Imprisoned American Protestors Await Hearing (english) by Sam Sparks 11:06am Tue Jul 24 '01 (Modified on 11:27am Tue Jul 24 '01)

Two Oregonians await trial Two Oregonians, Sherman Sparks and Morgan Hager were among the 92 people violently beaten and taken into custody during the police raid early Sunday. The raid took place across from the IMC headquarters at the Genova Social Forum gymnasium. Both Sherman and Hager were both hospitalized and shortly thereafter taken to prison. Sherman was treated in a neurology unit with a head injury. The US Attorney General said that they are charged with conspiring to loot and for having "dangerous weapons". However, Sherman and Morgan are firm believers in non-violence and were sleeping prior to the raid. As IMC reported earlier, the weapons the police found were salad forks and knifes. The Italian Consulate was schedualed to meet today with Sherman. The hearing should occur tommorow. add your own comments