Free Lauren Rally, outside her jail

[Lloyd Danforth]

I'm taking my family down as much for my, as Lauren's benefit. This shit of keeping someone in Psychiatric Confinement... they could be drugging her against her will.

She stood outside the jail beating the drum at Russell's jail protest... it was more a spiritual thing than a practical thing. I had to be there... when it is someone I know, not one of the thousands of forgotten souls rotting away in our system.

PatK's thread really got me agitated.
Psychiatric evals seem popular
http://forum.soulawakenings.com/index.php?topic=5599.msg97984#msg97984

These damn judges have too much power... once they put you into the system it is hard to tell where it will lead. Oh yeah, I forgot if she just would get on her knees... it would be all over.

If you challenge the legitimacy of the system...  that of course makes you crazy. Kind of makes me feel crazy.

But, a good kind of crazy

[Michael Fisher]

This is how we got Lauren out of jail before. (Actually, she was in prison, but I digress.) Our protest at the prison achieved statewide media coverage, if I remember correctly.

Why would that strategy not work again?

[Lloyd Danforth]

This is how we got Lauren out of jail before. (Actually, she was in prison, but I digress.) Our protest at the prison achieved statewide media coverage, if I remember correctly.

Oh, thats what got her out of jail

[Kat Kanning]

Sent to TV: 3, 8, Fox 61, CNN
Newspapers: The Day
Radio:  Alex Jones

Also I put out a request to the Catholic Workers in CT to see if they can do anything to help her or find out how she's being treated.



For Immediate Release

Eminent Domain Protester Held Under Inhumane Conditions?

October 9, 2006

Contacts:
Kat Kanning, 603-357-2049 bookish_lass@yahoo.com
Caleb Johnson 603-xxx-xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com

Lauren Canario was arrested while sitting reading a book on the porch of one of the homes seized under eminent domain in the Kelo vs. New London case.  Canario moved to New London from NV to help protect homeowners from losing their property to be given over for private development.  Canario has stated that she will not leave New London for good until the last home is razed.  Canario is being charged with Criminal Trespass and Refusal to be Fingerprinted.  To further protest the outrages of the city and state governments, Canario refused to cooperate in her arrest, and refuses to speak to any of her captors.  Judge Kevin McMahon, after giving a speech on prisoners having the right to remain silent, ordered her held for a month in York Women's Prison psychiatric ward for her refusal to speak, while a psychiatric exam is administered.

Mrs. Canario was arrested almost a year to the day earlier for trying to attend a public City Council meeting debating the eminent domain issue.  Judge Kevin McMahon did the same to her last year for her refusal to speak.  When Canario was released after 17days, she reported that she was held in ankle shackles the whole time, under bright lights 24 hours a day and that most days she was kept extremely cold.  Mrs. Canario has scars on her ankles from this treatment, according to her husband, Jim Johnson.

York Prison officials refuse to answer whether Canario is again being held under these inhumane conditions, saying, "That is not public information.  If Ms. Canario will just cooperate with our rules, she could receive all the benefits of our community."  Her husband has been refused entry to visit her.  Officials will not even let members of the clergy see her and check on her condition.

Canario is a member of the Free State Project (freestateproject.org), a group formed to move 20,000 freedom minded individuals to New Hampshire in order to reduce the size of government.  Some fellow Free State Project members will travel down to CT to York Prison to protest Lauren's unjust imprisonment and to demand information on her treatment during her incarceration.  This protest will take place on Sunday October 15th, 11 am, in front of York Women's Prison in Niantic, CT.

Video of Canario's Arrest:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-446617073620220458

More information on Canario's Arrests:
http://tinyurl.com/zqd9l

[Kat Kanning]

For Immediate Release

Eminent Domain Protester Held Under Inhumane Conditions?

October 9, 2006

Contacts:
Kat Kanning, 603-357-2049 bookish_lass@yahoo.com
Caleb Johnson 603-xxx-xxxx xxxxxxxxxxx@yahoo.com

Lauren Canario was arrested while sitting reading a book on the porch of one of the homes seized under eminent domain in the Kelo vs. New London case.  Canario moved to New London from NV to help protect homeowners from losing their property to be given over for private development.  Canario has stated that she will not leave New London for good until the last home is razed.  Canario is being charged with Criminal Trespass and Refusal to be Fingerprinted.  To further protest the outrages of the city and state governments, Canario refused to cooperate in her arrest, and refuses to speak to any of her captors.  Judge Kevin McMahon, after giving a speech on prisoners having the right to remain silent, ordered her held for a month in York Women's Prison psychiatric ward for her refusal to speak, while a psychiatric exam is administered.

Also sent to Monitor and Union Leader, mentioning that she's a part-time NH resident.

[Kat Kanning]

And Al Kulas for his radio show.

[Tom Sawyer]

Great job Kat, thanks.

[Dave Ridley]

And more signs outside will change that?

"What you do is of little significance; but it is very important that you do it."
- Mahatma Gandhi

[Kat Kanning]

That was a nice quote, Dave.  I like that.

[Kat Kanning]

Al Kulas just called me back about the press release.  He's giving it to all the news guys at his station and thinks they'll run the story tomorrow.  He was really upset about the psych test for spite, and her supposed conditions in there.

[Tom Sawyer]

Excellent, Kat.

[Tom Sawyer]

Just sent a message with Kat's press release to Wendy McElroy at Fox.

[Kat Kanning]

Cool 

[Russell Kanning]

I like it.

[Dave Ridley]

lol i've been on wendy's forum for 6 months and still dont have any idea who she is...what does she have to do with fox?