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From the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement: <br>
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Revolutionary greeting, love, thanks, gratitude and utmost respect to all
of our members, allies, supporters and comrades.<br>
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Lumumba, Dasaw, and Djibril were released because of your work, energy,
love and dedication. Never underestimate the immutable power of a united
people. <br>
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We represented the globe--from Palestine, to Korea, to Nigeria, to
England, to New Afrika. We united across race, ethnicity, nationality,
sexual orientation, identity, gender and class--the very things that
everyone thinks should separate us. <br>
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The two hundred (200) people in that court house yesterday were the face,
heart and blood of our movement. <br>
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The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey once said "CHANCE has never yet
satisfied the hope of a suffering people.Action, self-reliance, the
vision of self and the future have been the only means by which the
oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own
freedom."<br>
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On Wednesday February 9th, we demonstrated that very point--we are
dedicated, organized and ready.<br>
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And we have only just begun.<br>
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Stop Police Brutality<br>
Free All Political Prisoners<br>
Free
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Stiff resistance,<br>
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Meron Wondwosen<br>
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9 February 2005<br><br>
9:37pm<br><br>
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</b><u>CONTACT:<br><br>
</u>asha bandele<br><br>
Malcolm X Grassroots Movement<br><br>
(646) 541-9499<br><br>
asha97@aol.com<br><br>
<a href="http://www.mxgm.org/" eudora="autourl">www.mxgm.org<br><br>
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ORGANIZERS RELEASED,<br><br>
200 SUPPORTERS FILL COURTROOM <br><br>
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The three members of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Lumumba Bandele,
Dasaw Floyd, and Djibril Toure who were arrested in the
Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn just past midnight were released
tonight at approximately 8:30 p.m. The District Attorney's office
requested $1,000 bail for each of the men, but the judge released them
into their own recognizance and set a court date for March 30,
2005. Charges that the three assaulted police officers, resisted
arrest and participated in the obstruction of<b> </b>governmental
administration, still stand.<br><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=3>Early this morning, Bandele,
Floyd and Toure had been driving through their Bedford-Stuyvesant
neighborhood as part of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement program,
CopWatch. CopWatch, a effort to monitor and document police
activities with video cameras, was initiated after the killing of Amadou
Diallo six years ago this month. Diallo, an innocent and unarmed young
man, was shot by members of the NYPD's Street Crimes Unit 41 times as he
stood in the vestibule of his Bronx apartment building.<br><br>
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Kamau Karl Franklin, who together with Bob Boyle and Joan Gibbs,
represented the men, is confident that when all the evidence is
presented, the charges will be dismissed. Monifa Bandele, Lumumba
Bandele's wife, and a founder of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement offered
many "thanks, and much appreciation" to the 200 people who
packed the courtroom tonight, and to all the others who supported her
husband, Toure and Floyd in myriad other ways. "We hope that
people will be able to come out once again on March 30th," she
added. <br><br>
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The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement was officially organized in 1995 as an
attempt to raise awareness about human rights violations in the Black
community. It was part of the coalition of organizations that filed a
lawsuit against the notorious street crimes unit, an effort which
ultimately resulted in the units disbanding. <br>
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