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An Review of the San Jose Taser Usage Study On Dec. 3 2004 Robert Davis, Chief of Police, San Jose California released the results of the department's own study of its Taser usage. The report does not address the safety of the public or of persons taken in custody when Tasers are deployed. It also does not address the key question of Taser usage: do they really reduce the force used, or are they being deployed in circumstances where force would not normally be used? Furthermore, it contains an inconsistency that casts a doubt on the i...
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 5:45am PST
CONCIOUS HIP HOP SHOW SAN JOSE! 
COME OUT TO SEE LOCAL ACTIVIST HIP HOP ARTISTS, LIVE BREAK BEAT IMPROV, CORPUS CALLOSUM...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 3:16pm PST
GARY WEBB, 49, wrote about CIA and Crack, Found Dead GARY WEBB, the investigative reporter who broke the story about the CIA's involvement with crack cocaine dealers in Southern California in the 1980's has been found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in Sacramento. He was 49 years old with two sons and a daughter. They are calling it a "suicide."...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 10:43am PST
Intel’s forgotten past: Wayne D. Pickette, African American father of the microprocessor 
The microprocessor is one of the greatest technological advances of the Twentieth Century. The official history of the development of the first microprocessor leaves the reader with the impression that Faggin, Hoff, Mazor, and Shima were the sole designers and inventors of the 4004 microprocessor. These men, however, stood on the back of a giant, a young black inventor by the name of Wayne Pickette....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 3:23pm PST
Story from inside the Main Jail in San Jose 
Nancy Rutherford is a nurse who worked dispensing medication to prisoners in the San Jose Main Jail. A naturally empathetic person, she was criticized for not being callous enough with the prisoners. Unable to bear the brutality in the Jail and under pressure from corrections officers, she left her job after two months. In this exclusive interview, she spoke with Indymedia reporter Peter Maiden....
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 10:55pm PST
S.J. releases Taser report S.J. releases Taser report
STUN GUN USE BROKEN DOWN BY RACE, ETHNICITY BY COPS...
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 11:50am PST
Fur Free Friday in San Jose Activists Beat Macy's in Fur Free Friday Protest...
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 6:49pm PST
Salinas: MMJ patient spends 80 days in jail/Charges dropped Drug charges have been dismissed against a man who claimed
he was growing marijuana for medical use.
Fifty-two-year-old John Pendo spent 80 days in jail because he couldn't
post bail after his April arrest....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 3:30pm PST
Update on People vs. Walker (Cardenas Case) t turns out that the hearing this morning in the shooting death of Rudy Cardenas was not to dismiss the case, but was a "discovery" motion by Walker's attorney....
Posted: Fri, Nov 19, 2004 3:04pm PST
No illegal drugs found in body of Johnnie Nakao Johnnie Nakao, the troubled son of a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy fatally shot by San Jose police in August after their Taser stun guns failed, had no trace of illegal drugs in his body, according to a medical examiner's report released Tuesday....
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 11:28pm PST
12/10: HUMAN AGENDA TO HONOR MIKE HONDA AT HUNGER BANQUET Human Agenda, a human rights organization based in San Jose, California, will honor Congressman Mike Honda with the Human Agenda Human Rights Award at its Hunger Banquet on Friday, December 10, 2004. The 6 PM Hunger Banquet is held annually at San Jose City College to celebrate United Nations Human Rights Day....
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 10:33am PST
Rudy Cardenas Court Dates this Week Friday the 19th there is a court date at 9:00am in Dept. 33. It is at 190 W. Hedding Street. This is for the motion 995 (I think that's the motion to dismiss).
Monday November 22nd at 8:30am in Dept. 24 there is another court date. It is in the basement of 190 W. Hedding St...
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 10:20am PST
Save Inca Gardens Rally on Tues. in San Jose WHAT: Come to a RALLY LET’s KEEP OUR CITY VIBRANT
Show support to Small Retailers Inclusive/Showcasing
Culture/Diversity
Prior to San Jose City Council Meeting (we have permit)
TIME: 12:45pm-1:30pm
TUESDAY-Nov. 16, 2004
PLACE: In FRONT of San Jose City Hall--801 North First Street
Please allow for parking time
MEET at 12:45pm!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 3:40pm PST
SCRAM Takes Care of the Dead Air; 101.1 FM is Free SCRAM was created to liberate the airwaves for the people of Santa Cruz. Our first action has been the liberation of 101.1 FM for Santa Cruz and neighboring communities. SCRAM is broadcasting Free Radio Santa Cruz's web stream 24 hours a day, 7 days a week....
Posted: Fri, Oct 29, 2004 9:53am PDT
SCRAM Takes Care of the Dead Air; 101.1 FM is Free Santa Cruz Radio Access Movement (SCRAM) is acting autonomously and in support of Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 12:27am PDT
Commission Meets on Issue of Police Violence in San Jose 
The Justice Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission is looking into better methods of handling officer-involved shootings and is seeking a fair outcome to the recent shooting of Zaim Bojcic, a Bosnian immigrant, outside of a San Jose Starbucks. The Committee reported back to the Commission when it met on Tuesday evening, October 26....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 12:08am PDT
Marriage Equality Rally Sat Oct 23rd Please take an hour or so out of your day and get engaged! Join us for a Marriage
Equality Rally in Palo Alto....
Posted: Fri, Oct 22, 2004 10:15pm PDT
San Jose Meeting Focuses on Police Killings 
The Justice Review Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission meet on Thursday Evening, October 21 to discuss killings by police. In attendance were members of the family of slain citizen Rudy Cárdenas, including his daughter, activist Regina Cárdenas, seen below....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2004 11:19pm PDT
10/21: Families impacted by Police Shootings to Share Concerns Families impacted by Police Shootings to Share Concerns
At the Justice Review Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission...
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 4:33pm PDT
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