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DESCRIPTION:When police commit violence against community members, it shatters life for 
 families and damages already difficult relationships between law 
 enforcement and communities. The killing of African-American Sacramento 
 resident Stephon Clark this past March, and the subsequent community 
 protests, demonstrate how true this is in California.\n\nThere is increased 
 opposition in our state to not just police killings, but also ICE raids and 
 militarized training exercises such as Urban Shield - in which police are 
 trained in the use of military-style weapons and tactics.\n\nU.S. influence 
 and warfare also reach Mexico, where our country contributes to police 
 violence through the drug war and mushrooming gun exports from here to 
 Mexico. In a recent Al-Jazeera article, John Lindsay-Poland, of the Oakland 
 office of the American Friends Service Committee, points out that most 
 gun-related homicides in Mexico were committed with guns from the 
 U.S.\n\nOn Sunday, May 6, to shed some light on these issues, PASMC will 
 host a talk by John Lindsay-Poland entitled "Demilitarizing Policing - 
 California and Mexico". John coordinates the Stop U.S. Arms to Mexico 
 Project sponsored by Global Exchange, and also works for the AFSC's Healing 
 Justice Program. He will walk us through the current militarization of law 
 enforcement, and discuss what communities are doing to stop the 
 militarization of police and gun violence both north and south of the 
 border. \n\nThe UUSM is wheelchair accessible.\n\nJohn Lindsay-Poland has 
 written about, researched and advocated for human rights and 
 demilitarization of U.S. policy for more than 30 years. His research has 
 focused on U.S. foreign military assistance and military bases, and respect 
 for human rights. He recently produced the documentary and companion 
 report, Where the Guns Go: U.S. Policy and Human Rights in Mexico.\n\nOn 
 May 6 come get an inside at how the gun trade and state violence are 
 undermining civil society - and what can be done about it.\n\nFree, 
 contributions welcome.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/24/18808724.php
SUMMARY:John Lindsay-Poland speaks on Demilitarizing Policing
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2018/04/24/18808724.php
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