2 queer Black sisters attacked by NYPD, Response needed!!!

30 05 2009

Date: June 6, 2006
Time: 3:00p – 5:00pm
Location: 77th Precinct
Street: St. Marks and Utica
Town/City: Brooklyn, NY

On May 16, 2009 two black lesbians were brutally beaten in front of a
club in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, NY. The Safe OUTside
the System Collective of the Audre Lorde Project and Gays and Lesbians
of Bushwick Empowered of Make the Road by Walking are organizing a
protest with the women who were attacked against the 77th Precinct on
Saturday June 6th @ 3PM @ the 77th Precinct. It will be @ St. Marks
Avenue and Utica Avenue. Please come out and join us.

From: Ladies Love Ladies
Date: Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Subject: NYPD Brutal BeatingS @ Ife Lounge Saturday

Hey ya’ll…

I am writing today with a heavy heart. And for me no matter how much
the world seems to dissappoint me I always want to bounce back. But
this time is a little different.

I and another lesbian in the community were involved in a BRUTAL
BEATING by ALL MALE COPS the 77th PRECINCT of the NYPD.

It took place at the IFE LOUNGE, corner of Nostrand & Atlantic in
Brooklyn. I know for a fact there were at least 100-200 woman outside
at the time and I am hearing rumors of video footage. LOOK LADIES…
IF YOU FIND CAN FIND A PARTY SO F-IN IMPORTANT, THAT YOU HAVE THE TIME
TO TELL A FRIEND TO TO TELL A FRIEND TO POST BULLETINS TO EMAIL
FLYERS. THEN I WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD HAVE THE TIME TO ASK A FRIEND TO
ASK A FRIEND TO ASK A FRIEND TO FIND PICTURES VIDEOS, WRITTEN
TESTIMONY TO SUPPORT THE FACT THAT TWO OF YOUR OWN WERE BEATEN IN THE
STREET BY POLICE!!!

NOT ONLY WERE WE BEATEN, COPS HURLED ANTI-GAY STATEMENTS AS THEY
RAISED THIER NIGHT STICKS IN THE AIR. LIKE “YOU FUCKIN BITCH ASS
DYKE”… AND THEN HAD THE AUDACITY IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN SEARGENT AND
THE REST OF THERE BROTHERS AND SISTERS SAY “WE ARE HAVIN SOME DYKE
PUSSY IN HERE TONIGHT”

Really ladies… This crime wasn’t about me or about the other female
involved. As I laid there and I felt the night sticks hit me, I
thought of Martin Luther King, and what he had to endure just for us
to have the freedoms we do today. I immediately relaxed my body, put
my arms up where they can see I wasn’t resisting, and screamed at the
top of my lungs for someone to hit record on there camera. As they
pulled me into the car I knew then that they picked the wrong quote
unquote “DYKE”, to mess with.

TODAY!!! ITS TIME FOR US TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!! I don’t know about
you, but I am absolutely tired of the way police, club owners &
bouncers treat us. If you didn’t know what they think about YOU. I
hope you RECOGNIZE NOW, what it really is.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED:
VIDEO FOOTAGE
PICTURE FOOTAGE
WRITTEN TESTIMONIES W/CONTACT INFORMATION
PLEASE EMAIL ME ASAP!!!

DON’T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT ISN’T YOUR BUSINESS, IT IS. IF YOU HANG
WITH US, PRAY WITH US, IF YOU PARTY WITH US, IF YOU SHOW YOUR PRIDE
WITH US, THIS CRIME WAS COMMITTED AGAINST YOU AND MEMBERS OF YOUR
FAMILY.

Email me @
civilrights@LadiesLoveLadies.com

SNAIL MAIL
Triple L Network
315 Flatbush Ave
Suite 115
Brooklyn, NY 11217

PHONE:
718-350-4141

Thank you for listening…. forward this to as many people as possible!!!

much luv as always ladies,
jG
CEO of LadiesLoveLadies.com
and your favorite Photographer





Renata Hill has been moved to Albion

27 05 2009

hey everyone, not sure if you have this or not, but renata was moved to albion yesterday (we are trying to get her moved back down, but right now it doesn’t look good). here is her new address:

Renata Hill 07-G-0636

Albion Correctional Facility

3595 State Road

Albion, NY 14411-9399

Please send her thoughts, letters, art, poetry, and anything else that might help keep her spirit strong.





Check out the NJ4 Documentary

7 05 2009

NJ4 activist, Blair Doroshwalther, has been working with Terrain, Venice, and the families of the women to produce and create a documentary about their case.

Check out the trailer for The Fire This Time and sign up for updates on the website.





Renata accepts plea bargain; Support Patreese & Renata

6 05 2009

On March 18th, Renata accepted a plea bargain to reduce the length of her sentence. See FIRECE NYC for the full update.

While we wait for Renata’s new contact information, make sure to keep in contact with Patreese by sending her letters and packages. Check the list of allowable items under the NY State system before sending packages. Your support means a lot to her!

Letters and packages can be mailed to:

Patreese Johnson
#07-G-0635
Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 1000
Bedford Hills, NY 10507