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Alameda County District Attorney: Drop the charges against Ahimsa Govinda Wind-Thunder.
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    Petitioning
    1. Alameda County District Attorney (Patrick Moriarty)
  2. Created By
    Susan Spencer
    Rochester, NY
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During the recent Occupy Oakland clashes, Ahimsa Govinda Wind-Thunder was standing at the right end of where the fence was being torn down to occupy Kaiser Convention Center. The police were assaulting from both directions.  Govinda was at the 10th St. end of things. They had teargas, and he had a handful of seedpods, small brown circles, the weight of popcorn. He threw them against the teargas as a sign of protest, certainly with no intent to harm. The objects thrown were completely harmless. But the police have charged him with rock throwing. There were NO rocks anywhere around, just thousands of these little seed pods.
The police may have misunderstood the gesture, but they did not bring in any rocks as evidence. In fact, the eight indictments against him are all unsigned indictments - John Doe indictments, they are called. All citizens of this country are entitled to face their accusers. The charges are bogus. Unsigned indictments mean absolutely no injury, or contact, occurred.
However, Govinda is in Max. Security and solitary confinement 23 out of every 24 hours. He has bail set at $400,000. ($50, 000 per count). He is also charged with wearing a mask to hide his identity. He is one of 409 arrested, all but 11 released (talk about wasting tax payers money), and only four facing felonies.
Govinda is a peace-loving American citizen facing unlawful prosecution.
Please sign.

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Drop the charges against Ahimsa Govinda Wind-Thunder.

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I just signed the following petition addressed to: Oakland, California District Attorney's Office.

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Drop the charges against Ahimsa Govinda Wind-Thunder.

During the recent Occupy Oakland clashes, Govinda Wind-Thunder He was standing at the right end of where the fence was being torn down to occupy Kaiser Conv. Ctr. The police were assaulting from both directions. I believe Govi was at the 10th St. end of things. They had teargas, and he had a handful of seedpods, small brown circles, the weight of popcorn. He threw them against the teargas as a sign of protest, certainly with no intent to harm. Unless you choke on popcorn, it's really etherially harmless. But the police have charged him with rock throwing. There were NO rocks anywhere around, just thousands of these little seed pods.
The police may have misunderstood the gesture, but they did not bring in any rocks as evidence. In fact, the eight indictments against him are all unsigned indictments - John Doe indictments, they are called. Since a man in Am. is s'posed to be able to face his accusers, this is a strange legal twist for me. The lawyer says the charges are bogus. The lawyer says that unsigned means absolutely no injury, or contact, occurred.
However, Govinda is in Max. Security and solitary confinement 23 out of every 24 hours. He has bail set at $400,000. ($50, 000per count). He is also charged with wearing a mask to hide his identity. He is one of 409 arrested, all but 11 released (talk about wasting tax payers money), and only four facing felonies.
Govinda is a peace-loving American citizen facing unlawful prosecution.
Please sign.
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