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Chuck Turner Rally @ RCC

Over 250 gathered at Roxbury Community College for Turner’s fifth public defense event.

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Thank you to all who attended, and to those who went to court.  More updates coming!

Globe: Witness stops cooperating in sting case

Says FBI used him to topple Turner and Wilkerson

By Adrian Walker, Globe Staff | February 20, 2009

Ronald Wilburn, the federal government’s “cooperating witness” in a bribery sting targeting former state Senator Dianne Wilkerson and Councilor Chuck Turner of Boston, said he is no longer cooperating

In an interview with the Globe, Wilburn, a businessman, said he felt he had been used by the FBI to topple a pair of prominent black politicians, while four months after the first arrest, no white officials have been charged in the investigation.

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Councilor Turner Press Release 2/9/09

Dear Friends,

Today, we move beyond the first phase of my Campaign for Truth, Light,
and Justice by focusing national and international attention not just
on my arrest and indictment but also on the eight years of corrupt
practices of President Bush’s Department of Injustice.  With the help
of former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and his organization, the
International Action Center, a petition is being sent around the world
to enable people to speak out against the judicial atrocities of the
Bush administration.

(to sign the petition go to: http://www.iacboston.org/chuckturnerpetition.html)

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Message from Chuck and Terri

January 19, 2009

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Let me begin by thanking you for your support during the darkest hour that Terri and I have experienced in life. While we are secure in our knowledge of our innocence and our faith, words can not express the joy that flows from the faith of others in us. It was also the expressions of your faith in our innocence that has forced the media to tone down their attacks as virulent as they are.
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Council president terminates bribery investigation on Turner

Says court motion could hinder work of the fact-finder

By John C. Drake, Globe Staff  |  January 14, 2009

Boston City Council President Michael P. Ross yesterday abruptly terminated the council’s independent investigation into the federal bribery charges against Councilor Chuck Turner, reversing the course set by his predecessor, Maureen Feeney.
Feeney last year retained retired federal magistrate judge Charles B. Swartwood III to analyze the government’s bribery case against Turner and issue a report to the City Council, setting the stage for a potential vote on whether to seek Turner’s removal.
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Chuck on the Latest Attempt to Deny His Rights

As provided under the 5th, 6th, and 14th amendment to the United States Constitution as well as Article 11 of the Declaration of Human Rights, all persons have a right to be presumed innocent unless found guilty by a jury of their peers. However, the release of two pictures as “evidence of his guilt” to the media by US Attorney Sullivan almost immediately after Councilor Turner’s arrest is proof to him that the US Attorney’s strategy is to have the media find him guilty in the court of public opinion, thus creating the presumption of guilt in the minds of jurors and even potential witnesses.    Read the rest of this entry »

Missing in Action? Not in District 7!

A recent Boston Globe article asks if the local NAACP has been missing in action when it comes to many important issues.  If only the Globe actually took the time to look at what is actually going on in the community. This theme is picked up by Laura Jennings-Cranford and Richard Cranford in their reply sent to the Globe:

“In regard to your NAACP MIA article in today’s paper, perhaps you’re looking in the wrong place for activism in Boston’s black community. Have either you or John Drake ever been to one of Chuck Turner’s monthly community meetings or been inside his district office? We assure you that you would see plenty of activism there, and by the 100 plus people who are usually in attendance at these meetings. No other politician in Massachusetts has done this. Read the rest of this entry »

Ramsey Clark Questions Sullivan’s Motives

Coming to Turner’s desense, Ramsey Clark blasts the U.S. attorney’s office

PolitickerMA.com

by Jeremy Jacobs

BOSTON- Former U.S Attorney General Ramsey Clark said Wednesday the prosecution of Chuck Turner is both politically and racially motivated and raised doubts about U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan’s case against the Boston city councilor.

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Report Back from Turner Rally @ RCC!

Ever the visionary, ever the rebel, Councilor Turner rallied hundreds of supporters and neighbors at Roxbury Community College this evening. In a crowd that swelled from a capacity of 300 at the outset to a couple hundred more at its high point, Turner methodically refuted the two main media narratives against him: “victimhood” and “need for new leadership”. Throughout the emotional evening, the Councilor and all the speakers, singers, and poets connected with a deep spirituality as they prepared for the next day’s hearing in federal court. The event however was grounded by a serious analysis of US Attorney Sullivan’s motives in bringing charges against Councilor Turner.

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