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Urgent Call To Action -- FTAA
ruby - 26.11.2003 01:57

Unjustly jailed FTAA protesters need your support to get everyone out of jail and get all charges dropped. Send a free fax to Miami City Mayor below or make calls!

To send a free fax to the Miami City Mayor demanding that all charges be dropped for ftaa protesters and that everyone be released:  http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=245&source=19



Please Post Widely

Urgent Call to Action: FTAA Protesters Brutalized in Miami!

This week thousands of protestors came to Miami to oppose the FTAA. The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas is an international trade agreement that aims to extend corporate control throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Prior to the mass action there was a calculated campaign on the part of the police to intimidate and harass protestors. One officer characterized this campaign by saying “You can beat the rap, but not the ride”.

As we feared, our protests were met by a massive show of state repression, backed by $8.5 million in US Government funding. Miami Police Commissioner John Timoney oversaw a massive, paramilitary assault on our constitutional and human rights.

Protestors were attacked by police wielding batons, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber, wooden, and plastic bullets and other chemical agents. Over 100 protestors were treated for injuries; 12 were hospitalized. Police dispersed large groups of peaceful protestors with tear gas, pepper spray and open fire. Small groups leaving the protests were harassed, arrested and beaten. This campaign of fear and intimidation culminated in the closure and militarization of downtown Miami. There were confirmed reports of military tanks patrolling the streets after dark on Thursday night.

Our legal team estimates more than 250 arrests. People have become political prisoners and are being held in jail. More than 50 of them were arrested while holding a peaceful vigil outside the jail in solidarity with those inside. They were surrounded by riot police and ordered to disperse. As they did, police opened fire and blocked the streets preventing many from leaving.

We are now receiving reports from people being released or calling from jail that there is excessive brutality, sexual assault and torture going on inside. People of color, Queer and transgender prisoners are particularly being targeted. There is a confirmed report of one Latino man arrested along with 62 others outside Miami-Dade County Jail Friday, who is currently hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit for an injury he received after being beaten in the head with night stick by an arresting officer.

People have also been denied access to attorneys, visitation rights, vegetarian or vegan food, and access to essential medication and medical attention. We call on people from around the globe to take action immediately to support our sisters and brothers who are being unfairly arrested and brutalized. ‘’

We are calling for three immediate actions:

1) Call, fax, email elected officials with the demands listed below. Contact information below.

2) Money is urgently needed to get people out of jail. They are making everyone post between $100 - $5000 I in bail. We are working with bail bondsmen, but this is not enough. Send money to cover legal and jail-support expenses including: bail, getting people rides back home and other legal costs. Please send money to: United for Peace and Justice. Online donations are possible at www.unitedforpeace.org/ftaadonate You can also mail a check or money order to: United for Peace and Justice/FTAA Fund P.O. Box 607, Times Square Station, New York, NY 10108. Please specify Legal Fund in the memo field:

3) Global Day of Action on Monday at any time and any appropriate location. This could be US Embassies, Departments of Justice or FBI offices


THESE ARE OUR DEMANDS:
Drop all charges.
Release all political prisoners.
Meet basic human needs: no more brutality, provide appropriate food, access to medicine and medical attention, warm clothing.
Provide access to attorneys and visitation rights.
Provide equitable treatment to all prisoners.
Do not share information collected with the INS.
Fire Chief Timoney

Many thanks for your support. It is urgently needed.

In solidarity,
Direct Action Contingency, Miami

To send a free fax:  http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?ID=245&source=19

PLEASE CALL AND WRITE:

MANUEL A. DIAZ, Mayor, City of Miami
305.250.5300 305.375.5071
 mayor@miamidade.gov OR  mannydiaz@ci.miami.fl.us

ALEX PENELAS, Mayor, Miami-Dade County
305.829.9336 home 305.375.5071 office

Chief of Staff: Francois Illas  Fillas@ci.miami.fl.us

KATHERINE FERNANDEZ RUNDLE State Attorney
305.547.0100

JOHN TIMONEY, Chief of Police
305-673-7925 305-579-6565

OTHER NUMBERS Local media has been grossly biased in their coverage. While this is somewhat to be expected, the following are numbers that people can call to voice frustration.
CBS4: 305-639-4551, 305-639-4601, 305-639-4426
WPLG channel 10: 305-576-6397
WSUN Fox: 954-524-0388 (Rosh Lowe)

Miami Jail Information: To track people in the system try: www.miami-dadeclerk.com

Miami-Dade Jail (felonies)
Facility Supervisor: Captain E. Cambridge
Address: 1320 NW 13 Street Miami, FL. 33125
Facility Phone: (786) 263-4100

Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (misdemeanors)
Facility Supervisor: Captain M. Fernandez
Address: 7000 NW 41 Street Miami, Fl. 33166
Facility Phone:(305) 470-7600

Carlos Alvarez, Director of Metropolitan Sheriff Department
Miami-Dade Police Department
9105 Northwest 25th Street Miami, FL 33172-1500
USA Telephone: +1-305-471-2100
Fax: +1-305-471-2163

OTHER CONTACT NUMBERS OF CITY OFFICIALS:

ALEJANDRO VILARELLO City Attorney 305-416-1800

JOHNNY WINTON, Miami City Commissioner
305.858.7344 home 305.250.5333 office

Commissioner Johnny L. Winton
E-mail:  jwinton@ci.miami.fl.us

KATY SORENSON, Miami Dade County Commissioner
305.375.5218 or 305.378.6677

Commissioner Angel Gonzalez
E-mail:  agonzalez@ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)250-5430

Commissioner Joe M. Sanchez
District 3
E-mail:  jsanchez@ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)250-5380

Commissioner Tomas P. Regalado
District 4
E-mail:  tr@ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)250-5420

Commissioner Arthur Teele, Jr.
District 5 E-mail:  artteele@ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)250-5390

City Manager Joe Arriola
E-mail:  jarriola@ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)250-5400

City Attorney Alejandro Vilarello
E-mail:  law@ci.miami.fl.us
Telephone: (305)416-1800
City Attorney's Office
444 SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 945
Miami, Florida 33130


 

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