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DESCRIPTION:People of Color respond to  Police Chief Dyer's endorsement of Prop 69.  
 ****  Press Conference **** Press Conference ****  · When: 5:00 p.m. 
 Thursday, October 21, 2004  · Who:  Comite NO NOS VAMOS, National Action 
 Network and others  · Where:  In front of Fresno Police Headquarters, 
 Mariposa Mall b/w N & M street  What is Prop 69?  California already has a 
 criminal DNA database. Each year in California, more than 50,000 felony 
 arrests do not result in criminal charges. Example… You're one of 
 many victims of identity theft or racial profiling who has been falsely 
 accused and arrested for a crime you did not commit.  You are eventually 
 released when police realize the error.  But, under Prop 69, not before 
 having your DNA seized and stored in the DNA database for matching against 
 crime scene evidence all over the state.  Police already have too much 
 power: Prop 69 gives them much more Prop 69 equates arrest with guilt, and 
 gives police, rather than judges and juries, the power to decide whose DNA 
 will be taken and stored in a massive government criminal database.   
 Innocent people do not belong in a criminal DNA database.   What is Racial 
 Profiling? "Threat and Humiliation" a study recently released by Amnesty 
 International found that approximately thirty-two million Americans, a 
 number equivalent to Canada report they have been victims of racial 
 profiling.  Racial Profiling directly affects Native Americans, Asian 
 Americans, Hispanic Americans, Persian Americans, American Muslims, many 
 immigrants and visitors, and under certain conditions, White Americans. It 
 happens to both women and men, affects all age groups, people from all 
 socio-economic backgrounds, and occurs in rural, suburban and urban areas.  
 Here in Fresno, one just has to look at Fresno Police Departments traffic 
 statistics to see the working of racial profiling in action.  What is Oct 
 22? The 9th annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, 
 Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation is the day for thousands 
 across the country to speak out and act. Over 50 cities in the Nation will 
 stand out, protest and stay silent no more. Our resistance will give others 
 courage. Here in Fresno, the Fresno PD stats indicate that although 
 Hispanics make up 39.9% of Fresno population, Use of Force is used 49.3% of 
 the time at time of contact. Even more depressing is the 30.3% Use of Force 
 on Blacks who are only 8.4% of our City's population. According to our 
 data, over 30 persons have died in confrontations with officers in Fresno, 
 Kings, Madera and Tulare Counties since 2001.   ****For more info. call 
 Gloria Hernandez (559) 268-2261 or Rev. Floyd Harris 288-0828***** \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/10/20/49793.php
SUMMARY:Anti-Prop 69 Press Conference in Fresno
LOCATION:  · Where:  In front of Fresno Police Headquarters, Mariposa Mall b/w N 
 & M street
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/10/20/49793.php
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