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It has been a four days since the offical statement by the court that I was free and I have been very humble since then because I know that there are many people who do not share that same freedom. I have realized throughout this ordeal that being an opponenet of injustice can sometimes lead to you being a victim of it. There are many people still locked up in prisons because of their beliefs and their commitment to ending oppression in all forms. They must not be forgotten and we must not t...

Please download and distribute this info about the hearing on 1/17 and why the community opposes surveillance cameras....

Gabriel Meyers walked out of court victorious today when all charges, from his arrest at a 2005 anti-G8 demonstration, where formally dismissed by a superior court judge. The SF District Attorney's Office decided not to pursue the case because of potential witness testimony and video footage that indicated that police had unsafely sped into a crowd of demonstrators, which Meyers was part of. Prosecutors were originally saying that Gabriel Meyers was arrested that night for placing a styrofoam...

The San Francisco Police Commission is reconsidering the placement of 25 new surveillance cameras in 8 locations throughout San Francisco. Study after study shows that cameras DO NOT reduce crime - they just move crime from one corner to another. Cameras also threaten privacy and free speech rights. Join the ACLU of Northern California, the Mission Neighborhood Resource Center, La Raza Centro Legal, and many others to oppose the installation of more cameras at the police commission hearing o...

Police brutality, racial profiling, and the targeting of political speech are at the heart of the struggle for the Eastside Six, who addressed the press at a conference just prior to a long-awaited pre-trial hearing on their remaining charges on Friday, January 5th....

Too many shodows, too many versions of the shoting...

Just saw a report on Ch 7 News that aside from arresting protesters (many war veterans) for trying to walk across the bridge, (while arresting nonprotesters), the Golden Gate Bridge Police also assaulted a Channel 7 News cameraman pushing his camera back into his face and leaving it bloody. The police at the scene told the Ch 7 crew that the bridge is private property (something contradicted by the police's spokesperson when Ch 7 called) and the police officer who assaulted the cameraman cove...

Gabriel Meyers was finally assigned a courtroom and judge today to begin his long awaited trial. He is ordered to return on the 4th of January. This should be the first day of jury selection in his case. If you would like to attend, it is in Department 14 at 850 Bryant street, starting at 9AM. Thank You...

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston's contempt order for Nadia Winstead. The original order was issued after Winstead refused to testify before a Federal grand jury harassing activists....

Boston Woodard is a prisoner/journalist serving his sentence in Solano State Prison. This is his latest article that reaches out, from inside the prison walls, to let you know what is going on there....