[Antiracism] Fwd: Support FIERCE member - pack the court August 7th!

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----- Forwarded message from rickke at fiercenyc.org -----
    Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:14:48 -0400
    From: Rickke Mananzala <rickke at fiercenyc.org>
Reply-To: Rickke Mananzala <rickke at fiercenyc.org>
Subject: [FIERCE allies] Support FIERCE member - pack the court August 7th!
      To: fierceallies at lists.fiercenyc.org, 
fierceyouth at lists.fiercenyc.org, "activemembers at lists.fiercenyc.org" 
<activemembers at lists.fiercenyc.org>

Please pack the court on Tuesday to show support for community activist,
Mariah Lopez, who continues to be a target of transphobic police harassment
and violence in jail. Read below for more details.
-- 
Rickke Mananzala
Co-Director
FIERCE
147 West 24th Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
(p) 646.336.6789 x202
(f) 646.336.6788
http://www.fiercenyc.org


*please forward*

Early in the morning on July 17, Mariah Lopez, a young Latina transgender
woman and community activist, got arrested after she went to the police
department to file a complaint about getting beaten up in the West Village.
She has been in jail since then, held on bail ($1.500) that she cannot
afford to pay.  Since she has been in jail, we have had reports that:

She was first taken to a women¹s jail, then ordered to drop her pants to
show her genitals so they could decide if she belonged there. When she
refused a Œgenital check,¹ she was moved to a hospital and then lock-in
(isolation) in a men¹s jail.
She had her clothing, bra, and underwear withheld from her.
A male prisoner sexually harassed and assaulted her.
An officer assaulted her.

Mariah¹s lawyer got her case moved up and is making an argument about her
bail this Tuesday.  She has asked that as many people as possible come to
court because a strong showing of community support will help her argument.
It also means a lot to Mariah to know that there are people on the outside
who care about what¹s happening to her.

The details:
Tuesday, August 7 Criminal Court, 100 Centre St., Part B on the fourth 
floor (all the way to
the right)
The time is never sure, but it will probably in the late morning‹be there by
10:30!

Please come if you can‹your presence will increase the chances that Mariah
will get out of jail and cut short the abuse she¹s facing there!

Gabriel Arkles
Staff Attorney
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
322 8th Ave. 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 337-8550 ext. 113
fax (212) 337-1972



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