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CAN I GET A WITNESS
by from the Free Times
Thursday, Mar. 02, 2006 at 12:39 PM
cleveland@worldcantwait.org 216-633-6200
Below is an article printed in the current Free Times, written by Michael Gill.
Besides the need for witnesses, FUNDS are urgently needed. Please make out checks to
"Carol Fisher Defense Fund" and send to NION/WCW PO Box 609034 Cleveland OH 44109
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CAN I GET A WITNESS
Hanging “World Can’t Wait, Bush Step Down” posters in poster-free Cleveland Heights has already cost activist Carol Fisher six hours in jail (“Step Away From The Poster,” City Chatter, Feburary 1). But it gave her a chance to wear her “Wanted for Mass Murder” t-shirt, which features pics of George Bush, Dick “Shotgun” Cheney, and Condoleezza Rice. She says it was a big hit in jail.
The 53-year-old Fisher, who’s 5-foot-4 and weighs about 130 pounds, is charged not with the misdemeanor crime of hanging posters, but with felonious assault of two police officers. Cleveland Heights police say she lashed out at them while they were talking with her about the posters. She says they attacked her when she attempted to comply with their orders to take the posters down.
“This is frightening,” says her attorney, Dan Shields. “I’m seeing an increase in incidents where people are quickly arrested after a minor incident, and if they ask any questions they are arrested and thrown down. Then if there’s any question of police brutality, they are charged with felony assault.”
Between now and her next pretrial hearing March 13 — and if it gets that far, her trial, April 3 — Fisher and Shields are looking for witnesses who can take time off work to tell her side of the story. Police have statements from four witnesses. Shields says he’s found plenty of character witnesses who will say Fisher has a long history of nonviolent protest, and that she wouldn’t have lashed out. But they’re still looking for people who actually saw what happened. Anyone who did and is willing to testify can call Shields at 216.221.2889.
— Michael Gill
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