{"article":{"id":174215,"heading":"Support needed for the South Central Farm activists in L.A.","author":"Blackberry","created":"2006-08-16 15:55:20","modified":"2006-08-16 16:05:30","last_modified":"Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:05:30","article":"\n

The 14 acre South Central Farm was bull-dozed on July

5th, the day after the national celebration of war.

Many of those who participated in the actions that day

to stop the bull-dozer are now facing some relatively

serious charges. The city of Los Angeles is

attempting to squash any form of resistance to the

corporate power structure that so dominates every

aspect of our lives by giving the activists who

participated at least a dozen new charges.

We urge you all to contact the Los Angeles District

Attorney's offices at (and demand that the charges be

dropped or reduced in each of our cases. Our actions

that day are in line with our fundamental belief that

people creating a place free from gangs and drugs, a

place that is bringing life to a community by

providing basic sustenance should be given priority

over the land. The campesino's have given the last 14

years of their lives to the farm; they have raised

children, teaching them how to grow their own food so

they could be more self-sufficient; they took a

junkyard and gave it life. What has Ralph Horowitz

done, nothing!

Here are the arrestee's and their associated charges.

Hollie Enrique - 1 count of misdemeanor trespassing

and 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism.

Martha Escudero - 2 counts of misdemeanor trespassing,

1 count of resisting arrest and 1 count of misdemeanor

vandalism.

Sarah Sage - 1 count of misdemeeanor vandalism and

misdemeanor trespassing.

Steven Murphy - 4 counts of trespassing, 3 counts of

resisting arrest, 1 count of misdemeanor destruction

of property and 1 count of resisting arrest.

Luigi Petrigh - 1 count of misdemeanor vandalism and 1

count of misdemeanor trespassing.

Robert Fofrich - 2 counts of misdemeanor vandalism and

1 count of trespassing.

Jesus, Fonseca - 1 count of misdemeanor trespassing.

The 3 activists with the most serious charges are

listed below.

Yolanda Carlin - 1 count of misdemeandor vandalism, 2

counts of treepassing and 1 felony count of assault on

a police officer (for allegedly throwing a milkcrate

at a cop).

Jordan Murray - Felony vandalism. Other charges may

be added next week after her arrangement.

Christian Micheal Tritzun - 1 count of felony

vandalism. And again other charges may be added at his

arrangement.

Jesus and Stevens pre-trial will be held at 210 Temple St., betw. Broadway and Hill this Thursday morning at 9 am. Roberts trial begin this Friday at the same courthouse at 9 am. Please be there to support the farm defenders.

As of now Yolanda is still looking at several months in jail for the alleged assault on an LAPD officer, please support her. Also, Steven, Jordan and Michael are still facing several weeks in jail for the charges against them; Steven is taking the stance that he will not accept any form of probation or community service.

*These are the charges as they stand now. Our public

defenders and private attorney's have advised that

more charges may be filed in the future. Please

forward this list to everyone you know.

Below are links to video's proving that alleged

assaults and property damage did not occur by the 10

activists.

Please contact us at eireannach_99@yahoo.com<\/a> or 916 607 9141. This is

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