[Imc] Human Rights Radio Shutdown

[Paul Riismandel]

Here's a few details on the Human Rights Radio--Mbanna Kantako in 
Springfield--shutdown last week from Mike Townsend:

At 11:15 AM Thurs.,Nov.30,the FCC agents of repression raided Mbanna 
Kantako's Human Rights Radio for the 2nd time in less than 2 months. Before 
coming to the door,the FCC had a private contractor scale Kantako's 2 story 
rental home to disconnect and remove his 2 antennas. Apparently, they 
didn't like the fact that Kantako broadcast the 1st five minutes of the 
last raid (on 9/29/00) "live" on-the-air before the raiders realized what 
was going on. This time the Matrix Police sent only 8 members of their 
multi-jurisdictional task force into the home. They were so polite that 
when Mbanna's wife,Dia,demanded that they remove their shoes before 
stepping into her livingroom, to steal the equipment, they meekly complied! 
Despite the fact that Mbanna was in direct violation of a federal court 
order not to broadcast,there was no attempt to arrest him. Mbanna and his 
family took it all in stride as they audio taped the entire 45 minute 
intrusion into the privacy of their home. Mbanna intends to get back on-the 
air just as soon as he receives the necessary equipment from supporters 
around the country. Meanwhile,the federal marshall's office is running 
short on space to store the radio loot from their raids on Human Rights 
Radio. Stay tuned. Mike Townsend
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I'll try to get an interview and do a report on my WEFT show Sunday at 
10:00am--I'll archive whatever I do on my website (and for the IMC archives):
http://www.lll.uiuc.edu/p-riism/rfc
http://www.diy-radio.com

--Paul


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