Today, please call:
-- President Obama at 202-456-1111
-- Attorney General Eric Holder at 202-514-2001
Demand: "Drop the charges now! Stop the FBI Frame-up of Carlos Montes!"
Contact us and let us know how your calls went: info@stopFBI.net
The FBI and LA sheriffs want to frame Carlos Montes. At his next
court hearing on Thursday, April 26 in Los Angeles, Carlos' attorney
will argue a legal motion to drop the charges on the grounds of
"discriminatory enforcement of the law." This means they are only
prosecuting Carlos because of his solidarity and anti-war work. Also
on Thursday, a trial date may be set!
At the last court hearing, one old document from the California
Department of Justice showed that the old charges from 1969 against
Carlos Montes were sentenced as a misdemeanor.
We will also continue to pursue via discovery how the FBI is driving
the persecution of Carlos Montes, because of his decades of
organizing against war and his solidarity work with the struggle of
the Palestinian and Colombian people and his ongoing work in the
Chicano/a community, promoting public education and fighting for
immigrant rights.
The prosecution of Carlos Montes by the LA County District Attorney
continues, despite evidence that should cause it to be thrown out of court.
If you are in the Los Angeles area...
Join us at the Court!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
8:00 a.m.
Criminal Courts Bldg.
211 West Temple St, Los Angeles
Dept. 123 on the 13th floor
For more info go to
stopfbila.net
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Background
Chicano leader and long-time anti-war activist Carlos Montes is the
target of a FBI frame up. The FBI and Los Angeles Sheriffs broke down
Carlos' door, ransacked his home, and took his notes and papers, May
17, 2011. Carlos Montes refused to answer the FBI agent's questions.
The raid on Carlos is linked to the FBI repression of 23 anti-war
activists who organized the mass protests outside the 2008 Republican
National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Along with many others,
Carlos Montes name appeared on the FBI search warrant for the
Anti-War Committee office in Minneapolis on September 24, 2010.
Now Carlos Montes is facing multiple felony charges, because the FBI
claims he is a felon in violation of firearm codes. The FBI claim
stems from a 1969 student strike for Black, Chicano, and Women's
studies at East L.A. College, where police beat and arrested
demonstrators. Carlos was arrested on his way home from the protest;
accused of assaulting a sheriff's deputy (with an empty soda can).
This charge was sentenced as a misdemeanor according to a recent
court document. The prosecution is basing their case on this
42-year-old misdemeanor, disguising it as a bogus felony. Without a
past felony, all of the charges Montes is now facing relating to his
legally purchased firearms would be dismissed. Both sides agree that
no prison time whatsoever was served in the 1969 incident. The legal
process is being driven by something other than the facts of the
case. It is political repression.
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