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Envelope-to: claude@freedomarchives.org<br>
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</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2><b>Freedom for Gary Freeman
Vigil<br><br>
</b>Join Family & Friends of Gary Freeman and
<a href="http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/">No One Is Illegal</a> in a
Freedom for Gary Freeman Vigil on <b>Thursday, September 6, 5:30 -
7pm</b>, in front of the United States Consulate (360 University Avenue,
north of Queen Street West).<br><br>
Gary Freeman has lived the past 30+ years in Canada. Married to a
Canadian, together they have raised a son and three daughters to be
respected young adults. A mentor and friend to the young and old, Gary
has always promoted social justice and viewed every human being as worthy
of respect. <br><br>
It concerns us that after 35 years, Gary, an African-American man who
escaped the U.S. after facing racial persecution, should face return to
Chicago at the hands of a police department recently implicated in
torture by the infamous Burge report. The report by special Chicago
prosecutors belatedly appointed to investigate charges of police torture
in the Chicago South Side district confirmed Chicago police tortured and
brutalized African-American men for more than 20 years. <br><br>
Yet, despite the confirmation by internal investigations of horrific
atrocities committed against African-American men, none of the police
responsible for hundreds of acts of torture will face prosecution for
using illegal techniques like electrical shocks to the genitals, Russian
roulette, suffocation and mock executions (among others). Prosecutors
claim these crimes against humanity cannot be prosecuted because the
cases are too old and the statue of limitations has expired. Some of the
police officers involved have been promoted and are still with the same
Chicago police department. <br><br>
Yet, Chicago seeks the extradition of Gary Freeman who is a victim of
racial and political persecution for an incident which took place in this
same South Side district of Chicago in 1969. He has always maintained his
innocence, and there is a litany of missing and mishandled evidence. He
was a victim of police brutality and he came to Canada because he didn't
want to die - he came to Canada to survive. Gary too was a victim of
Chicago police brutality and racism in 1969 on the streets of
Chicago.<br><br>
We demand freedom for Gary Freeman!<br><br>
Freedom for Gary Freeman Vigil<br><br>
Thursday, September 6, 2007<br>
5:30 - 7pm<br><br>
United States Consulate <br>
360 University Avenue (north of Queen Street West)<br><br>
Stop the Extradition of Gary Freeman!<br><br>
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<a href="http://www.freemandrum.org">www.freemandrum.org</a><br><br>
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