Pardon Howard Morgan Support Gathering on Wednesday, 7/8

In December 2014, I first wrote about the retired police officer who was working as a railroad police officer when he was shot 28 times by four white police officers. Today the fight for Howard Morgan's justice continues. Here is a time-line of why people should support Howard Morgan and his family:

Feb 2005 - Railroad police officer Howard Morgan was "Driving With Black" and shot 28 times (21 times in the back and 7 times in the front of his body) by four white Chicago police officers.
Apr 2007 - Howard Morgan was acquitted in the first trial of firing his weapon.
May 2012 - Howard Morgan was wrongly convicted in the second trial for attempted murder and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
Jan 2015 - Howard Morgan's sentence was communed by former Governor Pat Quinn but the guilty charge remains. Howard Morgan never fired his weapon and he is INNOCENT.

The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7 has sent out a message to their membership and posted a message on their website encouraging police officers to come out and support the four white police officers that shot Howard Morgan 28 times.

The post on the FOP website reads "In 2005, Howard Morgan was convicted of Attempted Murder of four Chicago Police Officers, Finley, Wrigley, Olson and White. He now comes before the Governor of the State of Illinois asking for a second chance; hoping that the State will show mercy and grant him Executive Clemency. The Public Hearing is scheduled before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at 0830 hours at the Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph, Chicago, Illinois. Please make every attempt to attend the Hearing to show support for our Officers. Hopefully, the Governor will show Morgan the same mercy that was shown to Chicago Police Officers Finley, Wrigley, Olson and White."

First of all, the FOP doesn't mention that Howard Morgan is a retired police officer and was a senior railroad patrolman at the time of his vicious assault. Secondly, let's discuss the four white police officers. Howard Morgan was shot 28 times (21 times in the back), spent seven months in the hospital recovering, and in the first trial was found innocent of firing a weapon. Do you now how many nights in the hospital the four white officers spent after they claimed Howard Morgan fired on them? NONE! Combined the four white officers spent ZERO nights in the hospital. Yet, they want us to believe they are the victims. Incredibly in 2006, the Chicago Police Department awarded the four white police officers medal of honor for their "valiant" behavior. When is shooting a fellow officer 28 times (the majority of those bullets were in Howard Morgan's back) an act of bravery? Only when the person attacked is Black and the assassins/attackers are white...that's when.

I encourage everyone to find out all the details of this egregious miscarriage of justice by reading the Howard Morgan Case page on Wikipedia. Here's a sample of what you'll discover:

"Morgan says he was pulled from his vehicle by the four officers, who restrained him as he sought to produce police identification. He says one of the officers found his gun (a Glock 9mm), shouted "gun!," and removed the gun from Morgan's waistband. Next came a wave of shooting.[3] Charice Rush, the only testifying third party witness at the scene, said she saw the officers 'snatch' Morgan from his van and force him onto one knee. She overheard an officer say "Oh shit, he has a gun."[6] Rush said she saw the four officers open fire on Morgan while he lay on the ground.[7]

The Fraternal Order of Police rank and file will try to intimidate Mr. Morgan and his family on Wednesday at the Prison Review Board Hearing. We need as many people as possible to stand with the Morgans. We the people must protect our own and show our strengthen in numbers. #BlackLivesMatters #Pardon HowardMorgan

Wednesday July 8, 2015 at 8am show your support for a Full Pardon with Expungement at a peaceful gathering at the Thompson Center (100 W. Randolph). Wear yellow to declare Howard Morgan's innocence.

Call the Governor's Office at 312-814-2121 and let him know you support the #PardonHowardMorgan Campaign.
For more information, visit www.FreeHowardMorgan.com
An injustice to one is an injustice to all!