{"id":243,"date":"2016-09-10T01:22:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-10T01:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/?p=243"},"modified":"2016-09-10T12:47:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T12:47:25","slug":"three-arrested-in-atlanta-at-prison-strike-solidarity-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/10\/three-arrested-in-atlanta-at-prison-strike-solidarity-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Arrested in Atlanta at Prison Strike Solidarity March"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/fundraising\/bail-out-prison-strike-supporters\" target=\"_blank\">Donate<\/a><\/strong> to help us free the 3 protesters who were arrested during today&#8217;s march.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>[updated 8:30am 09\/10\/16]<\/p>\n<p>Today\u00a0marks the beginning of the national prison strike. \u00a0Prisoners all over the country are going on strike and refusing to cooperate with the unjust prison system. \u00a0They are demanding decent pay for work, decent food and living conditions, and an end to inhumane practices like solitary confinement.<\/p>\n<p>In Atlanta, supporters marched through Midtown and disrupted several corporations which profit from prison slavery. \u00a0Wendy&#8217;s, McDonalds, Aramark, and Starbucks all got a visit. \u00a0When the march\u00a0got to Starbucks, police made several violent arrests, using pepper spray and slamming people to the pavement. \u00a0At one point, police even tried to run marchers\u00a0over with\u00a0a squad car.<\/p>\n<p>We are working hard to\u00a0make sure all the protesters get free as soon as possible, so everyone\u00a0can continue doing the important work of supporting the ongoing prison strike. \u00a0We can&#8217;t get them out without enough bail money though, so if you&#8217;re able to contribute, please follow the link below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/fundraising\/bail-out-prison-strike-supporters\" target=\"_blank\">Bail\u00a0Out Atlanta Prison Strike Supporters<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[update 8:30am 09\/10\/16] :<\/p>\n<p>The three Atlanta protesters are at the Fulton County Jail. Each of them is facing multiple felony charges and no bond has been set. Given the nature and number of the charges, we are expecting their bonds to be set high. Please share the <a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/fundraising\/bail-out-prison-strike-supporters\">donation link<\/a> with your friends and other supporters of the prison strike. If you were there during the arrests or would like to give support in any other way, please contact Atlanta Black Cross through the contact page on this site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/fundraising\/bail-out-prison-strike-supporters\" target=\"_blank\">Bail\u00a0Out Atlanta Prison Strike Supporters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donate to help us free the 3 protesters who were arrested during today&#8217;s march. [updated 8:30am 09\/10\/16] Today\u00a0marks the beginning of the national prison strike. \u00a0Prisoners all over the country are going on strike and refusing to cooperate with the unjust prison system. \u00a0They are demanding decent pay for work, decent food and living conditions, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/2016\/09\/10\/three-arrested-in-atlanta-at-prison-strike-solidarity-march\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three Arrested in Atlanta at Prison Strike Solidarity March<\/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":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243","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=243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atlblackcross.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}