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EDDIE HATCHER DEFENSE COMMITTEE
P.O. Box 1491
Hamlet, NC 28345
Tele & Fax 910-582-0017
*** A C T I O N A L E R T ***
FREE EDDIE HATCHER
NATIVE AMERICAN POLITICAL PRISONER IN NORTH CAROLINA
On September 27, 1994, North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt led
a delegation of NC leaders on an 11-day trip to South Africa
to "drum up some business for North Carolina." [Raleigh News
and Observer]
Governor Hunt, who now holds Native American Eddie Hatcher
in a NC prison, who the NC Council of Churches and the
National Council of Churches recognizes and declared a
Political Prisoner, intends on convincing President Nelson
Mandella to trade with North Carolina.
President Nelson Mandella was held as a political prisoner
for 27 years by the former Apartheid government of South
Africa. President Mandella knows firsthand the evils of
racist, corrupt, greedy governments and must be reminded the
state of NC, which national journalists call "hell's
backyard", practices and promotes the most racist, unjust
and corrupt system now existing in the United States.
President Mandella is familiar with the plight of Eddie
Hatcher and his family. We ask that you immediately contact
President Mandella and urge him to investigate the case of
Eddie Hatcher and the practices of NC before supporting any
trade between his government and NC.
President Nelson Mandella, Union Building, Pretoria 0001,
South Africa, Fax 011-27-12-326-2719 or 011-27-12-323-8292.
If you wish you can send copies of your letters and faxes
to: Governor Jim Hunt, Office of the Governor, Raleigh, NC
27603-8001, Fax 919-733-2120.
We thank you for your continued support.
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Eddie Hatcher - Stop the Thornburg's Judgeship
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EDDIE HATCHER DEFENSE COMMITTEE
P.O. Box 1491
Hamlet, N.C. 28345
Tele & Fax-910-582-0017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 26, 1994
LACY THORNBURG, former NC Attorney General is now being
considered for a Federal judgeship. We, at the EHDC, through
a concerted effort of religious leaders, groups and
organizations nationwide have launched a campaign to block
the appointment of this man to any position of power,
including a federal judgeship.
During and after the Eddie Hatcher case, which struggled to
expose and end the corruption of law enforcement in Robeson
County, NC and their involvement in major cocaine trade and
the murders of many minorities, then NC Attorney General
Thornburg ignored the facts and moreso, aided those
officials in covering-up their countless illegal acts. From
February 1, 1988, the day of the Takeover of the
Robesonian, until Thornburg's departure from office, ROBESON
COUNTY SHERIFF HUBERT STONE, CERTAIN STATE BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION AGENTS AND OTHERS INVOLVED WERE PROVIDED A
BLANKET OF PROTECTION BY THORNBURG.
During the two months immediately after the Takeover, when
at least nine [9] witnesses to the allegations made by
Hatcher were killed or died under mysterious circumstances
Thornburg actively worked in condoning and squashing the
involvement of Robeson County and state officials in those
deaths and their cover-up.
Immediately after HATCHER WAS ACQUITTED IN FEDERAL COURT by
a federal jury of all charges, he returned to Robeson County
leading a petition drive to remove Sheriff Stone. For at
least six weeks, under the assistance of SBI agents and
Robeson County officials, Thornburg gathered and allowed the
gathering of license tag numbers of cars belonging to
citizens attending the petition drive meetings. Following
those meetings, citizens were harassed and threatened by SBI
agents under the direction and protection of Lacy Thornburg.
During the Eddie Hatcher case, countless affidavits and
depositions were presented to Thornburg detailing the
consistent pattern of illegal, unconstitutional and
oppressive acts by Robeson County officials and his,
Thornburgs, agents yet, Thornburg not only ignored this
documentation but heightened the campaign of terror against
minority people in Robeson County. MOREOVER, THORNBURG LED
THE MOVEMENT TO HAVE ALL ATTORNEYS ASSISTING THE PETITION
WORKERS FINED MORE THAN $120,000, ALLEGING THAT THE
ALLEGATIONS WERE FRIVOLOUS.
