This Afternoon I attended a press conference on Capital Hill in Washington, DC to officially announce the filing of the petition for Writ of Certiorari, dedicated to the court case of, Grammy winning reggae artist Buju Bonton (Mark Anthony Myrie). Many activist, educators, friends, supporters attended the conference to learn some important information about the case and to ask question they may have about the case.
“Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people are convinced that Mark Anthony Myrie was unjustly targeted and convicted in the United States court in Florida,” explains Banton’s new attorney, Chokwe Lumumba. “We request that the highest court of the land review this injustice and overturn it.” He adds, “We are determined to fight for Myrie’s freedom until he is vindicated.”
Lumumba, in association will the Buju Banton Defense Support Committee and the Gargamel Music Family, is organizing the press conference. Guest speakers included national head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous; Civil Rights Activist, Dr. Carolyn Cooper; author and lecturer at the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica; Brother Aula Sumbry, Radio Host and Chairman of the NAACP Prison Committee in Trenton, New Jersey; Grammy winning artist Stephan Marley, Gramps Morgan and many more.
The reggae artist was convicted last year for "Conspiracy to possess with an intent to distribute" and "using the wires to facilitate a drug trafficking offense". These federal offense together carry a 10 year penalty. The last conviction, "knowing and intentionally carrying a firearm to further a drug offense", was thrown out of his sentencing hearing.
Buju will be re-sentenced in a Tampa courthouse early this week.
The Free Buju Press Conference will be held at The Methodist Building (100 Maryland Ave. N.E.) — located across the street from the Supreme Court — at 1pm sharp. Fans in the Washington Metropolitan Area are welcome to come and show their support.
Fans and friends can write to him at the new address below:
Mark Anthony Myrie - Docket # 1519831
CEN-6C2-UN02-04-004
Pinellas County Jail
14400 49th Street North
Clearwater, Florida 33762-2877
Thanks so much for posting. I looked all the internet and this was only that I could find. I taped with my itouch but it will be more than a minute that I can find someone to put it on utube. I also do updates on the Daren Muhammad show Talk of the City on various issues in Baltimre ME which is out of Glen Burnie MD 1590 AM Many thanks sabrina
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