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Another Murdering Killer Cop Walks Free Michael Walker committed 1st degree murder when he shot Rodolfo "Rudy" Cardenas in the back on 17th February 2004 and killed him. He was found not guilty by an almost all European-American and most likely all middle class jury on Tuesday 13th December 2005. To those of us who sat in the courtroom, hearing the prosecuting attorney District Attorney Lane Liroff prove beyond any reason of any doubt that Michael Walker was guilty and watching the lame defense of the defense attorney, Cr...
Posted: Sat, Dec 17, 2005 1:27am PST
Pirates Start Free Radio San Jose Tune in this Saturday at Noon as the Community Takes Back the Public Airwaves!!!...
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2005 10:06am PST
Justice Denied: A History of the Walker Trial 
Below is Regina Cardenas, the daughter of Rudy Cardenas, who was slain by State Agent Michael Walker on February 17, 2004. She is shown at the Santa Clara County Courthouse after a day in the courtroom watching Walker's trial for manslaughter in that killing. Walker was acquitted December 13....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:17pm PST
Agent Walker Found Not Guilty This morning, a San Jose jury reached a 'not guilty' verdict in the voluntary manslaughter trial of state drug agent Michael Walker. According to a Mercury News online report, a scuffle erupted outside the courtroom when 2 dozen protesters encircled Walker's defense attorney as he adressed reporters. No arrests were made.
If convicted, Walker would have faced a maximum of 11 years in prison for fatally shooting Rodolfo 'Rudy' Cardenas on Feb 17, 2004....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 1:34pm PST
ADC-SF Press Release - DeAnza 8 We call on the Santa Clara County District Attorney to immediately drop any further prosecution of these cases...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 5:38pm PST
Support Students Racially Profiled and Brutally Arrested at Campus Anti-War Protest! Last month CODEPINK, South Bay Mobilization, ANSWER, De Anza College students, faculty and others participated in a three day protest against former Secretary of State Colin Powell at De Anza College Flint Center in Cupertino. On November 11, 2005, eight students were arrested at the event; one student was arrested inside the hall for disrupting Powell's speech. The seven youth arrested outside were all youth of color. They were singled out and brutally arrested though they had not broken any...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 2:15am PST
Support the De Anza Students Brutally Arrested at Campus Anti-War Protest Following the November 11 protests against war maker Colin Powell at De Anza College and the Santa Clara Sheriffs' brutal attack and arrest of seven young students, six of whom were Muslim and all of whom were of color, supporters came together at the request of the arrestees.
Take Action to Demand: Drop the Charges Now! Stop Racial and Religious Profiling!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 12:55am PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
Case of killing in line of duty sent to jury The historic case against Walker, California's first drug enforcement agent charged with killing in the line of duty, ended on Wednesday as dramatically as it began...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 5:26pm PST
Evidence at Trial (Michael Walker Case) Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement agent Mike Walker is charged with voluntary manslaughter for the February 2004 killing of Rodolfo ``Rudy'' Cardenas. He faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted. The jury deliberating the case must consider key evidence presented by the prosecution and defense....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 5:23pm PST
Concern For Tragedy, Or All Talk And No Walk? Mercury News item:
After a San Jose police shooting that left two children without a mother and triggered an outcry among Vietnamese-Americans, the long legal saga of Bich Cau Thi Tran ended Tuesday with a $1.8 million settlement of a federal lawsuit...In exchange for the payment, all claims against officer Chad Marshall, former police chief William Lansdowne, then-assistant police chief Tom Wheatley, and current Chief Rob Davis will be dropped with no admissions of liability..."Our b...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 1:50am PST
Walker Trial Update from Rudy's Daughter We're anticipating that the trial should be coming to
an end soon...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 12:29am PST
ACLU, el-Masri SUING CIA for Flight to Prison, Torture CIA prisons and CIA flights are a growing front-page story, and Khaled el-Masri is a good example of why we all should oppose such extrajudcial flights and prisons. El-Masri is the first to sue the CIA for "rendition," or kidnapping-to-torture. The ACLU in New York will assist. This article presents the kind of information they will use. He can't sue the CIA? He can, and there are individuals he can sue, including top officials like the CIA official, the Deputy Director of Ope...
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 1:23pm PST
Holiday Peace Fair peace and justice groups offer alternative gifts, musical entertainment, food...
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 10:12pm PST
New Taser rules in San Jose Amid pressure from activists and San Jose's own police auditor, Chief Rob Davis on Tuesday announced new Taser training guidelines that caution officers to avoid using the weapons -- if possible -- against handcuffed people, pregnant women, the elderly and children....
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 5:28pm PST
San Jose Settles Suit Over Tran Shooting After a San Jose police shooting that left two children without a mother and triggered an outcry among Vietnamese-Americans, the long legal saga of Bich Cau Thi Tran ended Tuesday with a $1.8 million settlement of a federal lawsuit...In exchange for the payment, all claims against officer Chad Marshall, former police chief William Lansdowne, then-assistant police chief Tom Wheatley, and current Chief Rob Davis will be dropped with no admissions of liability...
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 5:23pm PST
San Jose Bike Party enjoys successful Buy Nothing Day ride San Jose November Bike Party coincides with Buy Nothing Day, makes for a great ride....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 12:07am PST
RODRIGUEZ APPROVES CIA TORTURES--US Lawyers Front for CIA We describe CIA treatment of prisoners so you can judge for yourself. Each escalation of maltreament reportedly comes ONLY after an inquiry to, and approval from, JOSE RODRIGUEZ, the CIA's Deputy Director of Operations (DDO) at the McLean, VA, headquarters. We describe how the torture works and how agents work it with Mr. Rodriguez (and allegedly with his predecessors, Stephen Kappes and James Pavitt).
The CIA shuttles the prisoners around the world on civilian aircraft, almost a...
Posted: Fri, Nov 25, 2005 2:12pm PST
law enforcement practices forum will be held in March 2006 law enforcement practices forum will be held
sometime, probably late March 2006...
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 6:45pm PST
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