The three week trial of the Queens Stop-and-Frisk freedom fighters has concluded. Defendants Carl Dix, Jamel Mims, Morgan Rhodewalt and Bob Parsons have been found guilty of Disorderly Conduct, a violation. Sentencing is set for January 7, 2013. On the more serious Obstruction of Government Administration charges, they were found not guilty.
Said an organizer from the Stop Mass Incarceration Network, “Guilty convictions on Disorderly Conduct, while only a violation, is unacceptable because the stop-and-frisk freedom fighters were doing nothing wrong. In fact, the police invited protesters into their perimeter as they admitted in court. The Queens District Attorney’s Office, which couldn’t prosecute the NYPD killers of Sean Bell, had to send a punitive message that the powers-that-be will not tolerate any dissension or opposition to their racist and illegal policy of stop-and-frisk. “
It is important to note that the district attorney couldn’t get away with convicting these freedom fighters of Obstruction of Government Administration, which carries a potential sentence of one year in prison. As Carl Dix, an organizer of the campaign of non-violent civil disobedience aimed at ending the NYPD policy of stop-and-frisk, said the prosecutors ,“They failed to present ANY evidence that ANY police activity was obstructed or that ANY members of the public were denied access to the precinct by the protest last November 19.”
The Stop-and-Frisk Defendants are available for commentary and interviews.
- Flash! Queens Stop-and-Frisk Defendants Found Guilty of Disorderly Conduct, Steven Yip, 11/15/2012
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