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Title:	12th Annual Portest and Vigil to Stop Police Burta
START DATE:	10/22/2007
START TIME:	12:00 PM
Duration:	6 Hours
Location:	downtown, central, hollywood, northeast
Location Details:
GATHER at 12 Noon Los Angeles St & 1st St Downtown LA MARCH at 2pm to MacArthur Park RALLY & VIGIL at 5pm 6th & Parkview
Event Topic:	police/law
Event Type:	demonstration
Contact Name:	October 22nd Coalition
Contact Email:	october22nd_la@yahoo.com
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Check us out on you tube and myspace! www.myspace.com/october22nd_la http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMEopabhdoQ October 22, 2007 12th Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation GATHER at 12 Noon Los Angeles St & 1st St Downtown LA MARCH at 2pm to MacArthur Park RALLY & VIGIL at 5pm 6th & Parkview October 22nd has come to be recognized as a concentrated day of resistance -- a national day when people all over the country, through different means of expression, come together to STOP police brutality, repression, and the criminalization of a generation. There is a nationwide epidemic of police brutality and repression, as well as a bloody US War of Terror around the world. Meanwhile the government uses fear tactics to keep people afraid of speaking out. This is why it is even more important that YOU come out and protest this year! Why? Because our acts of resistance give others the courage to stand up. Since the Bush Administration launched its war on terror, police brutality and killings have escalated. But it doesn’t stop there. Police brutality and killings by law enforcement did not start with Bush, but they have escalated dramatically since the launch of their “War on Terror.” Searches and seizures, racial profiling, attacks on Arabs, South Asians and Muslims, raids on immigrants, security stops and bag checks, and police terror raids on certain neighborhoods are now the order of the day. Sean Bell, an unarmed man, was killed by NYPD with 50 shots on the morning of his wedding day. At least 10 more have been killed by NYPD since then. Kathryn Johnston, a 92-year old grandmother, was shot and killed by undercover Atlanta PD in her own home. A Pittsburgh officer pulled a gun on 7-year old Joshalyn Lawton when he approached the window of her mother’s car during a routine traffic stop. Francisco Mondragon was murdered by the LAPD, though he was a known schizophrenic armed with only a screwdriver. There has been wave after wave of anti-immigrant attacks across the country. Ice raids have terrorized hard working families across the country. This year, police and border patrol in San Diego County have murdered more than 17 people. Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Greensboro, and other areas report stepped up criminalization and arrests of homeless people & immigrants. Victoria Arellano, a transgender 23 year old, died chained to a bed at the immigration detention facility. Demonstrators at protests are increasingly being met with repression. Remember May 1st when police attacked an immigration rights demonstration in MacArthur park. As brutal as it was, not a single officer was removed from the force after that disgusting display of widespread brutality! In the crusade to “fight terrorism,” law enforcement has attacked clergy, lawyers, children and parents of those whom they have killed and who dare to speak out against police brutality. Last November, Juanita Young, mom of Malcolm Ferguson (killed by NYPD in 2000) and outspoken activist, was brutally attacked by 8 cops and arrested in her own home, then handcuffed to a hospital bed and tortured by the cops on duty for 4 days. But Juanita did NOT back down, she continues to fight! Recently her efforts produced a court victory in which she won mill! Also, grassroots publicizing of the taped beating of William Cardenas by the LAPD led to William’s release from jail and public uproar against the police department. People’s victories are on the rise, together we can gain more! “You can’t give in. They will try to... break your spirit. If you don’t resist and keep on fighting, they will be able to get away with what they’re trying to do to us.”-Juanita Young Help build & organize for the 12th Annual October 22nd March to Stop Police Brutality! The October 22nd Coalition meets Sundays at 4:30pm @ 253 W. MLK Blvd, LA, 90037 For info contact: october22nd_la@yahoo.com myspace.com/october22nd_la We wear black every October 22nd in memory of those whose lives have been stolen from us by police. Gonzalo Martinez DeAndre Brunston Devin Brown Suzy Peña Victoria Arellano Sean Bell Oliver “Big O” Lefiti Idriss Stelley and thousands more... October 22 is the day to stand to STOP police brutality, resist an increased police state, as well as world wide war. We ask YOU to endorse this call, attend the march, & join us to organize Oct. 22nd! No More Stolen Lives! Fight Back! October 22nd, Wear Black!

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