From: nattyreb@ix.netcom.com
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 19:10:09
Subject: !*Update-- Call-ins for Fred Hampton, Jr.

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From: "National People's Democratic Uhuru Mov't Chicago"


Urgent Call-in!  Free Fred!

Menard prison officials label Uhuru Movement a "gang" and throw Fred
Hampton’s son into 6 months segregation to isolate him from the people!

On April 1, 1999, Fred Hampton Jr. was abruptly and secretly moved from
Pontiac Prison to Menard in southern Illinois.  He was immediately put into
segregation for what the prison administration calls "unauthorized gang
activity" which is part of the political harassment Fred Jr. continues to
be subjected to.  Menard prison is the same place his father, Black Panther
leader Fred Hampton was sent when he was framed on a bogus ice cream truck
robbery charge in 1968.  When Fred Jr. first arrived, with legs and arms
shackled, he was subjected to threats by guards who were quickly moving him
through the prison.  The guards kept saying "dead man walking" referring to
what is said when an inmate is being walked to the execution chamber.  They
also made threatening statements to Fred Jr. referring to George Jackson,
the Black Panther member assassinated in Soledad prison by guards who
covered up his murder by saying he was trying to escape.

Fred Jr. is a Political Prisoner and Prisoner of War in the U.S.  He has
been framed and imprisoned because he is the son of assassinated Black
Panther leader Fred Hampton and a leader of the Uhuru Movement which is
organizing to expose and defeat the U.S. government counterinsurgency (war)
against the African community.  This counterinsurgency comes under the
guise of the "war on drugs, crime, and gangs", it’s purpose is to keep the
African community from standing up and organizing for our rights and
self-determination as we did when Fred Hampton Sr. and the Black Panther
Party walked the streets.

Only the power of the people will Free Fred Hampton’s Son and stop the
U.S. government war against our community!

Send letters of support to:
Fred Hampton Jr. aka Alfred Johnson #B42954
Menard C.C.
PO Box 711
Menard, IL 62233

Call-in and write letters of protest to:

1) Warden Thomas Page
Menard C.C.
PO Box 711
Menard, IL 62233

Demand:  a)Fred Jr. be immediately released from segregation, that he be
placed in general population, that the bogus "violations" be dropped,  and
that the political attacks be stopped immediately!
b)Thomas Page be held responsible for Fred Jr.’s health and well-being
while at Menard C.C.

2)Illinois Gov. George Ryan
207 State House Rd.
Springfield, IL 62706
(217)782-5189
fax (217)524-4049
Chicago office (312)814-2121

Demand: a)Free Fred Hampton Jr. Now!
b)Put an immediate end to the political attacks against Fred Jr. and
transfer him to Sheridan medium security prison near Chicago pending his
release.

We are asking everyone to make the calls and write letters as often as you
can but are specifically asking that we bombard these two targets on
Mondays and Tuesdays.  After you make the calls, respond to this email to
let us know when you made them and what the response was, also when you
mail letters, let us know!  This way we are able to keep track of how many
calls/letters/faxes/etc. are going out!!

For more information:
contact the Fred Hampton Uhuru House
5409 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60609
773-924-7072
or respond to this email