Community Protests Police Violence (tags)
January 12, 2013
POMONA - Between 30 and 50 police accountability activists, many of them friends and family of individuals murdered by various area police agencies, gathered on the busy corner of Holt and Garey to call for justice in the shooting death of Andres Avila, who was killed by Pomona police in October of 2011.
Police arrest copwatcher during checkpoint, Occupy Riverside responds (tags)
Friday, May 18, 2012
RIVERSIDE (California) - Police arrested a woman for observing a checkpoint Friday evening. The community responded in protest, occupying the area in front of Robert Presley Detention Center overnight, marching, and demanding the release of our comrade. The woman was released to the hospital at approximately eight o'clock Saturday morning, despite having suffered an epileptic seizure some nine hours earlier.
International Migrants' Day Posada for Human Rights (tags)
Saturday, December 18, 2010
SAN BERNARDINO, California - A small but dedicated group of labor, immigrant rights, and religious activists gathered on International Migrant's Day to promote the human rights of migrants through the Mexican Christmas tradition of the posada. Beginning at San Bernardino's day labor corner, the processioners gathered under storm clouds just as the sun set to pray, lament the non-passage of the DREAM Act, and sing, before proceeding to St. John's Episcopal Church for tamales, champurrado, and piñata.
Retenes / Checkpoints este weekend (18-19/jun/2010) (tags)
What is Checkpoint response? Checkpoint response is a network of volunteers who spread information about where and when checkpoints are to take place through e-mail, social networking, and text messages. When possible, we also warn the drivers in our communities through standing protests on the affected streets at a distance of a block from the checkpoint. If you would like to report a checkpoint announced in your local press or that you've seen in your community, or if you would like to receive text alerts, please email noretenes@gmail.com.
¿Qué es Checkpoint response? Checkpoint response es una red de volutarios y voluntarias que se dedican a la difusión de información sobre dónde y cuándo se efectúan retenes policiales a través de correo electrónico, redes sociales, y mensajes de texto. Cuando nos sea posible, también avisamos a los conductores de nuestras comunidades con plantones en la calle afectada a la distancia de una cuadra del retén. Si usted quiere reportar un retén anunciado en su prensa local o que haya visto en su comunidad, o si quiere recibir alertas por texto, favor de enviar un email a noretenes@gmail.com.
California Primary Election Results- Riverside County will not Count 12,563 votes (tags)
Stewart Alexander is calling on California Attorney General Jerry Brown to investigate this violation of voter rights and says it is also the responsibility of Secretary of State Debra Bowen to insure that every vote is counted. “Unless the 12,563 votes are counted, the election is not valid.”
"Riverside Rejects Racism" Rally in Response to Neo-Nazi Demonstration (tags)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
RIVERSIDE, California -- In response to a planned neo-Nazi demonstration at a day labor site in Casa Blanca, Riverside's historically Latino community, numerous community groups united to oppose racism in their city. Over 30 organizations endorsed the rally, which saw the participation of over 150 people who listened to and gave speeches, shared fruit and water, and enjoyed music and a strong sense of solidarity.
May Day 2009, Riverside (tags)
Here are some pictures I took at yesterday's May Day march and rally. Enjoy! (set 2 of 2)
May Day 2009, Riverside (tags)
Here are some pictures I took at yesterday's May Day march and rally. Enjoy! (set 1 of 2)
March on Riverside Border Patrol Office: No more quotas, no more raids, no more deportatio (tags)
Saturday, February 7, 2009 RIVERSIDE, California--In urgent response to the rash of Border Patrol raids across the Inland Empire, community members convened at Riverside City Hall to express frustration with the agency's family-devastating policies.
Taking down the whistleblowers...
From The American's Bulletin--The War on the Vulnerable Through Our Courts
Local Soldier, Clayton G. Dunn, Killed in Iraq (tags)
On Saturday, Sgt. Dunn, 22, of Moreno Valley, and two other soldiers were killed when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle, while they were on patrol in Salah ad-Din province in Iraq.
