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Political Prisoner in NYC

Started by ekai · 9 months ago

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  • seth

    4 years ago

    eddie you're a f*cking trooper
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  • KEEME

    4 years ago

    Great story sorry about what you had to go through to get it.

    I hope you get justice man... I really hope so!
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  • Lucius

    4 years ago

    thanks for sharing, brother; and thanks for fighting the good fight!
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  • Your Sis

    4 years ago

    Great blog!!! The nerve of you to not call me from the slammer...Lest you forget that I am one of Uncle Sam's indentured servants...I might have been able to get you out/sped up the process. But what a great experience, may the class action come to realization! Oy...your sister
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  • kevin

    4 years ago

    What happened to you was really unfair and unfortunate. I hope you are able to get justice for your illegal detention. But I do hope you realize that the treatment and holding conditions were well above average for an arrest. Most people experience far worse when they get arrested for even very minor offences.

    Good luck with your case.
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  • cassidy

    4 years ago

    My sister got arrested the same night! From your description, it sounds like she was trapped in the same block you were in, with the marching bands. Sorry you had to go through all that. Peace out!
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  • Ian Rhett

    4 years ago

    Shit, Eddie. I remember having a conversation looking forward to the adventures in NYC (I ended up staying home to work on a flash movie for the Unamerican song). Couldn't have imagined you'd wind up sleeping on a toxic floor being herded around and detained for nearly 2 days. Glad to hear, most of all, that you got all your content back. See you round.

    i
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  • Kitetoa

    4 years ago

    I still have that sticker on my laptop... I think of you every time I open my computer...
    :))

    Too bad you had to go through all of this...

    see you Eddie!

    K.
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  • Phil Glatz

    4 years ago

    Thanks for the report, Eddie, it was quite a tale! I'm glad you made it out OK, and am sorry you had to give up a few days. GW Bush approved this detention.
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  • Mike

    4 years ago

    Sounds an awful lot like my story, except that I never got to see a judge, and spent "only" 30 hours in jail. Hang in there and join the civil suit.
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  • Mike

    4 years ago

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  • Jay

    4 years ago

    Represent! I'm sorry you had to go through so much hassle Eddie; glad you're out!
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  • Molly Golightly

    4 years ago

    Eddie.com,

    Hang the heck in there, man! I am proud of you for hauling yourself out there to say + do what so many of us are feeling. What you went through, you went through for all of us.

    lots of positivity your way,
    MGL
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  • Amelia

    4 years ago

    I was arrested in the same group that you were, it sounds like. I was in custody for 48 hours, never saw a lawyer. Thanks for the detailed account...I had forgotten a few things.
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  • YankeeDyke

    4 years ago

    hey Eddie...

    I was in the pig pen with you at some point, even though I don't have a clue who you are...:) Thanks for writing this, and spreading the truth about what we went through...i'll be doing the same as soon as I finish writing it...
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  • carolyn sortor

    4 years ago

    I can't tell you how glad I am for what you did, and how much I wish I could have been there.

    I hope your lawyers point out to the judge that a $500,000 penalty for locking up so many protesters is probably regarded by the RNC as a cost of doing business and money well spent. I wouldn't be shocked if they actually budgeted for it ahead of time--the plans to violate your rights certainly seem to have been well-thought-out in advance. Per CNN at http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0408/27/lad.03.html (page still working as of 9/7/04), "The proposed budget for the Republican national convention is $64 million, EXCLUDING SECURITY [emphasis supplied]. But the final price tag may be even higher. The New York host committee's fundraiser say they've collected about $70 million in private donations."

    This is a pet peeve of mine--penalties meted out that sound impressive until you consider the resources of the transgressor, at which point it becomes obvious that the hand-slap administered was never meant to do more than keep up appearances.
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  • Will

    4 years ago

    Some photos of the scene around your arrest.
    http://testofwill.blogspot.com/2004/08/it-hits-...
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  • Simon

    4 years ago

    Hey Eddie, next time you get arrested let me know in advance in case they don't let you out.

