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Threat of lawsuit from James Baker of Cytel Group / Urban Shield James Baker failed to mention why his wife Anne Marie Baker signed some contracts involving the Sheriff's Office and Urban Shield that were approved by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors that repeatedly mentioned the name Cytel Group, LLC on them. Instead he chooses to blame the County legal department for this situation, and repeatedly claims that I tried to slander him for reporting on the situation, as he continues to threaten to sue me in three different emails!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 11:51pm PDT
The Need to Abolish the Prison System An argument for the abolition of the prison system based on political and ethical grounds rather than sociological. The sociological arguments are mainly that prisons don't work, that is, they don't do the job for which they were designed. That assumes a value for their purpose. The ethical argument says that the idea of prisons, and the ethical results, are themselves criminal, and render the society that uses them a criminal society....
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 1:48pm PDT
EBALDC targets African-American tenant protester with restraining order and eviction According to court documents, from August 20 through August 25, and according to Mark Johnson, he has been protesting in front of EBALDC's main corporate office, and has been holding up various picket signs during his five days of protesting against EBALDC's policies, poor living conditions, harassment and mistreatment!...
Posted: Sun, Sep 21, 2014 12:29am PDT
Somalia: Somaliland's Comparison to Scotland, Gabilay Protesters Somalia: Somaliland's Comparison to Scotland, Gabilay Protesters...
Posted: Sat, Sep 20, 2014 3:39pm PDT
Corruption in the Urban Areas Security Initiative Training Services? The Alameda County Sheriff's Office requested the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute the fully negotiated contracts for Master Contract No. 900926, with the following pool of vendors, to provide Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) training services for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) at an estimated total pool amount of $2,300,000....
Posted: Fri, Sep 19, 2014 9:18am PDT
Israeli Persecution of Palestinians Unrelated to Defense Israel...
Posted: Mon, Sep 15, 2014 7:53am PDT
The Privatization of Urban Shield by the Cytel Group It was back on July 31, 2007, that Urban shield was turned into a money making venture when the Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted to authorize the Alameda County Sheriff's Office to accept cash sponsorship funds from individuals and corporations to support the militarized training event Urban Shield!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 3:38am PDT
August 2014 Honduras Coup Update A monthly update of the political persecution and plunder in Honduras - see archives here: http://sydneywithhonduras.wordpress.com/monthly-news-summaries/...
Posted: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 1:41pm PDT
Urban Shield and Cytel Group Connections to Sheriff's Office A contract document from the Alameda County Sheriff's Office involving the Cytel Group in a business transaction worth more than a half-million dollars to provide anti-terrorism tactical training and expertise to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, lists Anne Marie Baker as the President of the Cytel Group, even though "Linked In" has her listed as the "Secretary" of the corporation!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 8, 2014 5:17am PDT
Urban Shield is booted out of Oakland In the wake of the nation being horrified by rampant police shootings/killings and the militarization of the police, including the recent militarized police actions in Ferguson, and the notorious police actions that have been taking place in New Mexico, Oakland, and cities all across the nation, on Friday, September 5, 2014, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan announced that Urban Shield will not be back in Oakland next year!...
Posted: Sun, Sep 7, 2014 1:25am PDT
Free Radio Santa Cruz Awards Activist of the Month for July 2014 FRSC awards the Colbys a free show for a month as July Activists of the Month for CopWatch video on racial profiling in Santa Cruz....
Posted: Fri, Sep 5, 2014 4:44pm PDT
Report on Berkeley Town Hall meeting against Tasers for BPD This town hall meeting, Sept. 4, in Berkeley, brought out much information about the Tasers, what they are, what they do, and how they have served to increase police violence against people as instruments of torture. The issue will be brought before the Berkeley City Council on Sept. 9, and the meeting called for all people in Berkeley and the bay area to oppose their adoption....
Posted: Fri, Sep 5, 2014 2:28pm PDT
Urban Shield 2014 Tactical Training Schedule (Leak) THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT YET BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE TEAMS PARTICIPATING. HERE WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING ACTIVITIES OF OAKLAND AND SF POLICE IN AND NEAR THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. PLEASE SHARE WIDELY!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 5, 2014 10:51am PDT
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