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London Tube Survival Guide
To ensure that you won't end up with 5 bullets to your head, please consider the following important rules of behavior:...
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 7:46pm PDT
Update on Theresa Dang, Garden Grove Arrestee Facing 8/24 Hearing
Theresa Dang, the young woman whose home was raided
last month by Garden Grove police looking for a
flashlight that one of their officers lost at the May
25th protest against Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist,
was formally arraigned this morning on a misdemeanor
petty theft charge...
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 4:56pm PDT
Subway Shakedowns: Necessary Security or Unconstitutional Violation?
New York City police are now conducting random searches of subway passengers in a program of stepped-up security following the London subway and bus blasts earlier this month. Civil liberties groups say the searches are unconstitutional and ineffective. We host a debate....
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 7:55am PDT
Defend the Art of Dissent! Protest Rally in Sacramento
I urge everybody to attend this rally by the ACLU tomorrow to defend the Art of Dissent against the right wing extremist opponents of Free Speech and the Constitution! Please forward this to anybody who cares about the First Amendment!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 8:47pm PDT
Tasers used 6 times in fatal arrest in Santa Rosa
A 31-year-old man who died after a lengthy struggle with police was zapped six times with Taser stun guns and briefly knocked unconscious with a neck restraint, Santa Rosa police said Monday....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 8:35pm PDT
Low Flight Helicopter caused repeating danger – pilot mentally disturbed
Flying Helicopter caused repeating danger to hundreds of people. No action was taken against the Coppola’s Apocalypse Now attack flight alike flying. Helicopter Flight resembled much Apocalypse Now attack flight helicopter flights in the jungle....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 9:52am PDT
2 new flyers for 8/6 "Forever in Our Hearts" Justice Fest
Two new flyers for a previously announced event...
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 12:06am PDT
Israel To Train Seattle Police In Assassination Tactics
Israel's security forces, whose heavyhanded tactics resulted in a 38 year streak of inciting endless terror attacks, will now train Seattle police in extrajudicial killings and assassination. The trick, accoding to Operation KRATOS, is to simply yell "terrorist! terrorist!" before pulling the trigger, and you're legally off the hook....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 4:42pm PDT
Update on Maribel vs Fresno PD Bullies
For more info go to the Free Maribel Cuevas website below...
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 4:32pm PDT
Will San Francisco Be Outraged? (On Random Searches)
David Anderson notes that there is little sense of outrage against random searches being conducted in the New York City Subway.
Will San Francisco be as meek?...
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 12:26pm PDT
Move to check US prisoner treatment
Republicans in the US Senate have pushed ahead with legislation that would set rules for the treatment and interrogation of terrorism suspects in US custody, despite a White House veto threat....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 6:49pm PDT
Brazilians Demand Arrest Over Killing
Hundreds of relatives and friends of a Brazilian shot to death in London after being mistaken for a terrorist marched along the cobblestone streets of his hometown Monday, demanding the arrest of the British police who fired the fatal shots....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 4:50pm PDT
Anti-G8 Legal Update 7/25/05
Everyone is out of jail. The court process is slowly progressing. The FBI has been questioning and harassing people. Please call 415-285-1011 with questions or if you were a witness....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 4:23pm PDT
Hate Crimes Soar in Britain as Police Defend "Shoot to Kill" Policy
A wave of anti-Muslim, Arab and South Asian hate crimes are sweeping Britain in the wake of the July 7th Subway and Bus bombings. Race and religion-based attacks are up 500% and communities of color are concerned that law enforcement authorities are also racially profiling targets in their anti-terrorism campaign. We go to London to speak with the Islamic Society of Britain....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 7:05am PDT
Bush Met With Judge Roberts One Day Before Crucial Ruling on Guantanamo Military Tribunals
As the Bush administration refuses to hand over documents written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, we talk to Yale University professor Bruce Shapiro about Roberts' crucial ruling on military tribunals for Guantanamo detainees, his views on abortion and much more....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 7:04am PDT
Report implicates Indonesian intelligence in murder of human rights activist
An Indonesian government fact-finding commission handed down its final report late last month on the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib on September 7, 2004. While the report itself has not been released, statements from leading commission members have clearly pointed the finger at senior officials in the State Intelligence Agency (BIN)....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 6:54am PDT
Established: A Pattern of Abuse - police brutality in the U.S
There is a widespread and persistent problem of police brutality across the United States. Thousands of individual complaints about police abuse are reported each year and local authorities pay out millions of dollars to victims in damages after lawsuits. Police officers have beaten and shot unresisting suspects; they have misused batons, chemical sprays, and electro-shock weapons; they have injured or killed people by placing them in dangerous restraint holds....
Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 8:42pm PDT
43 Dems Voted For Pat Act - Did You Elect These SOBs
Please let them know how you feel!...
Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 7:57pm PDT
Bush unveils new "War on Poverty" to entice cannonfodders
Hard pressed to come up with enough cannonfodders for the Empire's illegal Invasions, the Bushed Regime is now offering up to $104,400 per person, to entice kids to join the Army......
Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 6:58pm PDT
7/26 Samuel Martinez Vigil, 8/2 October 22nd Meeting
1) October 22nd Meeting on July 26 has been rescheduled
2) Vigil for Sammy Martinez on July 26- 2 month anniversary
3) Santa Clara Human Relations meeting July 26 cancelled
this post replaces http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1755320.php...
Posted: Sun, Jul 24, 2005 4:49pm PDT