- Signatures: 911
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: 1-14-2008
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Justice4TonyeAndAnn
Hailing a cab seems to be a crime in Toronto. That's what Ann Brown and Tonye Allen were trying to do on Oct. 16 at approx. 1:45 pm, after checking out of the Econolodge Hotel in Downtown. Police from Toronto Division 51 detained the two without explaining why. When asked for an explanation, the police turned violent, beating up Tonye Allen, who never resisted and continued to ask why he was being arrested. At the station, Ann Brown was told by Det. Moyer that they hadn't decided what to charge Tonye Allen with. He eventually was charged with assault of police officer two times and resisting arrest two times. Ann and Tonye remain in Toronto fighting the charges and trying to raise funds for legal fees. Both are African American journalists. In fact, Ann Brown had previously written glowing articles about travel to Toronto. Tonye Allen, who has no criminal record, is a professional photojournalist.
They are also seeking to locate the person who video taped the incident from across the street that day.
You have find out more about Ann and Tonye at http://www.tonyeallenandannbrown.blogspot.com .
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| 918 | 2:50 am PDT, Jul 12 | Denise Muhammad | 0 | Female | Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 33311 | United States |
| 917 | 1:08 pm PDT, Jul 4 | CatalystMC The Spark | 18 | Male | Toronto | M5r 2z6 | Canada | |
| 916 | 11:37 pm PDT, Jun 15 | lea pride | 0 | Female | Merritt Island | Florida | 32953 | United States |
| 915 | 1:54 pm PDT, Apr 25 | Jody Denny | 43 | Female | Los Angeles | California | 90018 | United States |
| 914 | 1:54 pm PDT, Apr 12 | Frank Floyd | 50 | Male | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19120-3139 | United States |
| 913 | 8:22 pm PDT, Mar 18 | Shannon Sultan | 24 | Female | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 53221 | United States |
| 912 | 8:37 am PDT, Mar 18 | Anonymous | 48 | Female | Nashville | Tennessee | 37207 | United States |
| 911 | 11:50 am PDT, Mar 14 | Charell Green | 32 | Female | Pikesville | Maryland | 21208 | United States |
| 910 | 6:18 am PDT, Mar 14 | Margie Kelly | 45 | Female | Washington | Washington D.C. | 20020 | United States |
| 909 | 8:35 pm PDT, Mar 13 | Fatimah Thomas | 56 | Female | Lithonia | Georgia | 30058 | United States |
| 908 | 4:14 pm PDT, Mar 13 | Anonymous | 27 | Female | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28227 | United States |
| 907 | 11:47 am PDT, Mar 13 | Anonymous | 27 | Male | New Carrolton | Maryland | 20784 | United States |
| 906 | 4:59 am PDT, Mar 13 | Anonymous | 18 | Female | buffalo | New York | 14211 | United States |
| 905 | 11:44 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Anonymous | 0 | Female | Lansdowne | Pennsylvania | 19050 | United States |
| 904 | 10:13 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Anonymous | 35 | Male | chicago | Illinois | 60649 | United States |
| 903 | 8:42 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Kallen Skullie | 21 | Male | Toronto | M1E 2L5 | Canada | |
| 902 | 6:52 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Anonymous | 45 | Male | LONG BRANCH | New Jersey | 07740 | United States |
| 901 | 4:48 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Anonymous | 57 | Female | new york | New York | 10025 | United States |
| 900 | 4:45 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Vince Newberry | 32 | Male | Edmonton | t5x 5j4 | Canada | |
| 899 | 4:02 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Terrence Lpool | 27 | Male | Rochester | New York | 14619 | United States |
| 898 | 12:16 pm PDT, Mar 12 | candace mitchell | 45 | Female | brooklyn | New York | 11233 | United States |
| 897 | 12:11 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Eddie Bynog | 19 | Male | Baton ROuge | Louisiana | 71302 | United States |
| 895 | 2:57 am PDT, Mar 12 | latoya johnson | 23 | Female | fort worth | Texas | 76120 | United States |
