Richard Mafundi Lake, #079972100 Warrior Lane, #5-24Bessemer, AL 35023-7299 August 2, 2002 Revolutionary Greetings! I have been locked up since September 19, 2001. Allegedly for creating a security hazard by writng anti-american propaganda on the black board during an Islamic service. However, actually I was leading a discussion regarding reparations for Black people for our enslavement and centuries of injustices. I later learned that political activists/revolutionaries were locked up in the segregation units in prisons across the country in regards to the events of 9/11. i think the discussion of reparations was only a pretext to lock me up. I have been told that I am the only person still locked up after 9/11 out of the number of people locked up as a consequence of 9/11. I am writing people and asking them to write, and get as many other people as possible to write protest letters on my behalf to the governor of Alabama. Protest me being locked up since September 19, 2001 for participation in a discussion on reparations which was deemed anti-american propaganda. Also, protest the factd aht I slipped and fell coming from the shower with my hands cuffed behind my back. I hit my head and since that time (May 4, 2002) I have suffered blurred vision and I have a blind spot in my left eye. July 5, 2002, I suffered a minor stroke. I have been unable to get proper and adequate medical care. I have been able to see an eye doctor andI have only been given eye drops for my eyes and aspirin for my stroke!The governor's name and address is: The Honorable Donald SeigelmanGovernor of AlabamaAlabama State HouseMontgomery, AL 36130 Also write CC: at the end of the letter and send copies of the letters to the governor to the following:ACLU1400 20th Street, NW#19Washington, DC 20036 NAPHCARE950 22nd Street, NorthSuite #590Birmingham, AL 35203 Amnesty International322 Eighth AvenueNew York, NY 10001 Human Rights Watch1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW#500Washington, DC 20009 Mike Haley, CommissionerAlabama Department of Corrections101 South Union StreetMontgomery, AL 36130 The Honorable Maxine WatersUnited States RepresentativeJudiciary CommitteeU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, DC The Honorable Charles Steele, Jr.Alabama State SenatorJudiciary CommitteeAlabama LegislatureMontgomery, AL 36130 The Honorable George PerdueAlabama State RepresentativeJudiciary CommitteeAlabama LegislatureMontgomery, AL 36130 The Honorable Alvin HolmesAlabama State RepresentativeAlabama LegislatureMontgomery, AL 36130 Steven Bullard, Warden100 Warrior LaneBessemer, AL 35023 Mafundi Defense CommitteeP.O. Box 12152Birmingham, AL 35202-2152 I need as many people as possible to write the governor and people can also write personal letters to all, or some, of the listed individuals/organizations, but do send copies to them of the letters to the governor. I have a court case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL in regards to being locked up for discussing reparations (Lake v. Shannon, CV-01-PWG-2870-S). I contacted all the groups and individuals who are advocating reparations for support for the case but didn't receive a single response! I wish someone would mention that at the rally for reparations in Washington, DC August 17, 2002. Thanks for your revolutionary consideration and cooperation. Relentlessly, Mafundi p.s. - If anyone can send me some stamps, please do.