Corcoran State Prison pigs claim to have found a kite (note/letter) on the floor outside of a holding cage in Administrative Segregation (Ad-Seg). This kite is alleged to have been intended for specific members of this Raymond Street and Blue Note Crips, with assault on pigs throughout California Department of Corrections (CDC) in general and Corcoran State Prison in particular.
Consequently, all Black prisoners in Corcoran State Prison were immediately placed on lock down; the LA Times was notified; and an investigation ensued with investigative security unit (ISU) Sgt. Montgomery concluding that I authored this kite under the authorization of Stanley Williams (i.e. Big Tookie, Original founder of the Crip Organization) who is on Death Row in San Quentin writing/publishing children's books and advocating the collective uplifting of the New African here on these Northern shores of Amerikkka.
ISU also concludes that the alleged kite was preposterously authored and authorized due to "Tookie's" appeals are now running out and in retaliation of the states anticipated scheduling of his execution. [Stanley Williams (a.k.a. Tookie) is widely known for his work as a positive and passive force particularly working on the education of Black children -MIM].
Subsequently, four suspected members of the Raymond Street Crips, including myself, were charged with the specific act of "Conspiring to Assault Correctional Staff" and we were given extensive SHU sentences without being afforded the opportunity to question key witnesses or present exculpatory evidence in our defense.
Though all of us, including "Tookie," were either in another section or facility from this kite; no movement to take off on these pigs have jumped off in any concerted effort in the last six months we have been in segregation; there was nothing found in "Tookie's" cell by the San Quentin ISU to link any of us to this kite. Nor does any of our handwritings match this kite, CDC has not made a single attempt to match the handwriting of the pigs who claim to have "found" this kite carelessly laying on the floor outside of an unoccupied holding cage. This is outrageous!
Moreover, CDC is now attributing all of the isolated, alleged and/or unrelated crip/pig assaults that have occurred throughout CDC to this mysterious kite and has referred our cases to the LA Times for further persecution and to the States District Attorney for imminent prosecution.
Many of us, such as myself, already have two prior convictions, are close to parole and are now facing 25 years to life under California's 3-strike lynch clause behind these allegations.
These fabricated allegations CDC has launched against Crips in general and Raymond/Blue Note Crips in particular are but a first string elaborate attack and ploy to camouflage its strategic persecution of the Black Prison diaspora, desensitize the public of the states anticipated execution of a condemned comrade, and to manufacture an artificial justification for extended sentences, convictions and the existence of security housing units.
Therefore, this writer appeals from this critical state of emergency to MIM and ULK readers to call, write, fax and/or e-mail A.K. Schribner Warden of Corcoran State Prison in open protest of this CDC/Media persecution and District Attorney referral.
Make all references to log number CSP COR 3C-03-08-011.
-- a California prisoner, Feb 2004