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Fwd: National March for Megan Williams/ Against Hate Crimes
 
BLACK LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE (BLFJ)  
                    www.Blacklawyersforjustice.org 
 
 WV CONTACT FOR BLACK LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE
AND MEGAN WILLIAMS SUPPORT COMMITTEE AGAINST HATE CRIMES  john k
shabazz 304 657 1493
 
For Immediate Release  
October 7, 2007
 
NATIONAL MARCH AGAINST
HATE CRIMES:
 
  MEGAN WILLIAMS:  KIDNAP, TORTURE AND RAPE VICTIM IS FOCUS OF NATIONAL
CALL TO ACTION
 
                                                    
         When:     Saturday November 3, 2007       12:00 noon
 
         Location:  Charleston, West Virginia.  Beginning in front of
West Virginia State University and Marching to the West Virginia State
Capitol in Charleston.
         
        March Purpose:  To bring national and statewide support to
Charleston resident Megan Williams, the Williams Family and victims of
other hate crimes nationwide.  The Jena 6 case, the rise in the hanging
of nooses and other current acts of injustices and intimidation against
Blacks/African Americans will all be highlighted at this National March
against Hate Crimes. Families and victims of hate crimes that are
occurring throughout the nation will attend.  Black Lawyers For Justice,
the Williams Family and organizers are demanding that Federal Hate
Crimes charges be brought in the instant case. They are also demanding
Congressional hearings on hate crimes against Black residents as well a
wide range of actions to combat the growing attacks on Blacks in
America.
 
         Who are the Organizers?  The primary march organizers are
Black Lawyers For Justice (BLFJ) and the Support Committee For Megan
Williams.  This march will be endorsed by at least 100 Black
organizations, student groups, clergy and leaders of every stripe. An
initial endorsement list will be produced on 10-15-07.
    
         Contact:  Black Lawyers For Justice (BLFJ) / Malik Shabazz,
Esq.    
                          Attorney/ advocate for Megan Williams and the
 
                          Williams Family)
                          
                           Ph: NATIONAL (202) 397-3577   local (304)
657-1493
                                    E-mail:   [log in to unmask] 
                                    Websites: 
Blacklawyersforjustice.org              
                                              
 
 
WHY A MARCH TO SUPPORT MEGAN WILLIAMS AND OPPOSE HATE CRIMES?
 
On November 3, 2007 a historic National March will take place in
Charleston, West Virginia. This call to action is to support young Megan
Williams, who is the victim of one of the worst hate crimes in United
States history. The March is also called to address an unacceptable rise
in hate crimes and incidents of injustices currently perpetrated against
Blacks or African Americans.  On September 12, 2007, and in subsequent
preliminary hearings, it was revealed that Megan Williams, a twenty year
old Black Woman, was lured into a nearby Logan county trailer house of
hatred.  Young Megan, who also has special disability needs, was
repeatedly raped, choked, stabbed, forced to eat dog and rat feces as
her six white tormentors berated her calling her “nigger”
incessantly.  According to evidence gathered, Megan was sodomized with a
stick and a noose was tied around her neck for lengthy periods during
this week long ordeal that is verified by several of co-defendants
signed confessions. This is an this ugly and outrageous ordeal.  
Prosecutors said. "Every time they stabbed her, they called her
'nigger."  Carmen Williams, the mother, told The Charleston Gazette.
"She wakes up in the middle of the night screaming, 'Mommy.'  What's
really, really bad is, we don't know everything, and they did to her. 
She is crying all the time."  No doubt, had she not been rescued they
were going to kill her and throw her in a nearby lake.
Arrested are: Frankie Brewster, 49, and her son Bobby Brewster, 24.,
Karen Burton, 46; her daughter Alisha, 23; Danny Combs, 20, and George
Messer, 27 *six whites from nearby Logan County, West Virginia. The
suspects took turns beating, stabbing, choking and sexually abusing
Williams, while consistently threatening her with death, according to
criminal complaints.  A rope was placed around Williams' neck, her hair
was ripped out and she was made to eat dog and rat feces, drink from a
toilet and lick up blood, the complaint charges.  At one point, she was
sexually assaulted while scalding water and melting hot wax from a
candle was poured on her body. At another point she was forced to lick
the toes of the sadistic defendants. She was stabbed in the leg at least
four times and both of her ankles were cut by a female suspect who
allegedly taunted her, saying, "This one is for Kunta Kinte, and that's
what we do to niggers around here.”
“The Megan Williams case is beyond a doubt, one of the worst hate
crimes in U.S. History.  The Megan Williams case is even worse than the
case of the Jena 6”*said Attorney Malik Shabazz Esq., Megan Williams
Family Attorney and Spokesman for Black Lawyers For Justice, speaking at
the October 3rd preliminary hearing in Logan County, West VA.  
Shabazz also said, “The number of outright hate crimes and injustice
cases against Blacks is rising so rapidly it’s hard for our office to
keep track of.  We are calling for every concerned person in our
community to respond to this national crisis with vigor and due
diligence.  The November 3rd March in Charleston is a big step in the
direction of organizing to challenge the tide of attacks occurring
against Blacks”.
  
