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Arkansas supporters plan trip to WM
The following letter explains what’s up.
Dear Friends,
Efforts to free the West Memphis Three have reached an exciting turn—and we need your help! As you may already know, the most recent addition to the army of those seeking justice for the three is NYPD homicide detective turned private investigator Jay Salpeter (above). In order to root out missing information that has stymied this case for the last 15 years, Jay has set up a tip line (501-256-1775) to receive confidential information that may lead to the exoneration of Damien, Jason and Jessie. Last year, Jay’s work on a Long Island murder case led to the release of another innocent man. (For more information, visit Marty Tankleff.)
So what can you do? Saturday, Feb. 28, as big a group as we can gather will be leaving the west-side, uppper-deck parking lot of Trio’s restaurant (located in Pavilion in the Park on Cantrell) at 10 a.m. and making the trek to West Memphis. There, we will canvas shopping centers, go door to door and hand out fliers informing people about the tip line. We believe that someone, somewhere knows something that can lead to the freedom of these three men—and that person is likely to be living in West Memphis right now.
Things to know: You will never be asked to go alone. We will divide the city into neighborhoods and canvas in groups. You don’t even have to talk to anyone. The purpose of this trip is to distribute information, not to question residents. We will have a script prepared if you would like to be a person in your group that explains our mission that day.
The bigger the group, the more ground we can cover, and we desperately need your help with this crucial effort. Even if you can’t make it to West Memphis, we will have fliers and stencils for T-shirts available soon via e-mail so you can print them and advertise the tip line wherever you are! Our hope is that all over this state, Feb. 28 will be a day of awareness and that the truth will come to light. Please let me know as soon as possible if you can join us or how else you might be able to help!
Best,
Holly Ballard
Arkansas Take Action
