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Amnesty International USA Urges Obama to Address Torture by Chicago Police CHICAGO – On the eve of his visit to Chicago, Amnesty International USA sent a letter (see PDF) to President Obama today urging him to support reparations for those tortured while in the custody of Chicago Police over a span of decades....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2015 5:38pm PST
Police Injury of Homeless Man Still Unresolved Nearly two years ago, a Santa Cruz police officer injured a homeless man who was already in handcuffs, slamming him face-first into the ground. Caught on video by a bystander, the incident got a lot of attention and the SCPD promised to do a formal investigation. However the results of that investigation have been kept secret, and meanwhile the offending officer is still on the job with no apparent consequences....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 7:41pm PST
Family Files Five Hundred Million Dollar Federal Lawsuit Against San Jose State University This morning, a family filed a five hundred million dollar federal lawsuit, pro per, against San Jose State University, San Jose State University Police Department, and Sigma Chi fraternity for conspiring to cover up the 2008 death of Gregory Johnson, Jr....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 1:49pm PST
Indigenous Elder expected to serve 2 jail sentences for the same so-called `crime' The Alameda County DA's office, acting as proxy for the Dept. of Homeland[Fatherland?] Security, is subjecting a Native Elder to double jeopardy, to-wit, 2 jail terms for the same `offense'....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 9:55am PST
Oakland police shoot Corey Pollard Oakland police shot a man in East Oakland today....
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2015 11:28pm PST
Local Activists Continue to Press the Issue on the BearCat and Militarization Community Concern Over BearCat Purchase Continues to Grow...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 3:14pm PST
Cheap Kensington Cop Commits Crime…Pays No Time Behavior and treatment of criminal cop shows hypocrisy and incompetence of local american governments in regulating police behavior...
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 11:03am PST
Unconstitutional Muni Fare Evasion Stops Reportedly Funded In Part By Homeland Security Uncontrolled Unlawful Detainers on MUNI supported by funding from Homeland Security....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 11:41am PST
Mexico: Forensic evidence suggests disappeared students investigation a ‘whitewash’ FEBRUARY 9, 2015 - The Mexican government must urgently address serious flaws in its investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students after forensic experts cast major doubts on the Attorney General’s inquiry, said Amnesty International today....
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 2:01am PST
Stop Us From Organizing at the Jail? We Say NO WAY! Only three days after hundred of people attended the the Cages Kill - Freedom Rally, the Sheriff along with other County bureaucrats have proposed an ordinance that would make it a misdemeanor to be within "designated security perimeters" around the jail....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 4:34pm PST
Dear City Council, Santa Cruz Does NOT Want a BEARCAT Sin Barras, Without (Prison) Bars, wants the Santa Cruz Police Department to rescind its agreement to purchase a Bearcat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck)....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 3:12pm PST
Walk a Night in Their Shoes But in Santa Cruz You Also Have to Sleep in Them Opening Remarks at Camp of Last Resort Forum...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2015 12:27am PST
The Other Interview: Escape from North Korea This is the harrowing story of Park Ji-hyun who was born in North Korea. In the 1990s the country experienced a wide scale famine that killed up to a million people. After her family was displaced, Ji-hyun was left to care for her dying father....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2015 6:22pm PST
Killing of Jordanian pilot ‘Abhorrent’ but ‘Revenge Executions’ Not the Answer The vicious summary killing of a Jordanian pilot who was burned alive by the armed group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS) is an atrocious attack against humanity, said Amnesty International, but responding with executions is not the answer....
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 5:23pm PST
Order prevails in Cairo On January 25, 2011, in the context of the "Arab Spring", the first of a series of waves of unrest broke out in Cairo......
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 7:03am PST
#MLKSHUTITDOWN: Walmart Action Connects Economic Oppression with Police Terror Suited and Booted - APTP Media Team...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2015 4:57pm PST
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