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"Enemy Combatant" To Receive Civilian Trial: Bush, Ashcroft and Rumsfeld Rebuked NEW YORK (AP) - President George W. Bush does not have the power to detain American citizen Jose Padilla, the former gang member seized on U.S. soil, as an enemy combatant, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday....
Posted: Sat, Dec 20, 2003 8:06am PST
They're gonna kick your ass. Bakersfield Sherrif's Department tells it like it is....
Posted: Sat, Dec 13, 2003 7:57am PST
The Port of Oakland in the light of Miami The Oakland police chief attempts to soften his image...
Posted: Fri, Dec 12, 2003 6:11pm PST
Whose Police? Our Police! "Whose fucking police? Our fucking police!" chant Philly ACT UP...“The people who chant this will never be creative. The people, bad slogans, will always be defeated.” We need new twists to tired old chants, new twists to predictable protests......
Posted: Fri, Dec 12, 2003 3:00pm PST
Police pull KKK speed stunt Two policemen are facing the sack after they were caught on camera speeding and wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white hoods in Western Australia....
Posted: Thu, Dec 11, 2003 6:04pm PST
Demanding justice for Sheila Detoy Sheila Detoy was killed by police five years ago. The police tried to make justice delayed an excuse for justice denied. Scores came out to the Police Commission hearing to resist. A personal account....
Posted: Thu, Dec 11, 2003 12:10pm PST
La Migra's policy of non-resuscitation It has been revealed by a warden who didn't go along with the policy that The Bureau of Immigration + Customs Enforcement has a policy of non-resuscitation of prisoners in their custody. Story from a mainstream souce....
Posted: Wed, Dec 10, 2003 9:13pm PST
FIVE YEARS - NO JUSTICE FOR SHEILA DETOY PLEASE COME to a rally at 4:30 pm and then the Police Commission meeting at 5:30 pm on December 10th at 850 Bryant Street to demand justice for Sheila detoy, 17 year-old who was murdered by Officer Gregory Breslin of the SFPD in 1998. The Police Officer's Association claims the statute of limitations has run out on Sheila's case and wants the Commission to cancel disciplinary action against Breslin. We can't let that happen. We demand justice for Sheila and all victims of police brutality, an...
Posted: Tue, Dec 9, 2003 12:01am PST
Standing Up For Matt Gonzalez The author was a beneficiary of the talents of then-public defender Matt Gonzalez. Thanks to the now-mayoral hopeful, Michael Red has avoided a three-strikes sentence and serves the community....
Posted: Mon, Dec 8, 2003 4:54pm PST
Support justice fo Sheila Detoy! Punish bad cops! (Latest version) PLEASE COME to a rally at 4:30 pm and then the Police Commission meeting at 5:30 pm on December 10th at 850 Bryant Street to demand justice for Sheila detoy, 17 year-old who was murdered by Officer Gregory Breslin of the SFPD in 1998. The Police Officer's Association claims the statute of limitations has run out on Sheila's case and wants the Commission to cancel disciplinary action against Breslin. We can't let that happen. We demand justice for Sheila and all victims of police brutality, an...
Posted: Sun, Dec 7, 2003 10:45pm PST
Where's the Eminem of the Green Party? The Hip-Hop Summit Action Network (HSAN) is dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of Hip-Hop music to serve as a catalyst for education advocacy and other societal concerns fundamental to the well-being of at-risk youth throughout the United States. HSAN is a non-profit, non-partisan national coalition of Hip-Hop artists, entertainment industry leaders, education advocates, civil rights proponents, and youth leaders united in the belief that Hip-Hop is an enormously influential agent...
Posted: Sat, Dec 6, 2003 8:44am PST
Turning the Green Party Black My name is Donna, and I once had an addiction problem. I was addicted to the Democratic Party. But then, in 1999, while attending a meeting in South Central Los Angeles, I met a young man who handed me some dog-eared sheets of paper, describing the "Green Party" and its platform.
"My God," I spurted out after I had read what he had given me: "I'm a Green!"...
Posted: Sat, Dec 6, 2003 8:36am PST
Prisoner in Coma After Months of Neglect: Family Denied Full Visitation Rights Johnny’s mother continues to be denied visitation rights to her son, who lies dying at Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, handcuffed to a bed there. He is presently in a coma and has been deemed terminal....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2003 6:06pm PST
Support justice for Sheila Detoy! Punish bad cops! PLEASE COME to the Police Commission meeting on December 10th at 5:30 pm at 850 Bryant Street to demand justice for Sheila detoy, 17 year-old who was murdered by Officer Gregory Breslin of the SFPD in 1998. The Police Officer's Association claims the statute of limitations has run out on Sheila's case and wants the Commission to cancel disciplinary action against Breslin. We can't let that happen. We demand justice for Sheila and all victims of police brutality, and we demand it now. PLEASE C...
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2003 1:39pm PST
Sherman Austin Benefit Please come to the Bay Area benefit for Sherman Austin, the imprisoned African American webmaster and activist....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2003 6:11am PST
"Defending the Rights of the People in the Age of Ashcroft" Refuse & Resist! presents "Defending the Rights of the People in the Age of Ashcroft," featuring Clark Kissinger. Saturday, December 6th, 7 pm. First Congregational Church of Oakland. 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2003 2:27am PST
Support justice for Sheila Detoy! Punish bad cops! PLEASE COME to the Police Commission meeting on December 10th at 5:30 pm at 850 Bryant Street to demand justice for Sheila detoy, 17 year-old who was murdered by Officer Gregory Breslin of the SFPD in 1998. The Police Officer's Association claims the statute of limitations has run out on Sheila's case and wants the Commission to cancel disciplinary action against Breslin. We can't let that happen. We demand justice for Sheila and all victims of police brutality, and we demand it now. PLEASE C...
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2003 3:17pm PST
Support justice for Sheila Detoy! Punish bad cops! PLEASE COME to the Police Commission meeting on December 10th at 5:30 pm at 850 Bryant Street to demand justice for Sheila detoy, 17 year-old who was murdered by Officer Gregory Breslin of the SFPD in 1998. The Police Officer's Association claims the statute of limitations has run out on Sheila's case and wants the Commission to cancel disciplinary action against Breslin. We can't let that happen. We demand justice for Sheila and all victims of police brutality, and we demand it now. PLEASE C...
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2003 3:13pm PST
Are Cops Constitutional? Really interesting law review article by Roger Isaac Roots, lawyer, criminal justice scholar and former federal prisoner. Mr. Roots argues that "growth of modern policing has substantially empowered the state in a way the [constitution's] framers would regard as abhorrent to their foremost principles."...
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2003 2:33pm PST
Howard 'no comment' Dean Conflict of Interest infected Dean’s Vermont Record concerning police shooting. Dean refuses multiple press requests for comment....
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2003 1:20pm PST
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