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We are excited to share more information about how you can support Eric King at his sentencing next Tuesday morning. Help us pack the courtroom for EK!

Note: For supporters coming from out of town, we have a place for everyone to stay! Email us at erickingsupportcrew(A)riseup.net for details!

Tuesday, June 28
11:30am (arrive by 11am!)

US District Court
Courtroom 8A (District Judge Gary Fenner)
400 East 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106

Note: A valid state-issued ID is required for entry into the courtroom, as is going through a metal detector.

We’ll meet outside the courthouse at 11am so we can make our way through security up to the courtroom and be present when EK is brought into court.

After court, we’ll meet again in the evening for a potluck dinner and letter-writing night to EK. The potluck is intended to nourish and support our community as a comrade is officially stolen from us for a decade. The letter writing is intended to let EK know that he is not alone (postcards, paper and stamps will be provided).

Tuesday, June 28, 6pm

Quilombo Community Center
3504 Woodland Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64109

Ways to Support

Donate to EK’s support fund to help him through the next 8+ years: http://fnd.us/c/316cDf/sh/a4jVK6. You can also get a kick-ass support t-shirt when you donate $20 or more!

To order a shirt, donate and then email us at erickingsupportcrew(A)riseup.net with your shirt size (XS, S, M, L, XL) and mailing address. You can also email us to get a mailing address for donations by check or money order.

Write to EK! He always loves to hear from people, even when he can’t respond to everyone individually.

Eric King
27090045
CCA Leavenworth
100 Highway Terrace
Leavenworth, KS 66048

See you on Tuesday!

Love and rage,

EK Support Crew

The sentencing date for Eric has been set for Tuesday, June 28^th at 11:30am. Help us pack the courtroom!

Details:

Tuesday, June 28
11:30am (arrive by 11am!)

US District Court
Courtroom 8A (District Judge Gary Fenner)
400 East 9th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106

Note: A valid state-issued ID is required for entry into the courtroom, as is going through a metal detector.

We’re hurriedly arranging a solidarity event in KC and housing options for people coming from out of town, so keep an eye out for further logistical details as we confirm them. In the mean time, start making your plans to pack the courtroom with us!

As EK’s transfer to a federal penitentiary looms, we are working hard to raise support funds to help him through the next 8+ years. Please donate to his support fund at http://fnd.us/c/316cDf/sh/a4jVK6. You can also get a kick-ass support t-shirt when you donate $20 or more!

To order a shirt, donate and then email us at erickingsupportcrew(A)riseup.net with your shirt size (XS, S, M, L, XL) and mailing address. You can also email us to get a mailing address for donations by check or money order.

And don’t forget about writing to EK to help him through this stressful time! He always loves to hear from people, even when he can’t respond to everyone individually.

Eric King
27090045
CCA Leavenworth
100 Highway Terrace
Leavenworth, KS 66048

Love and solidarity,

EK Support Crew

http://fnd.us/316cDf?ref=sh_a4jVK6

Support Eric King T-Shirts are back!!

We’re excited to announce that the Eric King support t-shirts are in! Show your solidarity by ordering one today! We’re asking for a $20 donation per shirt. All proceeds go to EK’s support, including commissary and phone calls.

To order a shirt, donate and then email us at erickingsupportcrew(A)riseup.net with your shirt size (XS, S, M, L, XL) and mailing address. You can also email us to get a mailing address for donations by check or money order.

We will ship to the US, if you would like a shirt and are outside the US hit us up and we will see if we can make that happen

Link to fundraiser here: http://fnd.us/316cDf?ref=sh_a4jVK6

For some reason in my mind

thinking this would be just fine

Take a few years to relax & unwind

I’ve never eaten well enough to

fret on what’s not there

been ages since I’ve slept

peacefully anywhere

sadness is a cliff top I sometimes think

and moods change as often as I blink

just like I miss the busses burning by

I long for every star burning holes in the sky

passion is fleeting like a tornado

existence is brief but impacts everywhere

that it goes

my memories a strobe light

bouncing back and forth to rhyme

thinking maybe I won’t fuck it up this time

my eyes have no reason to stay dry

they remember every good-bye

they burn with every good cry

thinking the door won’t close

this time

Eric just called to let us know that his entire pod has been denied mail for the last two days. When the prisoners demanded to know what happened to their mail, the guards said that it had either been lost or misplaced. The guards also told them to file grievances if they were unhappy about it. Eric reported that other pods have received mail, so he does not know why his pod is being targeted.

Whatever the reasons (if any), it is unacceptable for this vital lifeline to be cut off. Eric and the other prisoners in his pod need to receive the mail that’s sent to them!

If the mailroom insists on “losing” mail, we’ll give them more to have to deal with. Please write Eric a letter or postcard today! When you mail it off, email us to let us know that it was mailed so Eric can be expecting it and file grievances for anything that doesn’t get to him. Our email address is erickingsupportcrew(a)riseup.net.

Eric’s mailing address is:

Eric King
27090045
CCA Leavenworth
100 Highway Terrace
Leavenworth, KS 66048

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EK Support Crew

We’ve received confirmation that Eric has been moved out of solitary confinement to general population. He was even able to return to the pod (group of cells) that he had been in prior to being thrown in the hole, where he has friends and connections. We are hoping that his overall well-being will improve with this move, but are not trusting in CCA Leavenworth to have any consideration for him or any other prisoner.

With your support in the form of letters to Eric and calls, emails, and faxes to CCA, Eric has continued to resist the prison’s efforts to break him by providing him with a starvation diet. He has received more food lately, although this is generally just a tray full of beans. The beans are not even seasoned sometimes, which contributes to him getting a stomach ache if he tries to eat the whole tray. When he doesn’t eat all the beans, the guards write down that he refused the meal provided to him. Even in the face of this petty harassment and disregard for his health, he has stood firm on his demand for vegan food.

We are pausing the call-in campaign for the moment to see how his situation changes with his move back to general population. If CCA continues to deny him adequate nutrition and calories, we’ll resume the call-in and ask you all to step up for Eric once again. Your solidarity so far has helped Eric improve his situation while creating demonstrable signs of pressure on CCA Leavenworth and corporate staff. Eric has dealt with some retaliation as a result, but our solidarity is winning out over their fuckery.

<3

EK Support Crew