[CIMC-work] (update on arrests of Indymedia reporters) Fw: [imc-us-process] Re: [www-features] Democracy Now!: A Message from DN! ProducerJailed in Miami DuringFTAA Protests

Chris Kaihatsu ckaihatsu at myrealbox.com
Sun Nov 23 12:59:09 PST 2003 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Breitbart" <breitbart at indymedia.org>
To: "Tribal Scribal" <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com>
Cc: <imc-us-process at indymedia.org>; <imc-nyc-editorial at indymedia.org>;
<www-features at indymedia.org>; <ana at indymedia.org>; <imc-us at indymedia.org>;
<imc-ftaa-miami at lists.indymedia.org>; <legal at stopftaa.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:35 AM
Subject: [imc-us-process] Re: [www-features] Democracy Now!: A Message from
DN! ProducerJailed in Miami DuringFTAA Protests


> That letter was fashioned specifically to urge people on the Democracy
Now!
> email list to take the same actions for Mike, Jenny, Justin, and Winter
that
> they took for Ana. Trust me that no one appreciates Indymedia and our work
on
> her behalf more than Ana does.
>
> Mike and Jenny have been released. Winter and Justin have reportedly been
> released. I personally thank every one of you who made a phone call, sent
a fax
> or email, or spread the word.
>
> I would appreciate it if you let me know that you did take some action, or
would
> be willing to do so in the future. Besides wanting to thank you
personally, I
> would like to systematize our response for future cases. Please email me
off
> list (all seven of them).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
>
>
> Quoting Tribal Scribal <valeoftheoaks at hotmail.com>:
>
>
>  "I am out now thanks entirely to the pressure that Democracy Now!
>  supporters and staff put on the jail to release me."
>
>  Huh? What about all the Indymedia workers and readers?
>
>  d.o.
>
>
>
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>  necessary in the political world as storms in the physical world."
>
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>  >From: Ana <ana at indymedia.org>
>  >To: imc-us at indymedia.org,
>  >imc-us-process at indymedia.org,www-features at indymedia.org
>  >CC: legal at stopftaa.org, imc-nyc-editorial at indymedia.org,
>  >imc-ftaa-miami at lists.indymedia.org
>  >Subject: [www-features] Democracy Now!: A Message from DN! Producer
Jailed
>  >in Miami DuringFTAA Protests
>  >Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 23:06:48 -0800
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >Democracy Now!: A Message from DN! Producer Jailed in Miami During FTAA
>  >Protests
>  >
>  >The following is a message written by Democracy Now! producer Ana
Nogueira
>  >who was arrested Friday evening while covering the FTAA protests in
Miami.
>  >We thank the listeners and supporters who responded to our action alert
>  >last night and called officials demanding her release. She was released
>  >early Saturday morning. For full coverage on the FTAA protests tune into
>  >Democracy Now!
>  >
>  >Early this morning I was sitting in a jail cell in Miami, cold, hungry
and
>  >trying to ignore the cockroaches crawling on the floor of the cell. My
>  >clothes had been taken away from me and thrown out because they reeked
of
>  >pepper spray.
>  >
>  >I was arrested because I had not embedded myself with the Police Dept
>  >before doing my job of covering the protests for the nationally
syndicated
>  >public radio and tv program Democracy Now! Instead, I was swept up late
>  >Friday afternoon with about 70 others as we tried to obey an order to
>  >disperse from an "unlawful" jail solidarity rally.
>  >
>  >Mine is not an isolated case. Four other independent reporters were
>  >arrested with me and three of them remain in jail: Jeanette Lee and
>  >Michael Medow, both of Michigan Independent Media Center, as well as an
>  >IMC reporter who goes by the name of Winter. Todd Price, a Madison, WI,
>  >journalist who was formerly the executive director of community
television
>  >station WYOU, was arrested with me but has been released.
>  >
>  >In addition, Justin Lipson of the NYC IMC Video Team was arrested on
>  >Thursday and is being held on a $10,000 bond. Police smashed his camera
>  >and have charged him with two felonies. Miami New Times Staff Writer
>  >Celeste Fraser Delgado was also arrested on Thursday while trying to
>  >interview protesters. Her purse and press credentials were left at the
>  >scene of her arrest.
>  >
>  >I am out now thanks entirely to the pressure that Democracy Now!
>  >supporters and staff put on the jail to release me. If not for all the
>  >emails and phone calls the police received demanding my immediate
release,
>  >I would still be there. However, I am still facing charges and will most
>  >likely have to return to Miami to appear in court.
>  >
>  >I thank everyone who stood up for the right of independent media today
and
>  >harassed the jail until they were forced to release me. But there is
more
>  >we need to do. Our colleagues in Miami are receiving disturbing reports
of
>  >ongoing abuse of prisoners inside the jail, including severe beatings,
>  >being held in a cold room with no toilet, getting cold-showered every
two
>  >hours. People of color and transgender people feel that they were
>  >specifically targeted. We must all act now to demand that the torture
stop
>  >and all charges against the journalists be dropped.
>  >
>  >Please, tell everyone you possibly can to call the numbers below to
demand
>  >the release of Jeanette Lee, Michael Medow, Winter, and Justin Lipson,
the
>  >dropping of all charges against journalists, and the fair treatment of
all
>  >prisoners.
>  >
>  >ACTION:
>  >
>  >Call/Email These Authorities:
>  >
>  >Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK)
>  >305-470-7636 or 305-470-7600 (Press 2 for TGK, then 7 for booking or 9
for
>  >shift commander)
>  >
>  >The Joint Task Force on Law Enforcement
>  >Major Role (cell): 305-216-6594
>  >
>  >FTAA Miami Unified Command Joint Information Center Phone: 305-579-6420
>  >
>  >Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas
>  >mayor at miamidade.gov
>  >
>  >City of Miami Mayor Manuel A. Diaz Telephone: 305-250-5300 E-mail:
>  >mannydiaz at ci.miami.fl.us
>  >Janet Lopez, Director Office of Communications Phone: 305-416-1036
>  >Pager:305-312-2981
>  >
>  >  Tune in to Democracy Now! Radio & TV on Monday for a complete report.
>  >www.democracynow.org
>  >
>  >FTAA IMC in Miami www.ftaaimc.org
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >
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