| 894 | 10:53 pm PDT, Mar 11 | SONIA REDDEN | 35 | Female | PHILADELPHIA | Pennsylvania | 19115 | United States |
| 893 | 8:41 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 25 | Male | Cincinnati | Ohio | 45219 | United States |
| 892 | 8:34 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 35 | Female | spring valley | California | 91977 | United States |
| 891 | 8:02 pm PDT, Mar 11 | LaToya Rice | 29 | Female | Washington | Washington D.C. | 20036 | United States |
| 890 | 7:50 pm PDT, Mar 11 | NATALIE S | 32 | Female | TUSCALOOSA | Alabama | 35405 | United States |
| 889 | 6:52 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anthony L. Howlett Sr. | 0 | Male | Jackson | Mississippi | 39206 | United States |
| 888 | 5:12 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anita Marie Smith | 41 | Female | Oak Park | Michigan | 48237 | United States |
| 887 | 5:01 pm PDT, Mar 11 | len love | 35 | Male | cleveland | Ohio | 44130 | United States |
| 886 | 4:54 pm PDT, Mar 11 | bianca effries | 23 | Female | baltimore | Maryland | 21286 | United States |
| 885 | 4:33 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Dani Tabor | 0 | Female | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28202 | United States |
| 884 | 3:57 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Mariah Kelly | 27 | Female | south orange | New Jersey | 07079 | United States |
| 883 | 3:44 pm PDT, Mar 11 | April Bryant | 28 | Female | Los Angeles | California | 90008 | United States |
| 882 | 3:43 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Alexis Pegram | 0 | Female | Freeport | New York | 11520 | United States |
| 881 | 3:29 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 17 | Male | darby | Pennsylvania | 19023 | United States |
| 880 | 2:44 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 29 | Male | baltimore | Maryland | 21215 | United States |
| 879 | 2:44 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Joyce Graham | 0 | Female | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15206 | United States |
| 878 | 2:28 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Denise McKinney | 36 | Female | Los Angeles | California | 91506 | United States |
| 877 | 2:12 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Ria Phillips | 23 | Female | St. Louis | Missouri | 63112 | United States |
| 876 | 2:12 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 31 | Male | houston | Texas | 77099 | United States |
| 875 | 2:09 pm PDT, Mar 11 | derrick murry | 0 | Female | tampa | Florida | 33607 | United States |
| 874 | 2:03 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 0 | Female | los angeles | California | 90018 | United States |
| 873 | 1:58 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Allison Knight | 21 | Female | Montgomery | Alabama | 36116 | United States |
| 872 | 1:52 pm PDT, Mar 11 | LAKIA WYNDER | 28 | Female | ATLANTA | Georgia | 30360 | United States |
| 871 | 1:47 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Rochelle Wade | 28 | Female | SAn Francisco | California | 94112 | United States |
| 870 | 1:46 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 40 | Female | Jacksonville | Florida | 32208 | United States |
| 869 | 1:43 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Eboni Scurlock | 0 | Female | Washington | Washington D.C. | 20011 | United States |
| 868 | 1:37 pm PDT, Mar 11 | myeedah leslie | 23 | Female | brooklyn | New York | 11221 | United States |
| 867 | 1:16 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Gala Bridges | 0 | Female | Decatur | Georgia | 30034 | United States |
| 866 | 1:15 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 23 | Male | Ottawa | K2J 4P8 | Canada | |
| 865 | 12:25 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 27 | Female | Montgomery | Alabama | 36117 | United States |
| 864 | 12:22 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 26 | Female | Los Angeles | California | 90047 | United States |
| 863 | 12:06 pm PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 34 | Male | Toronto | m6k3e3 | Canada | |
| 862 | 11:56 am PDT, Mar 11 | deidre g | 20 | Female | tallahassee | Florida | 32303 | United States |
