[2393] in peace2
Clarification about Dan's and my court date tomorrow
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Wed Mar 26 14:27:19 2003
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To: Jan Outcalt <jano@MIT.EDU>
cc: peace-announce@MIT.EDU, no-war@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 26 Mar 2003 13:39:34 EST."
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Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:27:16 -0500
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
Thanks, Jan, for posting this. Just to clarify, Dan Keshet and
myself were detained and then cited for "political solicitation,"
even though Federal Protective Services had allowed the exact
same distribution of know-your-rights cards the previous day in the
very same lobby. The citation is only for a fine and the ACLU has
agreed to help us fight the charge to support the principle of
free speech. Basically, we are very concerned about the trend
against our civil liberties and wanted to fight this ticket
for those reasons.
The following flyer has info and directions:
/afs/athena.mit.edu/activity/m/mit-rnr/supportM27.doc
In hope,
Aimee
> I am reposting this post from Anton as a reminder to those who can
> attend. The hearing is tomorrow a.m. Aimee explained to me that the
> arrest had to do with the fact that the name of a legal aid contact
> was listed on the reverse side of the information handed out. So I
> guess the Boston INS definition of freedom of speech is that we can
> let people know that "maybe they could get some help" but not
> actually explain how.
> Jan
>
> At 5:44 PM -0500 3/18/03, Anton F Van Der Ven wrote:
> >Protest the Targeting of Immigrant Rights Activists--
> >Pack the Courtroom!
> >
> >Thursday, 3/27, 9:30 a.m.
> >Boston Federal Courthouse
> >(Joseph Moakley Courthouse near Fan Pier)
> >
> >On January 10, 2003, immigrant rights activists Aimee Smith and Dan Keshet
> >were detained and cited for handing out information about basic
> >constitutional rights to immigrants at the INS headquarters in Boston.
> >Their actions were part of an ongoing campaign to get necessary legal
> >information to Arab and Muslim men who have been forced to appear to be
> >photographed, fingerprinted and interrogated as part the Special
> >Registration Program--a systematic program of racial profiling and
> >religious persecution--instituted by the Department of Justice in December
> >of 2001.
> >
> >Please help us pack the courthouse for their hearing on Thursday, 3/27, to
> >support the right of freedom of speech and freedom of protest.
