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Former Prisoners Organize to Fight Discrimination
New Civil Rights Movement Born in Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Jul 27, 2004 9:53am PDT
Cardenas Grand Jury Likely to End Tues- Go in AM!
Deputy District Attorney Lane Liroff indicated that he will conclude the proceedings tomorrow (Tuesday - July 27th) with one more witness and then will present the Grand Jury with his closing statement....
Posted: Mon, Jul 26, 2004 9:59pm PDT
news about Kern police state needed
DA Ed Jagels charges 3 Kern Grand Jury members with crimes for "whistleblowing"....
Posted: Sun, Jul 25, 2004 4:14pm PDT
City of Sacramento May Revise "Parade" Ordinance
The City of Sacramento is considering revising a local ordinance criminalizing the posession of everday household items at public gatherings....
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2004 10:53am PDT
7/23 Cardenas Case Update, Grand Jury Hearings Continue
The Cardenas Grand Jury will reconvene to continue to hear the
testimony of Michael Walker on Monday 7-26 beginning at 9:00 am at
the Old Superior Court Building, located at 161 North First Street,
Department 22, Third Floor, San Jose, CA. Walker is the state
Narcotics Agent who shot Rudy Cardenas in the back on 2-17-04....
Posted: Sat, Jul 24, 2004 12:36am PDT
June 8 biotech/Reclaim the Commons protesters face steep charges and need your support!!!
We need your help! Please support June 8 arrestees! Pack the courtrooms and call, fax, and write SF DA Kamala Harris, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom, and SF Supervisors....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 4:37am PDT
Update and Schedule of Cardenas Grand Jury
The schedule of the Grand Jury is as follows: Wed. 7-21 will be a part of a day with only a couple of witnesses. Thurs 7-22 will be a full day, Friday will be off and back on Monday and Tuesday 7-26 & 7-27. The DA hopes to conclude by Tuesday of next week....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 12:24am PDT
CYA crisis in Chino facility! Black youth face death threats and families denied visits!
CYA authorities minimize the seriousness of threats to incarcerated youth at the Chino facility! Situation grave!...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 2:36pm PDT
More photos from Cardenas and Tran Memorial
Photos from rally at Cesar Chavez Plaza...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 12:12am PDT
Photos from 7/17 memorial service for CB Tran and R Cardenas
Dozens of family members of Cau Bich Tran and Rudy Cardenas attended the memorial service at St Joseph's Church in downtown San Jose....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 12:06am PDT
Protest in San Jose Over Police Killings
A small demonstration took place in Cesar Chavez Plaza in San Jose Saturday, July 17 to commemorate the unnecessary deaths of victims of police violence....
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 3:42pm PDT
Rally to Stop the Violence: Money for Prevention not Police
Education not Incarceration (www.ednotinc.org) Rally
to Stop the Violence- Money for Prevention, not
Police
Tuesday, July 20th
5PM Oakland City Hall (14th and Broadway)...
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 12:08pm PDT
Committee Launches Campaign to Support Three-Strikes Initiative
Supporters of Proposition 66 announced today what they have organized a
"Yes On 66" committee to support the November ballot initiative that
will amend California's three-strikes law....
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 12:19am PDT
7/19: Open Grand Jury on Death of Rudy Cardenas
This means that we need to mobilize people to attend the grand jury
proceedings beginning on Monday July 19 at 161 North First St., Court
room 22, San Jose, CA 95113 beginning at 9am on 7-19....
Posted: Fri, Jul 16, 2004 9:51am PDT
7/17, San Jose: JUSTICE VIGIL FOR TRAN/CARDENAS
The mass will begin at 10:00 am at St. Joseph’s Cathedral 80 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113. Immediately following the mass, the justice vigil will begin at approximately 11:00 am at Plaza de Cesar Chavez, South Market Street and Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113 (directly across the street from the San Jose Fairmont Hotel)....
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004 7:12pm PDT
Sherman Austin free, sort of
Good news, sherman has been put into a half way house and iis out of the prison walls...
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004 6:20pm PDT
Get Trained for the RNC
Upcoming trainings (Legal Observer, Know Your Rights, NYC Orientation) in the Bay Area, with RNC-specific information, so bring your friends! Check the web site for resource guides, too....
Posted: Wed, Jul 14, 2004 11:36am PDT
Defend Right to Demonstrate in SF!
Ways that you can help defend free speech and the right to assemble in San Francisco! Several court dates are coming up soon. Read the second post attached below for info about the additional dates....
Posted: Sun, Jul 11, 2004 1:32pm PDT
Demand a Time-Out on Executions!
We plan to meet with the Governor on March 25, 2005 and we want to show him
that Californians overwhelmingly agree that we need a moratorium on executions....
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 10:03pm PDT
COMMUNITY FORUM - LEGALIZATION NOT INCARCERATION
Stockton Event...
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 2:46pm PDT