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Let NYPD know you care-- tell 'em to free Whitney

Submitted September 1, 2004 - 1:18 am by Benjamin Melançon
Union Square Park, where Jennifer Whitney was taken into custody, is in the 13th precinct of the New York Police Department.  The station house is at 230 East 21st Street, New York, New York 10010.

I have no idea if a telephone campaign will be of any effect, but the 13th precinct's phone number is 1-212-477-7411 (the phone number on the main page is incorrect).

When I called this number asking for information about the Narco News journalist Jennifer Whitney that was taken into custody near Union Square, I was told to call 1-212-255-0372.  This number has been busy every time I've called it, starting about 12:30 a.m.

Other phone numbers for Precinct 13 that might be worth calling are community affairs, (212) 477-7427, and community policing, (212) 477-7446.

Perhaps the best method would be to call the main number for precinct 13, 1-212-477-7411, and ask to speak to Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Paul G. McCormack.

You can also e-mail Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly.

This was my e-mail:

Yesterday night (Monday August 31) at Union Square journalist Jennifer Whitney was detained in violation of her right to peaceably assemble and  the "heightened protection under the First Amendment (New York Times Co. v Sullivan, supra, 376 US, at 270-280)" granted to journalists.  This protection was explicitly extended to her publication, The Narco News Bulletin, by the New York Supreme Court in 2001.

I am a colleague of Jennifer Whitney's and would like to know her physical condition, her location, what charges if any have been made against her, and when and where she will be released.

Thank you,
Benjamin Maurice Melançon

I am in New York City until Thursday September 2nd if anyone has any ideas for freeing Jennifer that require a body to be there.

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