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<font size=3> Date: June 22, 2007 4:46:35 AM EDT<br><br>
Subject: UPDATE-MICHAEL TARIF WARREN & EVELYN WARREN
RELEASED<br><br>
"Round about midnight" People's Attorneys Michael Tarif
Warren and<br>
his wife Evelyn Warren were released to a cheering crowd of<br>
supporters who had come from near and far to stand vigil
demanding<br>
their immediate release. JC, MXG, FIERCE, CAAAV, DECEMBER 12TH<br>
MOVEMENT, INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER, The MUMIA<br>
Coalition, CEMOTAP, Jericho, The Safiya/Nuh Foundation were
present. WBAI<br>
was on the scene with Rosa making sure the news got to the
airwaves.<br>
The Muslim community was also well represented and countless
other<br>
community groups and individuals also represented and came out
strong<br>
for our Sister and Brother lawyers.<br><br>
Tarif has defended many of our political prisoners, done
countless<br>
police brutality cases, unpopular cases like Larry Davis and
El<br>
Sayyid A. Nosair - the accused killer of right wing anti-Arab<br>
extremist Meir Kahane, and countless others. Tarif and Evelyn
have<br>
always stood on solid principles of people power and it was a<br>
wonderful sight to see the response of the people. All Power To
the<br>
people!<br><br>
In the final analysis it was THE PEOPLE who secured the<br>
release of these two fighters. And of course the people's
politician,<br>
Brooklyn City Councilmember, Charles Barron, was there and never
left<br>
their side. 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement lent their support
and<br>
called the Borough Commander to the 77th Precinct - by then
already<br>
swelling to capacity and beyond with The People...and they
kept<br>
arriving. It soon became clear to the Precinct personnel and NYPD
top<br>
brass that no one intended to leave until Michael and Evelyn
were<br>
released. Evelyn was released first. Stoic as she was and
remained,<br>
it was obvious the experience had taken an extreme toll and her
face<br>
was bruised where the police reportedly hit her. Within the hour
after<br>
that, word filtered out that they were considering/planning to<br>
release.<br><br>
Tarif with a "DAT". Still no one moved - and more people
arrived<br>
outside. Then one officer came outside to the vehicle where
Evelyn<br>
was sitting saying she could go inside and sit with her
husband.<br>
Twenty minutes later both walked out surrounded by Charles
Barron,<br>
Attorney Roger Wareham and other attorneys and an elated crowd<br>
shouting "Freedom Fighters" and "Allah Akbar"
and cheering their<br>
release.<br><br>
HERE ARE THE FACTS AS i KNOW THEM SO FAR:<br><br>
Shortly before 6PM Thursday evening Evelyn and Tarif were in their
<br>
vehicle stopped at a traffic light on Vanderbilt and Atlantic<br>
Avenue's in Brooklyn when they saw a young man running with a lot
of<br>
police apparently chasing him. When they catch him and throw him
to<br>
the ground with his hands behind him the Warrens see police
encircle<br>
him and begin to kick him. When they get out of their vehicle
and<br>
begin to approach the scene verbally questioning why the
police<br>
order them to get back in their vehicle.<br>
<br>
After they got back in the vehicle police aggressively
approached<br>
them. When they announce that they are lawyers the officer
reportedly<br>
became irate and began an assault on Tarif. When Evelyn asked
"why<br>
are you doing that?" the cop reportedly hit her in the jaw,
pulled<br>
Tarif out of the vehicle, cuffed him and arrested him. A huge
crowd<br>
had apparently gathered so Evelyn went to speak to witnesses.
When<br>
she tried to take her vehicle and drive off she too was
arrested.<br><br>
i can say for certain that both Tarif and Evelyn were bruised in
the<br>
face and Tarif's clothing appeared torn. Evelyn was charged<br>
with disorderly conduct and Michael Tarif Warren is charged
with<br>
resisting arrest, obstruction of governmental administration
and<br>
disorderly conduct...While misdemeanors, if convicted this
people's<br>
attorney could be disbarred!<br>
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