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An elaborate prison escape involving two black liberation members from the Brooklyn House of Detention. Juan Pedro Mengues and Melvin Kearney were able to escape using a makeshift rope made of sheets. Sadly, Melvin fell to his death, Juan was captured running to the getaway car. The BLA statement takes credit and criticizes the treatment of political prisoners.
Interview with just captured Pat Swinton, who explains her experiences in Rikers Island prison, gaining bail, her goals to keep the movement going in Vermont, and the unjust ways political prisoners are being treated.
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