Re: Baltimore Police Back-Off From Food-Not-Bombs FWD -- Power To The People Is Here!
Flower Child (nternet@c2i2.com)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:23:14 -0700
Power to the People! It's coming! It's here! Thanks, Internet!
Thanks active people!
Love you all, Flower Child
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Boland <wgcp@earthlink.net>
To: HPN@aspin.asu.edu <HPN@aspin.asu.edu>; hnj-l@iww.org
<hnj-l@iww.org>; gathering@cygnus.com <gathering@cygnus.com>
Date: Tuesday, October 27, 1998 3:54 AM
Subject: Baltimore Police Back-Off From Food-Not-Bombs FWD
>FWD CC Replies to chatski carl <chatski@gl.umbc.edu>
>
>The police had threatened to arrest all people, servers,
homeless, at our
>regular sunday serving (Oct. 26).
>
>We had gotten the word out, and the outpouring of support was
>overwhelming!
>
>Over 150 people showed up in support of Food-Not-Bombs, some
coming from
>as far as Connecticut, Virginia and DC. Within the Baltimore
community
>there were folks from many collectives and groups, including The
Eddie
>Conway Support Committe, Crasshole Collective, International
Friends and
>family of Mumia, Claustrophobia, BERN, AFSC, Amnesty Intn'l,
IWW, ARA
>Anti-Death penalty groups, young people from the surrounding
community,
>etc. Especially significant was the attendence of many for whom
arrest is
>a very serious matter - homeless folks who we hadn't seen in
months came
>from all over the city in support! At least 20 people including
FNB'ers
>where willing to risk arrest by continuing our sharing.
>
>The Police never showed - in uniform - although some experienced
activists
>recognized two men in the crowd as undercover red squad cops.
>
>For the next period of time, extra people will attend the
servings to
>discourage arrests, and support anyone who is arrested. If the
support
>remains strong, we will try to start a second feeding.
>
>Especial thanks go to Max Obuszewski, from the AFSC, for a
>Civil-disobediance training, and to Dwight Sullivan , of the
ACLU, for
>legal support.
>
> - Carl
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