| 860 | 11:43 am PDT, Mar 11 | Tauja Jones | 23 | Female | Unkonown | Arizona | 85201 | United States |
| 859 | 11:42 am PDT, Mar 11 | vonetta jackson | 0 | Female | omaha | Nebraska | 68154 | United States |
| 858 | 11:21 am PDT, Mar 11 | Kim A | 33 | Female | Oxon Hill | Maryland | 20745 | United States |
| 857 | 11:17 am PDT, Mar 11 | Anonymous | 35 | Female | Chicago | Illinois | 60626 | United States |
| 856 | 11:10 am PDT, Mar 11 | martin jacobs | 0 | Male | acworth | Georgia | 30101 | United States |
| 855 | 11:07 am PDT, Mar 11 | Bobby Rice | 23 | Male | baltimore | Maryland | 21234 | United States |
| 854 | 11:01 am PDT, Mar 11 | Erika Dowd | 33 | Female | Los Angeles | California | 90025 | United States |
| 853 | 10:51 am PDT, Mar 11 | Dwayne Harvey | 41 | Male | Detroit | Michigan | 48223 | United States |
| 852 | 10:43 am PDT, Mar 11 | Wanda White | 38 | Female | Schaumburg | Illinois | 60159 | United States |
| 851 | 10:36 am PDT, Mar 11 | Jackie Tillman | 37 | Female | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19119 | United States |
Justice 4 Tonye Allen & Ann Brown
to:
Mayor: David Miller mayor_miller@toronto.ca
Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor, 100 Queen St. West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2
Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Fax:416-696-3687
C/C:
Police Chief:Bill Blair william.blair@torontopolice.on.ca
Toronto Police Service
40 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5G 2J3
Telephone +1 416 808-2222
Det. Moyer: 51 Division
51 Parliament St., Toronto, ON , M5A 2Y5
Phone: 416-808-5100
Police
headquarters: communications division
Main Number 416-808-8871
Toronto Tourism dept. Communications Coordinator
Justine Palinska 416-987-1739
jpalinska@torcvb.com
Manager, Consumer Media Relations
Sousie Tsotskos 416-987-1736
stsotskos@torcvb.com
Dear Mayor Miller.
The People urgently requests that you take the following dispositions in the case of American Citizens and reporters Tonye Allen and Ann Brown:
* All charges must be dropped,
* Public apologies are in order
* Firing of the offending Officers
* Immediate public release of Tonye Allen's mug shot
* Immediate public release of the police report
* Immediate release of video footage at the police station and hospital where Tonye Allen as taken and again beaten by the police
* Full reparations/compensation for legal and hotel fees
If the proper action is not carried out instantly, the People will send a critical mass alert to all constituencies, calling for a global touristic boycott on Toronto.
We trust, Mayor Miller, that you will DO THE RIGHT THING !
Mayor: David Miller mayor_miller@toronto.ca
Toronto City Hall, 2nd Floor, 100 Queen St. West, Toronto ON M5H 2N2
Phone: 416-397-CITY (2489)
Fax:416-696-3687
C/C:
Police Chief:Bill Blair william.blair@torontopolice.on.ca
Toronto Police Service
40 College Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5G 2J3
Telephone +1 416 808-2222
Det. Moyer: 51 Division
51 Parliament St., Toronto, ON , M5A 2Y5
Phone: 416-808-5100
Police
headquarters: communications division
Main Number 416-808-8871
Toronto Tourism dept. Communications Coordinator
Justine Palinska 416-987-1739
jpalinska@torcvb.com
Manager, Consumer Media Relations
Sousie Tsotskos 416-987-1736
stsotskos@torcvb.com
Dear Mayor Miller.
The People urgently requests that you take the following dispositions in the case of American Citizens and reporters Tonye Allen and Ann Brown:
* All charges must be dropped,
* Public apologies are in order
* Firing of the offending Officers
* Immediate public release of Tonye Allen's mug shot
* Immediate public release of the police report
* Immediate release of video footage at the police station and hospital where Tonye Allen as taken and again beaten by the police
* Full reparations/compensation for legal and hotel fees
If the proper action is not carried out instantly, the People will send a critical mass alert to all constituencies, calling for a global touristic boycott on Toronto.
We trust, Mayor Miller, that you will DO THE RIGHT THING !
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