[Omd] e-mail from jane and my response to it

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Right on, Matt


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From: mattm-b at resist.ca
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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 17:12:13 
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Subject: [Omd] e-mail from jane and my response to it

my response to jane's most recent e-mail to OMD (which is included below).
makes me angry! maybe the below e-mail is too angry.

jane i don't know where you get off calling me a "follower" but i'd be
happy if you keep your opinions to yourself.  i had nothing to do with the
firebombing.  i am, however, entirely capable of reaching my own
conclusions about subjects, issues and so on, and am capable of deciding
for myself what i will do with my activist time.  i believe that your
characterization of em as a "follower" comes from 1) the fact that i have
been diagnosed as "schizoaffective" (which would be a very ableist opinion
to hold) and 2) the fact that i don't agree with you about many subjects.

there was never any evidence that any police officer was involved with the
arson.  there was never any statement that a police officer was involved
in any of the disclosure, nor did roger ever say or imply that a police
officer was involved in the action.

if we do decide to attempt any legal action you can be sure that you will
not be included and that your opinion will be disregarded.

your understanding of the bail proceeding is clearly extremely limited and
based far more on opinion than on fact.

a trial would have resulted in roger receiving a much more severe sentence
than he did receive. so, basically, your plan would have meant that our
friend and comrade roger would be spending something like 5 - 7 years in
prison instead of 3 1/2.

most people choose not to talk about things which they know nothing about,
and with good reason; it tends to make one look a bit foolish at least.

as one of the J18 defendants who you "claim" to have been supporting i
want you to know that i never felt supported by you and that, in fact,
your "support" was not only a distraction but was, in fact entirely
counter-productive.  your ongoing attempts to comment upon and/or
influence decisions which - i thank god - you had no say in is not wanted
and continues to be offensive and a deep waste of our time.

no love,
matt

from jane:

How about helping Roger Clement sue Francois Leclerk and any other cops
who set him up and railroaded him afterwards. There was no reason for
Roger to be denied bail and he could have had a bail review every 90 days.
I think the only reason he was denied bail was to pressure him into
pleading guilty without a trial. Insisting on going to trial would have
helped Roger get off or at least a reasonable sentence for a first offence
because the powers to be did not want a trial. A trial would have brought
out that the cop Francois Leclerk was participating in the RBC arson. And
if it was Francois or other cops who initiated this arson then there was
the defense of entrapment to fall back on. And personally  I do not
believe either Roger or Matt initiated this action. Roger is a peacemaker
not a leader and Matt is a follower.

The Ottawa Movement Defense should have encouraged public awareness of the
fact that Roger had no prior arrests and that a cop participated in the
arson but instead they put elbow grease into shutting the public
discussion down and silencing anyone like myself for asking pointed
questions about his poor defense.

The defense of Grenspon speaks for itself including a publication ban that
served only the state, a derogatory press statement about Roger when his
office got spray painted and no favourable statements, failure to mention
that Roger had no record in the original bail proceeding or in the media.
In one media article Grenspons says Roger was never incarcerated which is
not the same as saying no arrests. Lawyers do not make mistakes like this
they are very percise with legal comments.
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