[Imc-newsroom] FYI: more Shaka Shakur article stuff.

[Sascha Meinrath]

hi everyone,

FYI:

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Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 13:25:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joshua Moise <moise2001 at yahoo.com>
To: Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org>
Subject: Re: [Imc-newsroom] Shaka Shakur article

Thanks so much.  i have much more media for this
story, including interviews, photos, etc.  I was
having trouble transferring it though.  It would work
great with the existing material.

Joshua Moise


--- Sascha Meinrath <sascha at ucimc.org> wrote:
> Hi Josh,
>
> Thanks for the article, I'll forward it to our print
> group.
>
> --Sascha
>
> On Mon, 13 May 2002, Joshua Moise wrote:
>
> > Here is the article I just put out on the case in
> > Gary, IN involving Shaka Shakur.  He is a former
> > Wisconsin Supermax inmate and political activist.
> He
> > also spent 13 years in the Indiana prison system
> and
> > is known throughout it as a political agitator.
> This
> > matter is urgent and unfolding as we speak and I
> was
> > hoping your Indy Media branch would consider
> featuring
> > it.  Should you take the story I have many more
> photo
> > and interviews with Shakur and his wife from a
> > November interview.  He is a powerful speaker and
> > adament revolutionary.  I also have scans of thier
> > separate letters, which I had trouble uploading
> onto
> > this email and the website.  Thanks....
> >
> > The Article:
> >
> > This is a statement made by Akili Sadiki and Shaka
> > Shakur regarding their targeting and imprisonment
> by
> > the gary police department.
> >
> > Statement By Akili Sadiki (scribed by Shaka
> Shakur)
> >
> > Uhuru!
> >         I know there has been a lot of questions
> > surrounding
> > the latest set of events i.e. the arrest of myself
> > Akili Sadiki-Shakur.
> >         On April 1, 2002 I was arrested on my job
> at
> > Purdue University-calumet.  I was charged with
> murder.
> >  The Gary Police in a bogus investigation charged
> me
> > after having previously charged my husband and son
> > with the same count.  All of this is due to the
> > erroneous
> > statement given by one Christina Martin.
> >         For those who missed the “let bail” court
> > hearing Christina gave a statement claiming that
> she
> > was present when the said defendant shot and
> killed
> > one
> > Sidney Jones.  It was noted that although
> Christine is
> > not a reliable witness, the G.P.D. did not
> investigate
> > her statement nor her background.  her statement
> only
> > came forward after the father of her child was
> picked
> > up for a drug charge and had been accused by
> previous
> > anonymous callers stating he was the killer.  It
> is to
> > be noted that he cut a deal and wll soon be on the
> > streets.
> >         In relationship to credibility the police
> > never mirandized Christine nor did they have her
> > mother sign a permission sheet for Christines
> > statement.  According to the testimony of Det.
> > Richardson the reason for this flagrant error is
> > because "they forgot" but frove from Gary to
> > Indianapolis to obtain the statement.
> >         It was proved on the witness stand that
> > Christine was lying on several occasions and was
> > actually impecced while on the witness stand.
> Case in
> > point:  She stated that she was in the company of
> > myself and Geometry (my son) from 11:00am until
> 9:30
> > that night.
> > This is stated in her deposition, what was proven
> in
> > court was geometry was at work from 5:00pm until
> > almost 9:00am the following day.  hat in itself
> should
> > be enough to show she is an unreliable witness.
> She
> > claims she's known me for at least four years.  I
> just
> > met her last year.  She states I held her against
> her
> > will but never once did I restrain her nor state
> that
> > she was not free to leave.  The lies go on and on.
> > She saw Shaka shoot Sidney on Utah street then it
> was
> > on Idaho street then it was back on Utah.  All of
> this
> > and more proved to all that witnessed her
> testimony
> > and the states that this case is bogus.
> >         To quote Judge Stefaniak in his scathing
> > criticism of the Gary Police and prosecution
> during
> > the hearing "Dyer and Hammond police investigates
> a
> > D.U.I. more throughlly than Gary Police
> investigates a
> > murder.  I do not know why the prosecution
> continues
> > to accept
> > these cases from the Gary Police Dept. instead of
> > sending them back and making them do thier jobs."
> > This statement was made just prior to allowing
> bail to
> > be set for my son Geometry.
> >         However two days later this same judge
> denied
> > bail to myself and to shaka stating that "Although
> the
> > state has no case without Christine's statement
> and
> > although she was impeeched on the stand and proved
> to
> > be inconsistent and confused on critical points
> and
> > key
> > issues in her testimony that he still personally
> > believes that she is credible and therefore is
> denying
> > both Shaka and I a bond "forcing us to file an
> > emergency appeal to the appelate court.
> >         The question remains why?  Why do the
> police
> > and state wish to pursue this?  Because of a
> personal
> > vendetta with Shaka Shakur (who was accused of
> > shooting at a Gary cop in an unrelated case).  The
> > wish to destroy him by any means necessary!  It
> > matters not that they destroy his family along
> with
> > him.  Here is a prime example of a facism here at
> > home!  The state is willing to back a police dept.
> > that is renowned for thier illegal and unjust
> > practices.  It brings new meaning to the word "no
> > justice-just us!"
> >
> > In Solidarity and Struggle,
> > Akili Sadiki-Shakur
> >
> > NOTE!
> >         It was only after the states original case
> > against Shaka begun to fall apart and it became
> known
> > that Akiki was not only working very closely with
> his
> > attorney as well as spearheaded his defense did
> she
> > and her family become targets for attack bby the
> Gary
> > Police Dept.  It was also only then did they move
> to
> > frame her and Shaka on a four month old murder
> solely
> > based on the contradictory statements of a
> 15-year-old
> > girl whose whose baby father was initially
> considered
> > the primary suspect.  The state has no murder
> weapon,
> > no fingerprints, DNA, nothing and the autopsy
> report
> > contradicts her so call eyewitness account and yet
> > Akili remains held without bail soley based on the
> > statements of a 15-year-old girl who is protecting
> her
> > baby's father.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Basic Facts by Shaka Shakur:
> > 	On January 7th 2002 I was arrested and accused
> with
> > shotting at a Gary cop.  The G.P.D. filed 5
> felonies
> > with the most serious one being attempted murder.
> The
> > indicident originated at a location where my 18
> year
> > old son had been murdered 5 months earlier.
>
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