[news] Nineteen-year-old Political Prisoner Detained in Hamilton Jail Since Aug 21

[Resist!ca]

Jonathan's friends and family have learned that he was accused of being with three other men and throwing a rock at a security guard at the construction site of the Red Hill Valley Expressway which he had been protesting. Jonathan has an air-tight alibi for the night this alleged incident took place including numerous witnesses and a bank video tape that helps to establish a timeline of his activities. It took Hamilton police two-and-a-half weeks to even investigate his alibi, despite receiving information about it the day after Jonathan’s arrest and the Deputy Police Chief told a member of the public that the alibi had been investigated and deemed to be unsubstantial the day BEFORE police actually conducted ANY interviews.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/9/19/74419/7411