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DESCRIPTION:Rally at 4pm, Resource Fair at 5pm\n\nToday, hundreds of community members 
 will join the Stop Urban Shield Coalition for a vibrant rally against the 
 highly controversial police training and weapons expo known as Urban 
 Shield. The militarized trainings of Urban Shield begin today, and the 
 community rally is scheduled for the same time that the Urban Shield 
 weapons expo will be held.\n\nThis year's Urban Shield comes on the heels 
 of president Trump announcing that he will be lifting restrictions to the 
 transfer of military equipment to police departments. The restrictions were 
 placed on the Department of Defense's 1033 program in 2015 by president 
 Obama in response to a wave of public opposition to the extremely 
 militarized police crackdown of protests in Ferguson following the death of 
 Michael Brown.\n\n"Sheriff Ahern's Urban Shield fits neatly in line with 
 Trump's greenlighting of military weapons going to police departments and 
 his attack on immigrants," said Sharif Zakout of the Arab Resource and 
 Organizing Center. "As Trump is seeking more deportations and increased 
 police militarization federally, Ahern is doing so locally by collaborating 
 with ICE and hosting Urban Shield. They both are waging war on communities 
 of color."\n\nStop Urban Shield organizers are also planning to hold a 
 resource fair after the rally, aimed at providing workshops, aid kits, and 
 information on how communities themselves can respond to emergency 
 situations without militarized law enforcement. "As we watch a natural 
 disaster unfolding in Houston, with Black, Brown, and poor communities 
 again suffering the brunt of the storm, it is our political duty to prepare 
 our communities for all forms of emergencies," the coalition wrote in a 
 statement. "In Houston, as in many places struck by disasters, we see that 
 it is community members themselves – and not the police – that are the 
 most effective emergency responders."\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/08/18802697.php
SUMMARY:Rally Against Urban Shield
LOCATION:Rally: Alameda County Administration Building\n1221 Oak St, Oakland, CA 
 94612\n\nResource Fair: Lake Merritt Amphitheater\nBetween 12th St. and 
 1st. Ave, Lake Merritt Blvd, Oakland 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/09/08/18802697.php
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