Philly Update

[Joe R. Golowka]

BREAKING NEWS
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2000
10:15pm   WR2K will be interviewing one of the first activists released from
the Roundhouse holding facility within the hour, along with the other
activists and supporters that are holding a rally in support of those still
imprisoned. The protestors have declared that they will remain in front of
the Roundhouse until the prisoners are released and are encouraging others
to join them.
10:00pm   Activists in gas masks are moving down Juniper street. Two
squadrons of bike cops are reported to be moving in to intercept them.
6:45pm   According to a report from within the Roundhouse, detainees had not
eaten in 10 hours and the police have suspended bathroom "priviledges".
6:30pm   Police are sweeping areas center city, arresting people on sight.
There are multiple reports of unjustified car and pedestrian stops, often
involving intimidation, searches, and occasionally violence.
6:00pm   Police have been seen sending arrest squads to the area around
16th, 17th, Market, and Chestnut.
5:00pm   Orderly protest focused on freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal on the 500 block
of Market.
2:55pm   Medics have reported having their bags dumped at the Roundhouse.
2:45pm   Sixty riot police are converging on 6th and Race.
2:35pm   Tactical teams of men in fatigues have been sigthed at 7th and
Arch.
2:27pm   At 12th and Race, police cornered IMC reporters, prevented them
from reporting, tried to disable their cameras, and hit a reporter in the
face.
2:22pm   Two reports of plainclothes police officers following IMC
reporters.
2:15pm   One person was harrassed by police at 7th and Race for not having
ID. There is a possibility of arrest.
1:30pm   70+ dressed in red on south side of City Hall.
1:20pm   75+ heading west on Arch and 5th.
1:00pm   100+ activists gathering at 15th and Market.
12:45pm   35+ protestors crash George W. Bush's Luncheon at Convention Hall
(12th and Arch).
12:45pm   25+ protestors crash Anti-Abortion Luncheon on South Broad Street
(Broad & Sansom). Huge police presence.
12:30pm   Wages for Housework Campaign march gets under way with 50+
participants and a giant puppet on 2nd and Walnut.
10:30am   John Sellers (Ruckus Society coordinator) is being arrested at
15th and JFK.
10:30am   Police enter the R2K legal offices at 12th and Vine. police have
left the building, but a raid later today is suspected.
10:00am   Hundreds gathering in front of Citicorp Bank to protest
neo-liberal economic policies.
7:35am   Two female prisoners jailed at Roundhouse on 8th and Vine will be
interviewed LIVE between 8am and 8:30am on Democracy Now. Click "Listen to
us" at the top of the Democracy Now page to listen.
1:55am   There are numerous reports of ongoing police brutality from
activists imprisoned at the Roundhouse Philadelphia Prison.
1:02am   Activists being detained at the Roundhouse are engaging in a hunger
strike, and are demanding equal treatment, that the charges against them be
dropped, and immediate release.

Joe R. Golowka
End the American Police State!
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