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COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY GPO BOX 2256 NEW YORK, NY 10001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marion Yuen May 1, 1980 (212) 233-0988 FELONY INDICTMENTS: MORE VICTIMS BLAMED FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT CRIMES Tomorrow May 2, the Greensboro N.C. District Attorney M. Schlosser will present indictments before a Grand Jury against six anti-klan demonstrators present at the November 3 rally when Klan/Nazi gunmen assassinated five members of the Communist Workers Party. Among the six anti-klan demonstrators who will be charged with felony, inciting to riot and possibly other counts are: Nelson Johnson, Rand Manzella, Dori Blitz and Allen Blitz. Nelson Johnson, leading Communist Workers Party member in N.C. and well-known Greensboro activist, and Rand Manzella, CWP supporter, as well as Wellena Cannon, CWP supporter had been scheduled to face trial on misdemeanor charges on May 5. District Attorney Schlosser's request for indictments will pro-, bably be approved and attempts will be made to arrest the six anti-klan demonstrators. The six have declared that they will not turn themselves in to the police. They will appear together tomorrow, May 2 at 9 a.m. press conference in Greensboro. To prevent the distinct possibility of police violence, the CWP is calling on observers to attend the Greensboro press conference tomorrow. The bail requested for each of the six will be $15,000. This must be contrasted to the low bail of $4,000 set for Klan/Nazi charged with shooting in the murders of the five CWP members last November 3. It has always been CWP's position and it is clear to all honest observers that the assassinations of the CWP 5 were planned and directed by the highest levels of state and federal governments and FBI. Tomorrow's request for felony indictments completely confirms this view. While the police never apprehended 21 of the 35 Klan/Nazi that attacked the November 3 anti-klan rally in the Black community of Morningside in Greensboro, the police arrived after the murders to immediately'arrest the Greensboro 3 — Nelson Johnson, Rand Manzella and Willena Cannon. To further impose their upside down justice and blame the CWP members and supporters for the deaths of their comrades, the government, through the district attorney, is delivering felony charges against Nelson Johnson, Rand Manzella and four other anti-klan demonstrators. Meanwhile the conspiracy to murder charges against all apprehended Klan/Nazi assassins have been dropped. The trial of six Klan/Nazi assassins have been postponed to June while a second group of five assassins with "less degree of cupability" will be even later. Raefford Caudel, the man who owned many of the weapons and whose car brought many weapons to Greensboro, has been cleared of all charges. The government must deliver these indictments against the anti-klan demonstrators tomorrow before the trial of the Greensboro 2 on May 5 and the trial of the Klan/Nazi assassins in June. In doing so they /over
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Full text | COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY GPO BOX 2256 NEW YORK, NY 10001 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marion Yuen May 1, 1980 (212) 233-0988 FELONY INDICTMENTS: MORE VICTIMS BLAMED FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT CRIMES Tomorrow May 2, the Greensboro N.C. District Attorney M. Schlosser will present indictments before a Grand Jury against six anti-klan demonstrators present at the November 3 rally when Klan/Nazi gunmen assassinated five members of the Communist Workers Party. Among the six anti-klan demonstrators who will be charged with felony, inciting to riot and possibly other counts are: Nelson Johnson, Rand Manzella, Dori Blitz and Allen Blitz. Nelson Johnson, leading Communist Workers Party member in N.C. and well-known Greensboro activist, and Rand Manzella, CWP supporter, as well as Wellena Cannon, CWP supporter had been scheduled to face trial on misdemeanor charges on May 5. District Attorney Schlosser's request for indictments will pro-, bably be approved and attempts will be made to arrest the six anti-klan demonstrators. The six have declared that they will not turn themselves in to the police. They will appear together tomorrow, May 2 at 9 a.m. press conference in Greensboro. To prevent the distinct possibility of police violence, the CWP is calling on observers to attend the Greensboro press conference tomorrow. The bail requested for each of the six will be $15,000. This must be contrasted to the low bail of $4,000 set for Klan/Nazi charged with shooting in the murders of the five CWP members last November 3. It has always been CWP's position and it is clear to all honest observers that the assassinations of the CWP 5 were planned and directed by the highest levels of state and federal governments and FBI. Tomorrow's request for felony indictments completely confirms this view. While the police never apprehended 21 of the 35 Klan/Nazi that attacked the November 3 anti-klan rally in the Black community of Morningside in Greensboro, the police arrived after the murders to immediately'arrest the Greensboro 3 — Nelson Johnson, Rand Manzella and Willena Cannon. To further impose their upside down justice and blame the CWP members and supporters for the deaths of their comrades, the government, through the district attorney, is delivering felony charges against Nelson Johnson, Rand Manzella and four other anti-klan demonstrators. Meanwhile the conspiracy to murder charges against all apprehended Klan/Nazi assassins have been dropped. The trial of six Klan/Nazi assassins have been postponed to June while a second group of five assassins with "less degree of cupability" will be even later. Raefford Caudel, the man who owned many of the weapons and whose car brought many weapons to Greensboro, has been cleared of all charges. The government must deliver these indictments against the anti-klan demonstrators tomorrow before the trial of the Greensboro 2 on May 5 and the trial of the Klan/Nazi assassins in June. In doing so they /over |