[Ppnews] Charles Rangel and Cynthia McKinney's - support Mumia civil rights investigation

[Political Prisoner News]

Former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and current U.S. 
Congressman Charles Rangel, who is chairman of the House Committee on 
Ways and Means, have both released their open letters to US Attorney 
General Holder, calling for a federal civil rights investigation into 
the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Actions are being organized throughout the summer to support the 
campaign for a federal civil rights investigation, including at the 
upcoming NAACP convention in New York City, July 11-16. Organizers 
are focusing particularly on July 13, the day that Attorney General 
Holder will address the convention. Supporters will then be in 
Washington, D.C., on July 22 to lobby their elected officials and, in 
mid-September, they'll return to Washington, D.C., for a major press 
conference. For more information on how you can support the campaign 
for a federal civil rights investigation and to sign the online 
letter and petition to Attorney General Holder, 
visit: 
<http://freemumia.com/civilrights.html>http://freemumia.com/civilrights.html

For more information on the campaign for the civil rights 
investigation, please read this week's SF Bay View Newspaper article:

<http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/citing-withheld-evidence-supporters-of-mumia-abu-jamal-call-for-civil-rights-investigation/>http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/citing-withheld-evidence-supporters-of-mumia-abu-jamal-call-for-civil-rights-investigation/

Read the open letters from

Charles 
Rangel:    <http://freemumia.com/rangel.gif>http://freemumia.com/rangel.gif

Cynthia 
McKinney: 
<http://www.phillyimc.org/en/cynthia-mckinneys-open-letter-attorney-general-holder-re-mumia-abu-jamal>http://www.phillyimc.org/en/cynthia-mckinneys-open-letter-attorney-general-holder-re-mumia-abu-jamal


Mr. Eric Holder
United States Attorney General
US Department of Justice
Washington, DC

June 19, 2009

Attorney General Holder:

I am writing to ask for your personal and immediate intervention to 
put an end to a grave injustice.  Anyone who has read the reports, as 
I have, including briefs and opinions of the Courts, knows that Mumia 
Abu-Jamal was tried and convicted amid sensationalism and hysteria 
that, at its core, constituted a racial frenzy.  Indicting words from 
the Judge, himself, point to racism and prejudice even inside the 
Courtroom.  The "Batson Issue" should be of real concern to everyone 
interested in justice.  Sadly, Mumia was convicted amid the very 
racial cowardice of which you, yourself, have spoken.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for, among other things, having 
said that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice 
everywhere.  Ignoring any instance of racism inside the courtroom 
leads to injustice that threatens us all.

There is no statute of limitations on the U.S. Constitution and I 
therefore request that you do all within your power to review the 
totality of the circumstances as they are now known in 2009 in the 
case of Mumia Abu-Jamal and ensure that his Constitutional rights (in 
the form of racially-tinged prosecutorial and judicial misconduct) 
were and are not abridged.  The imperative for a civil rights 
investigation is clear and I specifically request that of your office.

I am prepared to meet with you or anyone you designate for the 
purpose of engaging in a dialogue on this matter.  I look forward to 
hearing from you soon.
Please accept this request within all applicable rules and regulations.

Sincerely,

Cynthia McKinney




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