[2593] in peace2
pre-emptive arresting of citizens
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Tue Jun 24 17:48:04 2003
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:47:43 -0400
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
Please make a few calls if you can, find someone with free long distance
minutes to burn, perhaps?
Remind our law enforcement officials Dissent is not terrorism,
refer them to Amendment 1, etc...
In hope,
Aimee
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Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:55:08 -0400
Subject: pre-emptive arresting of citizens
Subject: [GPOC] Re: pre-emptiv arresting citizens
> planning protest
> >'Pre-Emptive' Arrests Of Citizens Planning Public
> Protest
> >
> > From Pamela Valenti
> >5-19-3
> >
> >Mitchel Cohen & Brian Tokar, writing from the
> BioDevastation Conference
> >against Genetic Engineering in St. Louis, home of
> Monsanto:
> >
> >At least 20-30 people have been arrested and we
> need your help. Police
> >invaded two known movement homes this morning,
> apparently in "pre-emptive
> >raids" to prevent their attendance at Sunday's
> demonstration against the
> >World Agricultural Forum.
> >
> >Others were taken into custody while riding their
> bicycles to the
> >BioDevastation gathering at Forest Park Community
> College, and the police
> >have left the bicycles lying along the road. Sarah
> Bantz - organizer for
> >MORAGE and a speaker at the BioDevastation
> conference - was arrested for
> >having a container of Vitamin C capsules, which
> police are claiming to be an
> >illegal drug.
> >
> >Police have also entered the Randall Building,
> office of the Gateway
> >Greens/Green Party USA, St. Louis IndyMedia, the
> Confluence newspaper, and
> >other organizations, searching for violations and
> who knows what else.
> >
> >For the last two weeks, the St. Louis police have
> been spreading rumors of
> >Seattle-like violence in order to ratchet up the
> levels of tension,
> >rationalizing their procurement of riot gear and
> new crowd control weapons.
> >
> >We are asking EVERYONE to call the Chief of Police
> Joe Mokwa, at (314)
> >444-5624 and demand their immediate release and
> stop their harassment of the
> >movement against genetic engineering and corporate
> agribusiness.
> >
> >We understand that the police may hang up as people
> try to call the above
> >number. Other numbers for police are (314) 444-5555
> and (314) 231-1212.
> >
> >Thank you, and please spread the word.
> >
> >
> >Disclaimer
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> >http://www.rense.com
> >
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