URGENT! URGENT! URGENT!
Mon. April 6 national call in: No medical execution of Mumia!
SAVE THE LIFE OF MUMIA ABU-JAMAL!
STOP HIS EXECUTION BY MEDICAL NEGLECT!
DON’T LET THE STATE MURDER ANOTHER BLACK LEADER!
SHUT IT DOWN FOR MUMIA!
Stopped from carrying out the
death penalty against Mumia Abu-Jamal by a worldwide movement that
spanned three decades, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has
been attempting over the past three months to execute him by medical
neglect.
On March 30, Abu-Jamal was
rushed, unconscious, to the Schuylkill Medical Center in Pottsville,
Pa., suffering from diabetic shock, with a dangerously high blood sugar
level of 779. After just two days of treatment in the hospital’s ICU,
on April 1, Abu-Jamal was returned to the prison infirmary at SCI
Mahanoy in Frackville, Pa., into the hands of the very same doctors
whose medical neglect and mistreatment nearly killed him.
Prison officials initially denied
visits by family members, supporters and Abu-Jamal’s attorneys and only
backed down after receiving thousands of calls. Those able to visit
Mumia on April 3 reported he was extremely weak, had lost 80 pounds, and
still had elevated blood sugar levels over 300. For lunch that day the
prison fed him spaghetti, one of the worst foods to give a diabetic
patient.
The murder of aging political
prisoners by denying them inadequate health care has happened before.
Earlier this year, MOVE 9 member Phil Africa died under suspicious
circumstances at SCI Dallas. The lack of standard medical treatment
impacts all prisoners, particularly those over 55.
We are demanding that the state of Pennsylvania cease and desist in their attempts to murder political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal:
●Allow
daily visits by Mumia’s family, friends and attorneys. Their support and
protection at this time of vulnerability should not be restricted.
●Allow
Mumia’s choice of specialist doctors to examine and schedule treatment
for him -- NOW. Neither the prison staff at SCI Mahanoy nor the
Schuylkill Medical Center has a diabetes specialist. There is precedent
in Pennsylvania for this. Prisoner John E. du Pont, an heir to the du
Pont chemical fortune, was allowed care by private doctors during
imprisonment. Mumia deserves the same.
●Release Mumia’s medical records to his attorneys.
●Release from prison all the elderly age 55 and over. Mumia will turn 61 on April 24.
●Allowa full investigation of prison health care in Pennsylvania.
●Mumia is innocent and should never have been incarcerated. We demand his immediate release.
We are calling on everyone to participate in the following actions over the next few days:
●Twitter widely using the hashtags #mumiamustlive, #saveMumia and #Blacklivesmatter.
●Call, fax and email the following state officials to raise the above demands:
~ Prison Superintendent John Kerestes: 570-773-2158; contact.doc@pa.gov.
●MONDAY, APRIL 6:
A car caravan will demand to see Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Superintendent John Wetzel at the DOC office: 1920 Technology Parkway,
Mechanicsburg, PA 17050 at 11 a.m. Cars leaving Philadelphia will gather
at 7 a.m. on JFK Boulevard between 30th and 31st Streets (across from
Bolt and Mega buses). If you can offer rides or need a ride, call or
text Joe Piette at 610-931-2615 or email jpiette660@hotmail.com.
●TUESDAY, APRIL 7: Press conference in Philadelphia at 11 a.m. outside
District Attorney Seth Williams’ office at Juniper Street & South Penn Square (across from City Hall, near Macy’s).
●FRIDAY, APRIL 10: Organize
a demonstration in your city, on your campus, wherever you can get out
word to stop this attempt to murder Mumia. We need to SHUT IT DOWN FOR
MUMIA!
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