{"id":4909,"date":"2012-05-28T20:20:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T01:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=4909"},"modified":"2013-02-03T15:25:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T21:25:59","slug":"freedom-for-chris-french-statement-poster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=4909","title":{"rendered":"Freedom for Chris French statement &amp; poster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/freedomforchris.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/donotgogentle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/freedomforchris.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/donotgogentle.jpg?w=487\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"292\" height=\"481\" \/><\/a>from <a href=\"https:\/\/freedomforchris.wordpress.com\/\">freedomforchris<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like thousands of others from around the country, Chris traveled to Chicago this May and attended the <a href=\"http:\/\/natoprotest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">anti-NATO protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a demonstration on Sunday evening, Chris was arrested along with several others in a barrage of police violence. In keeping with the precedent set leading up to and throughout the summit, the City of Chicago is using Chris\u2019 political beliefs as an excuse to set his bail at $250,000.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He is being charged with \u201caggravated battery on a police officer\u201d and \u201cresisting police.\u201d In light of all of this, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wepay.com\/donations\/free-christopher-french-bail-fund\">we need to raise $25,000 simply to get Chris free<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>Friends and loved ones from Atlanta are doing our best to coordinate the much-needed support for Chris.<\/p>\n<p>More information will be coming soon, but for the time being we know very little. In the meantime, all donations can be directed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wepay.com\/donations\/free-christopher-french-bail-fund\">here.<\/a> Initial costs will be used to provide Chris with stamps and other commissary funds.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Please send Chris supportive letters or postcards at:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher French <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 2012-0522081<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> P.O. Box 089002 <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Chicago, Illinois 60608<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>For total freedom!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freedomforchris.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/donotgogentle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/freedomforchris.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/donotgogentle.jpg?w=487\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/media\/photo\/2012-05\/70079308.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Christopher without his much-needed eye glasses <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s-ssl.wordpress.com\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_sad.gif?m=1129645325g\" alt=\":(\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from freedomforchris: Like thousands of others from around the country, Chris traveled to Chicago this May and attended the anti-NATO protests. In a demonstration on Sunday evening, Chris was arrested along with several others in a barrage of police violence. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=4909\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2532,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[883],"tags":[366,397,795,59],"class_list":["post-4909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communiques","tag-atlanta","tag-chicago","tag-christopher-french","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4909"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4912,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4909\/revisions\/4912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}