Local Soldier, Rhys W. Klasno, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Sgt. Klasno, 20, of Riverside, was killed Sunday in Iraq after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.
Local Soldier Killed in Iraq (tags)
Army Sgt. William Dean Richardson, of Moreno Valley, enlisted after the 9/11 attacks.
a good outset
Update - Pomona RNs demand Union recognition (tags)
Update: Last September the nursing staff at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center held a union election and won by 120 votes! Management filed frivolous election objections....
Relatives and friends remember man slain by Moreno Valley Police (tags)
Family members and friends marched to Moreno Valley City Hall in memory of Dante Meniefield's death. But the question has yet to be answered, why did a police officer shoot a man to death, with his hands up?
Bring War on Terrorism to California! (tags)
Terrorism is nothing new in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. For nearly three years there have been a number of documented incidents of racially motivated state sponsored terror.
A tale of two shootings by the Riverside Police Department this week (tags)
In two separate incidents, the police confront two men, who allegedly welded two knives. As the dust settled, one was taken to the hospital with bruises. The other to the morgue with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. The first was white, the second asian. As police rush to justify the fatal shooting of Vanpaseuth Phaisouphanh, many questions remain...
Riverside District Attorney not to prosecute officer who shot Dante Meniefield (tags)
Throughout its history, the Riverside County District Attorney's office has never prosecuted a law enforcement officer for an on-duty shooting. Yesterday, prosecutors decided to keep that streak intact by deciding not to file criminal charges against Moreno Valley Police Department officer Robert Marks for killing an unarmed man with his hands up.
Johnny Cochran files $100 million claim on behalf of Dante Meniefield (tags)
Attorney Johnny Cochran has been retained by the family of Dante Meniefield and has filed a $100 million claim against the city of Moreno Valley and the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. But can a damage claim ensure that justice will be done, for a black man shot to death with his hands up?
Moreno Valley government breaks silence on Meniefield shooting (tags)
It has been nearly a month since the shooting of Dante Meniefield by a Moreno Valley Police Department and the silence by city government was finally broken by Mayor Fleckinger at a city council meeting. But was it too little, too late?
Activists crash Moreno Valley council meeting party to discuss shooting (tags)
Since the officer involved shooting death of Dante Meniefield, city officials have been quiet. On April 3, activists paid them a visit and demanded that the discussion of drive-way widths and mansion space be put aside to talk about the killing that took place only two blocks away from City Hall.
Moreno Valley arrest Meniefield's relatives for trespassing at memory shrine (tags)
Three weeks ago, a Moreno Valley police officer shot Dante Meniefield to death, for trespassing in an abandoned apartment. Now, two of his family members have been arrested for a similar offense simply for visiting a shrine created in his memory to pay their respects.
Highland woman shot by police had much to live for, friends say (tags)
18 year old Ginenne Stover was full of talent, and had her whole life ahead of her, so why was she shot to death by a police officer within several minutes of his arrival at her house?
Riverside Sheriffs Dept sees no criminal wrongdoing in Meniefield shooting (tags)
Riverside Sheriff's Department has decided not to recommend that charges be filed against Robert Marks for the fatal shooting of Dante Meniefield.
Moreno Valley community demands answers in the latest police shooting (tags)
The shooting of Dante Meniefield has attracted outside attention, from the federal government, as well as stirred up the passion of the community in which he lived and died in.
Protesters vow to keep marching after Moreno Valley police shooting (tags)
Tyisha Miller, Irvin Landrum, Hector Islas, the list grows of police killings in the Inland Empire. The name of Dante Meniefield was added to this growing list last Saturday, and hundreds of demonstrators have marched daily to the halls of power, for justice in his name.
Riverside County's latest police shooting (tags)
Before, police officers justified shootings, by saying "they were going for their gun." Now, they can shoot unarmed people to death simply for saying they were moving...