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DESCRIPTION:This forum will explore some of the most important and pertinent issues of 
 today concerning race, justice and incarceration in this country.\n\nDo we 
 really live in a land of the free?\nOr are the prison systems our new 
 plantations?\n\nIs slavery a thing of the past if the majority of people 
 who are imprisoned are the same people this country once enslaved?\n\nWhy 
 is our prison system filled with people of color? Why are so many young men 
 of color still gunned down on the street by cops?\n\nAnd why, in the entire 
 history of our country, has a police officer never been convicted of 
 murder?\n\nIn light of the tragic slaying of Oscar Grant and so many more 
 innocent men and women, it is our obligation and responsibility to question 
 the system we live in.\n\nPlease join us for an evening of intelligent and 
 compelling discussion with people who have suffered at the hands of this 
 racist and unjust system, and the people who are trying to bring about 
 change.\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nFeatured 
 Speakers include:\n\nJack Bryson - uncle of Oscar Grant, a young father who 
 was shot and killed by the BART police.\n\nStephanie Montoya - sister of 
 Jerry Amaro, a young man beat to death nine years ago by the officer who 
 went on to become the head of Internal Affairs for the Oakland Police 
 Department.\n\nJeff Mackler - head of the Mobilization to Free Mumia 
 Abu-Jamal, a brilliant journalist, author and activist framed for the 
 murder of a cop and sentenced to death because he encouraged the people of 
 Philadelphia to fight police corruption.\n\nRebecca Doran - a death row 
 activist who has seen the deplorable conditions of life on the "inside" and 
 the way prisons continue to drain the limited finances of working class 
 families on the "outside".\n\nEveryone is welcome to attend and engage in 
 discussion after the presentation.\n\nThis event is free, but donations are 
 welcome.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/12/18588102.php
SUMMARY:Racist Police Brutality and Judicial Oppression Forum
LOCATION:210 Wheeler Hall @ UC Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/12/18588102.php
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