The power of the people:
felony charge dismissed
before court hearing!
JUNE 8 update on charges resulting from
solidarity action for CeCe McDonald:
The felony charge I faced was dismissed before court hearing this a.m. I may be recharged within weeks–or within the next three years–on misdemeanor/gross misdemeanor charges.
If a month passes and I have not been recharged, Minnie Bruce and I will plan a trip here to South Minneapolis in order to take part in fundraising for CeCe and to offer our thanks to the on-going work of the activist communities here.
For media interviews, and other information about CeCe McDonald’s struggle, please contact her defense committee–not me. As I wrote in the media statement after my release from the county jail:
“This arrest is not about me. It’s about keeping the focus on CeCe McDonald’s struggle!”
I’m going home to continue organizing to help CeCe McDonald free herself. Minnie Bruce and I will be setting up a Central New York support committee chapter, and will bring that information to the Central New York Pride rally next weekend in Syracuse, N.Y., and we will march with the contingent forming in solidarity with CeCe.
If/when the state summons me back to Minnesota on new charges, I would demand a jury trial and use every court appearance to help keep the focus on the struggle for CeCe’s freedom.
Over the summer, I plan to write a new introduction to the 20th-anniversary author’s edition of Stone Butch Blues, which I drafted while inside the same jail that CeCe was being held in before transfer upstate.
I send my personal thanks and respect to CeCe McDonald, her loved ones and her hard-working support committee for helping me to be a part of this battle she is leading; to the Committee to Stop FBI Repression (stopfbi.net) for putting up $5,000 for my bail/ransom; to Jess Sundin, Steph Taylor and Tracy Lorraine for taking me into their home–activists among those who were issued a subpoena during FBI raids here on Sept. 24, 2010; to Workers World Party for its support; to Minnie Bruce Pratt, to the activist communities here in Minneapolis; to Krista Kennedy and Michael DeSalvo, and to all those who sent support.
The prosecution wants the struggle to free CeCe to be over. But it’s far from over!
FREE CECE!
http://supportcece.wordpress.com/
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Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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