Fwd: Diane Wilson Update
Katie reports that they have paid the bail money and Diane Wilson
should be out of the Harris Co. jail within a few hours, so you don't
need to do anything else now. See the two forwarded notes below.
Thanks to those of you who volunteered to help.
Additional help may be needed in the very near future, though.
Please check http://houston.indymedia.org/ regularly for updates.
The immediate need today was just for bail money. Legal expenses and
court costs are TBD. Diane also has a prior charge against her for a
protest at a Texas chemical plant -- see:
http://www.chelseagreen.com/politicsandpractice/news/2005/october12
She'd already received a 6-month sentence for that action, and was
supposed to start serving it next year, but a Texas court informed
her in October that she was supposed to start serving the sentence
immediately and would be arrested if/when she stepped foot in Texas.
So she may need more help. Again, please check
http://houston.indymedia.org/ for more news and announcements.
Thanks again to Katie for making sure Diane gets out (at least temporarily).
Bill
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>From: "David and Rona Smith" <>
>Subject: Update on Diane
>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:24:44 -0600
>
>Hello All,
>
>We met two of Diane's friends from the Bhopal movement, along with
>Katie, David, and Rachel, at the Harris County jail tonight. The
>funds required for Diane's release had already been raised when we
>arrived, so we did not have to make a financial contribution.
>Several other people had pledged financial support, too. This was a
>great display of solidarity with Diane. She should be out in the
>next few hours.
>
>David
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>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 20:02:46 -0800 (PST)
>From: Katie <>
>Subject: Diane Wilson Update
>...
>Diane's bail has been paid, she should be out in the
>next few hours. Thanks to all that offered help and
>support.
>
>
>I'll be posting updates on IMC so as not to flood the
>lists.
>
>-Katie
>
>"Here, then, is the new American motto, as reimagined by BushCo:
>Give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, and we'll let
>them die in a filthy and decrepit storm-ravaged American football
>stadium while our president languishes on vacation and ponders his
>oil futures and fondly remembers his good ol' days of getting drunk
>at Mardi Gras before going AWOL from the military. God bless
>America"-Mark Morford's Notes & Errata SFGate.com - Friday,
>September 9, 2005