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2.5 weeks before 11/4/14 Election: SF Muni Police & Driver Terrorize 30 Stockton Bus On Saturday, Oct 18, 2014 around 4 p.m., our 30 Stockton bus was met by at least 4 Muni Fare Police ("Gestapo") at Stockton and Columbus, going South toward Union Square, unheard of in the many years we have been riding this tourist & Chinese worker packed bus; one cop chased after someone who refused the $75 ticket for not paying the $2.25 bus fare and one driver SUPPORTED THE POLICE and BLAMED THE PASSENGERS for his lack of a raise when we have not seen a bus strike since the 1970s! THIS WA...
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 5:00pm PDT
Attorney Stanley L. Cohen: Guilty of Doing His Job Honorably police state...
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 5:41am PDT
Private Donors Supply Spy Gear to Cops "We run the risk of policy that is in the service of moneyed interests," said Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union. She sees danger in the growing web of ties between police departments, foundations and private donors....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2014 12:46am PDT
Corcoran Strike for Medical Care Leads to Hospitalization of Diabetic After a week of hunger striking by three men inside Corcoran SHU and organizers calling and writing to the prison, we are happy to report that Kambui Robinson has been moved to the Acute Care Hospital in Corcoran for his diabetic complications, and the hunger strike is now ended....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2014 7:31pm PDT
Measure K Committee Craps Out Again--Another Free Ride for the SCPD The Measure K Committee, created by voter initiative in 2006 here, in Santa Monica, and in Santa Barbara was supposed to be the first step in holding the local PD and similar agencies accountable and moving to end Marijuana Prohibition. I detailed the agenda and some preliminary concerns about the Committee pro-police bias at https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/10/05/18762458.php . The well-oiled rubberstamp proceeded as ever...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2014 11:06pm PDT
Hong Kong: Women and girls attacked as police fail to protect peaceful protesters Hong Kong’s police failed in their duty to protect hundreds of peaceful pro-democracy protesters from attacks by counter demonstrators on Friday evening, Amnesty International said....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2014 2:49pm PDT
Two Pieces on Surveillance Surveillance // Panopticon // Security Culture // Paranoia...
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 4:46pm PDT
Free Radio Santa Cruz Announces August Activist of the Month FRSC awards another free month of shows....
Posted: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 2:55pm PDT
Message from Leonard Peltier on his 70th Birthday Greetings my Friends, Relatives and Supporters...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2014 4:47pm PDT
America is hooked on war Yes, America is hooked on war, and although some Americans might not realize that, you can be sure the rest of the world does, as it looks at Afghanistan, Iraq, and other places around the world where the U.S. has fought wars, threatened to fight wars, sent armed forces, or launched missiles in their stead....
Posted: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 11:55am PDT
What is Solitary Confinement? This is an analysis written recently, and re-printed with permission, by Abdul Olugbala Shakur, a New Afrikan Revolutionary Prisoner currently in solitary confinement in Pelican Bay State Prison. Abdul here discusses the modern manifestations of isolation/solitary confinement and its potential impacts on prison organizing (both inside and out). Please share! If you would like to write to Abdul, his contact information is at the bottom of the article. thanks! -Carl...
Posted: Mon, Sep 29, 2014 8:59am PDT
Prop 47 Offers Smart Solutions for Real Criminal Justice Reform Reduction of Low Level Offenses is Sensible Policy...
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 11:24am PDT
OPD is going to `steal everything' Law enforcement continues its campaign of harassment against Occupy2Decolonize and Indigenous elder Zachary Runningwolf...
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2014 10:24am PDT
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