A-Infos (en) Court support for Stoney Point member urgently needed

["Graeme Bacque" <gbacque@arcos.org>]

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        Stoney Point First Nation #43 -- Aazhoodenaang Enjibaajig


               For Immediate Release - Saturday February 7, 1998

           Court support for Warren George is urgently needed 

Aazhoodena Territory - On Thursday February 12, 1998 at 10:00 a.m. the
verdict for the trial of Warren George will be given at the Sarnia
Provincial Court House. Warren George faces three charges: dangerous
operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, criminal negligence
causing bodily harm and assault with a wea pon (a car) which he received
as he attempted to save the life of Bernard George who was being brutally
beaten to death by the O.P.P. 

Also on the same night of September 6, 1995, Waren's cousin, Anthony
O'Brien "Dudley"  George, was shot to death by O.P.P. officer Kenneth
Deane who has been found guilty of criminal negligence causing death.

As early as September 7, 1995 the O.P.P. claimed that "the occupants of
... two vehicles fired upon the Police officers." It was later proven in
the trial of Kenneth Deane that the O.P.P. lied and that at no time did
the Stoney Point People have weapons in the park. The charges against
Warren George are part of the ongoing efforts of the O.P.P. to cover up
and justify their violent armed attack on the unarmed Stoney Point People. 

Warren George has been continually criminalized in the media and the
courts by being portrayed as armed and shooting at the police.  Yet on the
first day of his trial, the crown dropped the charges of possession of a
firearm da ngerous to the public peace and use of a firearm during an
indictable offence because he had no reasonable grounds for prosecution. 

It is within the context of the Stoney Point People asserting their
indigenous rights to their territory that the charges against Warren
George have been laid. To date over 100 charges have been laid against the
Stoney Point People as part of an overall campaign of criminalization and
genocide. 

The Stoney Point People are calling on all their supporters to be prepar
ed to protest if Warren George is convicted for saving the life of Bernard
George.

Demand that the charges be dropped!
Support Warren George in the court room! 

Thursday February 12, 1998 10:00 a.m.
Sarnia Provincial Court House
(Take highway 402 into Sarnia and turn right at Christina St. 700 N.) 

For more information contact: 
Marcia Simon 519-786-4052 or fax 519-786-6652 (messages)                   
                                                                           
              


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