked them.Robert Czernick was referred
to by the police by his nickname "Tumbleweed" and kicked
repeatedly in his face until he stopped moving. When he didn't
answer the police, they shoved their knuckles into his throat and
continued kicking him. When he requested first-aid he was
laughed at. Another person was beaten in the basement by about
ten police officers. "After approximately fifteen minutes of
extremely high tension, they forced us to sit up, covered our heads
with ripped banners (property of people in the house), and
proceeded to tear the house apart. They said they had to cover our
eyes so that we wouldn'
t be able to see their undercover officers. Three or more undercover
officers were present, wearing thick black ski masks and glasses.
"This was all under the pretense of a "drug raid", but they gathered
materials from the ISAG counter-conference and referred to us as
the
"ISAG
bunch". For the next two hours, they consistently brought up
ISAG and
animal
rights issues. They also taunted us about the pet turtle that lives in
the
house and among other things said:
"You're not so tough now, are ya."
"This IS a police state"
"You'll have had this coming for a while."
"Save the turtles!"
"Stop moving or I'll fucking kill you."
"When asked what we were being charged with, they ignored us or refused
to
answer the questions instead citing "you don"t answer our questions, we
won"t
answer yours". They refused to show us a search warrant.
"We sat there for two hours, handcuffed and hooded, all the while being
taunted and degraded by the police. I believe eleven people were
arrested.
Robert Czernik was finally taken out by a police EMT, and the rest
of
us were
transported to the Hennpein County Jail. Two people are still being
held on
"probable cause
for alledged narcotics."
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