Racial Justice Campaign to Stop Operation Meth Merchant The goals of this campaign are to: 1) stop the racially biased prosecutions under "Operation Meth Merchant" and 2) build lasting alliances between immigrant communities and people of color in northwest Georgia. tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081 2006-08-17T15:51:11Z Blogger
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 true Deepali Gokhale 2006-08-17T11:47:00-04:00 2006-08-17T15:51:11Z 2006-08-17T15:50:01Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-115582980123685082 Racial Justice Campaign Disappointed with Judge’s Ruling on FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 9, 2006, 1:30 p.m. Atlanta, GA – Members of the Racial Justice Campaign Against “Operation Meth Merchant” (RJC) are deeply disappointed with last week’s ruling by Judge Harold Murphy, denying the selective enforcement motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ruling continues a troubling trend in the US criminal justice system, which false Deepali Gokhale 2006-07-31T22:52:00-04:00 2006-08-01T03:32:59Z 2006-08-01T02:55:22Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-115440092241135051 Racial Justice Campaign Members Optimistic After UN Meeting In Geneva “Operation Meth Merchant” Named as an Example of Racial Profiling by Law Enforcement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2006, 11:30 a.m. Contact: Deepali Gokhale, 404-822-5090, stopomm@mindspring.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Racial Justice Campaign Against “Operation Meth Merchant” (RJC) members returned home after a meeting with the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) in Geneva, where US false Sharmily 2006-07-19T16:59:00-04:00 2006-08-01T03:32:34Z 2006-07-19T21:04:47Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-115334308748992738 ACLU Selective Investigation Motion Hearing The ACLU Motion was heard by Judge Murphy at the Rome Federal Court on June 19, 2006. The Motion contained sworn testimony by two confidential informants (CIs) stating that they bought ingredients to create methamphetamine from various stores, not limited to ones owned by South Asians, yet law enforcement agents steered them solely towards South Asian owned stores to conduct their controlled buys false Deepali Gokhale 2006-06-04T11:08:00-04:00 2006-06-04T15:09:37Z 2006-06-04T15:08:47Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-114943372757439648 One Year Later: The Anniversary of Operation Meth Merchant is No Cause for Celebration FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2006, 12:00 p.m. One Year Later: The Anniversary of “Operation Meth Merchant” is No Cause for Celebration Media Contact: Deepali Gokhale, 404-822-5090, stopomm@mindspring.com ATLANTA, GEORGIA, June 2, 2006 -- Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the day 49 people were arrested as part of "Operation Meth Merchant," the government’s botched sting operation false Deepali Gokhale 2006-04-26T13:28:00-04:00 2006-04-26T17:30:45Z 2006-04-26T17:30:45Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-114607264596329550 ACLU Motion Bolsters Community Charges of Racial Bias In 'Operation Meth Merchant' Public Demands that U.S. Attorney David Nahmias Drop the Prosecutions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4th, 2006, 5:00 p.m. Media Contact: Deepali Gokhale, 404-822-5090, stopomm@mindspring.com ACLU Selective Investigation Reinforces Community Charges of Racial Bias South Asian Stores Targeted Over 90 Times More Often in Operation Meth Merchant Racial Justice Campaign Against Operation Meth Merchant false Nija Dalal 2006-03-21T16:00:00-05:00 2006-03-24T16:51:40Z 2006-03-21T21:00:31Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-114297483169576060 Solidarity Press Conference by Aundra Berry On March 15th, 2006, the Racial Justice Campaign Against Operation Meth Merchant joined leaders from African American, African immigrant and Latino grassroots organizations to affirm their cooperative efforts to combat the problems in the U.S. criminal justice system that continue to have such detrimental effects on minority individuals, families and businesses. The RJCAOMM stood false Nija Dalal 2006-03-01T18:38:00-05:00 2006-03-01T23:47:56Z 2006-03-01T23:43:04Z tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20910081.post-114125658498180856 Federal Prosecutors Pressure Two More People to Plead Guilty Picture by William Martin, for the Rome News-Tribune Article by Aundra Berry On Tuesday, February 21, 2006 two additional defendants appeared in Federal court in Rome, Georgia to plea guilty to charges that they knew the legal products they were selling in 2004 and 2005 would be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine. The Racial Justice Campaign against Operation Meth Merchant continues false