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Operation Copwatch - Fresno Cops Turned in Other Cops, and the Chief is calling in the FBI
Just one more reminder why people need to continue struggling against police brutality and for police accountability in Fresno.
Come out to the October 22nd Vigil this Saturday in Downtown Fresno at 5:30 p.m.
for more info go to: Letter from a member of Fresno Copwatch: Reminder for Oct. 22nd Vigil in Fresno
http://indybay.org/news/2005/10/1775353.php...
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 1:29pm PDT
Letter from a member of Fresno Copwatch: Reminder for Oct. 22nd Vigil in Fresno
This report comes from a member of Copwatch, a member of Comite No Nos Vamos, and a leader in efforts to demand that the Fresno Police be held accountable to the community members who they are supposed to serve and protect. (below is a picture of the author speaking at a press conference on June 23....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 6:37pm PDT
WEDNESDAY in SF: Don't Let Killer Cops Off the Hook
On Wednesday October 19, 2005 the San Francisco Police Commission will hold a hearing on whether or not to dismiss disciplinary charges against the officers involved in the death of Cammerin Boyd on May 5, 2004...
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 4:46pm PDT
Unlock the Box: Conference builds struggle to shut down prison control units
Activists representing numerous organizations, former prisoners and family members came from across California to attend an organizing conference on control units in U$ prisons hosted by the United Front to Abolish the Security Housing Units (SHU)....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 10:57am PDT
10/22: Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generati
Rally begins at 11am at Emma Prusch Farm Park, 947 S. King Rd., (near Story
Rd) in San Jose. March leaves at 11:30 and returns at 12:30 for a second rally....
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 10:21pm PDT
"From Katrina to SF Bayview...Killed 4 being Poor, Black &Brown" Event
Sunday 10-23-05, 3 P.M.
At Idriss Stelley Foundation
4921 3rd St, SF
Between Palou &Quesada...
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 7:32pm PDT
Free Brian Spears
"Abort every Black Baby..." + Waste every Black man's life away?
Free Brian Spears Campaign...
Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2005 1:18am PDT
Gina Hinton survived...and forgotten, in SF Cpod of the Medical jail...
Gina Hunton plea for justice from SF C-pod at the Medical Jail Ward...
Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2005 1:13am PDT
THESE STREETS ARE WATCHING Screening at SF State 10/14/2005
These Streets Are Watching is a Know Your Rights Training video that informs the public of their rights when stopped by law enforcement and when witnessing police misconduct. This video was filmed in Denver, Cincinnati, Berkeley, SF, and Oakland....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 10:54am PDT
Execution Alert - Three Men's Dates Set
The Attorney General has announced it will be seeking execution dates in three California death penalty cases.
Stanley "Tookie" Williams - December 13th...
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 9:20pm PDT
Today (Tue) 6pm -- Stop the Death Penalty at UC Berkeley, Free Speech Cafe
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Stan "Tookie" Williams' appeal of his death penalty conviction. Come to today's UC Berkeley event, or to the Fri., 10/21 event to learn more -- and to start organizing to stop the execution!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 3:18pm PDT
Supreme Court Declines to Consider Saving Stan "Tookie" Williams
The U.S. Supreme Court has now rejected Tookie's appeal to investigate the racism and discrimination at the heart of his case, as well as Tookie's innocence issues....
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 12:10pm PDT
Campaign Update: Statewide Vigils Coming Up, Our Efforts Continue
1. NOVEMBER 16th: Statewide Vigils
"Light the Way To A New Juvenile Justice System"...
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 11:09pm PDT
San Francisco Village Voice (audio/mpeg 27.6MB)
Law Enforcement Accountability
Talk show / October 5-05 noon to 1 PM...
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 3:09pm PDT
Police Commission Hearing Continuance
Once Again the Cammerin Boyd Police Commission hearing has been continued....
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 9:51am PDT
Community Policing Town Hall Meeting in Bayview, 9-4-05
African American Community Relations Policing Board, Town Hall meeting at Nation of Islam, 3rd St. SF
(mesha Monge-Irizarry, Idriss Stelley Foundation)
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Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 4:25am PDT
Haiti Update (audio/mpeg 1.6MB)
Ben Terrell gives an overview of the situation in Haiti...
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 1:28pm PDT
Help us raise the bail to free Tyrelle Taylor,
Help us raise the bail to free Tyrelle Taylor,...
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 9:29pm PDT
Does SF Faith Community care? Free Tyrelle Tayor Bail Fund Appeal
URGENT ACTION ALERT PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY, Justice4Tyrell Bail Fund, appeal to SF Faith Based Community...
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 6:59pm PDT
NEW WEBSITE : Justice4CraigHolden
SAN FRANCISCO - A 22 year-old AfriKan American man died late Tuesday night, September 20, in the custody of San Francisco police. Craig Holden, of San Pablo, was pronounced dead by paramedics shortly after midnight at the Bayview Police Station where he was being held.
At present, autopsy results have not been released and information about the specific circumstances of Holden's death remains vague....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 9:26pm PDT