Friday, May 23, 2008

Support Chip Fitzgerald NOW!

Romaine Chip Fitzgerald, the longest held U.S.
political prisoner is due for a parole hearing in the
next few months. We are asking all comrades to support
Chip by signing a petition on his behalf.

Chip is a former member of the Southern California
Black Panther Party. He has been incarcerated since
1969 for altercation that took place with a CHP
officer during a traffic stop. Chip and several
Panthers defended themselves against an officer who
later admitted he had orders to shoot and kill any and
all Panthers. During the altercation, the officer was
shot and Chip managed to flea.

When arrested for the incident several weeks later, he
was informed that he was also being charge for a
murder of a security guard during a robbery in a Vons
market in Los Angeles. Chip has steadfast denied the
murder charge, but was sentence life in prison for
both incidents.

Please support our comrade, sign the petition:
http://www.freechip.org/sign-petition.html

For more information:
http://www.freechip.org/about.html

In Solidarity with Chip,
LA ABCF

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