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SHOOT FIRST & ASK QUESTIONS LATER: The San Jose Police and the Mentally Ill
Two days before the San Jose Police killed her daughter, Bich Cau Thi Tran, a bird flew into Hoang Thi Nguyen’s Viet Nam home. The bird then expired. Ms. Nguyen, at her daughter’s funeral, told a reporter that it was an omen....
Posted: Thu, Aug 25, 2005 2:20am PDT
8/24+31: PROTESTS FOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ
Protests continue at the Santa Clara County District Attorney (DA) Office - at the corner of San Pedro and Hedding in San Jose. Are there people who could protest at least once a week for the next two or three weeks? Even if people can spare fifteen minutes or one-half hour between 11:30 - 12:30...
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2005 4:52pm PDT
KFC Cruelty Protests Updates
Update on KFC Cruelty protests in Peninsula/South Bay and Marin - input from local activists and advocates welcome...
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 9:51am PDT
Ringling Leafleting on Opening Night
Update on Ringling Bros. Circus Leafleting! Circus Leafletings Continue For 3 Weeks - Please Join Us!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 12:01pm PDT
South Bay labor starts special election campaign
At least one northern California labor council has already started its special election campaign activity. On July 30, precinct walkers gathered at the South Bay Labor Council’s San Jose headquarters before fanning out to talk with union families about what’s at stake in the Nov. 8 special election called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Precinct walking continues on weekends, and phone banking started Aug. 1....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 8:55am PDT
South Bay Rallies planned Friday to Support Cindy Sheehan
Support Rallies have been planned in Downtown San Jose in support of
Cindy Sheehan, who has been camped outside Bush's Crawford, Texas Ranch demanding
an audience with the President....
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2005 1:38pm PDT
Monthly San Jose KFC Protest Continues to Grow
San Jose KFC protest report....
Posted: Tue, Aug 9, 2005 9:49pm PDT
8/18: Taser Forum at San Jose Human Rights Commission Meeting
time: 18:30 - 21:30
location:
old City Hall - 2nd flr City Council chambers
801 N 1st St
San Jose, CA...
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 10:45pm PDT
"Eddie Rosas" Memorial Carwash Held at San Jose Gardner Center This Weekend
IN NEED OF HELP FROM COMMUNITY ....
Posted: Sun, Aug 7, 2005 12:59pm PDT
Audio From A Seminar On "The Mental Health System and the Prison System" (audio/mpeg 596.0KB)
Audio From Saturday August 6th, from 2 PM to 4 PM, at the Berkeley
Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (Cedar & Bonita)...
Posted: Sun, Aug 7, 2005 12:55pm PDT
Upcoming Coalition for Justice and Accountability Activities
FORUM on Tasers on Thursday August 18, 2005 from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at the Old City Hall, Council Chambers- second floor, 801 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95110....
Posted: Tue, Aug 2, 2005 1:07pm PDT
San Jose: death today after being tasered
emailed received today from Richard Konda:
I just received a fax from Channel 7 regarding the death of a man today after he was tasered. The San JOse POLICE DEPT PRESS RELEASE reads as follows: ...... He refused to comply with orders from the officers ans was subsequently Tased, sprayed with pepper spray and struck with a baton. As officers were preparing to deploy the WRAP device, the suspect went unconsicios. Officer began CPR and called for emergency medical personnel. The suspect was...
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 11:45pm PDT
San Jose: Carnage in America's 'safest big city' #2, Better living through legal lynching
Shorty Fatz comic by Samuel Rodriguez, from the SV De-Bug story
"San Jose Named Safest City in the Country - But For Whom?" at http://
www.siliconvalleydebug.com/story/012405/newsafecity.html...
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 1:38pm PDT
Palo Alto and San Jose Activists Can Stop CAFTA
The Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) is being voted on TONIGHT, and two South Bay Democrats, Zoe Lofgren and Anna Eshoo, are important swing votes. Neither of them has taken a position yet on CAFTA, because the tech industry supports CAFTA and both of them depend on tech industry campaign contributions. Please call them right now....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 2:38pm PDT
2 new flyers for 8/6 "Forever in Our Hearts" Justice Fest
Two new flyers for a previously announced event...
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 12:06am PDT
7/26 Samuel Martinez Vigil, 8/2 October 22nd Meeting
1) October 22nd Meeting on July 26 has been rescheduled
2) Vigil for Sammy Martinez on July 26- 2 month anniversary
3) Santa Clara Human Relations meeting July 26 cancelled
this post replaces http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1755320.php...
Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 4:49pm PDT
Free Skool Santa Cruz Summer Quarter Begins
From Spanish language classes to forage and storage, Free Skool Santa Cruz offers a decentralized educational network outside the system for $19,926 less than UCSC...
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2005 11:15pm PDT
San Jose: Carnage in America’s ‘safest big city’
We are not supposed to notice that Detroit’s 85 years in the U.S. top 10 clearly have not served its residents well. Presumably, San Jose’s leaders have greater, world-class ambitions: to ascend to the “very distinguished class” of the most populous cities of India....
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2005 8:27pm PDT
7/26: Santa Cruz leaders to decide whether to allow medical-marijuana dispensary
Tuesday, July 26 at 2pm
Santa Cruz City Hall
809 Center Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060...
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2005 1:15pm PDT