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Alex Stuck
Cody Sutherlin
Drytan
Sutherlin
JusonSutherlin
John 'Tucker

WHY YOU SHOULD SUPPORT
THE TINLEY PARK FIVE

Five people from Indiana were arrested in
May 2012 in the Chicago suburb of Tinle
Park. They are accused of distupting, with
hammers and batons, a meeting of various
white supremacist groups. The alleged
“victims” consisted of members of the

National Socialist Movement, Ku Klux
Klan, American Third Position, Council
of Conservative Citizens, and other fascist
roups who were meeting for a Midwest
White Pride rally and to

discuss economic strategy.

Tn the aftermath of the
arrests, posters on white
supremacist websites made
wild, far-ranging statements
against the accused and ALEX STUCK
their families, threatening revenge, People
completely unrelated to the arestees were
also targeted as well. People who follow the
“Twitter account that posts updates on the
arvestees, people who identify themselves

s anti-racist on Facebook, and others had
their personal information posted on fascist
websites. Attacks and threats against family
members and friends were
made as well.

‘Those meeting in Tinley
Park are not simply people
who hold racist oplnions—
they are organized, active
fascists who would like

CODY SUTHERLIN

nothing better than to se
and white people who st
them, dead. Not only did
the arrestees, while paint
wost inoffensive light pe
about the case lias been |
towards the fascist orgar
says that we are all entit
speech in America, even
it—that the racists shoul
say horifying things ab
and train fascist militins
While they demonize an
barely make mention of
by the same groups wh
they champion, They cl
action 1o oppose racism
but the police and court
that, and that antifascist
the Tinley Park Five are
s bad as their enemies.

Would the civil rights

movement liave been as
vibrnt and effective wi
the work of Malcolm X
the Black Panthers, whe
toulk direct action towar
autonomy and safety fo
Black people? Do you t
says or does sowething
stay silent, do nothing,
authorities (fundamenta
such as the police and ¢
the problem? Do you th
liave no personal respor
vacism, despite the way

all people of color,
ind in solidarity with
the racists slander

g themselves in the
ssible—the press
agely sympathetic
izers. The media

e 10 our freedom of

if others don’t like

d be free to organize,
ut people of color,

as long as it’s “legal.”
ifascist activists, they
the murders perpetrate!
s freedom of speech
im that taking personal
is wrong, that no one
‘have the right to do
who attack racists—as
accused of doing—are

1 DYLAN SUTHERLIN

ink that if someone
racist, you should

nd trust that the.

lly racist institutions
ourts) will take care of
jnk that white people
sibility 10 oppose

s that past, current, and

structural racism benefit them? Do you
think that the people who fought Nazis in
WWII—the Jewish resistance in Warsaw
or the French underground-—were just

a5 bad as the Nazis? That's what this
argument implies as these groups also took
action that was not sanctioned by law.

Supporting the Tinley
Park Five doesn’t have
to mean you support
violence—it’s about
taking a stand against
racism and fascism. We
must oppose those who
actively promote racist,
sexist and homophobic agendas. 1F you
ave a critique of how this action was
carried out, use this critigue to formulate
your own plan of action against racism

¢ than just complaining about what
have done.

IASON SUTIERLIN

In early 2013, the tive
accepted a plea bargaiu,
and received sentences
ranging from 3 1/2 10 G
years each, Now, more
than ever, they need
your support in all foruns: fetters, book
donations, and money to be used for
commissary and to help support their
families while they’re imprisoned. You can
also show your solidarity with the five by
personally spreading the word about their
case, and by distributing, flyers, posters,
and other literature.

JOHNTUCKER

Most iawportantly, just do something!
Whether we meet white supremacists on
ihe street, see racisun in our daily lives,
or eucounter the instinitional racism that

a sciety, we can choose to combat
i, using whatever means we personally find
appropriate.

Write them:

Atex Stk - 2leased!,

Cody Suthertin - (2easel)

Oylin Suthertin - celoased !,

Juson Suther]

Kiast Moline Corres
100 Hillerest Road
st Moline, Hlinois (1244

jonal Center

Johu Tucker ~ ¢ aleased

Bithda
Alex — December 19
Cody - December 2nd
Dylan ~ March 3rd
Jason ~ March 17ty
John — March 23

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