Ten Native Youth facing Death Penalty NorCal AIM, Bay Area AIM and Nevada AIM call an EMERGENCY ALERT AND MEETING
On Monday the 24th of June the Carson City Ten were denied a continuance in court. They have already been convicted of 1st degree murder in the racist media and the white supremacist court system is speeding ahead with another railroad. These youth are not guilty or responsible for a murder. They are heroic for standing up for our people. On July 22 the first four are going to trial and if convicted they face the death penalty or double life. We call upon all Indians, all progressive organizations, all movement members and allies to support our youth and their families by:
1. Forwarding this message widely.
2. Providing monetary or legal support.
3. If you live in the area, attending an emergency meeting this Sunday, June 30th in San Jose,CA, at the Legal Aid Society at 480 North 1st street at 2pm. (take Hy 101 to San Jose, exit at 1st Street in downtown San Jose and go North, the building is before Santa Clara St)Two of the defendants and one of their families will be in attendance! Park in the back of the building and enter from the back.
4. Praying for our indigenous families.
For more info call:
James Cosner, Bay Area AIM, at 510-836-4321, or 831-419-3895 (cell)
Paula and Russell Redner, NorCal AIM, at 415-648-5936
Rocky and Terry Boice, Nevada AIM, 775-883-6505
Background information: On Aug. 23 1998 Jessica Evans, a young Native woman was battered by gang members from a group called the Eastside tokers. She called the police as and they further disrespected her and threatened her with arrest. She then told some of her relations about the incident and they acted to go confront the abusers. A fight broke out and some people were injured yet not killed. The police arrived after most had left the scene. In their own reports the one who died was walking around at the time the police entered the scene. Sammy Resendez, the cofounder of the eastside tokers, dies the next day and approximately twenty native youth are rounded up as suspects from the surrounding area. After weeding out, ten native youth are charged with his killing, including a fourteen year-old and two young women. The medical report states that he died either from a head injury or a crushed windpipe. The forensic report is "lost" and Mr. Resendez' body is promptly sent to Mexico and cremated. The youth claim innocence of murder and the facts speak for themselves. Now the system wants to legally lynch all ten. There is much more to this case. Please get the facts and act.
-- Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchyfaq.org
"If the Nuremberg laws were applied today, then every Post-War American president would have to be hanged." - Noam Chomsky