As part of the pressure campaign to get the charges dropped, all tactics are useful. The more widespread support we can demonstrate, the better we can defend the RNC 8. Please sign the official petition by clicking here, and then forward it to your friends and family.
After enough signatures, the petition will be sent to Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner.
We the undersigned call for the dismissal of the charge of “Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism,” which you have filed against the RNC 8, activists involved in organizing protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention. This use of a conspiracy charge seeks to punish political speech and thought. Labeling these members of our community as ”terrorists” sets a dangerous national precedent for persecuting political activists, threatens political dissent, and greatly distorts the concepts of violence and terrorism. We demand the dismissal of these charges and condemn the use of police state tactics of infiltration, surveillance, and militarization of our streets and community to suppress demonstrations and dissent.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/defendthernc8
