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DESCRIPTION:GIVE BACK THE BEARCAT!\nTuesday January 13th, \nGather at 4PM\nSanta Cruz 
 City Hall\n809 Center Street\n\nIN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT APPROVAL by the 
 City of Santa Cruz \nTO PURCHASE A LENCO BEARCAT\n(BEARCAT stands for 
 Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck)*\n\nPlease 
 join:\nCodePink Santa Cruz, People United for Peace SC, Veterans for Peace 
 SC, the People's Democratic Club,  ACLU -SC Chapter,  the Santa Cruz Quaker 
 Meeting, the Resource Center for Nonviolence, Women's International League 
 for Peace and Freedom- SC Branch,  Sin Barras,  Peace and Freedom Party SC, 
  Jewish Voice for Peace SC, the Homeless Persons Legal Assistance Project, 
 Food Not Bombs, the Palestine-Israel Action Committee, the ISLAH Reparation 
 Project, Women in Black SC, and MediaWatch/Youth Radio Project\n\nfor a 
 Rally and Action at the Santa Cruz City Council Meeting\nTuesday January 
 13th, 2015!\nto say to the City Council:\nGive Back the BEARCAT and Create 
 an Inclusive Public Process!\n\nYOUR PRESENCE WILL MAKE A 
 DIFFERENCE!!!!\n\nGather at 4PM \nOpportunity to make oral comments starts 
 at 5PM\nBring easily readable signs and we will have extras!\n\nCity Hall 
 is located at 809 Center Street, across from the Civic Auditorium\n\nThis 
 approval represents a paradigm shift in the kind of gear the SC Police 
 Department will have in the future - it is a watershed moment in our 
 Community!\n\nPLEASE MAKE THIS A PRIORITY AND JOIN US!!\n\nyou can get more 
 info and photos on some of these links:\n\n*BEARCAT PROMOTIONAL 
 VIDEO:\nfrom Lenco, the manufacturer \nhttp://youtu.be/NqZYIApWrpU\n\nhere 
 is an article about use of BEARCATS in 
 Missouri\nhttp://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/show-of-force-ferguson-brings-focus-to-local-police-use/article_a5714de2-5ab2-52df-a9f1-93374a4343c6.html\n\n\nalso, 
 from June 2014 ACLU Report:\nBEARCAT IS A "BATTLEFIELD" VEHICLE: ACLU 
 REPORT ON MILITARIZATION OF POLICEfrom June 2014 ACLU 
 Report:\nhttps://www.aclu.org/war-comes-home-excessive-militarization-american-policing\nhttps://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/jus14-warcomeshome-report-web-rel1.pdf\n\n\nmore 
 photos and info here!\nSAN LEANDRO POLICE MAY SOON GET ARMORED PERSONNEL 
 CARRIER\nhttp://www.sanleandrobytes.com/archives/016549.html\n\n\nAND, we 
 are asking the City Council not only to rescind the approval of the BEARCAT 
 purchase, but also to engage a fully open, and fully agendized, process for 
 any such purchases in the future:  \n\nmodel ordinances have already been 
 developed by the ACLU and by CodePink - 
 see:\n\nhttps://www.aclunc.org/sites/default/files/20141112-model_ordinance.pdf\n\nhttp://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_26917092/aclu-pushes-ordinances-mandating-public-input-prior-adoption\n\n\nyou 
 can also sign a petition here about Giving the BEARCAT BACK!\n\n "Give Back 
 the Bearcat - Stop Militarization of Local Law 
 Enforcement"\n\nhttp://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/give-back-the-bearcat-stop-militarization-of-local-law-enforcment\n\nShow 
 Up, Stand Up, and Be Counted!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/12/18766788.php
SUMMARY:Give Back the BEARCAT!!, and Create an Inclusive Public Process!
LOCATION:Santa Cruz City Hall\n809 Center Street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/01/12/18766788.php
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