[Ppnews] Ojore Lutalo Released on Bail

[Political Prisoner News]

As of 9:30pm Mountain Time, Ojore is out and on his way to Denver. Thanks
to everyone that helped make that possible.

Bond was posted at the cost of $4,500. This cost has been fronted by 
various amazing folks from across the country,
but much of this money is being loaned. Ojore is in major need of
donations to help pay these loans back!

The Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross Federation is accepting donations
for this effort. Donations can be sent via paypal to: 
<mailto:timABCF at aol.com>timABCF at aol.com

Ojore's court date will be February 5th.

- ABCF


URGENT: Anarchist and former Black Liberation political prisoner, 
Ojore Lutalo arrested in La Junta Colorado!

By Anonymous
Created Jan 28 2010 - 6:24pm

Update:

Ojore had an arraignment this morning, Thursday January 28, at 11 am 
in the La Junta City Courthouse. Ojore was formally charged with 
"Interfering with Public Transportation,"a class 3 felony, based on 
allegations from train passengers that  Ojore made "terroristic 
threats against the train" while on a personal phone call while he 
was a passenger the Amtrak train. Ojore has said that he was having a 
political conversation with a friend at the time.

The prosecution initially asked for a $50,000 bond citing Ojore's 
previous "criminal" background and imprisonment as well as him being 
an out of state resident.

The defense argued for a $1,000 bond citing Ojore's links to the 
Denver community and housing available to him as well as his previous 
imprisonment being a "politically biased imprisonment".

The judge ruled that Ojore's bond would be set at $30,000, justifying 
this amount because Ojore is an out of state resident, and in 1982 
Ojore was convicted of a failure to appear charge and presently posed 
a flight risk due to this history.

Denver Anarchist Black Cross Federation members were present for the 
hearing and are presently in La Junta working to bail him out. A 
bondsmen has been secured that will post bond for Ojore at the cost 
of $4,500. This cost has been fronted by various amazing folks from 
across the country, but much of this money is being loaned. Ojore is 
in major need of donations to help pay these loans back!

The Philadelphia Anarchist Black Cross Federation is accepting 
donations for this effort. Donations can be sent via paypal to: 
<http://us.mc1136.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=timABCF@aol.com>timABCF at aol.com 
[2]

Initial post:

Ojore Lutalo is an anarchist and black liberation warrior that was a 
member of a Black Liberation Army formation. He was imprisoned in 
1977 for expropriating funds from a bank for revolutionary 
activities. He was paroled in 1980, and was re-arrested in 1982 for 
allegedly assaulting and robbing a drug dealer to also fund 
revolutionary activities. He was widely recognized as a political 
prisoner and prisoner of war.

This is what supporter and longtime comrade Bonnie Kerness of the 
recently founded Newark ABCF, of which Ojore is a member says:
"Ojore won release via a court order in August of 2009. He is not 
under any parole supervision. He took an Amtrak to Los Angeles on 
January 19th, arriving on the morning of January 22nd. He spent four 
days there, beginning his return trip home to New Jersey on Amtrak on 
Monday evening, January 25th. He was arrested Tuesday night, January 
26th while aboard Amtrak and taken to a facility in La Junta, 
Colorado. He was charged with "endangering public transportation". 
When he called me the afternoon of January 27th, he said he had no 
idea of the basis of the charges. He had already been on the train 
for over 24 hours. His court hearing will be tomorrow on January 28th 
at 11 a.m. in La Junta, Colorado. One officer told him that his bail 
would be $10,000.00 and he would need a place to stay if he could 
make bail. (Denver ABCF has committed to housing him after his 
release and through this process.)

"I am not exactly sure who arrested him, but this isn't an 
immigration case. He is physically okay. In my 24 years of monitoring 
his situation, since 1986, harassment for his radical belief system 
has been constant. Any help would be deeply appreciated."

If you can help with donations for Ojore's bail, please contact 
Denver ABCF ASAP at 
<mailto:denverabc at rocketmail.com>denverabc at rocketmail.com [3], or 
call Dave from the Denver ABCF at 785-840-5080. We are sending a 
delegation to his arraignment tomorrow, and need to scrape together 
any funds that we can before then. However, if you are receiving this 
message late, or can't donate for a couple days, please don't 
hesitate to contact us. Every dollar will help.





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