Jeremy's rally had a large turnout at Foley Park, NY on July 23rd. There was a short rally with a large turnout and a couple speeches, including one written by Jeremy himself, and read by Jason, his brother.

 
Here is the transcripts of what was written, in entirely Jeremy's words to his supporters :


Thanks for everybody coming out in support! It is so good to know folks on the street got my back. Special thanks to those who have been sending books and letters, and to my amazing lawyers.

I remember maybe a few months before I was locked up I went to a few noise demonstrations a the federal jail MCC Chicago in support of all those locked up there. Prisoners moved in front of the windows, turned the lights on and off, and dropped playing cards through the cracks in the windows. I had no idea I would soon be in that same jail facing multiple trumped up computer hacking “conspiracies.”

Now at New York MCC, the other day I was playing chess when another prisoner excitedly cam e up as was like, “Yo, there are like 50 people outside the window and they are carrying banners with your name!” Sure enough, there you all were with lights, banners, and bucket drums just below our 11th floor window. Though you may not have been able to here us or see us, over one hundred of us in this unit saw you all and wanted to know who those people were, what they were about, rejuvenated knowing people on the outside got there back.

As prisoners in this police state – over 2.5 million of us – we are silenced, marginalized, exploited, forgotten, and dehumanized. First we are judged and sentenced by the “justice” system, then treated as second class citizens by mainstream society. But even the warden of MCC New York has in surprising honesty admitted that “the only difference between us officers here and you prisoners is we just haven’t been caught.”

The call us robbers and fraudsters when the big banks get billion dollar bailouts and kick us out of our homes.

They call us gun runners and drug dealers when pharmaceutical corporations and defense contractors profit from trafficking armaments and drugs on a far greater scale.

They call us “terrorists” when NATO and the US military murder millions of innocents around the world and employ drones and torture tactics.

And they call us cyber criminals when they themselves develop viruses to spy on and wage war against infrastructure and populations in other countries.

Yes, I am one of several dozen around the world accused of Anonymous-affiliated computer hacking charges.

One of many here at MCC New York facing trumped up “conspiracy” charges based on the cooperation of government informants who will say anything and sell out anyone to save themselves.

And this jail is one of several thousand other jails, prisons, and immigrant detention centers – lockups which one day will be reduced to rubble and grass will grow between the cracks of the concrete.

So don’t let fear of imprisonment deter you from speaking up and fighting back. Silencing our movement is exactly what they hope to accomplish with these targeted, politically motivated prosecutions. They can try to stop a few of us but they can never stop us all.

Thanks again for coming out.

Keep bringing the ruckus!

Jeremy Hammond

After the speeches, the assembled supporters marched to the Federal Courthouse. There was a number of police officers who attempted to escort the march into the federal building, where eventually, the supporters filled the courtroom Jeremy was scheduled to appear. There was a large number of unknown men in suits behind the barrister, possibly federal agents interested on the case or perhaps interning prosecutors. Jeremy was actually allowed in the courtroom before the appearance of the judge, so there was a good ten minutes before the hearing began. Seeing the large number of people to come support upon entering the room, Jeremy said "all power to the people!' The rest of the ten minutes was filled with conversation between Jeremy and Elizabeth Fink and his other lawyers, and occasional comments between himself and supporters about his mullet and buffness. 


The actual content of the court proceedings was pretty small. The state wanted some more time to gather and present more discovery, and the defense was to make a formal bond request in the next couple weeks. His next court date was set for September 24th. On the way out, there were easily 10 or so NYPD and even more federal marshalls standing between supporters / protestors outside and the building.

A huge thanks to all the many supporters who came out from all over the New York area, to his friends from Chicago, and those that came very far from different states. We passed out a lot of literature that day to people who were interested in Jeremy's and other accused hacktivist cases. Also thanks to those who have donated since the arrest, the money is becoming very helpful, going to his commissary where he can make phone calls and so forth. It is being directly collected and facilitated by the Jeremy Hammond Defense Committee. Jeremy also plans to write more frequent updates of his status so that can be posted on this website and elsewhere. But this is all for now, check back soon for more updates.