Critical Resistance and All of Us or None plan to cite Oakland mayor Jerry Brown at his loft apartment January 26th for harassing and scapegoating the people of Oakland. There will be a protest on Wednesday night outside of the old Sears Building at 27th Street and Telegraph in Oakland from 9:30pm to 10:30pm. Brown's latest idea is to impose a curfew on probationers and parolees -- arresting them if they leave their homes between 10pm and 6am. Brown has said that 80 percent of homicides in the city involve felons who are on probation and parole, and 70 percent of homicides occur at night. The curfew seems to be a likely effort to reign in "crime" in Oakland as the mayor prepares to run for state Attorney General. First-time curfew violations could yield a 30-day stay in jail for parolees. One in 14 adult males in Oakland are on parole or probation.
Critical Resistance is an organization that challenges the belief that caging and controlling people makes us safe. All of Us or None is a national organizing initiative of prisoners, former prisoners and felons, to combat the many forms of discrimination that we face as the result of felony convictions. Read more | Video | Audio