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DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nMay 14, 2007\n\nCONTACT:\nRaj Jayadev (408) 
 757-5875\n\nSan Jose Police Brutality and Racial Profiling of Filipino 
 Family Condemned\nCommunity Demands the District Attorney's Office to Drop 
 Charges Against Family Members and Prosecute the Offending Officers 
 Immediately\n\nWHAT: Press Conference -- "Campaign Against Police Brutality 
 and Support Filipino Family" with speakers from the Asian Law Alliance, 
 Coalition for Justice and Accountability, and several local community 
 organizations\n\nWHEN: TUESDAY, May 15, 2007, 12 noon\n\nWHERE: Public 
 assembly area outside of the Superior Court, 190 West Hedding St, San Jose, 
 CA, 95110\n\nSan Jose, CA-- San Jose police officers used unnecessary 
 excessive force and racially profiled Marlo (18), Romel (25), and Marilou 
 Custodio(50), three unarmed Filipino residents of Evergreen Valley. The 
 beatings occurred in the Evergreen Valley lake area on February 5, 2007 
 around 7pm.\n\nOne officer slammed Marilou's head against a police car 
 three times. Marilou is the single mother of Marlo and Romel and is 
 employed in a professional occupation. After experiencing the police 
 beating, she is suffering from post-traumatic anxiety.\n\nSeveral officers 
 physically brutalized Romel, age 25. Already pacified, officers still used 
 tasers on him. After the incident, Romel sought medical treatment for the 
 physical injury and excessive taser burns. Also, an officer choked Marlo, 
 age 18 and another kneed him in the face. \n\n"I'm appalled with police 
 conduct against the Custodio family and urge the District Attorney's Office 
 to drop charges against the family members right away," said Dr. Peter 
 Chua, sociology professor at San Jose State University. "This is a clear 
 case of police misconduct and hypocrisy. The police charged them with 
 resisting arrest. The offending officers should be facing criminal 
 charges."\n\n"The San Jose Police Department has been under scrutiny 
 recently for its routine and systematic practice of racial profiling 
 against the Blacks and Latinos in the city and for use of excessive force 
 against poor, racial, and immigrant communities," said Rowena Tomanang, 
 member of the Justice for Custodio Family Campaign and of MALAYA, a San 
 Jose Filipina women organization. \n\nThe Justice for Custodio Family 
 Campaign supports the family members who experienced police brutality and 
 their struggle for genuine justice and provides community education on 
 racial profiling, know your rights, and social justice. At present, 
 participating local organizations in the campaign include Filipino Youth 
 Coalition (FYC), MALAYA, Filipino Community Support (FOCUS), Silicon Valley 
 De-Bug, and the Coalition for Justice and Accountability as well many 
 concerned individuals.\n\n# # #\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/14/18416266.php
SUMMARY:Condemn Police Brutality on Filipino Family
LOCATION:Public assembly area outside of the Superior Court, 190 West Hedding St, 
 San Jose, CA, 95110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/14/18416266.php
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