WILL THIS MAN BE JAILED FOR LIFE FOR SITTING ON A BENCH?? This is Marcel "Khali"... Johnson, 38, at Occupy Oakland a few weeks ago, giving a kid a flashlight the child had dropped, and saying,"You share, now."
♥ Sad to say, Khali has spent 15 of his 38 years incarcerated. Pushing 40, he wants to take his meds, have friends, and be free to sing and perform. Mostly, he volunteers distributing food. It's well known that Khali helps people whereever he goes. It's not his fault the Occupy kids love him.
♥ Khali was recently arrested for sitting on a public bench vaguely near a group of Occupy protesters during a plaza raid. This bench sitting misdemeanor [being near a raid] went uncharged for 4 days while his psych meds were withheld. Finally, at a hearing, Judge Hugh Walker released him pending an address check of where Khali would be living. But the city offices had just closed for the long weekend. Some disagreement between him and his jailers has been termed assault. As many of us have recently learned via streaming video, that's what police charge you with after they hit you.
♥ So Pleasanton has filed felony charges against Khali, unreasonable charges because of "3 Strikes" and things which happened in his early 20s, are likely result in life in prison for this gentle man.
♥ Because charges, once filed, must be dealt with in court, we need to make a civilized showing when he goes before the judge 9am Monday morning. Please dress clean, neat and business-like, and behave in a mannerly fashion in Rm 704 Gale E Schenone Courthouse 5672 Stoneridge Drive Pleasanton CA. [Character witnesses and employers may contact civil rights attorney Dan Siegel of Sigel & Yee, 499 14th Street, Suite 220; Oakland, CA 94612; (510) 839-1200]
