[Boston-wkg-video] Fwd: SOMERVILLE 5, trial starts

[Sofia JarrinT]

How does next Thursday look for everyone? Does that
mean could take a break again this week? (i'm
EXHAUSTED)...

How do you feel doing it in the studio? That means
we'll have 2 weeks to prepare, call volunteers to man
cameras, etc. Or we could be humble and go back to the
hot set...

peace,
sofia

--- Phebe Eckfeldt <peckfeldt at oeb.harvard.edu> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 11:23:01 -0400
> To: sofiajt at yahoo.com
> From: Phebe Eckfeldt <peckfeldt at oeb.harvard.edu>
> Subject: SOMERVILLE 5, trial starts
> 
> Hi Sofia,
> 	Hope you have been well.  Our defense 
> committee for Somerville 5 is alive and active 
> after one year of working on this case.  As you 
> can see from the post below which we put out, the 
> trial for the "adults" starts on May 15.  The DA, 
> the police and the prosecution insist on 
> vengefully pushing this all the way even though 
> they know their case is flimsy to non-existent. 
> The young men are doing well, two are scheduled 
> to graduate in June and hope to go on to college. 
> We want to get the charges cleared away so they 
> can move on with their lives.
> 
> 	We would like to know if you would be 
> interested in doing another show on the case in 
> the next week or so.  We have a group of youth 
> who have been working on the case who would like 
> to be on a show which highlights this case and 
> racial profiling and police brutality.  It is 
> possible that Calvin and Isiah (two of S5) would 
> also like to be on the show.
> 	Please let me know.  thanks alot.
> Phebe
> 
> Support the Somerville Five!
> 
> After more than a year, the first trial for the 
> Somerville Five will finally happen on Monday, 
> May 15th at 9 am at Cambridge District Court, 40 
> Thorndike Street, Cambridge.  (Picket line and 
> press conference start at 8:30 AM).  After being 
> attacked by the Medford Police last April 20, 
> after being suspended from Somerville High 
> School, and after countless pre-trial hearings 
> these five Black youth will finally have a chance 
> to face their attackers!  And we want to be there 
> in full force to demand: Hands off our Youth! 
> Drop ALL charges Now!  Stop the Racist Frame-up!
> 
> "What it took me 18 years to build up, it took 
> those cops 10 minutes to tear down. We can stop 
> racial profiling!" - Calvin Belfon, Sr. (father 
> of two of the Somerville 5)
> 
> 
> The Somerville Five are five young Black men 
> ranging from 15 to 18 years old, students at 
> Somerville High School, 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 racially 
> profiled, 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 
> on innocent young Black men, 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.
> 
> 
> We will put police brutality and racial profiling on
> trial on May 15th.
> 
> o	Join the picket line at Cambridge District Court
> at 8:30 am, May 15th
> 
> Pack the courtroom - attend the trial which is 
> expected to start at 9am.  Trial is expected to 
> last several days.  We will picket every day.
> 
>       	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 617-679-652 Or
> Fax 617-225-0871
> 
> Stop the epidemic of police brutality! Stop 
> racial profiling! Money for books and education, 
> not war and occupation!
> 
> 
> For more info:
> Somerville 5 Defense Committee; Women's Fightback 
> Network; International Action Center, (617) 
> 522-6626  ü  www.iacboston.org  ü  
> iacboston at iacboston.org
> 


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