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DESCRIPTION:On February 12th Berkeley Police murdered Kayla Moore. Kayla Moore 
 lived\nwith “mental illness” and has been described by friends and 
 family as a\nTransgender person who “passed as a woman.”\n\nFrom 
 Berkeley Copwatch:\n\n“The BPD’s press release of February 13th says 
 that they responded to “a\ndisturbance call” at Moore’s apartment. 
 Media reports have said this call\nwas related to mental health. If she was 
 going through a mental health\ncrisis, was anyone present trained to 
 respond to that kind of situation,\nto evaluate, and deescalate? According 
 to an article from February 26th in\nthe Oakland Tribune: “Berkeley: Man 
 who died after struggle with police\nwas severely mentally ill,” rather 
 than take her to a hospital for\npsychiatric evaluation, when they found 
 out she had an outstanding warrant\nin San Francisco, they told her they 
 were going to arrest her.\n\nAn article in the San Francisco Chronicle 
 dated February 13th “Man dies in\nstruggle with Berkeley police,” 
 mentions “a disturbance between\nroommates,” as causing the police to 
 arrive. The Daily Californian\nFebruary 14th article “Man dies after 
 being taken into police custody,”\nsays that other residents heard a 
 “commotion on the fifth floor of the\nbuilding before the officers 
 arrived on the scene.” None of the witnesses\nwe spoke to heard any sort 
 of commotion or disturbance until after the\npolice arrived. Why the 
 consistent difference? In fact, the police were at\nMoore’s apartment 
 twice that night. This isn’t mentioned at all by the\npolice or media 
 reports. The police first showed up around 11:00pm, and\nleft without 
 incident. The incident resulting in Moore’s death was the\nsecond police 
 visit, occurring around 11:50pm. According to witnesses,\nwhen they 
 returned a second time, there was a sizable police presence. Why\ndid they 
 come back an hour later with so many officers? What were they\npreparing to 
 do?”\n\nNearly one month later and the Berkeley Police still have not 
 released\ninformation as to the cause of Kayla's death, leaving most 
 questions\nunanswered. However we do know that there was no commotion or 
 overt\ndisturbance prior to BPD's arrival. We know when Berkeley Police 
 arrived\nat Kayla's home, for the second time in one night, they had police 
 back-up but they did not have a mental health mobile crisis team with them. 
 We know Kayla was\nalive  and not on the verge of death prior to the 
 arrival of the Berkeley Police. We know police regularly murder people of 
 color, gender-variant people, and people with “mental illness.” We also 
 know only one Police Officer in California has been convicted in the death 
 of a civilian and his charges were brought only after massive riots swept 
 Oakland.\n\nUnfortunately Kayla's death is not an anomaly. This past 
 weekend Bay Area\nPolice have murdered four people and watched one woman 
 bleed to death\nafter she was attacked by her abusive ex-husband.\n\n\nSan 
 Francisco Police murdered Aaron Sawyer (23) after he allegedly stole a\ncar 
 on Saturday morning. San Jose Police murdered a man yet to be identified 
 after they deemed him to be “suspicious.” Union City Police shot an 
 unidentified man to death after they pulled him over for an unstated 
 reason. Hayward Police murdered an unidentified man after his car crashed 
 into one of their police cruisers.\n\n\nIn the case of Kayla Moore, whether 
 by neglect or intent the result is\nthe same.Kayla Moore is dead. The 
 Berkeley Police killed Kayla Moore.\n\nThis is a call for an 
 uncompromisingly militant march against the racist\nand transphobic 
 Berkeley Police who murdered Kayla Moore. The march will\nbegin at People's 
 Park on Tuesday March 12th at 6:30pm. It is also a call\nfor queer people, 
 trans people, women, and people of color to form a bloc\nagainst police 
 murders and harassment at the March Against Capitalism and\nPolice 
 Repression taking place at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland on Friday,\nMarch 
 15th at 8pm\n\nAnonymous Queers in Action\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/05/18733177.php
SUMMARY:March Against Berkeley Police
LOCATION:People's Park, Berkeley, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/05/18733177.php
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