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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 6 months ago
We demand that Pinellas County, Florida State Attorney, Bernie McCabe,  immediate release Fred Reio from the Pinellas County Jail. Fred Reio is an African man who was arrested on February 7, 2012 and charged with probation violations and tranfering videos based on what the St. Petersburg, Florida police department saw on a youtube video. This is not only a violation of Fred's right to free speech, it is also a part of an escalating police aggression in the Black Community of St. Petersburg, Florida by the Street Crimes Unit and the Career Offender Tracking and Apprehension Unit.

Updates

February 27, 2012

The increase in support has moved this request into the offices of local legal advocacy groups. I have finalized a formal letter to the State Attorney citing these specific violations of due process for review.

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David Zhang
14 years ago Featured

The way they treat folks in the community is just awful. Justice for Fred.

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Brenda Roberts
14 years ago Featured

shame on the street crimes unit. yall need to stop harassing people and do some real police work for once.

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Sarah Palmer
14 years ago Featured

FREE FRED NOW. This is total bs and everyone knows it. YouTube videos? Are you kidding me? Get a life St Pete PD.

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Latoya Bello
14 years ago Featured

I grew up here and I seen this happen too many times. They love to lock up our men for nothing. Enough is enough.

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Marcus Mensah
14 years ago Featured

This is harassment plain and simple. The police in this city are way out of control and Fred is just another victim of their targetting.

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Kevin Rogers
14 years ago Featured

Probation violation for a video? Thats not a crime. Let the man go home to his family.