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Man shot and killed by San Jose cops this weekend
The incident is the second fatal shooting of a Vietnamese-American by San Jose police in 18 months....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 9:47am PST
We're All Black Now!
Now that Electronic Jim-Crow has officially stolen the 2004 presidential and congressional elections it can be officially declared that the South has finally won the civil war. It took a 150 years for the proslavery, segregationist, white supremacist movement in America to accomplish the task but they finally did it....
Posted: Sat, Jan 8, 2005 1:15pm PST
Metro: South Bay's Incoherent MMJ Policy
The South Bay's incoherent medical marijuana ordinances create
confusion, driving some local activists to the brink of reefer madness...
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 9:45pm PST
3rd Bay Area Killing by Police in 4 Days
Santa Clara cops shoot, kill motorist
OFFICERS OPEN FIRE AFTER MAN RAMS PATROL CAR...
Posted: Tue, Jan 4, 2005 12:54pm PST
SUVs and Trucks Torched in Los Gatos
"It's a defenseless car being attacked" - estimated $250,000 in damage...
Posted: Thu, Dec 30, 2004 12:04am PST
NINETEENTH ANNUAL WESTERN WORKERS LABOR HERITAGE FESTIVAL
NINETEENTH ANNUAL WESTERN WORKERS LABOR HERITAGE FESTIVAL - San Jose
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's contribution to the civil rights and labor
movements...
Posted: Wed, Dec 22, 2004 11:32pm PST
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
Petition Calling For The Investigation Of Cyber Warfare By The Pentagon Against American C
The American military is waging cyber warfare upon dissident websites. Please sign the petition calling for an investigation....
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 5:43am 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
WMD Weapons of Mass Deception: A Documentary Worth a Look
WMD Weapons of Mass Deception is a New Documentary by former ABC producer turned- radical Danny Schechter. A hard-hitting critique of our media industry with a grassroots campaign to boot!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 1:20pm 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