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“That Place is Known For Killing People”: Remembering Hakeem Campbell
Today we have a very heavy story to tell. It’s the story of Hakeem Campbell, who died last year inside a federal prison in Atlanta. Hakeem was just 27. You’ll hear an interview Joergen did earlier in 2021 with his mother Anniebelle.
Hakeem was one of the Bronx 120, who are a group of 120 mostly Black people from the Eastchester Gardens neighborhood of the Bronx that were indicted together on RICO charges in 2016 . The state falsely accused them of being among New York City’s most violent gangs. In April 2016, Federal agents from the FBI, DHS, and ICE as well as NYPD officers stormed into houses all around Eastchester Gardens and other locations in the Bronx. The police came before dawn in full riot gear. They terrorized families, whose homes they entered with drawn automatic rifles. In the process, Geovanni Martin, who happened to be in one of the raided homes with an unrelated warrant, fell to his death.
We encourage those that can to help Hakeem’s loved ones to purchase a headstone for Hakeem’s resting spot. Link
We also encourage those interested to follow the case of Eric King, who has faced tremendous retaliation at the hands of BOP. For more, here is the Twitter page of his support crew.
Folks can also learn more about the Bronx 120 by watching Raided: A Documentary.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
We have been working with the comrades at Massive Bookshop, an anti-profit and anti-Amazon bookseller. Please visit our list here to contribute books to incarcerated comrades.
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By #PrisonsKillToday we have a very heavy story to tell. It’s the story of Hakeem Campbell, who died last year inside a federal prison in Atlanta. Hakeem was just 27. You’ll hear an interview Joergen did earlier in 2021 with his mother Anniebelle.
Hakeem was one of the Bronx 120, who are a group of 120 mostly Black people from the Eastchester Gardens neighborhood of the Bronx that were indicted together on RICO charges in 2016 . The state falsely accused them of being among New York City’s most violent gangs. In April 2016, Federal agents from the FBI, DHS, and ICE as well as NYPD officers stormed into houses all around Eastchester Gardens and other locations in the Bronx. The police came before dawn in full riot gear. They terrorized families, whose homes they entered with drawn automatic rifles. In the process, Geovanni Martin, who happened to be in one of the raided homes with an unrelated warrant, fell to his death.
We encourage those that can to help Hakeem’s loved ones to purchase a headstone for Hakeem’s resting spot. Link
We also encourage those interested to follow the case of Eric King, who has faced tremendous retaliation at the hands of BOP. For more, here is the Twitter page of his support crew.
Folks can also learn more about the Bronx 120 by watching Raided: A Documentary.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
We have been working with the comrades at Massive Bookshop, an anti-profit and anti-Amazon bookseller. Please visit our list here to contribute books to incarcerated comrades.