Aid for Toledo Political Prisoner

Wednesday, February 21 2007 news.infoshop.org

Donnell Summers is the last person to go to trial for charges
stemming from the historic October 15th Uprising in Toledo, Ohio, and
the first of more than 100 arrested to choose to fight the charges in
court.

Donnell maintains his innocence of the charges, claiming he was
selected randomly during mass arrests and hit with a blanket charge
of felony aggravated riot. During the uprising police chose mainly
not to arrest those who were fighting back, and instead chose to
focus on easy arrests, such as people watching from their lawns and
other non-combatants.

Having originally taken a plea when faced with a jury containing
eight people with direct ties to law enforcement, Donnell has chosen
to vacate his plea in hopes of avoiding the stain of a felony
conviction on his record. His legal expenses are expected to exceed
$5,000.

The police and prosecuters have thus far been able to intimidate all
others arrested from fighting their charges in court. If Donnell can
win his case it will be a huge victory and will pave the way for
wrongful arrest and police brutality suits against the city.

Donations for his legal aid fund are being handled by Toledo's
October Fifteenth Anarchist Collective. They can be reached at
october15ac@hotmail.com to help with any donations.