[Pnews] Jalil Muntaqim denied parole again

[Prisoner News]

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New York State Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim was recently denied 
parole for the 8th time by the New York State Parole Board. Jalil first 
became eligible for parole in 2002, and has been denied parole from that 
time to the present. At this point there is no longer a need to discuss 
Jalil's accomplishments and why he should be home. Instead, let's talk 
about the forces that are working to influence the parole denials of 
Jalil Muntaqim.

Law Enforcement officials across the country, spearheaded by The New 
York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA), have led a 
nationwide media campaign against Jalil and Herman Bell, his 
co-defendant. The PBA has labeled them in the eyes of the public as 
violent sixties radicals who murdered two NYC police officers in cold 
blood. Police unions in San Francisco, Chicago, New Jersey and Florida 
have all mobilized their ranks and have publicly petitioned the New York 
State Parole Board to deny parole for both Jalil and Herman.

People, you don't have to believe us. You can look on pro police 
websites such as www.sfpoa.org <http://www.sfpoa.org/> and 
www.nycpba.org. 
<http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nycpba.org%2F&h=qAQGX54RL&enc=AZPsd1YZ1CMFF1M1JwmQLOZ5BXM57eeLzInCpficKpA7T5JlVzQk9CrRAhfa9kODlxqzil1kkpeaFJGaXuQ3L3aeot1PQOWiSJVnSSsYlrqKh_ZfzhAXNZ03PcthaGhgNd5CPePzbPYiIr2OPlzXvtNmoBxT2bCJy_3V8ePUASfj6Q&s=1> 
The Fraternal Order of Police, the same group that has lobbied publicly 
for close to three decades for the execution of Mumia Abu Jamal, have 
also lobbied to help keep Jalil and Herman in prison. In fact, Sally 
Velasquez-Thompson: who is an active member of the Fraternal Order of 
Police and the Detective Endowment Association, was one of the parole 
officers assigned to Jalil's parole hearing in 2012.This shows the clear 
connection between the police and parole board. This is similar to the 
parole hearings of The Move 9, where two of the parole officers involved 
in their hearings are former police officers.

People should be outraged by this, especially if you live in New York 
State, because your tax dollars are paying the salaries of these 
legalized terrorists called The New York State Parole Board. Instead of 
the interest of the community calling for parole for Jalil being taken 
into consideration, the opinion of the police --- the same police who 
brutalize , murder, and maim Black ,Latino, and poor whites --- is given 
a platform at Jalil's and other political prisoners parole hearings. 
They get the say so on this because they are the police.

At this point Jalil is not only a us held political prisoner. He is also 
now a hostage of the New York State Parole Board and the New York City 
Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.

This has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with hate and 
vengeance. Jalil is being made to pay for taking a stand against this 
corrupt government just like the rest of our imprisoned freedom fighters 
who took a stand against this rotten corrupt government.

It's time to stand up and fight back. If we are as loving and courageous 
as our Freedom Fighters, we will be able to bring them back to their 
community and their loved ones, where they belong.

The PBA wants to retroactively sentence our beloved Freedom Fighters to 
life with parole, but this is not what the law says. Jalil, Herman Bell, 
Robert Seth Hayes Mohamman Koti and Maliki Shakur Latine have all been 
denied parole multiple times due to the pernicious influence of the PBA 
over the parole board. Even their own propaganda against Jalil proves 
that it is his ideas they are truly afraid of.

The system tries to create the illusion that it is omnipotent, but there 
are a lot of cracks in the wall, so let's keep pushing until all the 
walls come tumbling down!

Free Jalil Muntaqim and All Political Prisoners and POWs!

--- with Siobhan Solidarity 
<https://www.facebook.com/luana.dejesus.5661> and Eseibio Halliday 
<https://www.facebook.com/Eseibio.The.Automatic>.
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Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 
863.9977 www.freedomarchives.org
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