[Boston-wkg-video] 3/13 - Defend the Somerville 5

[Sofia JarrinT]

hi,
  
  Would anyone be available/interested next Monday to videotape the court  picketing? This case has received very negative local coverage from  corporate media.
  
  peace,
  Sofia

Phebe Eckfeldt <peckfeldt at oeb.harvard.edu> wrote:  Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 15:07:08 -0500
To: sofiajt at yahoo.com
From: Phebe Eckfeldt <peckfeldt at oeb.harvard.edu>
Subject: Fwd: DRAFT 3/13 - Defend the Somerville 5

    Fwd: DRAFT 3/13 - Defend the Somerville  5  Hi Sofia,  

          Hope  you are well.  It would be great if SCAT could cover both the  court picket and also the concert.  Let me know if you want to do  an interview with anyone.  Take care,
  Phebe
  

  
  Hands Off  Our Youth!
  Stop Racial Profiling! Stop Police Brutality!
  Defend the Somerville 5!     Police  brutality has reached epidemic proportions in the communities of color  in Boston.  Police attacks and police terror against youth of  color are an everyday occurrence.  While the U.S. enters its  third year of war against the people of Iraq, they are at the same  time waging war against poor people and people of color here at home.   The billions of dollars used to kill Iraqi people are stolen from us  in the form of huge cuts in funding to our schools, housing, food,  childcare, healthcare, jobs, etc.  The Pentagon and Bush are  wiping out the future for our youth.  The only thing they can  offer is jails and the military.  Let's stand up and defend our  youth! Join us at the March 18 Rally/March to Stop the Violence -  Stop the War at Home & Abroad - http://www.brphrd.com.     Picket  and Pack the Court!
  Drop all Charges NOW against the Somerville 5!
  Monday, March 13, 2006 - Trial Starts!
  8:30 AM, Cambridge District Court
  40 Thorndike St.     We need the  largest presence possible on this date to express our outrage at the  railroading of these five young Black men. 
  The Somerville 5 are five young Black men ranging from 15 to 18 years  old, students at Somerville High School (SHS), who went out the night  of April 20, 2005 to enjoy a carnival in Medford, MA.  But the  night turned into one of horror that changed their lives forever.   They were beaten, maced, arrested and psychologically traumatized by  10 white Medford police then charged with numerous crimes.  What  was an unprovoked police attacked by racist cops was quickly covered  up.  The police, courts, D.A., local media and press and  education officials have all worked together to frame-up these young  men who have no prior record and are good students and  athletes.      
  Tell District Attorney Martha  Coakley:
  Drop ALL Charges NOW against the Somerville 5!!
  Phone, fax, letter campaign.  Voice your protest!
  Phone: 617-494-4300, 617-679-6500 or 617-679-6522
  Or Fax 617-225-0871     
  "The Fight for Justice!" A  Benefit Concert for the Somerville 5
  Saturday, March 25       
  Ticket locations;
  City Councilor Chuck Turner's office
  51 Roxbury St.
  Roxbury
  617-427-8100     Nova  Sheen
  417 Blue Hill Ave.
  Dorchester, MA
  617-442-0488     If you can't  come to the concert, please make a donation.      If you have  been a victim of police brutality or racial profiling, come and speak  out!  Take a stand with others and fight  back!  

  

		
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