This in by e-mail from Mike Townsend in Springfield, Illinois:

Date sent: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 19:42:34 -0500

At 5:15PM today(9/29),a multi-jurisdictional task force made up of 9 cars of Federal marshalls,sheriff's deputies,city police and FCC officers raided the home of Mbanna Kantako and shut down Human Rights Radio. Mbanna,who is blind, was at home with his wife,Dia,their 2 daughters and 2 grandchildren. The Task Force loaded all broadcast equipment and his computer into an equipment van. Mbanna was able to audiotape, and his daughter videotaped, most of the raid until they were all herded into a bedroom. The tapes reveal that Mbanna & Dia gave the raiders "the blues". Mbanna is proud of the fact that he forced the government to use naked force in opposing human rights. The BIG LIE is a little more exposed to the common people now. Mbanna started broadcasting on Nov.25,1987 and had been on-the-air 4448 nights & days. He is now contemplating his next assault on the injustices structured into our social fabric by what he calls "the class with no class". Stay tuned. Since Mbanna no longer has a computer,you can call him at 217-789-0038 or e-mail him thru me at mtown1@uis.edu
--Mike Townsend