    I just need to get my snowboard, dude.
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  • marco

    4 years ago

    Hi Eddie,
    Glad you're out. Glad you're alive. Etc.
    Sublime ain't it?
    It feels like the government is losing.
    I just wish there didn't have to be this
    much suffering for so many years while it
    goes down.

    marco
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  • Taco Disease

    4 years ago

    Oh I am so sorry you had to be detained. It was a RNC convention, the Presidents life was in danger from raving lunatics. better a couple of peope who are "innoncent" get locked up, rather than a couple of crazies be loose.
    In this world not everything can be perfect all the time. Being locked up for any amount of time is horrible, but believe me your all making a huge issue out of this. Why even be in a hot spot if you didnt think you might go to jail? just wondering....
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  • A nervous Canadian

    4 years ago

    WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! You ARE NOT the land of the free or the home of the brave. You are the land of the oppressed and the home of the international bullies for oil. Bye-bye democracy, bye-bye civil rights.

    OLIGARCHY
    1. a. Government by a few, especially by a small faction of persons or families.
    b. Those making up such a government.
    2. A state governed by a few persons.

    I'm sorry, Jibber Jabber, this is the wrong place for this rant, most people on this blog know what a sh*t hole the US has become. (Except maybe Taco Disease)

    Why on earth is Bush's approval rating still hovering around 50%? Make sure EVERY AMERICAN votes in the upcoming election and get that nut and his cronies out of office!!!!

    (Except there's going to be some kind of "terrorism threat" and Bush can hold off elections indefinately.)
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  • rich fromm

    4 years ago

    hey eddie, glad to hear that you're out and okay. thanks for posting all of the details. i really, really hope things change for the better -- we live in pretty scary times.
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  • steve

    4 years ago

    Good , fair honest story. Few people would report without anger or resentment.
    I don't know why you were there, you didn't say .
    I can't say I feel sorry for you but I do respect you for the truth in the story.
    So many people protest and the media doesn't really explain their cause I wonder if its really worth it. You getting locked up cost you your time but it cost tax payers a lot of extra money.
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  • diego

    4 years ago

    Hey....I used to live in SF but don't think we ever met even though we ran in the same circles...

    Anyway, I am glad you listed your account. It is extremely important for facts to be publicly presented about what happened during the RNC. Even more so, the facts happening right now about the Bush administration and their tactics. Shockingly (or not), the media has all but ceased to cover any followups to the harassment and incarceration of protesters.

    Bush has a wide ugly wingspan and it is imperative voter turnout happens in November. Too many people are feeling worn down at the moment and are less likely to vote. Keep spreading the message that change must happen.
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  • Scotus

    4 years ago

    There is a persistent story making the rounds that Guantanamo on the Hudson was a facility leased by the RNC for the NYPD to use. If this is so, we are seeing the first concentration camp of this administration. Can anybody verify the story about the RNC being the legal lessee of the facility?
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  • Chucky

    4 years ago

    Wow. I printed this whole page. The other guys are right, peeps; we gotta get that sh*t out of the White House. The same thing that happened in the 2000 election'll probably happen again, and if Bush 'wins', stuff like this will happen again.
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  • renegade

    4 years ago

    H*Ly ShEEt! I am just catching up on some blogs and didn't even know about this! That sucks! I hope you get some justice and some cash. the part about projecting Love to the officers had me cracking up!
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  • gerry

    4 years ago

    chat with an activist who has had some experience getting arrested during direct actions over the years. He tells me that during the Mayor Dinkins and Koch years, things weren't so bad, you'd get out fairly quickly, usually under 12 hours. When Guliani took over things became much different. He tells me that you get busted for simple possession of pot and expect to spend 3 days in the Tombs before seeing a judge. Part of Guliani's 'quality of life' initiative and all that. We talk a bit about different pleas and that's when I learn about ACD, which stands for Adjournment for Contemplation of Dismissal. ACDs are common outcomes in civil disobedience cases or situations where the charge is simply a violation. If the district attorney offers an ACD and you accept it, there is no judgement of guilt, but you have to avoid being charged with the same violation for the next 6 months. If you are charged, they can reopen the initial case and try you. Mr. Activist Dude tells me it's very rare that happens. Most of the time the city doesn't want to bother opening old cases, just too much work. He tells me has gotten 5 ACDs over the years.
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  • bill payne

    4 years ago

    Readers might be interested in New Mexico pro se litigation to have right to trial by jury
    http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bpayne37/index.htm.
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