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Guilty Verdict in Eric McDavid Case` This evening the jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case of United
States vs. Eric McDavid....
Posted: Thu, Sep 27, 2007 7:44pm PDT
Weekly demonstrations against the murder of Gary King Jr. See schedule below for weekly demonstrations seeking justice for Gary King Jr....
Posted: Thu, Sep 27, 2007 2:41pm PDT
Religious, Civil Rights, and Child Advocacy Groups Support Same-Sex Couples in Legal Battle to Marry Wednesday, September 26, 2007 : SAN FRANCISCO - In 30 amicus briefs submitted today to the California Supreme Court, scores of religious, civil rights, and child advocacy organizations, along with numerous California municipal governments, bar associations, and leading legal scholars, urged the court to put an end to state laws that deny same-sex couples the protections of marriage....
Posted: Thu, Sep 27, 2007 7:26am PDT
Eric McDavid Court Report, Days 8 and 9 Court report from days 8 and 9 of trial (September 25-26)...
Posted: Wed, Sep 26, 2007 10:47pm PDT
Eric McDavid Court Report, Day 7 (Sept. 24) Court report from day 7 of trial...
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 8:49pm PDT
Misperceptions Dominate Debate Over Gang Injunctions Tuesday, September 25, 2007 : Though widely hailed as a proactive approach to handling gang-related crime, gang injunctions are not quite as advertised. Yet the positivity surrounding the injections has hidden more frightening perceptions behind the strategy. Thankfully for discussion’s sake, the Examiner’s conservative columnist Ken Garcia articulated the sort of right-wing attitude that opponents of the gang injunctions have most feared—language more reminiscent of the rhetoric surrounding...
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 6:56am PDT
Protest Against Police Murder of Gary King Jr. 
On Monday, September 24, over 100 family, friends, neighbors and other concerned people protested at Oakland City Hall against the murder of 20-year old Gary King, Jr....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 11:00pm PDT
FREE CHIP FITZGERALD! Parole Hearing Sept. 26, 2007!!! 
Chip Fitzgerald, the longest Black Panther member in captivity, is up for parole THIS THURSDAY, Spetember 26, 2007. Spread the word for Chip's freedom!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 12:18pm PDT
Photos Of Memorial for Gary King, Killed By Oakland Police September 20th 
On September 20th, a policeman shot and killed a man on the street in North Oakland. Gary King had just exited a store on the corner of 54th street and MLK. Apparently a police officer approached him for questioning. The details of what happened next are unclear, but it seems that it involved the policeman using a taser. King pulled away and it appears that during his attempt to flee, the officer shot him twice in the back. A memorial with candles and personal items is set up at the place whe...
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 8:40pm PDT
Community response following Police killing of Oakland Man on 9/20 The family of Gary King Jr., who was killed by a police officer on 9/20, is calling for people to join them on the steps of Oakland City Hall on Monday 9/24 at 12 noon....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 2:34pm PDT
A Torturous Tale of Seeking Public Records from the SCPD This is the saga of the struggle to get police records and the kind of bureaucratic resistance you can find there. I'm still trying to decipher the records I did get in order to get some sense of the accuracy of Zach Friend's comments about the City Hall Sleep Out in early August....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 12:18am PDT
Policeman kills man in North Oakland 9/20 At approximately 4:45 on Thursday afternoon (9/20), a policeman shot and killed a man on
the street in North Oakland....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 1:50pm PDT
Boycotting Bigotry at the BS SantaCruz Joins the Parade! The traditional "Call to Coonerty" tabling in front of the Bookshop SantaCruz will move to San Lorenzo Park this Sunday in order to intersect the incoming Mayor (Ryan Coonerty) and his progressive supporters. Join us at the Saturn Cafe at 1:15 PM as we march with the distinguished and tuneful Trash Orchestra over to San Lorenzo benchlands to set up!
We'd also love some folks to table and give out fliers to the masses!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 11:22am PDT
Zooming At You: Public Assembly Ban in City Parking Lots: 8:30 AM City Hall 9-27 
The Downtown Commission will be on the business end of staff and police "persuaders" come next Thursday September 27th, when the SCPD returns with thin stats to push through the Coonerty "Parking Lot Panic" Law. Listed below are the phone numbers of Downtown Commission members (City Hall doesn't have their e-mails for some reason). Call them and tell them to vote no or at least wait until we can get more public records....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 10:33am PDT
Members of SF8 win significant bail reductions 'My Country' host Howard Vicini and guest Kiilu Nyasha of Committee for the Defense of Human Rights discuss the latest court developments in the case against the SF 8. Hearings continue on Monday, September 24th. Rally begins at 8:30 am in front of Hall of Justice, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 1:19am PDT
Fresno: Rally and Vigil Against Police Brutality Eaton Plaza, across from the Main Library in downtown Fresno
(N & Mariposa, across from Fresno Police headquarters)...
Event Date: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 8:27pm PDT
No court today for Eric McDavid Hey all,
We just got a call from Eric's lawyer and we will NOT be in court today
(Wednesday).
We'll be back in court on Monday.
SPS...
Posted: Wed, Sep 19, 2007 9:19am PDT
Smart Alec East Bay Express Writer Attacks Books Not Bombs, Ron Dellums, Indybay, and More check this:
>Suffer the Little Children
>Dellums puts prison reformer in charge of public safety
> By Anneli Rufus
>This month, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums had to replace his outgoing public safety director, Victor Ochoa, who is considering a City Council run. So the old socialist appointed UC Berkeley alum Lenore Anderson, a public-interest lawyer and activist who won a Soros Justice Fellowship for giving "advocacy training to parents whose sons and daughters face incarce...
Posted: Wed, Sep 19, 2007 8:15am PDT
Entire SF Bd of Supes Supports Racist Gentrification "Gang" Injunctions We have been informed by KPFA news, 94.1 Fm, 9/18/07 at 6 p.m. that the entire San Francisco Board of Supervisors supports the San Francisco Democratic Party's racist gentrification police state terrorism known as "gang" injunctions. This includes the 1 Green Party member as well as the 10 Democrats....
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 8:10pm PDT
Eric McDavid Court Report, Days 4 and 5, Sept. 17th and 18th Report from days 4 and 5...
Posted: Tue, Sep 18, 2007 7:18pm PDT
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