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On January 20 2017, fifteen New Orleanians were arrested for protesting the newly elected President Trump and what he stands for. Most were charged with felonies.
Legal fees will be tremendous. We believe it is important to
demonstrate solidarity with those arrested protesting Trump by
ensuring all of them have access to the best legal counsel possible
during the ordeal to come.
The egregiously outsized charges these arrestees now face aren't
just designed to frighten other potential protestors-- they want
you to be frightened of your own allies, to believe that the
oppressive work NOPD does is somehow in your best interest.
There are concerted efforts to paint the arrestees as
illegitimate or somehow deserving of the grotesque charges they've
been slapped with-- efforts originating with the New Orleans police,
carried forward by complicit branches of media and those who for
whatever reason take the side of one of this country's most deeply and
repeatedly discredited police departments.
It's important to note that among the charges against the arrestees are fourteen counts of MASKING. Let that sink in: criminal charges for wearing a mask during Carnival season.
Is that okay with you? Does it bother you that New Orleans police
will now, as NOPD Chief Harrison threatened, arrest on sight
and charge anyone wearing a mask, even in the French
Quarter, even during Carnival, whether or not they're doing anything
else perceived as untoward?
Of course this law, like all laws, will be selectively
enforced... but if you think you're somehow safe from arbitrary arrest
and outrageous, fabricated charges, because you're not "one of
them," because you're "respectable," then you're
operating from a place of great privilege and/or deluded about how our
city's police operate.
The Trumped-up charges against these supposed protesters are unreasonable and punitive, meant to set a tone of fear and to discourage future protests.
As the Trump regime and its particular logic takes hold, you will
see this more and more often: efforts to divide
"legitimate" from "illegitimate" resistance. You
may think you are safe... but none of us are.
We ask you to join us in supporting those arrested, as a
strike against fear. If you can't give, please at least
spread the word.
If we in New Orleans and elswehere are to survive, we must not
be afraid. We must not allow those in power to assert narratives
that divide us; we must not allow the forces of oppression to
"other" or marginalize the bolder among us.
While making room for diversity of tactics and approaches, we
must understand our historical position: we will stand
together against tyranny, presenting a broad, united and
multifaceted front, or we will be picked off and individually
crushed, 12 by 12 or 1 by 1, each in terrifying isolation.
This is a crucial time. We need your material support.
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