----tls---- I was arrested 9/11 and beaten in Jail...

I hope you may be able to help me with legal referral or advice ASAP please.

I was staging a peaceful but symbolically dramatic political protest here in Hollywood on 9/11/2 Advocating Hollywood Annexation from LA and for attention to the Memorial Tribute for all the victims of 9/11; www.rememberthetowers911.org. I am a Desert Storm Honorably discharged Army Vet. I was wearing my full dress green Honor Gourd Uniform (picture attached) with flyers and signs in hand, I walked to the top of the $700 Million Hollywood & Highland Entertainment Mall and in military / Hollywood fashion repelled / lowered myself to the ground below via a repel line / rope. Approximately 8 police officers tackled me causing some injuries but nothing serious until three days later, while still not given any fair opportunity for a phone call for help or assistance to obtain the unusually high $5000 bail. Then I was put in maximum security county jail where on the second night September 13th being of Hispanic origin however not speaking Spanish and not having any tattoos or piercing was taken as a middle eastern in a cell full of GangBangers who had 4 to six gallons of home maid alcohol ready to drink that night. So they had a whole cellblock drinking party with a bag full of other drugs and weapons, yelling, singing, stuffing and overflowing the toilets causing a one inch sewer water flood on the whole first floor. I was segregated by the cell Gang Boss (Chingone) and was maid to fight him for his pleasure, while the guard on duty (Officer Campbell) was told by the gang boss it was just his homey and him in a friendly fight. For the next 25 + minute I was literally made to fight for my life in one inch of toilet sewer water while the whole cell block which was moments earlier extremely loud and noisy with drunken Spanish songs was now deafly quite so every one in whole cell block could here the fight, strike by strike.

I was later taken to the infirmary for my injuries sustained in the fight. With bruised ribs, face, neck, head, right leg dislocated, nose disjointed, neck fracture, chipped teach, bleeding shins, lips and black eye (attached photos). The report says I slipped and fell on my bunk because of a slippery toilet water overflow. All my gang cellmates did not expect my return after being taken to the hospital so they took all of my sheets, cloths, shoes and blanket. Unbelievably I was not given any medicine or treatment and was put directly back in the same cell by Officer Campbell with the very same gang members, who where by this time drunk asleep. I asked Officer Campbell for a blanket or sheet because mine where taken and I was still soaking wet with only boxer shorts and t-shirt. He ignored me and left me freezing all night………… However the hell of it was over I had survived the night and for the next four days until finally getting in contact with a friend on the outside to bail me out it was normal food bribery and stay on the right side of the room, prison survival. The story goes on however I think you have the bulk of it and may be able to refer me help for these charges which I have been made aware are being blown way out of proportions to ordinary fines and penalties for political retributions.

I am scheduled for pretrial tomorrow Friday, October 4th, 2002 and the public defender assigned me, I feel is just trying to hurry the case but even statements I said or being used against me in the police report yet I was not read my rights and she says it’s not relevant.

Please help me, I look forward to hearing from someone in your offices as soon as possible.

Sincerely
tls
Christopher Xavier Lozano
(323) 962-0009 (323) 854-6775

error

You state that you were honorably discharged from the US Armed Services. Did you have a permit for the protest? Or were you commiting an act of Criminal Tresspass?

Mr. Lozano, you are what is known as, in medical terms, a looney. And you spell like a chimp turned loose with a typewriter.

I understand your meaning and respect the laws very much how ever I had tried every effort via legal methods and only meant to bring last minute savior attention to the noble cause.

Did all righteous causes in our worthy American history take place in total legal form. Did Rosa Parks act in a legal type? Did Gandhi or Mondale always act within the law? I am not in no way their class, and do not even begin to compare my self to them however my acts where in the same peace loving well meant methods & result.

This was a legal post not a public one. Sorry you have to read my personal plight but if you do, than please respect the meaning and not the results. I am requesting this be removed from the net. If it does not than again I humbly ask any one who read to please respect.

Monkey with a type writer does no one justice or positive debate or thought. As historic mothers have said so through out the years, “If you have nothing good to say, than don’t say anything” Especially unproductive as these 2 comments where.

The house is 90 years old this year and it would not exist if it where not for my extreme sacrifices if you have achieved or done anything so great than please feel free to leave any comment that will help my continued actions to finish the preservation “The right way” and I will respect the advice and I even in the face of negative cruel feed back as these 2 men have made me feel why should I have even tried, right or wrong way, Why try, If no one cares? Some day I prey and stay the hard course to finish this dream for the working class citizens of Hollywood young and old alike... Than maybe it will have been worth it all. Till then good bless all you stand for good and descent thing in this world, who stand up and take action to correct wrongs, not just stand by a criticize every one else.

Sincerely

Christopher Xavier Lozano

locked in a cell with drunken mexicans gang bangers you tell them you are mexican too but they either dont care or dont believe you because you dont speak spanish and are then forced to fight some violent drunken mexican idiot in raw sewage......broken neck you say?!

dude that really sucks bad.

welcome to the prison system i guess, racist white cops and racist mexican prisoners working together for everyone's mutual misery.

go to the ACLU.....tell your story.

Beaten by Mexicans??

Wow. Are you sure? I didn' t think Chicanos did things like that, being as they are so loving and tolerant.

Thank God there were no dirty rotten white racists in the lock up with you.

WOW... Blast from the past.... Well thank you all for the advice... The Good The Bad & The Funny

Well I did learn allot even from the bad nasty advice... All I can say I tried to do the right thing the wrong way and learned a valuable lesson... Sadly the HIGHALND 90yr old Hollywood Historical Landmark was torn down, however the Dream to Build a Library Learning Center for the run away children, homeless, student, Veteran or simply disenfranchised to come learn, feel welcome and get life back on track IS STILL ALIVE IN MY HEART, When time comes I will not forget and build something for all to learn and love Hollywood the right way.
CXL