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Police Terror in the Park MACARTHUR PARK, May Day 2007--Police stormed a workers' and immigrants' rally at 5:30 p.m. this afternoon in MacArthur Park, sending thousands of families running in terror as they cleared a MIWON Immigrant rally and festival with foam and beanbag bullets, batons, and tear gas. The cops marched through the park in riot gear, indiscriminately clubbing down people in their wake. Full report with photos: Police Terror in the Park by Leslie Radford
Other reports from the newswire:LAPD tries to crush immigrant rights movement by schock | | May Day 2007; A Report To Correct The Balance
by Nick Napolitano
| Cops Terrorize May Day Protestors by We're all immigrants
| AJLPP CONDEMNS POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST IMMIGRANTS:
by AJLPP-Los Angeles
| | Fox TV Camerawoman Filing Claims Against LAPD by Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP
| | Ernesto Arce KPFK Reporter Shot w/Rubber Bullet 5/1 Tells What Touched Off Assault by Amy Goodman & Juan Gonzalez
| | 2001 - 2007: LAPD's Reign of Terror Unchecked by Kelly McSwain
| | Thousands March In A Day Without Latinos by H. Nelson Goodson
| | Candidate Alexander: LAPD Assaults May Day Supporters by Stewart A. Alexander
| | Greens condemn brazen brutality of LAPD
by twirl
| | Community Organizers Demand the Resignation of Chief Bratton by Jose X
| | End LAPD Brutality: Remove LA Prosecutor Steve Cooley & Fire Bratton by Kelly McSwain
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Reportera de FOX TV registra un aviso con la ciudad de Los Angeles
by H. Nelson Goodson
| | FOX TV camerawoman files claim against City of Los Angeles and Police Department by H. Nelson Goodson
| | AJLPP CONDEMNS POLICE BRUTALITY AGAINST IMMIGRANTS by AJLPP-USA
Reports with photos: Police Attack Peaceful May Day Rally by A
| Police in Riot Gear, Nightsticks Ready at MacArthur Park by Lucy
| | May Day 2007 Los Angeles
by Kimberly King
Video: Telemundo tv news coverage by CSD
| Video: Police Brutality in Los Angeles May Day Rally: Mac Arthur Park 2007 by Necalli Olin Tonatiuh
Photos: Cowardice Police Fire on Non-Violent May 1st Cultural Immigration Rally | | Police in Riot Gear, Nightsticks Ready at MacArthur Park | | may 1st
& macarthur park by ahimsa
| | May Day 2007 by William John Cox
NEW VIDEO: Alvarado (between 7th & Wilshire) Video - Police Attack | | Video: Police Attack Fleeing Demonstrators on Alvarado May 1
| | Fósforo plays 'Guerra' at MacArthur Park as police riot against immigrant families
by schock
| | Police Attack Fleeing Demonstrators on Alvarado May 1
by Attacked by Police
MP3 AUDIO: MP3 Audio: Christina Navoa, eyewitness to police violence | | MP3 audio: Interview with an eyewitness to police attack on May Day.
| | Police Radio Intercepted from MacArthur Park! Recordings of police radio communication reveal that even the LAPD didn't hear dispersal order by a
| | MP3, en Espanol, Christina Navoa - Eye witness to police terror
by A
Police Attack May Day Demonstration.
Here’s the latest news into the LA-IMC newsroom as of 12:00 AM:
High school walkouts have been reported throughout the city at well over 50 different schools. Many other schools have been placed on lockdown.
The massive downtown march as started. Now estimated at 50,000+ and growing. Smaller feeder marches are steaming in from all directions into the downtown area.
Port workers are holding a rally in Banning Park near the harbor after forcing the Port authority to declare May Day a holiday thus closing the harbor. Unconfirmed reports of a few arrests in the downtown area. Some students have been detained and returned to campuses. All events seem to be peaceful at this time. No reports of police violence.
5:20 PM: The Police is trying to break up the march at 6th street and Park View. The people refuse to leave, each side standing face to face. The Lawyer's Guild of LA is negociating with the police for a compromise. There are still about 50,000 people at McArthur Park.
Update: 6:20 PM, The police has attacked the crowd at Alvarado and 7th street. Thousands of people are panicking and running away. The police is also firing rubber bullets into the crowd.
Please see the newswire for more details.
The Migrant Trap, and the Migrants' Way Out: May 1, 2007 On May 1st, 2007, hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, will stand up to the anti-migrant tide, against the raids and deportations, against punitive and terroristic "immigration reform." Migrants and those with recent migrant roots, will emerge from invisible communities and underground economies to demand dignity and justice from a government that is offering only a choice between which oppression it will unleash on them. And they have an answer: stop the raids and deportations, and legalization for all immigrants now.
Article:
The Migrant Trap, and the Migrants' Way Out: May 1, 2007 by Leslie Radford
LA IMC Calendar:
May 1 Immigrant Workers March-Rally In L.A.
Downtown and Mid-Town Los Angeles will be the focal points for two marches and rallies in support of the immigrant workers.
The first march will start at 12 noon. Immigration supporters will meet at Olympic and Broadway to march to Los Angeles City Hall.
The second march will start at Vermont and Third Street at 3 PM.
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2007 - Hundreds of Mexican and "Central American" descent children marched through downtown Los Angeles Sunday afternoon to protest "racist immigration laws and racist deportations." The children and their families marched approximately four blocks, from Olvera Street to City Hall. The children -- the vast majority who are U.S. citizens due to the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -- wore white t-shirts with the message "Legalize My Parents."
The marchers arrived at City Hall whereupon several speakers demanded that children not be torn apart from their families through racist deportation tactics. One speaker read aloud the United Nations Declaration of Children's Rights, emphasizing that all children have the right to be with their parents
From the Newswire: Children March Against Racist Deportations and Immigration Laws by Mexica Movement
PORT OF AZTLAN, April 27, 2007--The independent truckers of the Port of Aztlan, working with the Industrial Workers of the World, made good on their promise to shut down the Los Angeles port on May 1, in support of nationwide migrants' rights protests scheduled for that day and the truckers' struggle to organize. This morning the Los Angeles Port Authority declared the port would be closed for a May 1 "holiday," thereby avoiding potential litigation from shippers facing dockers' and demurrage fees for goods left on the dock during the truckers' strike.
Ernesto Nevarez, spokesperson for the truckers, explained, "[The Port Authority] knows the truckers are going to do it [strike] anyway. By calling it a legal holiday, they avoid liability for the shutdown. We forced them to recognize May Day."
Full Story: Troqueros Declare Victory! by Leslie Radford
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