!*URGENT!! DECATUR'S BLR FOUNDERS KIDNAPPED AND JAILED!!

[Michael Novick <mnovick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>X-Sender: nattyreb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 14:09:35
>To: blackpower@xxxxxxxxxxx
>From: Marpessa Kupendua <nattyreb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: !*URGENT!! DECATUR'S BLR FOUNDERS KIDNAPPED AND JAILED!!
>
>DECATUR BLACK LIBERATION RADIO PIONEERS
>
>NAPOLEON WILLIAMS AND MILDRED JONES
>
>URGENTLY NEED YOUR HELP!
>
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>We are calling on *ALL* those dedicated to TRUE JUSTICE
>to FLOOD WITH PHONE CALLS THE OFFICES OF:
>
>JIM RYAN, STATES ATTORNEY
>
>Office Locations:
>
>500 South 2nd Street
>Springfield, IL  62706
>(217) 782-1090 - (General Information)
>
>100 W. Randolph
>Suite 11, 12, & 13
>Chicago, IL  60601
>(312) 814-2503 - (General Information)
>
>AND DEMAND THE RELEASE OF NAPOLEAN AND
>MILDRED JONES!  THEY ARE NOW CHARGING BRO.
>NAPOLEAN WITH "FELONY EAVESDROPPING" BECAUSE
>OF HIS RADIO EQUIPMENT WHICH IS JUST AN EXCUSE
>FOR THEM TO ROLL ALL OVER THESE FOLKS ONCE AGAIN!!
>THIS IS PURE HARRASSMENT AND MUST NOT GO
>UNCHALLENGED!!
>
>PLEASE CALL MACON COUNTY JAIL AT 217-424-1341 AND ASK
>WHAT THE CHARGES ARE AGAINST NAPOLEAN AND MILDRED AND
>LET THEM KNOW THAT THE WORLD IS WATCHING THEIR EVERY
>MOVE AS REGARDS OUR COURAGEOUS BRO. AND SIS.!!
>
>************************************************************************
>MORE CALLS TO ACTION ARE FORTHCOMING, KEEP YOUR EYES
>OPEN!!
>************************************************************************
>
>THE PHONE NUMBER FOR BLACK LIBERATION RADIO IS
>217-423-9997, FIND OUT WHAT *YOU* CAN DO TO FIGHT BACK
>AGAINST THIS UNBELIEVABLE SITUATION!!
>
>MONEY AND LEGAL HELP ARE *DESPERATELY* NEEDED RIGHT
>NOW TO DEFEND THIS FAMILY, PROGRESSIVE LAWYERS AND
>THOSE WITH CONTACTS *PLEASE* PASS ON THIS INFO TO THEM
>AND STRONGLY URGE THAT THEY GET INVOLVED AS SOON AS
>POSSIBLE IN SUPPORTING AND DEFENDING NAPOLEAN AND
>MILDRED!!  THS IS AN *URGENT* REQUEST!!
>====================================================
>
>>>
>>>                        FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER ATTACK IN DECATUR
>>>
>>>
>>>Freedom of speech is under attack in Decatur,Illinois.  On Saturday
morning,
>>>May 10, the police attacked the home of Napoleon Williams and Mildred
Jones,
>>>arresting the two founders of Black Liberation Radio.  The raid began at
>>>about 8:00a.m. There were numerous uniformed Decatur police officers
>>>involved.  They cut the lights to the house during the raid, and completely
>>>destroyed the front door in the process of entering.  Streets near the
house
>>>were blocked off by the police.  Police officers equipped with shields and
>>>gas masks conducted a SWAT team-style operation.
>>>
>>>Black Liberation Radio was on the air when the raid began.  Cutting the
>>>power to the house helped the police guarantee that the station would
not be
>>>able to broadcast.  This is the latest of many acts of official harassment.
>>>For six years, Black Liberation Radio, a small, unlicensed FM station, has
>>>courageously exposed police brutality and official misconduct.  It played a
>>>particularly important role in helping build ties between the African
>>>American poor of central Illinois and the largely white work force at the
>>>local Caterpillar Tractor plant during the bitter strike at that company
>>>during the early 1990's.
>>>
>>>Napoleon Williams and Mildred Jones have paid a high price for their work
>>>with Black Liberation Radio.  An Illinois state agency took custody of the
>>>couples' oldest daughter, Unique Dream in 1992, and of the younger
daughter,
>>>Atrue Dream, in 1994.  The couple is still fighting to regain custody of
>>>those two children.  Please spread the word about this latest incident.
>>>Donations and messages of support can be sent to: Black Liberation Radio,
>>>629 E. Center Street, Decatur,Illinois 62526.[The phone number for Black
>>>Liberation Radio is(217-)423-9997.]  People can also express their concern
>>>by calling the Macon County Jail at 217-424-1341.
>>>
>>>For more information,contact:
>>>Minister Tele E'Mani Abdullah
>>>Chicago,Il
>>>312-263-7917
>>===============================
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>
>>           DECATUR BLACK LIBERATION RADIO UNDER ATTACK!
>>          `SWAT Team Raids Home of Micro-Radio Activists'
>>_________________________________________________________________
>>
>>              Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 11:46:06 +0100
>>             From: Leslie Swanson <sflr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>          Subject: Napoleon and Mildred Williams busted!
>>
>>Hi Tom,
>>
>>     This is Jo over at SFLR. I wanted to let you know that
>>Napolean and Mildred Williams, of Black Liberation Radio in
>>Decateur, Ill, had a SWAT team enter their home yesterday and
>>take them to Jail. The street was cordoned off, their electricity
>>was shut off and the door was broken down. A sympathetic listener
>>observed this and called us because Napolean had played some of
>>our tapes on the air. They are currently in Macon county jail,
>>217-424-1341, and will be arraigned "monday or tuesday". The
>>people at the jail would not tell me what the charges were, only
>>that it was a "federal offense". I suspect this stems from the
>>"eavesdropping" accusation the local da's office leveled against
>>them earlier this year. The whole concept is completely idiotic
>>if you know anything about radio transmitting equipment...but I
>>suppose the decateur da's office just doesn't know to trump up a
>>decent excuse for shutting Black Liberation Radio down.
>>
>>     Please get the word out, and tell people to call the jail
>>and ask them what the charges are. Thanks,
>>
>>Jo,
>>San Francisco Liberation Radio (93.7 FM)
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