Statement Against Police Action at Rosemary Williams' Home

Statement Against Police Action at Rosemary Williams' Home 

The action taken by police to evict Rosemary Williams from her home
last week was unacceptable.  The eviction itself, along with the
thousands of unjust evictions currently taking place in this country
as a consequence of an inhumane economic system, is also unacceptable.
From the use of pepper spray and brute force to the sealing of
Rosemary's home with shields designed for warfare and a 24-hour
security guard, GMAC, the MPD, and the City of Minneapolis have made
it clear that they will pay to protect property but not people and
that they will pay to brutalize but not to subsidize. We reject the
notion that in a situation of 'economic crisis,' people must be forced
from their homes while the building of bombs and the acceleration of
multiple wars and occupations remains unaffected. Rosemary Williams
and thousands of others should not have to endure dispossession while
the US government pays for foreign wars and economic bailouts that
benefit only a marginal elite. We believe that the universal provision
of basic needs should come before any political agenda or party line.
We support those who endured abuse and arrest while resisting the
unnecessary actions of the state that day and we encourage those
personally unaffected by eviction to act in direct solidarity with all
people struggling to keep their homes. No more war, no more
foreclosures.

-Opposition to War & Occupation (OWO)

www.oppositiontowarandoccupation.info

oppositiontowarandoccupation@gmail.com