MICHAEL WILLIAMS SPOKE OUT WHEN HE SAW A BIGOT HARASSING YOUNG MUSLIM WOMEN.

HE WAS ASSAULTED, THEN ARRESTED! HE NOW FACES PRISON!
COME TO COURT FRIDAY AND STAND WITH THIS BRAVE MAN AT HIS SENTENCING!
FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 9:30 AM, 111 CENTRE ST., ROOM 631, PART 48

Michael Williams was convicted of second-degree
assault for defending young Muslim women against a hate-filled bigot. He
will be sentenced Friday, Aug. 10. The prosecutor, who introduced
blatantly anti-Muslim rhetoric into the trial, wants to send him to
prison for 5 years. He wants this union drywall taper and gentle father
of two to lose his job and his home. He wants to send a message that
it's okay to physically assault Muslims and and protesters in New York
City. That it's okay to assault people who stand up to bigotry.

Michael Williams assaulted no one. He
intervened verbally to protect the girls and after he was attacked he
only defended himself .

But this case is
not just about Michael Williams, Michael Williams is being used as a
message to all people who stand for their right to protest and who stand
up against Anti-Muslim bigotry.

Please come to court Friday to support Michael at his sentencing.

You
may also write a letter asking for clemency to the judge, Hon. Daniel
McCullough, New York State Supreme Court, and email it to Michael's
defense attorney, Lamis Jamal Deek, at lamisjamalesq@yahoo.com

A short account of Michael's arrest and trial is posted below.

SUPPORT MICHAEL WILLIAMS

On Jan.9, 2011, this gentle father of two, a union drywall taper, saw Muslim-hating bigot Joe Kenny harassing and abusing a
group of teenage Muslim women who were going for pizza after a rally
commemorating the massacre of Gaza.

Michael,
a passionate believer in human rights, had traveled all the way from
his home near Boston to take part in that rally. He had a bullhorn.
When he heard the bigot harassing young women, Michael said over his bullhorn that they had a right to be here and say what they believed. The outraged bigot then followed Michael
into
the street,physically assaulted Michael and left with his bullhorn.
Despite the pleas of the girls he was protecting, Michael was arrested
and charged with Assault in the First Degree and
endangering the welfare of a child, because the Kenny's son had watched
his father assault Michael.

After three days deliberation , the
jury acquitted Michael of first-degree felony assault the charge of
endangering the welfare of a child (assailant Kenny's son, who was
allegedly present) was dismissed but convicted him of second-degree
assault, for which he faces seven years in prison.

Michael's conviction despite unchallenged evidence of self-defense,
reflects the prosecution's orchestrated campaign to punish and
intimidate those who stand up against anti-Muslim bigotry and for
Palestinian rights. The prosecution was permitted to introduce grossly
prejudicial rhetoric against defense witnesses, one of who was even
questioned about his opposition to a U.S. war with Iran and another
teenage girl who was asked whhether she believed Michael was a "martyr
for the Palestinian cause."

Michael
and the young girls he defended have been doubly victimized in this
case, first by a racist attack on Jan. 11, 2011,and then by an unfair
and politically motivated witch-hunt in the court.

For carrying out his civic duty,
Michael faces up to 15 years in prison. The DA is carrying out a
blatantly political prosecution, based on anti-Muslim and anti-Arab
prejudice rather than the facts of the case.

To win justice in this case, your help is urgently needed. Please:

1. Donate to Michael's defense fund. Go to paypal.com, click "Send Money" then "Send Money Online" and follow the instructions on the right. At step 2 type "acpollack2@juno.com" in the "To [email address]" field. (acpollack is serving as our
Treasurer).

2. Come to Michael's sentencing on Aug. 10, , 9:30 a.m., 111 Centre Street, Part 48 (Room 631), Manhattan.

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