Thornburg's association with corrupt Robeson County
officials was detailed in a sworn affidavit given by former
Robeson County Assistant District Attorney, Charles
Bodenheimer and Woodberry Bowen, wherein they attested that
it was Joe Freeman Britt, former District Attorney who
directed Thornburg to remove himself from the 1984 NC
governor's race and seek the NC Attorney General position
instead. THORNBURG'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEEP ROOTED
CORRUPTION IN ROBESON COUNTY HAS BEEN CLEARLY DOCUMENTED
TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
In April 1993, prior to any press reports, we learned of
Sheriff Hubert Stone's nomination to be U.S. Marshall for
the Eastern district of NC. We immediately began a
nationwide campaign to block this appointment which would
have been a direct slap in the face to minority and justice
minded people everywhere. After a year of heavy lobbying and
pleas by individuals, leaders and organizations, we saw that
our efforts prevailed. In fact, Congressman Charlie Rose
acknowledged that Eddie Hatcher had led the blocking of
Stone to this position as this was reported in the press.
NOW, WITH YOUR HELP, we again feel we shall be successful in
blocking yet another appointment which would also be a slap
in the face to minority and justice minded citizens
everywhere.
Thank you for your support and hard work.
For more information contact:
Thelma Clark, Director
Tel/Fax 910-582-0017
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[Ed. Note: I received a letter from Eddie a day after
receiving the following information. [I have been] "moved
rather quickly this week to another prison because of
serious threats against my life...only a day after Robeson
Co. Sheriff Hubert Stone got turned down by Clinton for the
U.S. Marshall position." Eddie's NEW address is: P.O. Box
805, Carthage, NC 28327]
MESSAGE FROM EDDIE HATCHER
Native American Political Prisoner in North Carolina
Eddie Hatcher Defense Committee
P.O. Box 1491
Hamlet, NC 28345
Tel & Fax 910-582-0017
September 1994
The minority and justice-minded people of Robeson
County and North Carolina are bracing for a possible slap in
the face. As if it was not enough that Sheriff Hubert Stone
was nominated last year for the U.S. Marshall position [
which we successfully blocked ] now, we learn that former NC
Attorney General Lacy Thornburg is being considered for a
federal judgeship which would be a lifetime appointment. I
ask, how this culprit of evil, who led one of the longest,
dirtiest, most deadly reigns of terror against Native and
African Americans in Robeson County can be seriously
considered for any position of power?
Right now, it's not really important though as to how,
but only that he be stopped. HE MUST BE STOPPED.
This man, for years, not only protected the corruption
existing in Robeson County and NC but promoted countless
illegal, unconstitutional and debased acts by Sheriff Hubert
Stone, his department and numerous NC SBI agents who were
under the direct helm of Lacy Thornburg. Countless unsolved
murders of Native and African American people of Robeson
County, most killed execution style, were never solved
thanks to the cleverly orchestrated cover-ups by Thornburg.
The movement of thousands of pounds of cocaine and hundreds
of millions of dollars in drug money was protected by
Thornburg and his cattle. Justice minded people of Robeson
County who sought the removal of Sheriff Hubert Stone were
watched and monitored by Thornburg's agents and these people
were ultimately harassed and threatened. Many were placed in
fear of losing their jobs if they continued to support the
removal of Stone. All, under the directive of Lacy
Thornburg.
Throughout my entire case, attorneys presented
affidavits, testimony and depositions of corruption, murder
and drug trafficking by Robeson County officials and NC -
SBI agents. Yet, each time, Thornburg only heightened the
campaign of terror against minorities in Robeson County. In
fact, Thornburg led the bloodsucking brigade against all of
our attorneys which brought about fines of more than
$122,000 against them.
There's not enough space in this letter to detail or
describe the unending list of activities of Lacy Thornburg.
But, the main thing is, HE MUST BE STOPPED.
I am asking you to please, first, contact U.S. Attorney
General Janet Reno, [see address, phone, fax on last page]
and ask that the investigation and background check into
Lacy Thornburg, which will be presented to the Senate
Judiciary Committee, include his association and involvement
with Robeson County officials as well as his financial
situation when campaigning for the Attorney General
position. It was former Robeson County District Attorney Joe
Freeman Britt who directed Thornburg to withdraw from the
1984 NC Governor's race and seek the NC Attorney General
position instead.
