Legal Support for Rev. Dr. Al-Fatah Stewart!

"Hi there. My name is Rev. Dr. Al-Fatah Sha Sha Stewart. I have been incarcerated on Rikers Island for 32 months for the alleged crime of robbery and burglary of two well-known drug dealers for a cellular phone and a pack of cigarettes... People are sick, throwing up blood, getting no medical, I haven’t had any outside recreation in over a year, we don’t get bandaids even for a stab wound, even ibuprofen for a seizure. I’m in bad hands in a bad way in New York County Court, where they are railroading Black people in a time where Black lives are supposed to matter."

Al-Fatah is an incarcerated organizer and revolutionary who is being held captive in Rikers Island in the midst of an ongoing humanitarian crisis in which the 7-day positive test rate for COVID is up to 37%. As of late December, Al-Fatah has finally gotten COVID himself and now needs to face the difficulties of his own recovery while worrying about his ongoing case. Comrade Al-Fatah needs OUR help to get him the resources he needs to get FREE!! While our intention is to use this money for legal expenses in his fight for freedom, Al-Fatah will ultimately have the final say in how to spend any and all funds collected.

Read more of Al-Fatah’s writing and listen to him speak here: (https://lnns.co/u1en7h_jyHS)

 

Jason, the organizer of this fundraiser, is a penpal with Al-Fatah and we were connected through the Sick of It! Disability Justice Inside/Outside Organizing Project (https://www.sickofit.space/). They are in communication with Al-Fatah regularly and have created this page with his explicit permission.

We appreciate ANY AND ALL support that you can give and encourage you to share this fundraiser with family and friends.