HATE CRIMES DOCUMENTED
In addition to the Megan Williams case, criminal acts of hatred and
intimidation using hanging nooses have sprung up all over the nation. 
The hanging noose, central to the Jena case, is used by racists as an
actionable threat to the safety and well being of Blacks, who have
suffered innumerable historical injustices via hanging ropes and
lynchings. On Sept 7th, a three foot noose was found hung at the
University of Maryland, College Park, roiling the campus. On October
4th, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reported that police were
investigating several cases in which nooses were left at workplaces to
intimidate black employees in the Pittsburgh area. The Tribune reported,
“a supervisor at the Verizon Wireless Business Services Center in
Marshall found a black doll with a noose around its neck and racial
slurs directed at it.”  Several similar hate crime incidents have been
reported in the Pittsburgh area in the last month. In Long Island, New
York last month, police found a noose hanging in the locker room. Many
believed it was hung by a police officer and was in response to the
newly elected Black police chief.  Last month, in North Carolina, nooses
were found hung at a public school.  On October 3rd in Washington D.C.,
white students and historical Galluadet University for the deaf,
reportedly held a Black student hostage for over an hour and repeatedly
wrote “KKK” all over his body with markers. All over the U.S.,
Police assaulting and killing unarmed Black victims is on the rise
again.
 
 
A FOLLOW UP TO JENA
 
The November 3rd National March against Hate Crimes is also an effort
to end the continued persecution of the Jena 6.  Mychal Bell and the
Jena 6 are still facing jail after responding to racist persecution at
the High school in Jena, Louisiana. Also the addresses and phone numbers
of the Jena 6 Families were posted on Neo-Nazi/Klan websites,
subsequently, white supremacists have committed acts of aggression near
their homes and BLFJ has copies of letters from various Ku Klux Klan
organizations directly threatening the Jena 6 families. Members of the
Jena 6 are endorsing and are expected at this march.
 
Over 100 organizations, student groups, youth organizations, clergy,
rappers, and leaders are set to endorse the November 3rd March (a list
will be released on 10/15/07) Like in Jena, organizers going to get
busses, travel the highway and organize to support Megan Williams and
organize against these attacks.
 
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
 
Friday November 2nd 7:00 pm:       A pre march remembrance/ prayer
vigil will take place at the Logan County trailer home where Megan
Williams was kidnapped and tortured
 
Saturday November 3rd 12:00 noon:  National March against Hate Crimes,
Charleston, West VA.  March will begin in front of West Virginia State
University.
 
Saturday November 3rd 5:00 pm:  Fundraiser for Megan Williams and Town
Hall Meeting on Race Relations to take place at Rehoboth Cathedral of
Christ in Charleston, West Virginia- Bishop James Carter III is the host
pastor.
 
To Endorse This March Or For Updates And Further Details, Visit The
Website:   www.Blacklawyersforjustice.Org Or Call (202) 397 -4577 The
Email Is [log in to unmask]: forwarded message attached. 


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