If you think Bush is Guilty of War Crimes, you are Delusional.
Wed May 10, 2006 at 10:53:04 PM PDT
May
10: Judge Timothy McGinty incarcerated an activist with World Can't
Wait--Drive Out the Regime in the psych unit of the Cuyahoga County
Jail in downtown Cleveland, where she now sits for an indefinite period
of time.
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2006
WORLD CAN'T WAIT--DRIVE OUT THE BUSH REGIME
www.worldcantwait.org
Press contact: Cleveland, 216-633-6200 cleveland@worldcantwait.org
JUDGE ORDERS WORLD CAN'T WAIT ACTIVIST TO JAIL PSYCH UNIT
If you think Bush is Guilty of War Crimes, you are Delusional.
May 10: Judge Timothy McGinty incarcerated an activist with World Can't
Wait--Drive Out the Regime in the psych unit of the Cuyahoga County
Jail in downtown Cleveland, where she now sits for an indefinite period
of time.
On April 28, after a 5-day trial, Carol Fisher was found guilty of 2
counts of assault on police officers for posting a sign on a telephone
pole announcing World Can't Wait's protests against Bush's State of the
Union address. She faces a possible 3 years in prison and a mandatory
psych exam.
In a hastily called hearing on May 10, Judge McGinty made a highly
unusual decision to force Carol to undergo a state psychological exam
as part of her pre-sentencing investigation. From the start of Carol's
case, the judge has said that she must have mental problems for
resisting an unlawful and brutal encounter with Cleveland Heights
police.
Terry Gilbert, one of Carol's attorneys said, "This is Gulag
stuff--saying that people who are dissidents are crazy." He said that
in his 33 years of practicing law, he has never seen anything like this.
The small courtroom on the 21st floor of the Justice Center was ringed
with 5 armed court bailiffs. McGinty started off the hearing by
making Carol stand up and had one of her attorneys read her t-shirt,
which said: "Wanted for Illegally Crossing Borders: The Bush
Regime. If you are going to insist that crossing borders
illegally is a crime which cannot be tolerated, how about George Bush,
Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice (and yes, Colin Powell)
and the rest of that gang, with their highly illegal, and violent,
'crossing of the border'-into Iraq, among other places?!"
McGinty then said this was further proof she is delusional. He
also kept saying Carol "wants" to go to jail because she is not willing
to comply with a vindictive court ordered test to "prove" her sanity.
When Carol tried to explain why she wouldn't take this test, the
judge's only response was, "I do not negotiate with felons."
Before being shipped off to jail, Carol said, "I'd be crazy to go along
with this shit! That which you will not resist and mobilize to
stop, you will learn--or be forced--to accept."
On the phone this morning from the psych unit, Carol Fisher said that
McGinty has taken away her eyeglasses and put her on "suicide watch."
If she refuses the psych exam, she will be forcibly sent to North
Coast Mental Institute for a 20 day evaluation.
Legal challenges are continuing, including seeking a writ of habeas corpus.
http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1534&Itemid=61
http://worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1029&Itemid=61
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Tags: George W. Bush, Protest, Abuse, Psychology, Repression, Recommended, Carol Fisher, Judge McGinty, Terry Gilbert (all tags)