SIGN to Drop All Charges vs. Carlos Montes and Call Off the Trial!
Sign the online petition to Drop the Charges Against Carlos Montes! Stop the FBI Frameup! Call Off the Trial NOW!
TRIAL BEGINS AGAIN ON JUNE 20! Respond NOW!
Carlos Montes urgently needs your solidarity! Please sign this petition (click here to sign; scroll down to read the text). Share it with your family, friends and co-workers. Signing the petition will generate a direct email to District Attorney Cooley, demanding he drop the charges against Carlos Montes.
Carlos Montes' trial will begin June 20, 2012 and run for a week. District Attorney Steve Cooley is moving forward with the FBI-initiated political prosecution against this long time Chicano leader and anti-war, labor, and immigrant rights activist. Along with the FBI, District Attorney Steve Cooley is attempting to imprison Carlos Montes on charges stemming from 42 years ago.
Steve Cooley is the official face of political repression, targeting Carlos Montes in an attempt to imprison him for over 5 years. The trial of Carlos Montes is designed to suppress our movements for peace, justice, equality, and freedom. Now is the time for you to show your solidarity! The stakes are high! We can win through solidarity!
Please sign the petition today.
Tell Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley to “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes!” Your message will also be sent to President Obama, Attorney General Holder, DOJ Inspector General Fine, the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, Congressional Leaders, U.N. Secy Gen Ban, and members of the media.!
Initiated by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression stopfbi.net
Sample petition text:
To: Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley
cc: President Barack Obama, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Vice President Biden, DOJ Inspector General Fine, the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, Congressional Leaders, the Congressional Black Caucus, U.N. Secy Gen Ban, and members of the media
** Drop All Charges against Carlos Montes and stop the trial NOW!
Carlos Montes is a long-time Chicano activist in Los Angeles. He is a leader in the anti-war & immigrant rights movements. He plays an important role in the movement against Arizona’s SB1070 and other anti-immigrant laws in the U.S.
Carlos Montes is facing multiple felony charges because the FBI claims he is a felon in violation of firearm codes. The FBI claim stems from a 1969 student strike for Black, Chicano, and Women’s studies at East L.A. College, where police beat and arrested demonstrators. Carlos was arrested on his way home from the protest, accused of assaulting a sheriff’s deputy (with an empty soda can). This charge was sentenced as a misdemeanor according to a recent court document.
The prosecution's case against Carlos Montes is being based on this 42-year-old misdemeanor, disguising it as a bogus felony. Without a past felony, all of the charges Montes is facing, relating to his legally purchased firearms, would be dismissed. Both sides agree that no prison time whatsoever was served in the 1969 incident. The legal process is being driven by something other than the facts of the case. It is political repression.
Montes is the target of government repression and the FBI’s dirty tricks due to his activism. When the FBI raided several Midwest homes and served subpoenas on September 24, 2010, Carlos Montes’ name was listed on the FBI search warrant for the Anti-War Committee office in Minneapolis - the organizing center to protest the 2008 Republican National Convention, where Carlos participated.
Eight months after the Midwest raids, on May 17, 2011, the L.A. Sheriffs broke down Carlos’ door, arrested him, and ransacked his home. They took political documents, a computer, cell phones and activist meeting notes having nothing to do with the charges. The FBI attempted to question Montes while he was handcuffed in a squad car, regarding the case of the 23 Midwest anti-war and solidarity activists.
These actions constitute unconstitutional political repression and suppression of free speech.
Drop the charges against Carlos Montes. Stop the trial NOW!
Sincerely,
(Your signature will be appended here based on the contact information you enter in the form)
You can also call Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley at 213-974-3512; President Obama at 202-456-1111 and Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-514-2001 with the message to “Drop the charges against Carlos Montes.”
Contact the Committee to Stop FBI Repression
at stopfbi.net
stopfbi@gmail.com
updated May 4, 2012
Campaign to Stop FBI Repression of Anit-War Activists
Sponsored by:
Committee to Stop FBI Repression
stopfbi.net
stopfbi@gmail.com
International Action Center
www.iacenter.org
c/o Solidarity Center
55 West 17th St 5C
New York, NY 10011
For further information call: (212) 633-6646
