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Drop Charges on UNC Tancredo Protesters

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To: Chancellor Holden Thorp, UNC System President Erskine Bowles, UNC Chapel Hill Chief of Police Jeffrey McCracken, UNC Chapel Hill Dean of Students Winston Crisp, Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall, Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy, members of the media

cc: President Obama, Congressional leaders, the North Carolina Congressional Delegation, the North Carolina State Legislature

I am writing to express my full support of the students who protested against Tom Tancredo at UNC Chapel Hill on April 14.

All the charges against Haley Koch should be dropped immediately. Protesting and speaking out against hate speech, bigotry, and white supremacy is not a crime. The real criminals are the likes of Tancredo and the YWC, whose racism serves as a call for hatred and violence against a large section of the population, a call that is answered by the likes of the Minutemen and other right-wing groups.

I further demand a full investigation of the actions of the campus police and the violent way that they responded to the protest. I fully support Students and the student protestors' demand for the immediate creation of a standing student review board to oversee all police conduct on campus and to investigate the police conduct on April 14.

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Drop all the charges now!
Stop the intimidation of student protestors!
Investigate and condemn police violence against protestors!
Protesting hate speech is not a crime!
No One is Illegal! Solidarity with all Immigrants!

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posted April 24, 2009

Drop Charges Against UNC Tancredo Protesters Now!  

 

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