{"id":168,"date":"2016-04-11T21:54:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/?p=168"},"modified":"2016-04-11T21:54:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T21:54:36","slug":"solidarity-demonstration-outside-holman-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/11\/solidarity-demonstration-outside-holman-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidarity Demonstration Outside Holman Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qijz6zgPEYA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, April 9th, more than thirty people answered the call put forth by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freealabamamovement.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Freedom Alabama Movement (F.A.M.)<\/a> for a demonstration outside of the decrepit Holman Prison in Atmore, AL. About four weeks ago, Holman was the site of a large uprising involving hundreds of inmates, who barricaded their dorms, fought guards, set control rooms on fire and even stabbed a guard and warden. This is the third consecutive Saturday where demonstrations have taken place outside of the tumultuous rural correctional facility, and by far the largest to date. The demonstrators gathered to carry the prisoners\u2019 message\u00a0further and also express our solidarity and our mutual desire to destroy the miserable society that holds them\u2014and to a lesser degree, us\u2014captive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-169 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/01-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/01-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/01-685x385.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Family members of the incarcerated, anarchists, communists, activists and locals who lived\u00a0nearby were all present. Initially less than a dozen demonstrators attempted to hold banners directly outside of the prison and play drums, but were quickly met by Corrections Officers in tactical gear (Camouflage uniforms, body armor, etc) who angrily instructed them to move off the \u201cprivate road\u201d and to the \u201cfree speech zone\u201d located at the highway. The small contingent retreated and reassembled with an additional twenty demonstrators who had just arrived. Stories and plans for future actions were shared, and short interviews were given to a news dude from Montgomery. A banner saying \u201cEND PRISON SLAVERY\u201d was rigged over the Holman Prison Sign. After sitting around for about an hour, demonstrators decided to defy the orders given by the corrections officers and proceeded to march down the long dirt road back to the prison. DOC Trucks and Vans kept driving past and guards would scream for the demonstrators to turn around, but they were\u00a0just ignored, laughed at, given middle fingers, chanted at, etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-173 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/02-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"02\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/02-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/02-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/02-685x385.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-172 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/03-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"03\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/03-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/03-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/03-685x385.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving for the second time, a banner reading \u201cSOLIDARITY WITH PRISON REBELS\u201d was unfurled and people began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qijz6zgPEYA\">bashing on their drums<\/a>. Prisoners inside report being able to hear the disturbance outside. There were\u00a0no more interactions with corrections staff or local police, which many\u00a0thought meant they were either bluffing about it being a private road or just didn\u2019t have the capacity to enforce any of their demands and threats upon\u00a0the small crowd.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-171 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/04-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"04\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/04-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/04-685x385.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-170 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/05-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"05\" width=\"685\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/05-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/05-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/05-685x385.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, April 9th, more than thirty people answered the call put forth by Freedom Alabama Movement (F.A.M.) for a demonstration outside of the decrepit Holman Prison in Atmore, AL. About four weeks ago, Holman was the site of a large uprising involving hundreds of inmates, who barricaded their dorms, fought guards, set control rooms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/11\/solidarity-demonstration-outside-holman-prison\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Solidarity Demonstration Outside Holman Prison<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}