Important News:
Teresa Allen, KPFT
Local Advisory Board member, was assaulted and arrested at KPFT on October 6,
2001. Read about this new case: Press
Release.
KPFT station manager, plus a member of staff and a volunteer
all assault protestors, file false charges, then lose!
Edwin Johnston. (Houston PNB meeting, early March 2001)
On March 23, 2001, KPFT general manager Garland Ganter assaulted Edwin Johnston
at a protest at KPFT in Houston. Johnston was also assaulted by a KPFT volunteer.
Ganter's wife, Molly O'Brien, who at the time was on KPFT staff, assaulted protestor
Sheila Harris. Both Ganter and O'Brien gave false reports to police and Johnston
was arrested and jailed on two counts of assault.
Johnston is very angry about this, to say the least.
Coming soon: Larger list o' linx related to this case. Please send me what
you have! Here's a taste:
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Pacifica
Lawsuits
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KPFT Arrestee
Hall of Fame
Foreign language programmers arrested at KPFT
on two separate occasions during the mid-1980's.
Top: Khosrow Amirazodi of the Persian Program.
Bottom: Jaime Rivera of Nuestra Programa.
