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Nancy Rutherford is a nurse who worked dispensing medication to prisoners in the San Jose Main Jail. A naturally empathetic person, she was criticized for not being callous enough with the prisoners. Unable to bear the brutality in the Jail and under pressure from corrections officers, she left her job after two months. In this exclusive interview, she spoke with Indymedia reporter Peter Maiden....
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 10:55pm PST
S.J. releases Taser report
STUN GUN USE BROKEN DOWN BY RACE, ETHNICITY BY COPS...
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 11:50am PST
Activists Beat Macy's in Fur Free Friday Protest...
Posted: Fri, Nov 26, 2004 6:49pm PST
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Santa Cruz Radio Access Movement (SCRAM) is acting autonomously and in support of Free Radio Santa Cruz (FRSC)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 12:27am PDT
The Justice Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission is looking into better methods of handling officer-involved shootings and is seeking a fair outcome to the recent shooting of Zaim Bojcic, a Bosnian immigrant, outside of a San Jose Starbucks. The Committee reported back to the Commission when it met on Tuesday evening, October 26....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 12:08am PDT
Please take an hour or so out of your day and get engaged! Join us for a Marriage
Equality Rally in Palo Alto....
Posted: Fri, Oct 22, 2004 10:15pm PDT
The Justice Review Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission meet on Thursday Evening, October 21 to discuss killings by police. In attendance were members of the family of slain citizen Rudy Cárdenas, including his daughter, activist Regina Cárdenas, seen below....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2004 11:19pm PDT
Families impacted by Police Shootings to Share Concerns
At the Justice Review Committee of the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission...
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 4:33pm PDT
Attorney General John Ashcroft will be in San Jose on Wednesday,
October
13 for a luncheon with SIIA, a software trade association. The event
will take place at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel, 170 South Market
Street,
San Jose, starting at noon....
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2004 6:07pm PDT
With Jim’s vision of building a more socially just, humane and peaceful community, the services of the Office of Human Relations have grown to include mediation services to schools and to the community at-large, citizenship and immigrant programs, coordination of resources for the homeless (including winter shelters), the Network for a Hate Free Community, the Institute for Non-Violence, the Human Relations Commission, the Youth Taskforce and the Commission on the Status of Women....
Posted: Wed, Oct 6, 2004 6:22pm PDT
The officer continued backing away from the suspect and drew his firearm as the suspect continued to hit him. The officer fired several shots at the suspect and the suspect fell to the pavement. Paramedics were called to the scene. The suspect was transported to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center where he was pronounced dead....
Posted: Mon, Sep 27, 2004 9:05pm PDT
Protesting the Central Coast Gang Investigators Association Conference at the Double Tree Hotel in San Jose...
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 9:45am PDT
"Voices for Peace" exhibit sponsored by Veterans for Peace will be at the Berryessa Branch of San Jose Library through October 7, 2004....
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 1:07am PDT