RNC MASS DEFENSE IN NEW YORK... (NLG to defend anarchists at Republican Convention in NYC

National Lawyer's Guild - NYC Chapter ^ | unknown

[sc2_ct]

The National Lawyers Guild, founded in 1937, is an association of lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers dedicated to the proposition that human rights are more important than property rights.

The Mass Defense Committee of the NLG-NYC Chapter, which has been providing legal observers and lawyers for activists since 1968, is proud to offer its depth of experience and knowledge to activists organizing events surrounding the Republican National Convention this summer in New York City. We can be contacted at:

Mass Defense Committee
National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter
143 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 679-6018
(212)679-6178 (fax)
nycmassdefense@riseup.net

The Committee is coordinating its efforts to provide RNC Mass Defense legal support with the People’s Law Collective, the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York Civil Liberties Union.

ATTORNEYS
We are actively recruiting lawyers to provide pro-bono (free) legal representation. Ideally, we will find enough pro-bono lawyers to represent everyone who may be arrested at protests during the Convention. However, given the possibility of unprecedented numbers of arrests, we cannot guarantee we will be able to recruit enough lawyers to volunteer. That is why the Guild is also recruiting lawyers who would be willing to provide legal representation at “low bono” (substantially reduced) rates. In light of this, activists may want to make some contingency legal defense fundraising plans.

If you are a lawyer interested in helping out, please download our Attorney Questionnaire (PDF format), and mail or fax it to:

RNC Mass Defense
National Lawyers Guild, New York City Chapter
143 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Fax: (212) 679-6178

If you are a lawyer and are interested in helping, but you do not have criminal defense experience, we will be offering CLE trainings this summer. Fill out and send us the our Attorney Questionnaire (PDF format) and watch our Calendar for upcoming trainings.

[NYC GOP Chick]

There are lots of people here on FR who are not affiliated with the GOP and do not like President Bush.

However, none of them identify themselves as "left-leaning libertarians" while simultaneously claiming to be in line with the hardcore right.

In the meantime, here's some advice for you:

[Dan from Michigan]

The National Lawyers Guild, founded in 1937, is an association of lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers dedicated to the proposition that human rights are more important than property rights

There is no human rights without property rights you bunch of jackasses!

People’s Law Collective

People's? How communist. They need the people's elbow dropped on them.

Anyone have any good ideas on how to counter the chaos they seem so intent on bringing to our convention?

Be ready to fight. I won't start one, but I'll do what I have to do to defend myself if I'm there.

[nopardons]

I know that you are 1)an idiot 2)a troll 3)a brainwashed,conflicted,over educated dunces 4) N OT A Conservative in any meaning of that word.

And there isn't a REAL CONSERVATIVE who will be sorry when PRESIDENT BUSH is re-elected;not a one.So go back to DU or FU or LP and tell them that you failed,over here. :-)

[Brad’s Gramma]

It's nice to see that you want to kick people more conservative than you, off of your website.

You're not a conservative. At all.

[nopardons]

There isn't a soul here,who wants YOU here,nor claiming to be on "our" side.

You aren't a Conservative and that's who this site is for.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Good. I worry about things like this. And regarding the cell phones and uploading pics AS it's happening....we could set up volunteers here on FR, dedicated times...where we could immediately put them up.

Anyone have any more ideas? I can help on this end.

[John Lenin]

Do you think this is going to help the demoRATS ?

LOL, you have no idea how much this is going to backfire.

[GVnana]

Nice touch, BTW! ;)

[sc2_ct]

Good. I worry about things like this. And regarding the cell phones and uploading pics AS it's happening....we could set up volunteers here on FR, dedicated times...where we could immediately put them up. Thank you for the concern, it's definately comforting. I don't have a camera phone, but I do have a digital camera or two, a spare laptop and if I can find a wi-fi hotspot I can pop things up onto a server.

[kayak]

Here's a new graphic I picked up today ... seems like it's very appropriate for this thread ...

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hey! I like that! Consider it stolen.



Our little friend is no longer with us, if you haven't noticed.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well, YOU'RE set!

Good!!

[kayak]

Now why does that not surprise me? ... :-)

[Brad’s Gramma]

I really need to go to fotki & transfer all of them sitting on the desktop.

:-)

FRmail...

[BurbankKarl]

I remember listening to all this on the scanner during the DNC 2000 convention...when the US Secret Service ordered LAPD to disperse the crowd after DNCers were being assaulted. If you remember, a liberal judge let the protestors move to within 50 feet of Staples Center the few days before the convention.

http://www.lapdonline.org/organization/oo/osa/dnc/dnc_photos.htm

[GVnana]

What a stinking mess.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

I could help from home also if someone can tell me how to store/post pics.
Someone was supposed to send me some info before, but i never heard back from them.

[Peach]

LOL.

I've been using that phrase myself lately when talking about the Democrats.

[ConservativeGadfly]

ping.

anything we can do here to help via airwaves?

[windchime]

Right you are!

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