www.blackandpink.org

I am writing to you because a young queer prisoner in the Federal
Prison system at La Tuna in New Mexico needs your support! Anthony
LaRue (85582-008) has been fighting to take care of his teeth for
many, many months now. He currently has only eleven (11) teeth with
NO contact points, making chewing nearly impossible. Tony has lost a
considerable amount of weight and can't chew his food properly,
leading to choking and gum bleeding. Often dental issues are not
taken seriously, but because of the decay in his mouth and the
inadequate care, the rest of his body is in danger of infection.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/24/katrina.cop.charges/index.html?hpt=T2

 New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A former New Orleans police
lieutenant pleaded guilty Wednesday to obstruction of justice in
connection with the police shootings of civilians in the days after
Hurricane Katrina.

Two civilians were killed and four others were injured in the
shootings on the Danziger Bridge.

Former Lt. Michael Lohman conspired with other police officers to

http://www.sfbayview.com/2010/minister-of-information-jr-is-free/

Today at the Alameda County Courthouse, made famous by the “Free
Huey!” rallies held on the steps by the Black Panther Party, all
charges were dismissed against POCC Minister of Information JR Valrey,
producer of the film “Operation Small Axe” about the movement for
justice for Oscar Grant and of Block Report Radio and associate editor
of the SF Bay View newspaper. The crowd that packed the courtroom
included Prisoners of Conscience Committee Fred Hampton Jr., Pam Africa
of the Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal and Ramona Africa

A special benefit event: Free 'Em All!

FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an innocent political prisoner, framed for a crime he didn't commit, and now in his 28th year of incarceration on death row. Recent Supreme Court rulings have upheld his fraudulent conviction in a grotesquely unfair trial, and sent him closer to execution. 

Pam Africa, Spokeswoman for the Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal
POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr, Founder of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee, and son of the assassinated Black Panther leader
Ramona Africa, Survivor of the 1985 police bombing of the MOVE house in Philadelphia, former political prisoner and member of the MOVE organization

When:  Thursday, February 18th, 2010 6:00-10:00 (Movie Starts at 7:00pm)
Where: First Congregational Church of Oakland

2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA 94612

Dear Friends and Supporters,