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textMeltdown in Juvenile Probation by Randy Shaw, Beyond Chron (reposted)
At-risk kids to lose community-based services due to Department’s muddled funding process...
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 7:54am PDT
textGod save us all from SF Bayview "Peace Officers"... by Idriss Stelley Foundation
LaCresha Parker, step sister of Richard Tims, disabled 100 pd. Black Man shot at 32 times and killed by SFPD on March 15, 2002 on Geneva and Mission, is a Youth worker at the SF Bayview Hunters Point Foundation on 3rd Street. She calls Idriss Stelley Foundation Crisis line at 6:00 P.M, in tears...I met Sister LaCresha, a stunning young Sister with passion in her eyes and rebounding energy 2 months ago, and set up her website Justice4Richard that you can see at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/...
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 12:41am PDT
textChildren Will Foot the Bill for California's Prison Expansion by New American Media (reposted)
The compassionate and strategically wise parts of California's new prison plan are overshadowed by billions of dollars earmarked for new prison beds. The first victims of the state's shortsighted prison budget, writes NAM writer and editor Nell Bernstein, will be the incarcerated and, most vulnerably, their children. Nell Bernstein is the coordinator of the San Francisco Children of Incarcerated Parents Partnership, and the author of "All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated" (New...
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 6:43pm PDT
imagePrivate Property, Raging Grannies, and Electric Cars
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by Ruth Robertson
SF Bay Area FOX-TV covered “the intersection of private property, Raging Grannies, and electric cars” in a report aired on July 14, 2006. The Raging Grannies jumped head first into the fray when the call came from our friends in the Electric Vehicle Association. They had been denied permission to distribute literature about electric cars in front of a San Jose theater showing the movie, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Grannies sprang into action and descended on tony Santana Row with in-yo...
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 12:27am PDT
textSunday Aug 20 3pm, End Law enforcement war on Black & Brown, cookout and benefit by Idriss Stelley Foundation
Enough is Enough ! END LAW ENFORCEMENT WAR AGAINST BLACK &BROWN ! WHAT: Fundraising Benefit and Cookout, coalitions building Justice4BigO, (RIP Oliver Lefiti, Killed by SFPD 6-24-06) Justice4ASA, (RIP Asa Sullivan, Killed by SFPD 6-6-06) Bayview CEDP (RIP Tookie Williams/Campaign to End the Death Penalty)...
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 2:59pm PDT
textRotkin to Defend City Attorney Barisone on Free Radio Sunday by Robert Norse
Councilmember Mike Rotkin will be my guest on the Sunday July 16 edition of Bathrobespierre's Broadsides defending the behavior of the City Attorney and answering critic's questions....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 8:13pm PDT
textSFPD Killing Spree on Black & Brown, June 2006 by mesha Monge-Irizarry
The man hunt is on, on San Francisco Plantation....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 7:55am PDT
audioSF Village Voice - june 30 2006 (audio/mpeg 43.2MB) by la mesha
La Mesha talks with friends of Asa Sullivan who was killed by San Srancisco police earlier in the month...
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 9:41pm PDT
textSpy or Risk Green Card: How the Bush Administration 'Recruits' Muslim Informants by Democracy Now (reposted)
We take a look at a largely covert aspect of the Bush administration's War on Terror - the government's aggressive solicitation of Muslim informants. We speak with Banafsheh Akhlaghi, the attorney for Yassine Ouassif - who had his Green Card confiscated and was asked by the FBI to be an informant in the Muslim community in San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 7:33am PDT
audioIndynewswire: SCPD Surveillance Policy Takes Effect (audio/mpeg 13.2MB) by Vinny
After numerous delays, a two-page document on SCPD spying took effect July 5. Some locals, who say the new policy does nothing to limit police monitoring of activists, spoke out at the June 27 City Council Meeting, and held a Last Rights DIY Funeral, March July 5. TRT: 28:53...
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 10:40am PDT
videoMumia's Fight for Justice Continues II (video/quicktime 6.4MB) by Bill Carpenter
Tom Lacey explains that Mumia was framed for his extraordinarily effective political work and the police officer, Daniel Faulkner, was killed because he was apparently giving evidence on corrupt Philadelphia police to the FBI. Two-minute QT movie. 6MB....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 1:33am PDT
imagepointless cop behavior
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by big momma
interactions with a nazi cop at a rally in Santa Cruz in solidarity with so centeral farm...
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 10:18am PDT
videoMumia's Fight for Justice Continues (video/quicktime 18.0MB) by Bill Carpenter
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been behind bars since December 1981 for a crime he didn't commit. Four-minute QT movie. 18MB....
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 8:36am PDT
textThe Making of an O.G.: Transcending Gang Mentality by Steve Champion and Anthony Ross
Essay on the history and use of the term "O.G.," by San Quentin Death Row prisoners Steve Champion and Anthony Ross. Please copy and distribute in your community....
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 7:06am PDT
textPress Conference to Denounce LAPD Brutality - Tues, July 11, 10 am by via list
More than 300 pro-immigrant protestors gathered in a militant demonstration to counter a Minuteman hate march down Hollywood Boulevard, a traditional route for anti-war and other progressive demonstrations. The march was an open attack on the immigrant rights movement that has gripped the nation over the past four months......
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 12:41am PDT
textTwo Nasty Ordinances Heading for Passage at City Council Tuesday by Robert Norse
Tripled penalties for minor offenses and expansion of police powers in parks are both slated for rubberstamping at the 2 PM session of Santa Cruz City Council Tuesday July 11th....
Posted: Sat, Jul 8, 2006 5:28pm PDT
textGreen Scare: Zachary Jenson Support Update by Sacramento Prisoner Support
Sacramento Prisoner Support July 7, 2005 Zachary Jenson’s Birthday Sacprisonersupport[at]riseup[dot]net...
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 1:59pm PDT
imageWARNING: Travel Advisory for Santa Cruz Visitors
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by Advisory
Over 4500 copies of the following handbill were distributed on July 3rd and 4th in tourist areas of Santa Cruz....
Posted: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 12:19pm PDT
calendarSF: URGENTE - Denounce Police violence in El Salvador!!!! by
WHERE: Salvadoran Consulate, Flood Building On Market @ Powell St....
Event Date: Fri, Jul 7, 2006 11:30am PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 5:42pm PDT
imageWorking Within the System is Not Working
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by ~Bradley
On July 5th, Santa Cruz activists protested against the city's failure to resolve the Santa Cruz Police Department spying scandal. Instead of taking steps to protect civil rights, the Santa Cruz City Council and SCPD have worked together to approve policies filled with blatant first amendment violations. The SCPD have not only been cleared of spying on Last Night Santa Cruz meetings, but now have explicit permission to videotape you inside or outside of your home, audio record you, listen to ...
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 11:47pm PDT
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