(en) Mumia Demo in Copenhagen
kurt svensson (ksvensson@motkraft.net)
Mon, 13 Dec 1999 22:39:35 +0100
FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
Monday 13/12 1999
Copenhagen, Danmark
The police attacked a peaceful demonstration shortly after it had begun.
The demonstration, which was part of the international campaign for the
release of the Afro-American Mumia Abu-Jamal, only proceeded a few hundred
meters. At that point the demonstration stopped in 17 minutes, one minute
for each year Mumia has been on death-row in USA. However, before the 17
minutes had passed, an aggressive police force drove into the demonstration
in there transporters. First two at the front then two from behind. The
demonstration was encircled but had courage enough to show resistance
towards the aggressive police behavior. After this, the police sent in
their riot vehicles and broke up the demonstration. The demonstration
proceeded to central Copenhagen, but did not get far before the police
attacked with batons and tried to run people over with their armoured
vehicles. All in all, circa 10 people were arrested and several were
victims of police brutality.
The struggle continues for Mumias' release!
source: <bumzen@antifa.net>
kurt svensson
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box 150 15
104 65 stockholm
sweden
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