Secondly, I have listed each member of the U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee [ see last page ] and am asking you to
please contact them demanding that Thornburg NOT be
appointed to a federal judgeship in NC. Please help stop
this man who blatantly harnessed power only to be used
against minority and justice minded people in Robeson County
and NC, to further the corruption and cocaine trafficking of
government officials.
From February 1, 1988 up to this day, my allegations
against Robeson County officials and certain NC officials
and certain federal officials have not wavered. NEVER!! At
no time, whether during a newspaper interview, radio or
television interview, magazines, national or international,
have my allegations changed. Nothing added to nor nothing
taken away.
These allegations, in the beginning and since have been
supported by more evidence than what has been used by the
government to put thousands in prison. In fact, the evidence
existing on February 1, 1988 and thereafter was so
convincing that at least nine [9] of our witnesses were
murdered or died under mysterious circumstances. The
evidence was so overwhelming that all levels of government
mounted one of the most intense campaigns ever, designed to
destroy my credibility. The evidence was so strong that some
reporters, one of whom quit her job at one of the prominent
television news shows because her reports were squashed by
then governor Jim Martin, feared for their lives. Their cars
and homes were ransacked. Constant threats were received.
My allegations and existing evidence was so solid in
fact, that recently in our yearlong battle to block Sheriff
Hubert Stone from gaining the appointment to U.S. Marshall,
Congressman Charlie Rose acknowledged this. On February 22,
1994 the press reported Congressman Rose stating, "some of
the allegations leveled against Stone by Eddie Hatcher are
causing some folks in the White House to get concerned with
the nomination of Stone to the U.S. Marshall position."
One of the main allegations I leveled against officials
was and is, that the large amounts of cocaine, in its almost
purest form, which was dumped into rural Robeson County
beginning predominantly around 1986, was part of the many
shipments of cocaine being moved and guided by Col. Oliver
North, via the ranch of John Hull in Costa Rica with the
funds raised from the cocaine used to finance the Contras.
Secondly, that certain N.C. and federal officials such as
Joe Dean, former N.C. Secretary of Crime and Public Safety;
Governor Jim Martin; and U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese,
were directly involved in protecting these shipments and
protecting Robeson County officials. Moreover, that the
route of the cocaine, from Homestead Air Force Base to
Robeson County was as well protected to secrecy.
So, it was no surprise when the Associated Press
reported on June 17, 1994 that Celerino "Cele" Castillo, a
former supervisor with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in
El Salvador has come forward attesting that Col. Oliver
North "knew large shipments of cocaine were being smuggled
into the United States by mercenary pilots he had hired to
assist Contras in Nicaragua."
Castillo declared that "Oliver North was running the
operation. His pilots were known drug traffickers listed in
government files and these people were being given U.S.
Visas." Castillo also states that he did inform then Vice-
President Bush of North's drug smuggling in the Contra
supply operations.
As has been documented, North was involved in an
illegal operation that sold arms to Iran using the money to
finance the Contras. However, these funds proved minimal and
the funds, according to Castillo, were supplemented with the
money raised in the sale of cocaine. Sales in the streets,
communities and rural counties of the U.S. and N.C.,
originating mainly in Robeson County.
In a recent interview, Castillo stated "When I found
out North was being called a hero, I was thinking how little
the U.S. citizens knew about North being involved in drug
trafficking and money laundering." Castillo further said, "I
risked my life to fight the war on drugs and watched him
turn his head." Castillo repeatedly attempted to bring
North's actions to the open, yet the DEA and other top
federal officials such as Edwin Corr, a U.S. Ambassador to
El Salvador at the time, suppressed Castillo's reports and
told him to "back off."
The U.S. Government has a grand reputation of
discrediting allegations such as those I have raised. The
Christic Institute which spent years and millions of dollars
to expose North's activities as well as others involved such
as Meese, Poindexter, Secord, etc. was eventually forced
into financial ruin by the U.S. Government.
