Ethiopian Review Editorial
Deputy Prime Minister Addisu Legesse was too afraid to face Ethiopians in Atlanta at the public meeting he himself had called yesterday afternoon. He decided to call off the meeting after learning that less than ten individuals came to listen to him and about eighty protestors were waiting to look him in the eye and ask him why he is arresting, torturing and murdering their friends and relatives back home. One of those who awaited to confront him inside the meeting hall at Marriott Hotel was Artist Solomon Tekalign. But the embassy staff that organized the public meeting requested the police to ask Solomon to leave. After some discussion, he complied. A few minutes later, the meeting was canceled.
Over thirty Atlanta police officers and U.S. secret service agents supported by an helicopter were providing security for the deputy chief of Ethiopia’s current criminal regime. Some of the Atlanta police officers who were told by the protestors about Addisu Legesse’s atrocities in Ethiopia were shaking their heads in disbelief. It seems that they felt the irony of protecting a mass murderer against peaceful, law abiding people. As the protestors dispersed, the officers thanked them for being cooperative and expressing their grievances in a peaceful and orderly manor.
The Atlanta meeting was part of a North America tour by the Meles regime’s officials who are organizing segregated meetings in several U.S. cities. In the Atlanta meeting, only people from the Amhara ethnic group were invited. But out of the ten who showed up, about half were members and supporters of the ruling Tigrean People’s Liberation Front.
At a similar meeting in Boston last Saturday, Addisu ran out the back door like a thief after he saw that most of those inside the meeting hall were there to confront him.
ER has been informed that Addisu Legesse is planning to have a meeting in Ohio and Washington DC this coming weekend. Is there any lawyer in Washington DC who can file charges of murder and torture against him and have a judge issue an arrest warrant? Or is it possible to make a citizen’s arrest? There are hundreds of cases that are documented by respected international institutions that show Addisu Legesse, Meles Zenawi et al have ordered the torture and killing. So why is this criminal allowed to roam freely in the U.S. where justice applies to all, including the President?