Posted by: John Phoenix
Dec 17, 2024
A federal judge in Florida on Monday sentenced members of a pan-Africanist group known as the “Uhuru 3” to three years of probation, meaning they will avoid prison time in a legal saga that saw the antiwar activists targeted for their vocal criticism of U.S. policy. The members of the African People’s Socialist Party were convicted in September of conspiring with the Russian government to “sow discord” and “interfere” in U.S. elections, which the accused have rejected as “ridiculous.” This is one of the Uhuru 3, Omali Yeshitela, speaking after the sentencing yesterday.
Omali Yeshitela: “I want to say that the only reason this discussion is happening right now about free speech and the judge was given an opportunity to make the ruling and make the statements that he made, the only reason he was given this opportunity is because we fought. If we had laid down, we wouldn’t have had this discussion.”
Click here to see all of our interviews with Omali Yeshitela and our coverage of this case.