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At most of the recent protests in Berkeley the police have showed up in larger numbers than similar sized protests in San Francisco. They consistently act in a confrontational manner towards protesters, and appear to be using video equipment and undercover agents to track protest movements....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2002 12:11am PDT
Information about a new San Francisco-based support and defense group for victims of police brutality....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2002 12:04pm PDT
Information about a woman who held a press conference demanding that SFPD change their violent policies....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2002 11:55am PDT
Prison activists fight for better health care in the California Dept. of Corrections, alleging preventable deaths and sub-par medical care....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2002 11:03pm PDT
Mass March and Rally on May 11th. Starts at the foot of Market St. in SF. 11am at Justin Herman Plazza. Demand Mumia's Freedom....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2002 3:39pm PDT
Rally to force the SF Police commision to conduct a real investigation into the killy of Idriss Stelley.
WEDNESDAY JULY, 11, 2001
SF HALL OF JUSTICE 850 BRYANT
5PM: RALLY ON STEPS.
5:30pm: Inside at Police Commission Meeting- Rm 551...
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2001 6:30pm PDT
Twenty-three-year-old Idris Stelley, from Bayview Hunters Point, was shot 20 times in the Sony Metreon Theater as he stood alone facing eight police officers....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2001 4:56pm PDT
According to all accounts, the victim himself called 911 for help — in fact it was the last call he made. But, his mother said, when the police responded to his call, instead of seeing someone in need of help, "all they could see was a big Black man."
Now a mother wants to know, what went wrong? Why is her son dead? What will be done about it?...
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2001 4:49pm PDT
A week ago, just before midnight on Tuesday, June 12, a young African American man with a history of mental illness was gunned down and killed by eight cops. Twenty shots were fired at Idris Stelley, a 23-year-old college student, in an otherwise empty theater at the Sony Metreon in downtown San Francisco as the movie "Swordfish" played on the screen....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2001 4:45pm PDT
A week ago, just before midnight on Tuesday, June 12, a young African American man with a history of mental illness was gunned down and killed by eight cops. Twenty shots were fired at Idris Stelley, a 23-year-old college student, in an otherwise empty theater at the Sony Metreon in downtown San Francisco as the movie "Swordfish" played on the screen....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2001 4:43pm PDT
2 min excerpt from The Weekly Freak Show on 96.3 FM FRSC...
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2001 2:51pm PDT
GROUPS DEMAND HALT TO JUNE 19 EXECUTION OF JUAN GARZA IN LIGHT OF OVERWHELMING RACIAL DISPARITIES IN FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY
Religious, Political, Human rights leaders propose Moratorium on state-sanctioned killing...
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2001 5:02pm PDT
Acting in Concert Rally for The Mattole Forest
Sunday, June 3rd, 2001
12 noon - 5pm
Monument Road Gate...
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2001 7:40am PDT
News from the Fresno Bee about the protest/memorial for better healthcare for women inmates at CCWF....
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2001 10:29am PST
... but he was not available to discuss any issues with the community. It was amazing that he walked (albeit behind a wall of police) amongst the rabble to have them arrested....
Posted: Thu, Dec 7, 2000 6:07pm PST
The march route was changed after an "organizer" was told by a cop to change it. After this organizer gave the cops all the protest/march plans, these motorcycle cops came out to make sure it stayed on the sidewalk....
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2000 7:33pm PST