Free Nelson Johnson and the Greensboro 3

              3L Spring
FREE
NELSON JOHNSON
and
THE GREENSBORO 3
Nelson The Target
Since Nov. 3rd,
Nelson has been singled
out as a target by the
government and media
in an attempt to
discredit his leadership
in Greensboro. Known,
loved and respected in
Greensboro, Nelson has
spent all his life fighting
the bourgeoisie and
organizing black and
white people. "That
brother is an indigenous
leader. And people who
have lived in
Greensboro recognize
that," says Ben Chavis.
On May 5th, 1980 Nelson Johnson, Rand Mazella and Willena Cannon will go on trial in Greensboro, N.C. The very
trial of the Greensboro-3 is upside down justice; it is an attempt to blame the victim for the crime. But more than
that, the trial of Nelson, Rand, and Willena is part of a national cover up of one of the most brutal, vicious
government organized mass murders in the history of this country. Every justice loving person must act now to
stop this cover up and Free the Greensboro-3.
• COME TO GREENSBORO 3 RALLY
ON MAY 3
• COME TO THE TRIAL OF GREENSBORO 3
ON MAY 5
THE GREENSBORO MASSACRE -- WHAT HAPPENED?
On November 3rd in broad day light nine car loads of Klan and Nazis drove into Morningside Homes where about 100 people were
singing and peacefully preparing for an anti-Klan march. The Klan and Nazi murderers pulled semi automatic rifles and pump shot
guns from their vehicles and with deadly accuracy murdered five people, wounded nine others and terrorized the entire community.
The five people murdered were members of the Communist Workers Party (CWP) and were recognized and effective leaders. What
happened in Greensboro on November 3rd was cold blooded, pre-planned political murder.
The Greensboro Police Department knew the Klan and Nazis were armed. The police gave a known Klansman information about
where the march would start and the route we planned to march. The police knew that this armed bunch of murderers were headed to
Morningside Homes where 100 people were preparing to march. But the police did not tell the anti-Klan demonstrators one word
about the armed approaching Klan and Nazi murderers. The police deliberately stayed away until the Klan and Nazi had murdered five
people, wounded others and then cooly drove away.
As five of the most capable and dedicated organizers in this country - Jim Waller, Sandy Smith, Bill Sampson, Cesar Cauce and Mike
Nathan lay dying from the Klan and Nazi bullets, the Greensboro police dashed on the scene and arrested Nelson, Rand and Willena as
eight of the nine car loads of Klan and Nazi murderers drove away. Two weeks before the murders, Captain Gibson of the Greensboro
Police Department told Nelson Johnson that the police would gaurantee the safety of the march and the community. The police
department refused to grant a permit until the anti-Klan demonstrators signed a statement saying that they would have no arms. The
police then gave the Klan a copy of the signed statement saying that the marchers weren't suppose to have any arms! It is clear this
was a set up - Klan/Nazi, police and FBI working together as they have always done. Now the government is bringing Nelson Johnson,
Rand Manzella and Willena Cannon to trial.