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DESCRIPTION:_ORGANIZATIONAL MEET UP:_\n\n_ _\n\nSunday, August 12 2007 @ 3 pm 
 \n\nSunday, August 26 2007 @ 3 pm\n\n \n\nAt Free Mind Media ∙ 546 
 Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95403  ∙  (707) 579-1605 ∙ 
 copwatch@designarchist.com\n\n\n*October 22, 2007: The National Day of 
 Protest to Stop Police Brutality*\n\n \n\nPlease join us, along with over 
 50 cities nationwide, in the organization of a 12th National Day of Protest 
 Against Police Brutality. It is our day to take action to STOP police abuse 
 of power and the movement towards a police state. These issues affect the 
 whole of our diverse community, uniting us all under a veil of oppression. 
 We ask you to endorse this call and become part of organizing an event in 
 Sonoma County on October 22nd. If we don't stop the misuse of power, who 
 will?\n\n \n\n_WHY SHOULD YOU ACT ON OCTOBER 22nd?_\n\n \n\nEarly this year 
 local police killed five residents in a mere 9-weeks. Both Jeremiah Chass, 
 a 16 year old boy, and Richard Desantis, a father of two, were shot dead by 
 officers responding to mental health calls. Haki Thurston, an unarmed Black 
 man, died in a hail of SWAT bullets. Interactions with law enforcement has 
 also resulted in the deaths of Luis Sanchez, Terry Grinner Jr., Moses 
 McDowell, Carlos Fernandez and Walter Heller. Ryan George, a 22-year old 
 Black man, struggling with sickle cell anemia, was left to die in the 
 County Jail, while his family's efforts to get him proper care were denied 
 by the Sheriff.\n\n \n\nThis pattern of deadly force is nothing new. 
 Between April 1st 1995 and September 28th 2000, at least 22 people were 
 killed by local police or died in their custody.\n\n \n\nToday, Latinos are 
 racially profiled by the Multi-Agency Gang Network Enforcement Team 
 (MAGNET), a militarized law enforcement unit supposedly focused on gang 
 violence. MAGNET routinely collaborates with federal Immigration and 
 Customs Enforcement (ICE), to deport people who are not being charged with 
 other crimes. Even youth trying to keep themselves entertained find their 
 clubs raided and shut down, as in the case of Epiphany, a popular Santa 
 Rosa night spot. DUI checkpoints have become a way to sweep working class 
 neighborhoods for lapsed car insurance and expired driver's licenses. Local 
 law enforcement agencies collaborate to impound the cars of those who can 
 least afford it, while benefiting financially from these impounds and 
 tickets.\n\n \n\nSanta Rosa Copwatch feels resisting these abuses is both 
 necessary and possible. We request your presence at the planning of Santa 
 Rosa's 12th National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. Our first 
 planning meeting is Sunday August 12th at 3pm. We propose an evening march 
 from the Junior College down Mendocino Ave to Courthouse Square, with a 
 rally afterwards. Your organizational presence and support is 
 appreciated.\n\n \n\n_ORGANIZATIONAL MEET UP:_\n\n_ _\n\nSunday, August 12 
 2007 @ 3 pm \n\nSunday, August 26 2007 @ 3 pm\n\n \n\nAt Free Mind Media 
 ∙ 546 Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95403  ∙  (707) 579-1605 ∙ 
 copwatch@designarchist.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/10/18439970.php
SUMMARY:planning for the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality
LOCATION:Free Mind Media ∙ 546 Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/10/18439970.php
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