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Effort to Petition Members of Congress Continues (Prior Charges Dismissed)
From: Webmaster (webmaster@kids-right.org)
This is a message from a mailing list, members@kids-right.org http://www.kids-right.org/ To unsubscribe from this list at anytime, send email to Majordomo@kids-right.org with the following 1 line in the BODY of the message (Subject is ignored). unsubscribe members ====================================================================== Good People, This message contains a brief update on our campaign to get some response from some Nationally prominent Members of Congress. For full details see: http://www.AKidsRight.Org/actionb_syr 1. Effort in Syracuse Federal Building Continues (Jan 8th) 2. ALL Trespass Charges against John Murtari Dismissed (Jan 7th) 1. Effort in Syracuse Federal Building Continues ------------------------------------------------ After getting all prior charges for trespass against him dismissed (see below). John Murtari is returning to the Federal Building to continue his picture carrying petition walk outside the offices of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Charles Schumer, and Representative James Walsh. Your participation (by just calling the Members of Congress or by coming to the building itself) is welcome in this ongoing effort! John was involved in a rather complicated arrest today, Jan. 8th at the Federal Building. Two Federal Police officers watched him quietly carry his sign with children's pictures and then arrested him for loitering and causing a disturbance. These were Federal charges. The City Police were then called and after approximately one hour of discussion, they arrested John for disorderly conduct for refusing to leave the building. He should be arraigned tomorrow in Syracuse City Court. 2. ALL Trespass Charges against John Murtari Dismissed ------------------------------------------------------ Jan 7, 02 - In a Court appearance Syracuse City Judge Higgins dismissed the three trespass charges against John as simply being defective (as were the other 20 charges dismissed earlier by the same Judge - http://www.AKidsRight.Org/protest_dm.htm). John has been quite fortunate to have an assigned counsel (Mr. Charles Keller, Criminal Division Chief of the Hiscock Legal Aid Society) who has vigorously defended his Constitutional right to petition his Members of Congress by walking peacefully in the building. ================================================================== To unsubscribe from this list at anytime, send email to Majordomo@kids-right.org with the following 1 line in the BODY of the message (Subject is ignored). unsubscribe members
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