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COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY, USA PO Box 6874 Greensboro, N.C. 27405 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Signe Waller Press Officer March 27, 1980 (919) 273-6379 DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCHLOSSER COMES TO RESCUE OF KLAN/NAZI MURDERERS This week, as the star defense witness, District Attorney Mike Schlosser was able to rescue the floundering selective prosecution argument of the Klan/Nazi murderers. Although he was forced to admit the obvious—that the Klan and Nazis fired the first shot and the shots that killed five persons, Schlosser promised to indict the Communist Workers Party (CWP) supporters for defending themselves against the assassins. This is consistent with his past logic of blaming equally the criminals and the victims. His testimony legitimatized the Klan/Nazi self-defense claims, which corroborates his portrayal of the November 3rd Greensboro massacre as a "shootout between extremists." Cutting through the legal smokescreen fanned by Schlosser, the facts remain clear. The Klan/Nazi butchers committed the premeditated murders, in broad daylight, of 5 CWP members. They attacked people who had been sufficiently disarmed by the Greensboro Police Department. The reasons why the CWP hasn't been indicted so far is because it is blatantly obvious to millions,who saw the massacre on television, that no crimes were committed by CWP members and supporters. The only selective prosecution that exists is that all 35 known Klan/Nazi murderers have not been prosecuted; that conspirators Harold Covington, Virgil Griffin, and Rayford Caudle have not been prosecuted; and, that Police and FBI accomplices have not been prosecuted. The Schlosser farce this week is part of the nationwide campaign to promote the Klan and Nazis and to discourage resistance. Locally, the recent picture of Klan/Nazi Roland Wood as a church-going defender of Black children is an insult to peoples' intelligence. The history of murder, rape and lynching of Black and Jewish children by the Klan and Nazis speaks for itself. The message of the rulers of this country is the same in the prosecutions of anti-Klan/Nazi fighters in Greensboro, Decatur, Birmingham, Philadelphia, and other cities: don't stand up against oppression; don't defend yourself against attacks; and don't fight back.
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Full text | COMMUNIST WORKERS PARTY, USA PO Box 6874 Greensboro, N.C. 27405 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Signe Waller Press Officer March 27, 1980 (919) 273-6379 DISTRICT ATTORNEY SCHLOSSER COMES TO RESCUE OF KLAN/NAZI MURDERERS This week, as the star defense witness, District Attorney Mike Schlosser was able to rescue the floundering selective prosecution argument of the Klan/Nazi murderers. Although he was forced to admit the obvious—that the Klan and Nazis fired the first shot and the shots that killed five persons, Schlosser promised to indict the Communist Workers Party (CWP) supporters for defending themselves against the assassins. This is consistent with his past logic of blaming equally the criminals and the victims. His testimony legitimatized the Klan/Nazi self-defense claims, which corroborates his portrayal of the November 3rd Greensboro massacre as a "shootout between extremists." Cutting through the legal smokescreen fanned by Schlosser, the facts remain clear. The Klan/Nazi butchers committed the premeditated murders, in broad daylight, of 5 CWP members. They attacked people who had been sufficiently disarmed by the Greensboro Police Department. The reasons why the CWP hasn't been indicted so far is because it is blatantly obvious to millions,who saw the massacre on television, that no crimes were committed by CWP members and supporters. The only selective prosecution that exists is that all 35 known Klan/Nazi murderers have not been prosecuted; that conspirators Harold Covington, Virgil Griffin, and Rayford Caudle have not been prosecuted; and, that Police and FBI accomplices have not been prosecuted. The Schlosser farce this week is part of the nationwide campaign to promote the Klan and Nazis and to discourage resistance. Locally, the recent picture of Klan/Nazi Roland Wood as a church-going defender of Black children is an insult to peoples' intelligence. The history of murder, rape and lynching of Black and Jewish children by the Klan and Nazis speaks for itself. The message of the rulers of this country is the same in the prosecutions of anti-Klan/Nazi fighters in Greensboro, Decatur, Birmingham, Philadelphia, and other cities: don't stand up against oppression; don't defend yourself against attacks; and don't fight back. |