[van-discuss] Re: [van-announce] Fwd: Arrest of Ivan Drury, an APC organizer

[Mike Krebs]

Yes, Ivan has been released. He was held for almost 20 hours, then
released last night. He is facing four charges, two for obstruction and
two assault on a police officer. He was able to negotiate his way out of
'non-association' conditions, but must not come within 100 metres of
Gordon Campbell.

We are looking to hold a forum this Saturday in the Grandview Woodlands
area called "Campbell and the Cops" to discuss the recent escalation of
attacks on the movement by the police. More info on this when things are a
bit more firmed up.

In Solidarity,

Mike Krebs


 --- Michael Young <mikewhy at telus.net> wrote: > I received this on another
list I'm on. Does anyone have any recent word
> on
> Ivan's 'status' and whether the cops have moved in on any one else?
> 
> m/.
> 
> 
> >>
> >>***PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY***
> >>
> >>
> >>Sunday, October 6th, 1:30 AM
> >>
> >>Tonight at around 11:00 PM, Vancouver Police arrested Ivan Drury, an
> >>organizer with the Anti-Poverty Committee and the Woodwards Coalition
> of
> >>Squatters and Supporters.
> >>The police had a warrant for his arrest based on
> >>four charges, two counts of obstructing a peace officer and two counts
> of
> >>assaulting police. He was taken to the jailhouse at Main and Cordova,
> and,
> >>according to the police who arrested him, he will be held overnight.
> These
> >>charges stem from the demonstration at Brittania on Thursday at a
> >>scheduled Campbell speaking engagement that was cancelled due to the
> >>protest. We are suspecting that Ivan will be asked to not associate
> with
> >>any APC members as a condition for his release, and at this point he
> has
> >>stated that he will refuse to sign any such conditions.
> >>
> >>As many of you already are aware, this is one of many times in the
> past
> >>few months that the police have arrested political activists and
> >>organizers involved in the struggle against the BC Liberal government.
> >>This is the fourth time Ivan has been thrown in jail since June 15th;
> 54
> >>people were arrested in the Woodwards building on the 21st, 11 more
> were
> >>arrested the following Sunday, and this past Thursday another 8 were
> >>arrested. The 8 people arrested on Thursday were all charged with
> either
> >>obstruction or assault on a police officer, and they were all given
> 'no
> >>association' orders as part of their release conditions, meaning they
> are
> >>to have no contact with anyone else who was arrested. These trumped up
> >>charges are based on the fact that these people are politically active
> >>and/or refused to comply when the police started arresting people
> without
> >>  cause. We already saw this with the June 15th demonstration, where
> one
> >>person was charged with assaulting a police officer and held
> overnight,
> >>only to have the charges dropped later.
> >>
> >>It is beyond doubt that the Anti-Poverty Committee (and other elements
> of
> >>the anti-Campbell movement) are under attack by the police. With the
> >>escalation in the charges being applied, clearly the government is
> >>shifting gears on us. The BC Liberals are using the police and the
> >>judicial system to crack down on our movement and halt our efforts to
> >>build a militant resistance to the Campbell regime. We are not going
> to
> >>back down, though. This will only strengthen our resolve and
> conviction,
> >>and so far it has also strengthened our support from other groups. We
> will
> >>defend ourselves on any front that they open up against us, and we
> will
> >>not be derailed in our struggle to defeat this government.
> >>
> >>Of course, we can't defend ourselves against these legal attacks on
> our
> >>own, and any group/individual who is serious about stopping Campbell
> >>cannot stand by while the government cracks down on organizations like
> the
> >>Anti-Poverty Committee and the Woodward's Coalition. At this stage it
> is
> >>very true that an injury to one is an injury to all. Unless we work
> >>together to defend our comrades when they are attacked by the police,
> >>nobody will be able to build any sort of effective fight against the
> >>government in these conditions. Nobody. History has shown how
> effectively
> >>the state can destroy movements by arresting activists and hampering
> their
> >>ability to organize. We can't let them do this to us.
> >>
> >>We, the Anti-Poverty Committee, are appealing to all individuals and
> >>organizations to help us defend ourselves in this legal battle with
> the
> >>police. We need lawyers willing to defend us immediately: we also need
> >>financial support to set up a legal defense fund, because we can't
> pretend
> >>that this is not going to happen in the future. We are asking any
> >>organizations and individuals with the means to donate money to help
> us
> >>set this up. Please call our office at 604-682-2726 if you are able to
> >>help us out with this, or call us at
> <mailto:apc at resist.ca>apc at resist.ca.
> >>We are an independent,
> >>grassroots organization that currently receives no sustained funding,
> and
> >>we need all the financial support we can get.
> >>In solidarity,
> >>
> >>Mike Krebs
> >>Anti-Poverty Committee
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >***************************
> >
> >When the rich declare war, it is the poor who die.  - Jean-Paul Sartre
> >
> 
> <+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+>
> 
> "You cannot have liberty in this world without what you call moral
> virtue;
> you cannot have moral virtue without the slavery of that half of the
> human
> population who hate what you call moral virtue"
> 
> 				+William Blake.
> 
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