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Oct 22 2006
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ARCHIVE OF COVERAGE: Police & Legal |
See also: Prison Issues Archive | Human & Civil Rights Archive
October 22:
Every year on October 22, communities mobilize to protest police brutality and remember the those who have lost their lives as a result of police brutality. National October 22nd Coalition | Stolen Lives Project | Indybay's Past Coverage of October 22nd | Roundup of actions in 2006 and 2007.
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Mar 16 2010
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Urgent Action Needed: Unjustly Accused Mexican Still in Danger |
Juan Manuel was released from the Ixcotel prison on the 18th of February after spending 16 months unjustly accused of murdering the North American journalist, Bradley Roland Will on Oct. 27th 2006. For quite some time, Juan Manuel and his family have received threats and intimidation. While in prison he was often threatened and told, “Remember, you have a wife and three kids”. The threats and intimidations continue today which make it important to take action in order to live in peace and freedom. This is why we are demanding the physical and psychological protection of Juan Manuel Martínez Moreno and his wife, children, brothers, sisters, and parents.
Please contact: sample email, info and full contact info in English, en español
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Mar 15 2010
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Surprise bill for interstate fusion center data sharing pops up Tuesday; Specs found for Harris StingRay & KingFish cellphone tracking devices |

Law enforcement's latest move at the Minnesota State Capitol is to try and slide SF3163 / HF3651 through the noise. Quietly introduced as "law enforcement data from other states classification" just days ago by Sen. Mee Moua (DFL-St. Paul) and Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St.Paul Attys Office), the short bill would allow state law enforcement authorities to release virtually anything without any oversight to other states, and compartmentalize what they receive from other states under their external data classifications!
This is another "tip of the iceberg" for the federal fusion center agenda, along with extending new social control/surveillance measures like nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting platforms, which Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek has been hawking. [Part II: A ton of SAR-related docs]
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Mar 14 2010
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Open Letter to US Attorney from Tarek Mehanna Support Committee |
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Mar 13 2010
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Roundup: Police Chief Dolan's Reappointment Approved 8-5 |
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Mar 12 2010
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Snowball Fight: Officer Drew a Gun at "Anarchists not Citizens" |
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Mar 09 2010
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Scott DeMuth’s Hearing Held Tuesday; Carrie Feldman Still in Segregation |
[Tuesday] morning, over a dozen supporters from Minneapolis and the Quad Cities joined Scott DeMuth, indicted for conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), in the Federal Courthouse in Davenport for his arraignment for the new indictment that was issued last week. There was also a hearing on numerous discovery-related motions for his upcoming trial. Scott’s attorney, Michael Deutsch, argued that the prosecution has failed to produce the discovery that the defense is entitled to under the rules. Judge Shields took the arguments under advisement and is expected to issue a ruling within the next few days.
Related: Feldman moved to Muscatine County ... | ... And then to Dubuque County, IA | Updates from the Scott/Carrie Support Committee | Events: Political Repression and State Violence with Dhoruba Bin Wahad | Star Tribune: Stuck Three Months in Iowa Jail For Refusing To Testify
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Mar 09 2010
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Update - G20 appeal win and the LRAD experts in Pittsburgh |
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Mar 09 2010
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Chief Finney Pays Return Visit to 906 W. Vine St. |
On Monday afternoon, Deborah Thomas, who lives at 906 W. Vine St., received a phone call from the City of Champaign. The woman on the phone identified herself as “Susan” from the City Attorney’s office. They wanted to visit her house the following day on March 2 at 3:30 p.m. with Police Chief R.T. Finney. It was at Deborah’s home that Kiwane Carrington was fatally shot after Chief Finney and officer Daniel Norbits arrived there on October 9, 2009. Running between classes at Parkland, Deborah did not get the chance to ask why they wanted to visit, but told them they could come by.
Soon after, Deborah called me to say that Finney would be visiting and asked for someone else to be there. I called Melodye Rosales and the two of us went to her home shortly before 3:30 p.m.
Chief Finney and the two attorneys came in an unmarked black SUV with tinted windows. They drove up and down Vine St. twice before parking at the Icehouse bar around the corner. They walked around a fence and behind a house to get to 906 W. Vine St.
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Mar 09 2010
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Court Allows Torture Suit Against Former Defense Sec't Rumsfeld |
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Mar 08 2010
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Eight Reasons the Iowa A.L.F. Investigation is a Fraud |
Five years after the Animal Liberation Front raids the University of Iowa, the government launches a prosecution that is a fraud on its face | From Voice of the Voiceless
In late-2004, morning workers arrived at the Spence Laboratories to find $450,000 in damage to equipment and 401 animals missing. Graffiti left at the scene read "Science Not Sadism" and "Free The Animals". In a long communique, the Animal Liberation Front (A.L.F.) took credit.
Just before the 5-year statute of limitations was to expire (most federal crimes have an SoL of 5 years), two Minneapolis activists were subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury in Davenport, IA. It soon became clear the grand jury was investigating the University of Iowa A.L.F. raid. Both were jailed after refusing to testify. Soon after, one of the two - Scott DeMuth - was indicted for Animal Enterprise Terrorism.
Related: Jail & Mail Update on Carrie Feldman, Imprisoned Grand Jury Resister
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Mar 05 2010
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No Guantanamo In DC |
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Mar 04 2010
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The Racialization of Crime and Punishment --An Interview With Nancy A. Heitzeg |
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Mar 03 2010
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Sheriff Stanek landing Fed cash for KingFish military cellphone tracker in Hennepin County |
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Mar 02 2010
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DC City Council Considers Banning the Wearing of Masks While Protesting |