“You will never count me among the broken men…” George Jackson
Chip’s new parole hearing has been scheduled for July 2, 2008. Please stay tuned for a new call to action within a week!
Free em all!
“Free Chip!” Committee Mailbox and Phone Number March 1, 2008
Committee to Free Chip Fitzgerald
629 Main Street No.195
Watsonville, CA 95076
(831) 254-2580
Write to Chip… November 28, 2007
Send him letters, photocopies of articles, photos. All love for the people!
Romaine Fitzgerald
B-27527
FC-2-110
PO Box 921
Imperial, California 92251-0731
Radio Interview with CHIP… November 28, 2007
Check the link below to hear the first interview with Chip Fitzgerald, locked down for 28 years.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/22/18455393.php
CHIP WAS TRANSFERRED on July 15! New address…write to our brother. July 20, 2007
ALthough inmates who are awaiting hearings should not be transfered…CHIP WAS TRANSFERRED. He is WAAAAY south…near the Mexico border in the Imperial Valley. He is bummed to be away from his family and the urban access (public radio etc)…however, he is adjusting and happy to be in a consistent program where he can get on with his parole hearing and his FREEDOM! Please write to him. He needs to know he is supported.
Romaine Fitzgerald
B-27527
FC-2-110
PO Box 921
Imperial, California
92251-0731
CENTINELA STATE PRISON
About Chip… February 25, 2007
In 1969 Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald was a member of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party that was targeted by the FBI for its political activities. Fitagerald, a dedicated cadre who educated his community through his work selling and circulating the Black Panther New Service, has been locked up for over 38 years. The state of California continues to violate the law, i.e. penal code 1170.2(b).
Today, Chip is the longest held Black Panther political prisoner in the United Stares prison system. He has had a stroke and major back surgery. He is disabled. He has a slight paralysis on his left side and walks with a cane.
Mel Mason, President of the Monterey Peninsula NAACP, which advocates on Chip’s behalf said, “Chip had a stroke and major back surgery…this is absolutely political…The rule of law says that people sentenced to “Life With Parole” must be given a release date. If he was anyone else, he’d have been out a long time ago. He should never have been incarcerated, and he meets the requirements for release.
Chip is from Compton, California.
