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Epidemic of Police Murder Large and Growing: System Gives Police “A License to Kill” The epidemic of police murder is larger than previous estimates, and the numbers of people killed by police is growing.
According to a 2007 report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (which is part of the U.S. Department of Justice), from 2003 through 2005 at least 2,002 people died during their arrests by state and local law enforcement officers. The number of arrest-related deaths increased 13 percent over the course of the three years studied. In 2003 the number of deaths was 622. In 2005...
Posted: Mon, Feb 23, 2009 4:46pm PST
Harlem: Condemning the Police Murder of Oscar Grant Harlem, February 6, 2008—Temperatures were in the low 30s as people gathered at the Harlem State Office Building on the corner of 125th Street and 7th Avenue to stand together with those protesting police brutality in Oakland, California. The corner warmed up as people of different nationalities began to express their deep outrage at the police execution of 22-year-old Oscar Grant, and the oppression of Black people and the crimes of this system more generally. People spoke bitterness, read p...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 5:19pm PST
Press Conference Call for a March of Stolen Lives Friday February 6 at 3 PM On Tuesday, January 27, a press conference was held at the Fruitvale BART station—the site of Oscar Grant’s murder, to announce a March of Stolen Lives in Oakland on Friday, February 6....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2009 1:22pm PST
Letter from Gaza -- from Barbara Lubin, MECA (Middle East Children's Alliance), Berkeley January 23, 2009 ,
Dear Friend,
I entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night with my friend and fellow activist Sharon Wallace after waiting ten hours at the Egypt/Gaza. The destruction and trauma is even greater than I expected....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2009 4:29pm PST
Ex-Officer Charged in Oakland Killing of Unarmed Black Passenger Thursday, January 15, 2009 :A former transit officer in Oakland California has been arrested on murder charges in connection to the killing of Oscar Grant, an unarmed African-American man who was shot dead while he was lying face down on the ground on the train platform. The shooting gained international attention after cellphone videos of the killing were posted on YouTube by train passengers. The killing sparked a series of protests in what has been described by some as the Oakland rebellio...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 8:04am PST
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Hillary Clinton's slow pitch Senate confirmation hearing... next up on C-Span "Special Olympics Fencing Qualifying Round"...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2009 8:02am PST
The Black Congressional Caucus and Israel-Voting Present Is Complicity With War Crimes Congresswoman's Barbara Lee vote of "present" instead of no on the support for the crimes of Israel is "Sullying Dr. King's Legacy says Glen Ford...
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 11:11pm PST
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Bush' Final Press Conference....
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2009 8:37am PST
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The Global Economic Meltdown for dummies... now in CARTOON FORMAT!!!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 18, 2008 7:40am PST
Best Activist's Public Records & People Search Resource The Best Public Records & People Search Resource, To Find Friends, Loved Ones, The Deceased, Lost Family Members, Unique Books & Information.........
Posted: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 1:47am PST
Clash in Iceland over bank crisis Protesters in Iceland's capital Reykjavik have clashed with police during a demonstration over the handling of the financial crisis.
Several hundred protesters gathered outside the city's main police station to demand the release of a man jailed in a previous demonstration.
Five people were injured when police used pepper spray to disperse the group after some tried to storm the building....
Posted: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 3:25pm PST
In support of Ali Baher-Students for Justice in Palestine. In support of Ali Baher-Students for Justice in Palestine, UC Berkeley....
Posted: Tue, Nov 4, 2008 1:34am PST
Wetback Wednesdays A brief explanation on why the "Wetback Wednesdays" at the Garage Door Saloon is a bigger deal than the media is making it out to be....
Posted: Sat, Oct 25, 2008 1:45am PDT
Denver's Archbishop Bigot Charles J. Chaput, Attacks Obama Religious Fanatics From The West Coast To The East Coast, Are Trying To Control Our Politics, Change California's Constitution In A Bigoted Attack On Gay Marriage, And Are Trying To Convince Catholic Supporters Of Obama That They Are Involved In Wrong Doing!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 19, 2008 1:56am PDT
Local Media Used to Print False Accusations Against Human Right Activists In the past few weeks, activists in the UC Berkeley area have engaged in correcting pro-Israel propaganda. On the night of September 18, however, someone added an image of a Swastika, an equal sign and a Star of David, to an already stenciled ad that carried the massage "free Palestine". Zionists groups have seized the moment and used the graffiti for the political agenda of creating an atmosphere of fear, in order to silence critics of Apartheid. Additionally, local media outlets have report...
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 6:55pm PDT
Caravan of Support to Big Mountain, Black Mesa 
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/10/09/18543889.php...
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 4:39pm PDT
Work The Phones Against $700 Billion Wall Street Bailout Scheme! Call Now! Join In To Stop The $700 Billion Wall Street Bailout Scheme! Call Toll Free Congressional Switch Board Number Now! Send E-mails To House & Senate Members To Say NO, To The Bailout Scheme!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 12:21pm PDT
New British Film About Mumia Showing Friday at CR10 
The new British film about Mumia Abu-Jamal, "IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE," is showing at the CR10 Conference in Oakland on Friday, 12:15pm-1:30pm, in Room A273 at Laney College....
Posted: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 1:38am PDT
Say No To Wall Street Bailout Scheme! Read Messages Delivered In Oposition! Call Now! See calls below made to politicians in opposition to the $700 Wall Street bail-out scam! Sy No To Bush!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 3:12pm PDT
Call To Action! No To Wall Street Bail Out! Toll Free Congressional Switchboard Number! The Republicrats Have Gone Crazy For Their Support Of The Bush Wall Street $700 Billion Bail-Out Scheme Of The Rich! They Need To Get An Angry Dose Of Reality From The Public At Large, In A Simple Message Saying, NO! No One Can Save Wall Street, From Wall Street, And We Must Stop This Madness Now! Call Now! Use The Toll Free Number To The Congressional Switchboard!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 10:01am PDT
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