The question I have had for some time now has been why
the United States government has fought so adamantly to
block the extradition of John Hull to Costa Rica. John Hull,
who owned the ranch in Costa Rica which was used by North's
pilots to fly the cocaine to Homestaed AF Base, was in fact
indicted by the Costa Rican government on major drug
trafficking charges among other things. Hull, a CIA
operative from Indiana remains free in the U.S. In 1992, I
contacted the Costa Rican government concerning the status
of Hull's extradition. The Costa Rican government supplied
me with a letter, endorsed by 22 U.S. Congressmen to Rafael
Calderon, President of Costa Rica. Wherein the Congressmen
attempted to disengage the extradition warrant on John Hull,
stating that Hull was a respected U.S. citizen. President
Calderon, in return, replied to those Congressmen that Costa
Rica would not be intimidated by the U.S. when they ( Costa
Rica ) were truly attempting to stop the trafficking of
cocaine and it was obvious that the U.S. was only purporting
to be concerned with cocaine trafficking. It was a very
powerful and moving letter by President Calderon. One of the
22 Congressmen who endorsed the letter of support for John
Hull was N.C.'s own Cass Ballenger of Hickory, Republican,
protege of Senator Jesse Helms.
With the Clinton administration almost at the halfway
mark, I wonder why John Hull has still not been extradited.
I wonder how the government can blast the tubes and
newspapers each day over this anti-crime bill, wanting to
fill more and more prisons with minorities and poor white
penny-ante drug dealers when the men responsible for
bringing it in by the plane-loads and subsequently
protecting such bloodsuckers as Sheriff Hubert Stone and his
demented lynchman, Joe Freeman Britt, remain free. I wonder
how Congressman Cass Ballenger or any Congressman can be
allowed to saunter down the isle of the Capitol proclaiming
swift justice for "criminals" when they serve as the gestapo
to protect the Oliver Norths and John Hulls. I guess it all
boils down to one thing - they're credible and I ain't!!!!
If you would like a copy of the letter endorsed by
Congressman Cass Ballenger and the others and Costa Rica's
President Calderon's reply, send a self addressed stamped
envelope to the Eddie Hatcher Defense Committee, P.O. Box
1491, Hamlet, N.C. 28345.
Please, if you would like to help me distribute this
message, just contact the Defense Committee, and 100 or more
will be mailed to you, postage paid.
If you can help us with the printing cost and postage,
please send stamps or donations to the EHDC.
I sincerely thank you for your continued support and a
special thanks to Mama for her unending love and hard work
in the battle against this corrupt government.
ADDRESSES
~~~~~~~~~
U.S. Attorney Janet Reno Senator Paul Simon,
The Justice Department [Illinois]
Washington, DC 20530 SD-462
Tele-202-514-2000 United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Senator Herbert Kohl, Tele 202-224-2152
[Wisconsin] Fax-202-224-0868
SH-330
United States Senate Senator Howard Metzenbaun,
Washington, DC 20510 [Ohio]
Tele-202-224-5653 SR-140
Fax-202-224-9787 United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Senator Carol Mosley-Braun, Tele-202-224-2315
[Illinois] Fax-202-224-6519
SH-708
United States Senate Senator Dennis DeConcini,
Washington, DC 20510 [Arizona]
Tele-202-224-2854 SH-328
Fax-202-224-2854 United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Senator Joseph Biden, Chair Tele-202-224-4521
SR-221 Fax-202-224-2302
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510 Senator Howell Heflin,
Tele-202-224-5042 [Alabama]
Fax-202-224-0139 SH-728
United States Senate
Senator Edward Kennedy, Washington, DC 20510
[Mass] Tele-202-224-4124
SR-315 Fax-202-224-3149
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510 Senator Diane Feinstein,
Tele-202-224-4543 [California]
Fax-202-224-2417 SH-331
United States Senate
Senator Patrick Leahy, Washington, DC 20510
[Vermont] Tele-202-224-3841
SR-433 Fax-202-224-0656
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Tele 202-224-4242
Fax-202-224-3595
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